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battyaboutbooksreviews · 5 months ago

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🌈 Queer Books Coming Out in June 2024 🌈

🌈 Good morning, my bookish bats, and happy Pride Month!! Struggling to keep up with all the amazing queer books coming out this month? Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Remember to #readqueerallyear! Happy reading!

[ Release dates may have changed. ]

❤️ The Shadow of Summer - Marlon Yelich 🧡 Of Stardust - (ed) Avrah C. Baren 💛 The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye - Briony Cameron 💚 Triple Sec - T.J. Alexander 💙 Same Difference - E.J. Copperman 💜 The Pull of the Tide - Various ❤️ The Misadventures of Getting Lainey a Date - Eija Jimenez 🧡 Surface Pressure - Adrian J. Smith & Neen Cohen 💛 Mirrored Heavens - Rebecca Roanhorse 💙 The Fire Within Them - Matthew Ward 💜 One and Done - Frederick Smith 🌈 Digging for Destiny - Jenna Jarvis

❤️ She Who Brought the Storm - Vaela Denarr & Micah Iannandrea 🧡 Tristan and Lancelot: A Tale of Two Knights - James Persichetti & L.S. Biehler 💛 London on My Mind - Clara Alves (translated by Nina Perrotta) 💚 The Deep Dark - Molly Knox Ostertag 💙 Furious - Jamie Pacton & Rebecca Podos 💜 Gay the Pray Away - Natalie Naudus ❤️ Such A Small World - Jordan Clayden-Lewis 🧡 Make It Count: My Fight to Become the First Transgender Olympic Runner - CeCé Telfer 💛 Cicada Summer - Erica McKeen 💙 We Used to Live Here - Marcus Kliewer 💜 Dandelion - Merlina Garance 🌈 The Curse of the Goddess - C.C. González

❤️ The Schoolmaster - Jessica Tvordi 🧡 Cigarette Lemonade - Connor de Bruler 💛 Coil of Boughs - Penny Moss 💚 Ballad for Jasmine Town - Molly Ringle 💙 Asking for a Friend - Ronnie Riley 💜 Pleasure Principle - Madeleine Cravens ❤️ Perfect Revenge - Jessica Burkhart 🧡 Lockjaw - Matteo L. Cerilli 💛 Markless - C.G. Malburi 💙 Queer Art - Gemma Rolls-Bentley 💜 Morally Straight - Mike De Socio 🌈 Our Bodies Electric - Zackary Vernon

❤️ Love Is All - Various 🧡 Becoming Ted - Matt Cain 💛 Annie LeBlanc Is Not Dead Yet - Molly Morris 💚 Dear Cisgender People: A Guide to Trans Allyship and Empathy - Kenny Ethan Jones 💙 Pole Position - Rebecca J. Caffery 💜 Something to be Proud Of - Anna Zoe Quirke ❤️ Hot Hires - Nan Campbell, Alaina Erdell, Jesse J. Thoma 🧡 Lord of the Empty Isles - Jules Arbeaux 💛 Kissing Girls on Shabbat - Sara Glass 💙 When You Smile - Melissa Brayden 💜 We Could Be Heroes - Philip Ellis 🌈 But How Are You, Really - Ella Dawson

❤️ A Bluestocking's Guide to Decadence - Jess Everlee 🧡 Take All of Us - Natalie Leif 💛 One Killer Problem - Justine Pucella Winans 💚 Why Are People Into That? - Tina Horn 💙 Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity - Jack Turban 💜 Lady Eve's Last Con - Rebecca Fraimow ❤️ Sea of Broken Glass - Jenna Pine 🧡 Rapunzella, Or, Don't Touch My Hair - Ella McLeod 💛 Wolfpitch - Balazs Lorinczi 💙 Looking for a Sign - Susie Dumond 💜 Director's Cut - Carlyn Greenwald 🌈 Wish You Weren't Here - Erin Baldwin

❤️ Act Two - Rochelle Wolf 🧡 Unexploded Remnants - Elaine Gallagher 💛 The Stars Want Blood - Morgan Lawson 💚 Shadows Dark and Deadly - Andrea Marie Johnson 💙 Design of Darkness - R.D. Pires 💜 Two Sides to Every Murder - Danielle Valentine ❤️ Meet Me in the Sky - Jeffrey K. Davenport 🧡 A Shore Thing - Joanna Lowell 💛 The Lions' Den - Iris Mwanza 💙 Under the Dragon Moon - Mawce Hanlin 💜 A Sea of Wolves - Sarah Street 🌈 Saints of Storm and Sorrow - Gabriella Buba

❤️ Private Rites - Julia Armfield 🧡 Everyone I Kissed Since You Got Famous - Mae Marvel 💛 The Stars Too Fondly - Emily Hamilton 💚 Keeping Carmen Ruiz - Alyson Root 💙 Cuckoo - Gretchen Felker-Martin 💜 Heartwaves - Anita Kelly ❤️ Bound to the Wild Fae - Tavia Lark 🧡 Four Squares - Bobby Finger 💛 The Ghost of Us - James L. Sutter 💙 Poison in Their Hearts - Laura Sebastian 💜 Puppy Love - Elle Sprinkle 🌈 Hot Summer - Elle Everhart

