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  1. On 6/23/2018 at 7:20 AM, Nokra said:

    I'm reading Landfalls by Naomi J. Williams for the book club I'm part of here, and only have about 20 pages remaining. It's a fictionalized account of the Lapérouse expedition from 1785 to 1788. As the title suggests, the book takes place at their various landfalls along their journey: Chile, Alaska, California, China, Russia, Australia, and finally the Solomon Islands.  The locations are historically accurate but of course the dialog is fictional, but exceptional. One story in the book was particularly moving to me, and actually made me tear up a bit, which hasn't happened with a book in a long time. It's a very fun adventure story which is at times also very heart-wrenching. If anyone is looking for historical fiction, I can't recommend it highly enough; it was a real page turner. 

     

    Next I'll probably read Pet Sematary by Stephen King or maybe And Yet by Christopher Hitchens, because both have been in my to-read list for a very long time. :p 

    I started it this weekend. So far it's fantastic! I'm only a few chapters deep, but it's great. I really dig the format of it too.

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  2. 10 hours ago, Ricofoley said:

    The writing at the A.V. Club is still good, but the site's never really felt right since they forced it into the same layout as the other ex-Gawker sites. For one, there used to be a giant pulldown menu where you could jump to any TV show they've ever reviewed, and that went away. And it ruined the comments sections which, I kid you not, were actually good. It was a really good community of people. When they switched the comments to Kinja style or whatever it's called, a lot of the regulars left. In short, fuck Univision.

    I loved reading comments under episodes. There were some great discussions. Univision fucked them over big-time.

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