❤️ Liddy-Jean Marketing Queen and the Matchmaking Scheme - Mari SanGiovanni 🧡 All Friends Are Necessary - Tomas Moniz 💛 Six of Sorrow - Amanda Linsmeier 💚 Shanghai Murder - Jessie Chandler 💙 PROUD - Anthology 💜 Little Rot - Akwaeke Emezi ❤️ Fling - Deja Elise 🧡 Too Many Stars to Count - Frances M. Thompson 💛 Rakesfall - Vajra Chandrasekera 💙 The Unrelenting Earth - Kritika H. Rao 💜 Freakslaw - Jane Flett 🌈 Please Stop Trying to Leave Me - Alana Saab

❤️ A Sense of Shifting - Coco Romack, Yael Malka 🧡 Moonstorm - Yoon Ha Lee 💛 Now, Conjurers - Freddie Kölsch 💚 Hide No More - Rita Potter 💙 Running Close to the Wind - Alexandra Rowland 💜 The Afterlife of Mal Caldera - Nadi Reed Perez ❤️ Her, Him & I - Christian Weissmann 🧡 The Sons of El Rey - Alex Espinoza 💛 Show Me Your Teeth - Amy Marsden 💙 Defeating Demons and Breaking Up With My Boyfriend - Dylan James 💜 For Real - Alexis Hall 🌈 The Clarity of Light - Jade Church

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mergingonthefreeway · 1 year ago

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Greenpeace - Don't Stop from Samona Olanipekun on Vimeo.

This is no ordinary cover: Don’t Stop is a contemporary fable about being young in the world today. The song is a call to action for people worried about their future and the state of the planet, and a rallying cry for those who dream of a better tomorrow. Together we can stand up to the fossil fuel industry. Add your name now: act.gp/3qIN8o6

Production Company: Lammas Park @lammas_park_productions

Director - Samona Olanipekun @samona_o Exec Producers - Steve McQueen, Bona Orakwue @bonaclara7, Anna Smith Tenser @smithspanna Producer - George Telfer @gtelfs

Production Manager - Chanel Parkinson @chanellyonthetelly PA - Hannah Lockwood @hanlockwood Cast Coordinator - Beth Rubery @beth.rubery Production Runner - Tom Gimlette @tomgimlette

Researcher - Shireen Bahmanizad @shireen_bahmanizad Researcher - Conall O’Brien @conallobrien Bidding Producer - Nat Baring @natanatics Lammas Park Head of Operations - Nicholas Horne Lammas Park Production Assistant - Umashni Puvanendran

1st AD - Gabriel O’Donohue @_gabriel.odonohue_

Movement Director - Liara Barussi @liarabarussi Casting Director - Coralie Rose @coralie_blamo_rose

DOP - Annika Summerson @annisummerson Steadicam / Camera Op - Jonathan Tyler @jonotyler Focus Puller A Cam - Kate Mollins @kate__mo_ Focus Puller B Cam - Sam Ebrahim Riley @samrileyac Clapper / Loader - Sonia Rogriguez Camera Trainee - Lucas Murray Reynolds Grip - Warwick Drucker

Video Playback - Robbie Ross @rsvp.london DIT - Ben Grady @colour.grady Sound Recordist - Anthony Leung @anthonyleungsound

Gaffer - Salvador Lopez-Gomez @glofilmlighting Best Boy - Jamie Hitchens @jamiehitchens Desk Op - Noah Furrer Electricians - Charlie Lodge, Lee Madigan, Nathan Rubins Rigger - Steve Daly @steve_daly

Production Designer - Jade Adeyemi @adeyumyum Prop Buyer - Martha Howe @martha.howe, Matty Mancy @matty.mancey Led Art Assistant - Lea Otovic @leaotovic Art Dept Assistant - Isabelle Bryan, Nana-yaw Mensah @nyk_mensah, Lucia Barsegian @luciabarsegian, Daisy Alexander, Fenella Evans @fen.art_, Sofia Karavis @sofiakara

Construction by Cous De La @cousdela

SFX Supervisor - Neil Gawthrop SFX Technicians - Miguel Ferreira, Jonathan Long SFX by Machine Shop @machineshopsfx

Costume Designer - Verity May Lane @veritymaylane Costume Assistants - Amy Thompson @a_thompson, Johanna Yohannes, Ellie Rimmer @ellie_r1

Make Up Designer - Maya Man @mayamanartist Make Up Assistants - Chelsea Murphy @sculptedbychelsea, Nic Marilyn @nicmarilyn Hair Designer - Kreszend Sackey @kreszendsackey Hair Assistant - Viviane Melo @vivianemelomua

Medic - Verity Stacy

Editor - Jack Williams @__jackwilliams_ Edit House - The Assembly Rooms @the_assembly_rooms Edit Producer - Phoebe Armstrong-Beaver Sound Designer - Jack Sedgwick @snappajack Audio Post - King Lear @kinglearlondon Audio Producer - Suzy McGregor Colourist - George Kyriacou @georgekcolourist Post - Black Kite Studios @blackkitestudios VFX - Mark Stannard Colour Producer - Holly Tidwell @holly_tidwell, Jade Denne @jadedenne

Camera - Panavision @panavisionofficial Lighting - Panalux @panaluxworld Studio - Dukes Island Studios Insurance - Dan Woods at Media Insurance Brokers Accountancy - Robert Okonski & Emmanuel Lindsay at Clay GBP

Casting Assistants - Laura Meredith Additional Casting - Lauren Patterson @ Jukebox Collective Agency

CAST:

Speech Givers: Kyle Osbourne Lili Chin

Tomorrow’s Warriors: Kyle Osborne, Emily Tran, Cassius Cobbson, Shanise, David, Tami Lisa Smith

Waiters & Kitchen Staff Cameron Berryman, Izaebella Cresci, Christopher Mbaki, Jinessa Meggi, Ebony Aboagye, Oliver Manley, Kade Turner, Geddy Stringer

Party Guests: Graham Collier, Anja Kick, Philippa Casares, Noreen Goodwin, Benji Ming, Catherine Cornwall, Huma Mohyuddin, Ellie Madden, Albert Graver, Rainier Manzano, Ruby Gascoyne, Sharifa Butterfly, Haseeb ‘Chilly’ Hearn, Duran Abdullah, Mikael Rivieri, Patrick Gabco, Ellie Harlulow, Rogerio Ghesti, Katerina Bragin, Michael Ahfong, Kesiena Banye, Beverly Connel, Jeanette Maskell, Peter Wilkinson

and Featuring: Will Poulter, Fraser T Smith and Avelino

MUSIC

Written by: Christine McVie / Universal Music Publishing Group Produced by: Fraser T Smith / 70Hz Original Rap verses: Avelino Music Supervision and Consultancy: Ed Bailie and Seb Whyte / Leland Music Music Marketing: Olivia Hobbs and Clare Wright / Blackstar Agency Performed by: Future Utopia X Avelino X Tomorrow's Warriors With thanks to: House Gospel Choir, Benjamin Kwasi Burrell, Janine Irons, Fish Krish, Gabriel Starkey, Patricia Pascal

AGENCY

Creative Agency: Mother London Creative Director: James Sellick @jamessellickauthor Creative: Scott Anderson @scottanders44 Title Design: Ben McNaughton Head of Production: Anna Murray @annasedgwick Producers: Tommy Frankau @tommyfrankau, Nic Akinnibosun, Joseph Ogunmokun Epilogue: Written by Scroobius Pip in collaboration with Greenpeace, performed by Lilli Chin Special Featured Performance: Will Poulter

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ulkaralakbarova · 4 months ago

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Planet Dune

A crew on a mission to rescue a marooned base on a desert planet turns deadly when the crew finds themselves hunted and attacked by the planet’s apex predators: giant sand worms. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Chase: Sean Young Astrid: Emily Killian Marilyn: Sienna Farall Hawkins: Clark Moore Space Force Control: Sharon Desiree Harley: Ramiro Leal A.I.: Tammy Klein Ronnie: Anna Telfer Bryant:…

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tenaciouspostfun · 1 year ago

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"Ode To The Wasp Woman" at Actors Temple Theatre is a very up and down play that has as many good things in it as it does pitfalls. The story has its premise in four actors who died prematurely. Sean Young who plays Susan Cabot, Douglass Everett Davis is George Reeves, Payton Georgiana is Barbra Payton and Josh Alscher is Alfalfa from "The little Rascals" fame.

Rider McDowell has written this interesting play that points to the difficulty of making it in Hollywood; once you make it, if your lucky enough, it is staying on top that becomes the real challenge. As a childhood star, Carl Switzer could not find success beyond The Little Rascals, George Reeves was typecast and had difficulty getting any jobs after his role in "Superman". Both Switzer and Reeves would die from gunfire. In the case of Barbra Payton and Susan Cabot, their lives would take a turn for the worse because of life circumstances.Payton would face sexual abuse as a thirteen year old and her wild ways led to her downfall once she became a starlit. In Cabot's case, her world would fall apart when she delivered a baby that would be a Dwarf. Obsessed with making her son, Timmy taller by using human growth hormones, it drove him insane at the same time. He would eventually kill his mother in a fit of rage.

Rider McDowell who wrote and directed this play has some inconsistencies in both. Some of the blocking in this play are questionable, as is the sound in the play. Where simple movements become overdone, the prerecording in the play were awful. The lighting was very supportive throughout the evening (Maarten Cornelis) and the costumes were well done by Pearl Gopalani. In Christian Fleming's scenic design, the constant changing of the room was a distraction to the flow of this production.

While there were four stories, two were exceptional; the first (Alfalfa) and the third (George Reeves). Payton Georgiana and Anna Telfer were outstanding as were Davis and Alscher. As the lead bill Sean Young at times struggled with her lines and her acting consistency.David Wenzel was consistent in his various roles as was Rita Louise. Jonathan Hartman was erratic in his performance throughout the play.

As a former investigative reporter, Rider McDowell gave us that feeling in his play. He approaches the writing with a macabre angel to it. The lives of the actors before us are laid out as a TV police show with not a lot of emotion from the actors which stems from the shows direction. In the shows 120 minutes we get a potpourri of the four actors lives and not a lot of depth to them.

"Ode" was a very mixed bag... it brought back the old time actors which had a good vibe to it and yet it just didn't go deep enough into the lives. A good example of this is the writing on actor Barbra Payton. We get a small feel into her abuse as an adolescent but writer Rider McDowell only scratches the surface as to how it affected her in later years. We see that she became a B actor, was that solely of her bad choices in picking movies? Was it because she lacked talent? We are told she is blackballed after coming out with an affair with Bob Hope but we never fully are told the whole reason as to why she went into abject poverty and self destruction.

Sean Young, Actors Temple Theatre, Off Broadway, New York City, Barbra Payton, George Reeves, Superman, Hollywood Land, WPIX Chanel 11, Sweeney Todd, Will Swanson, Some Like it Hot, Hamilton, The Lion King, Harry Potter, Aladdin, Spamelot.

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empress-of-snark · 1 year ago

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Total: 14/23

I did start two of them and lost interest partway through, so technically it’s more like 14.5, but either way, not bad! More than half, anyway. And doing this did encourage me to finally read some books that had been collecting dust on my shelves, if only for the satisfaction of crossing them off.

(I did read more books than the 14 off this list, just for clarification. My actual total should be around 41 by the time this month is over!)

Now for next year’s list!

24 Books I Want to Read in 2024

1. Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

2. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

3. The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

4. The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

5. Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi

6. Pastries by Bharti Kirchner

7. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler

8. Mr. Flood’s Last Resort by Jess Kidd

9. Sphinx by Robin Cook

10. Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow

11. Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson

12. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

13. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

14. Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years by John Guy

15. Thunderstruck by Erik Larson

16. Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History by Tori Telfer

17. Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

18. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

19. All the World’s a Grave by John Reed

20. The Black Tower by Louis Bayard

21. The Distant Hours by Kate Morton

22. Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link

23. Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

24. Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick deWitt

23 Books I Want to Read in 2023

(all books I already own, many of which have been lounging on my shelves for a very long time and growing very impatient that I haven’t read them yet)

(tagged by @televinita )

1. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

2. Year One by Nora Roberts

3. Scythe by Neal Shusterman

4. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

5. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

6. Carrie by Stephen King

7. Radium Girls by Kate Moore

8. Going Postal by Terry Pratchett

9. Frankenstein Unbound by Brian W. Aldiss

10. The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes

11. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

12. Longbourn by Jo Baker

13. Dune by Frank Herbert

14. The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt

15. Angel City by John Steele

16. Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

17. Turtles All The Way Down by John Green

18. The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom

19. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

20. The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

21. Storm Front by Jim Butcher

22. The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist

23. The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster

Might keep this handy as a reference and cross them off as I read them!

Tagging @simplyshelbs16xoxo

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hitchell-mope · 2 years ago

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Hypothetical titles for season nine of 88

Amateur dramatics. Six months after the cataclysm. Findlay’s own reign of terror begins as she spearheads a charity event for the first time. Much to the inert horror of her family and friends. First appearance of Kelsey Grammer as Zane Caldwell, the acclaimed troll playwright who owns the theatre the event will take place in. Songs featured: https://hitchell-mope.tumblr.com/post/687937984929153024/88-the-audition-songs

An offer you can’t refuse. The precinct is visited by the newest crime family in town. The Caruso’s. Headed by Clarissa (Katey Sagal), her wife Carys Jamie Lee Curtis) and the daughters Cara (Christina Applegate) and Cora (Linda Cardellini). Songs featured: elephant love medley from moulin rouge performed by Skipper and Oswald. Son of man from Tarzan performed by Sidney

The damn dame’s Dane. Findlay has to contend with a dog obsessed family whose matriarch has gone missing. Songs featured: dumb dog from Annie performed by Drummond. And be our guest from beauty and the beast performed by the Caruso’s

Hashtags, hashbrowns and hashish. Gelman you vents a creative way to track a drug ring who’ve been pedalling their wares to local restaurants. Songs featured: slipping through my fingers from mamma Mia performed by Delaney and Findlay. And out there from hunchback of Notre Dame performed by Gideon

Neon purple Cindi Lauper. Phaedra Wilkins is murdered on her front doorstep and Findlay takes a unique approach to the mourning period. First appearance of Sigourney Weaver as Phaedra’s mother Natalia Clifton. First regular appearance of Jeff Bridges as Minos Wilkins. Songs featured: Rose’s turn from gypsy performed by Natalia. And send in the clowns from a little night music performed by Minos.

Nothing’s ever simple anymore. As Captain Birch’s team are benched from the Wilkins investigation on the grounds of conflict of interest, Findlay throws herself into planning the charity event. Which means an even more gruelling work schedule for the company. Songs featured: servants choir from my fair lady performed by the theatre company. And no one mourns the wicked from wicked on broadway performed by Findlay, Sullivan, Drummond, Lucia, Deucalion and Kimberly.

What’s not clicking? Findlay gets the latest fright of her life and when she starts hallucinating Phaedra. Songs featured. Alive from the strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde performed by Phaedra. And requiem from dear Evan Hansen performed by Minos, Natalia, Deucalion, Kimberly and Findlay.

Assistance. As his parents investigate a string of robberies on Staten Island, Drummond gets dancing lessons from Caldwell’s sons Zack (Aaron Tveit) and Zander (Jeremy Jordan). Songs featured: friend like me from Aladdin performed by the Caldwell boys. And boulevard of broken dreams from American idiot performed by Minos.

Making a joke out of justice. A murder trial takes a turn for the strange when Jacob thinks of a novel way to get a witness to admit the truth. Songs featured: there! right there! from legally blonde the musical by Jacob and his law partners. And all that jazz from Chicago performed by Lucia.

Counselling is not a bad word. Jones and Delaney reconcile their relationship through a month’s worth of marriage counselling. Meanwhile. Down three members because of the Wilkins case, Lucia convinces Findlay to hire Andy, Solaris and Coleman as replacements. Guest starring Mitchell Hope as Andy Christensen, Robbie Amell as Solaris Burnett and Paul Telfer as Colman Tarbh. First appearance of Alfre Woodward as Winifred’s sister, Dr Melinda Crenshaw. Songs featured: easy street from Annie performed by Lucia and the new hires. And sos from mamma Mia performed by jones and Delaney

The family for the whole family. The Caruso family discuss their plans for New York over dinner. Meanwhile. Drummond’s birthday present from Chambers, a lamp genie, ruffles Sidney’s feathers. Guest starring Brad Pitt. First appearance of Anna Cathcart as Odessa Wayne. Songs featured: be prepared from the lion king performed by the Caruso’s. And strangers like me from Tarzan performed by Odessa and Drummond.

Blood on the barstools. Midseason finale. Part one. A horrific snowstorm traps Skipper and Oswald in Golden Brick with a young Fae runaway who’s just gone into labour. Songs featured: part of your world reprise performed by Lucia. And you’ll be back from Hamilton performed by Clarissa.

Blood on the barstools. Midseason premiere. Part two. Everyone in the precinct tries to dig Skipper, Oswald and the baby free as the mother slowly bleeds out. Songs featured: pure imagination from Charlie and the chocolate factory performed by Skipper. And who I’d be from Shrek the musical performed by Gideon, Lucia and Alabaster.

Adoption. The 200th episode. From New Year’s Day to Valentine’s Day Skipper and Oswald engage in the streamlined process of adopting the baby. Meanwhile. Deucalion and Kimberly face off against Cora and her mage husband Kyle Crowder (guest star Matthew Lillard). Songs featured: you’ll be in my heart from Tarzan performed by Skipper. And hit me with your best shot from rock of ages performed by Cora, Kyle, Deucalion and Kimberly.

TWTW. It’s naming day for Skipper and Oswald’s new son. And Alabaster tries to get Findlay to relax when he thinks the charity event and work is getting too much for her. Songs featured: one from a chorus line performed by the theatre company. And go with the flow from wonderland performed by Alabaster and Findlay.

The coalition of first borns. Sidney and Beaumont confront Jones on his treatment of Sidney as Jacob and Lucia take Findlay for a night out. Songs featured: a man has dreams from Mary Poppins performed by Sidney, Beaumont and Jones. And bosom buddies from Mame performed by Findlay, Jacob and Lucia.

The syndicate. Part one. Lucia is brought in to help when the syndicate of childhood figures start being abducted. Guest starring https://hitchell-mope.tumblr.com/post/687862883198058496/88-the-syndicate-of-childhood-figures and Bill Murray as Donovan Wilmington. Songs featured: come what may from moulin rouge performed by Oswald and Skipper. And with a little bit of luck from my fair lady performed by Donovan.

Human ivory. Part two. Times running out to find baby new year and Vikram Claus. Songs featured: voulez-vous from mamma Mia performed by baby new year. And people from funny girl performed by Kimberly

23 years too late. Findlay is highly insulted when a clerical error means she’s next on the list of werewolf recruits. Except she isn’t. Guest starring Oliver Jackson Cohen as Travis Bourne. Songs featured hello little girl from into the woods performed by Travis. And step in time performed by Zane, Zack, and Zander Caldwell and the theatre company.

Hung jury. Gideon has to go into protection when a copycat killer starts murdering the jury from his brothers final trial. Songs featured: when you’re good to mamma from Chicago performed by Clarissa. And firework from moulin rouge performed by Lucia and Gideon.

Triple timing. Rehearsals heat up and are threatened when Lucia starts dating Coleman, Solaris and Alabaster all at the same time. Songs featured: can you feel the love tonight from the lion king performed by Coleman. And does your mother know from mamma Mia performed by Lucia, Coleman, Solaris and Alabaster.

Back seat. A lower decks episode featuring homicide detective Sonny Clowne investigating Phaedra Wilkins’s murder. Guest starring Keith David as detective Sonny Clowne. Songs featured. I am what I am from la cage au folles performed by Skipper. And monster from frozen on Broadway performed by Findlay.

The event. Season finale. Part one. The night of the charity event has arrived. Just in time for Sidney’s team to investigate a double murder at a brothel. Songs featured: https://hitchell-mope.tumblr.com/post/693286961380753408/please-no-one-reblog-this-it-is-not-finished

Broken apart. Season finale. Part two. The brothel killings investigation continue as Findlay’s hallucinations worsen. Meanwhile. Cara Caruso makes a plea to Jones and Deucalion. Songs featured: Story of my life from shrek the musical performed by prostitutes. Down the rabbit hole from wonderland performed by Phaedra, Giles, Hollis and Findlay. For good from wicked performed by Findlay and Lucia. Changing from Dreamgirls performed by Cara Caruso. Someday from the hunchback of notre dame performed by sidlay. And as a theme tune cameo, we all stand together from Rupert Bear performed by the five families of New York. Cameo appearance by Andy Samberg and Jared Padalecki. Final appearance of Hilary Duff as Phaedra Wilkins

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lex-lawler · 3 years ago

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my (ongoing) tbr list:

Ghost Boys* // Jewel Parker Rhodes

Good Morning, Midnight // Jean Rhys

The Street // Ann Petry

Tentacle // Rita Indiana

The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins // Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

On a Sunbeam (comic) // Tillie Walden

The Grotesque // Patrick McGrath

The Night Ocean // Paul La Farge

The Seventh Day // Yu Hua

The City & the City // Chine Miéville

Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration // David Wojnarowicz

Spain // Caren Beilin

Stoner // John Williams

The Stories of Alice Adams // Alice Adams

The Moviegoer // Walker Percy

Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth // Warsan Shire

Men Without Women // Haruki Murakami

The Strange Library // Haruki Murakami

Hard-Boiled Wonderland at the Edge of the World // Haruki Murakami

In Cold Blood // Truman Capote

I’ll be Gone in the Dark // Michelle Menamara

Killers of the Flower Moon: the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI // David Grann

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks // ˆRebecca Skloot

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women // Kate Moore

Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History // Tori Telfer

Orlando // Virginia Woolf

to whoever may or may not see this, send me some book res!

#tbr #my tbr is so long #but give me reccs

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newagesispage · 3 years ago

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JULY 2021

THE RIB PAGE

*****

They are still uncovering statues on Easter Island.

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Everyone is talking about ‘Exterminate all the Brutes” from Raoul Peck.

*****

Vampire bats, prevalent in Latin America may be on the way to the U.S.

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What they call faith, I call strength.

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Criss angel will open CABLP, a restaurant in Overton, Nevada. The letters stand for breakfast, lunch and pizza and will include a free meal outreach program to help under privileged and pediatric cancer families.

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A fifth ocean in Antartica??** There have also found 4 new ocean species: Apolemia, Tegula Kusairo, Leptarma Biju and Duobrachium Sparksae.

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In China they have found a possible new species in a skull that is 140,000 years old.

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Why would Jeffrey Toobin be back at CNN?? Surely there are more young deserving talking heads around.

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The Keystone pipeline is dead.

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5,000 pounds of explosives were discovered in a home in South LA. LAPD seems to have detonated the fireworks in a truck right there in the neighborhood. They were too dangerous to transport but not enough to blow them up??? How stupid are these people??

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Days alert : So glad to see Clyde again even if it is only for a moment!! **BTW, I do not understand the Daytime Emmy noms this year as they relate to Days. I really was pulling for Victoria Koneful (Ciara) and she won but George DelHoya (Orpheus), Tamara Braun (Ava) and Cady McClain (Jennifer)??? I was shocked when Cady McClain won. I mean, she was so whiny. I question my own ability to judge a performance. In most categories, the winner was usually the one I thought was the worst option. I was happy for Max Gail and CBS Sunday Morning. Some performances were sure overlooked. What about James Read (Clyde), Paul Telfer (Xander), Bryan Dattilo (Lucas), Robert Scott Wilson (Ben), Daniel Kerr (Eli) and Lindsay Arnold (Allie) ?? As annoying as the Kristen character is and as long as it took me to get used to Stacy Haiduk in the role, she kicked ass this year. Did they even submit clips?? And, they are not often on but Tony and Anna forever!!!!!!** And how wonderful is it to see the Dimera boys all together and recounting the whole fam for the votes? **And one more thing, Days was not even nominated for writing while Bold and the Beautiful spends every other show with the Liam character standing in front of the fireplace making excuses for the same shit! Just push repeat, C,mon!!**Philip had a great line for Brady about following Kristen like a zombie.** Dis Eli really say, “Peacock and chill??’ Are these the things they will have to do to do to stay on the air? It took me right out of the show. It was the same day the ads for Days on Peacock started. OMG

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Texas Gov. Abbott vetoed a bill that would make it illegal to chain up dogs without water.**ATexas churches have lost their 501(c) (3) status because it actively ‘educates’ its members on electing specific Republican politicians. –Pete West* This should have been happening long ago. Many churches I know of do this and should not be allowed to have it both ways. #tax the church

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Ellen Burstyn, Jane Curtin, Loretta Devine, Christopher Lloyd, James Caan, French Stewart and Ann-Margaret in Queen Bees and directed by Michael Lembeck?? Yes please!!

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NY has suspended Giuliani’s law license.

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Miracle Workers: The Oregon Trail is coming to TBS, this will be season 3 in the series.

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What is this about Bowen Yang?? A podcast about a sperm bank heist?? Yeow!!

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David Geffen has given $150,000,000 to Yale drama school: Every student will be tuition- free in perpetuity.

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Allison Mack was sentenced to 3 years.

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The latest in sexual assault news: James Franco has agreed to 2.2 mil settlement in sexual misconduct case.** Kyle Massey was charged with immoral communication with a minor.**Bill Cosby is out and here are some reactions: A terrible wrong is being righted.: a miscarriage of justice is corrected. I fully support survivors of sexual assault coming forward.- Phylicia Rashad*I really don’t ever want to hear again as to why many survivors don’t report their rape or assault.- Charlotte Clymer* Women are showing great restraint in not burning everything to the ground right now and I don’t know how they do it.-Jeff Tiedrich

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Amazon is making a series of A League of Their Own with Nick Offerman as the coach.

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Does anyone else have family members that are rich, transient, know it all snobs??

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It looks like New York’s ranked choice voting is leaning toward Eric Adams for Mayor.

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Michigan republicans investigating voter fraud found 2 incidents. One is for a lady who voted by mail and then died, the other was confusion over a man who had the same name as his Father. That was it!

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Jamie Lee Curtis will get the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the 78th Venice International Film Fest in September.

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Jerry Seinfeld will star in and direct ‘Unfrosted’ about Pop-Tarts.

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Why is Airbnb still listing properties in illegal settlements and outposts in Palestinian occupied territories? –James J. Zogby

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Merrick Garland has announced that the Justice department sued Georgia over the voting rights.

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The NFL says that it will halt the use of “race norming” which assumed black players started out with lower cognitive functioning in a $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims. The practice had made it harder for black players to qualify. –The Associated Press.

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Scary Clown 45 ended his ‘From the desk of Donald J. Trump’ blog after 29 days. Word is that he felt he was being mocked in the media.

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Religious leadership keeps engaging in partisan politics on behalf of politicians that are particularly unpopular with younger people and they wonder why younger people are disenchanted with the church. – Schooley ** Give young people credit as well for seeing through the hype and lies of these religious hypocrites who use God only as a weapon and a threat. –Larry Charles

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Amazon will stop drug testing for employment. Can every other company jump on this bandwagon? Let’s judge employees on the work they give.

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The Backstreet Boys and NSync are going to work together??!!

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Showtime is bringing back American Gigolo with Jon Bernthal.

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If Biden can carry out air strikes without proper authorization, the Senate can raise the minimum wage without the Parliamentarian. –Alexandra M. Hunt

Reality Winner is out!!

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Judy Woodruff has been given the Peabody award for journalistic integrity.

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Donald Glover is bringing us Hive. Malia Obama will be a writer.

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Nicholas Cage has married Riko Shibata.

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Catch and Kill: The podcast tapes, is here on HBO.

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Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening will star in Jerry and Marge go large.

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Amblin Partners and Netflix are partners.

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Fall 2022 will bring the Roybal School of film and television production for underserved communities. They are looking to help 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade students. Among others, the program was cofounded by George Clooney, Don Cheadle, Kerry Washington, Mindy Kaling and Eva Longoria.

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Will there be a Wedding Crashers2??

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The Mysterious Benedict Society stars Tony Hale.** I would love to see he and Danny Pudi in something together.

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Actor Stephen Amell from Arrow was removed from a plane after getting into it with his wife. A source said he was drunk and screaming. An official source said that they removed “an unruly customer.”** Andy Dick was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, allegedly assaulting his partner, Lucas with a metal chair.

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So.. Fox news was digitally altering the faces of people they did not care for??? Is there no end to their bullshit????

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Mark Ronson is set to marry Grace Gummer.

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Crime shows seem to be in the cycle of prisoners and the women who get a thrill from helping them escape.

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Wolfgang Van Halen has released a debut album: Mammoth

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Everyone seems to love Danny Trejo’s memoir and its honesty.

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David Spade will take over as host of Bachelor in Paradise.

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I am sickened when I see the first question that pops up on an online search is the net worth of a person. Oh this twisted world.

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Life is a short pause between 2 great mysteries. –Jung

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Prince Harry and Meghan had a daughter that they named Lilibet ‘Lili” Diana.

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Michael Flynn’s brother Charles (who withheld help from the capitol on Jan. 6), leads the U.S. Army Pacific and commands 90,000 troops.

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I am so excited to read ‘The Boys’ from Clint and Ron Howard, due out in October.

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Dave Chappelle closed out the Tribeca film fest with a surprise concert. This was the first in person film fest since Covid. Look for This time, this place which premiered there.

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Ron Wood will release the album Mr. Luck: A tribute to Jimmy Reed on Sept. 3

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Howard Stern signed a new $500 mil contract with Sirius XM. He is taking the whole summer off and many fans say they will cancel their subscription because they don’t want to pay for a summer of reruns.

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Acorn will bring Jane Seymour back to a series. Seymour will be co -executive produce on Harry Wild. Her character will be a retired University professor who loves her whiskey and solves crimes.

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Annie Murphy stasr in ‘Kevin can f*** himself about a sitcom wife which airs on AMC.

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I still do not understand why Rep. Mike Nearman hasn’t been arrested for letting insurrectionists into the Capitol.

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There is a wing shortage??

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The Pulitzer prizes have been announced. The list includes Ben Faub, Barry Blitt, Katori Hall, Emilio Morenatti, AP photographers Marcio Jose Sanchez, Alex Brandon, David Goldman, Julio Cortez, John Minchillo, Frank Franklin II, Ringo H.W. Chiu, Evan Vucci, Mike Stewart and Noah Berger. There was a special citation for Darnella Frazier who filmed the death of George Floyd.

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Conan’s last TBS guests were Martin Short, Jack Black, Bill Hader, Mila Kunis, Dana Carvey, Patton Oswalt and JB Smoove. There were some surprises. The big musical number never happened when Jack Black hurt himself. It was all funny and sweet but Conan never mentioned the band in the last show WTF????????????????????????????????????????? Music is so important to him and he does not thank the band? ** Colbert and Brian Stack gave Conan a cute send after4, 368 shows on CBS calling him a ‘Slenderman Ron Weasly’. Kimmel wished Conn well also.** Hope his HBO MAX variety show goes well.** BTW, the Duvall interview with Colbert was great to see but why does nobody ever mention ‘Get Low?’ What a performance!!

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Tattoos are on the rise.

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Fast food drive thru’s sometime close with fake excuses like the equipment is down or something because they don’t feel like working. Good people can’t find work and so many waste the opportunities they have. AAAAGHH!!

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Valerie Bertinelli and Demi Lovato will star in ‘Hungry’ on NBC.

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Hulu will bring us David E. Kelley’s Nine Perfect Strangers with Nicole Kidman, Michael Shannon, Regina Hall, Bobby Cannavale and Melissa McCarthy.

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R.I.P. Gavin Macleod, Frank Bonner, Joy Vogelsang, Benigno Aquino, Champ Biden, victims of the Miami building collapse, Robert Sacchi, Stuart Damon, Johnny Solinger and Clarence Williams III.

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April 2018 Book Roundup

In April, I read silly books and I read books that were deadly (literally) serious. It’s possible that the most well-written book I read was Madeline Miller’s Circe, which I loved and found much more satisfying than Song of Achilles. But the most enjoyable book? It was Laura Thalassa’s Pestilence, the romance novel about a girl, an apocalypse, and a sexy horseman who spreads disease. What more could you want?

Pestilence by Laura Thalassa. 4/5. When the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse show up, all technology fails, sending the world into chaos. Then they disappear. Five years later, Pestilence has reappeared, and wherever he goes a plague kills everyone in his path. Sara, an ex-firefighter, has been sent to kill him. When that fails? She becomes his prisoner--with Pestilence claiming that he’s keeping her alive to make her suffer. Of course, that’s not what’s really going on, and yes, this is a full-blown romance novel. It’s also one of the most enjoyable books I’ve read all year thus far. Sara and Pestilence’s romance is ridiculous, engrossing, hilarious, and yes, pretty sexy. One thing I loved about this book is that while Pestilence is in his very nature a conqueror and pretty much a living plague--he’s also very boyish and inexperienced and the book makes that inexperience very sexy. Because Sara’s experienced. Sara is sarcastic, foul-mouthed, and pretty sexual; and very rarely do you come across a romance novel that lacks a serious alpha male. Like, yes, Pestilence has his dominant moments, but overall he’s more like... sorta hapless. I mean, spoiler alert, they have sex, what a shocker, and when Sara is annoyed that he’s not being more chill about it he’s like “I GAVE YOU MY ESSENCE SARA~~~~”. It’s one of those books. I loved it.

I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon. 3/5. Anna Anderson was famous for pretending to be famous--after an attempted suicide, she claimed to be Anastasia Romanov, and was so convincing that people who met and were related to the grand duchess backed her. “I Was Anastasia” explores Anna’s life--backwards. Meanwhile, the story of Anastasia Romanov is told moving forward. Somewhere, they meet in the middle, as does the truth. In a basic way, this is a good historical fiction novel. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel. The thing is that if you know anything about Anastasia, you know about Anna; there aren’t any twists to be had. What kept this from being a four-star read, aside from the fact that it was a bit expected, was one thing concerning the grand duchesses that is pretty debatable from what I understand, and--I’m not sure it was necessary. But if you’re into the Romanovs, you may want to check this out.

Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History by Tori Telfer. 4/5. A collection of write-ups on female serial killers. What sets this book apart is that, aside from Erszebet Bathory and Nannie Doss (as well as the Benders, vaguely) I really hadn’t heard about most of these women. Telfer steered clear of discussing extremely obvious women like Aileen Wuornos, instead focusing on cases that largely took place before the second half of the twentieth century, with one murderess dating back to the thirteenth century. Of course, this means that there was often more speculation and less hard evidence, but for most of these women I think there was a pretty good case to be made that SOMETHING was going on, even if it wasn’t as salacious as some might believe. And Telfer doesn’t just stick to typical American and European women, either--she touches about the Egyptian sisters Raya and Sakina, famous for killing a remarkable number of women, and Oum El-Hassen, a Moroccan murderess whose motives remain a mystery to this day. More than a profiling of these individuals, however, I’d call this book an analysis of how we interpret female serial killers culturally. Why don’t we take them as seriously as we do male serial killers? Why do paint them, often, as more sexual than truly frightening? Telfer doesn’t shy away from the gory details and while you might feel some empathy for these women, she doesn’t hesitate to report that some were very likely psychopaths, with no remorse--but then, that doesn’t take away from the fact that some were poor, some were abused, and some didn’t really see any better options for themselves. The Angel Makers of Nagyrev--not one murderess but a group of Hungarian village women who, over fifteen years, killed around 300 people for a variety of reasons--were particularly interesting and kind of heartbreaking. Highly recommend.

Tangerine by Christine Mangan. 2/5. In 1956, Alice goes to Tangiers with her new husband--a man she barely knows--John. Haunted by an event that happened while she was at school--an event she barely remembers--Alice struggles with anxiety and paranoia, and can’t adjust to the strange world of Morocco. However, her past catches up to her in the form of Lucy, her old school friend. This is essentially a 40s/50s film noir/psychological thriller movie a la Hitchcock in book form. Unfortunately, while I feel it would have worked as a movie of that style and era, the writing wasn’t attention-grabbing. Pretty, but a bit dull. I couldn’t tell much of a difference between the voices of Lucy and Alice, though they alternated, and the “twist”... I don’t need a twist in my thrillers--a real one, that is--but if there is going to be one it should be decent. This was fairly pedestrian. A missed opportunity, especially painful because the authorb describes Morocco so well.

Indecent by Corrine Sullivan. 3/5. Imogene has always envied the rich kids who went to elite boarding schools. Now a grown woman, she becomes a teacher’s assistant of sorts at a fancy prep school for boys--only to find herself attracted to one of the students. This is not an easy read. If anyone reads it and believes that Imogene’s victim--because horny seventeen year old boy or not, he is that--was the bad person here, nah. I don’t think Sullivan intends it that way at all. Imogene is a study of a predator who became that way through insecurity and arrested development. She thinks like a teenager. She constantly critiques herself--her body, her relative lack of sexual experience. She compares herself to teenage girls, for God’s sake, and is all impressed by a seventeen year old boy’s “experience” and “charisma”. By being in Imogene’s mind... You get how a predator becomes a predator. Some aren’t born that way, and the line between a woman in her early twenties and a boy in his late teens COULD conceivably get blurred--but it’s always the adult’s fault, and this book doesn’t shy away from that. I wouldn’t say it was a fun read, but it was interesting.

The Day of the Duchess by Sarah MacLean. 3/5. Malcolm, the Duke of Haven (yes) has a problem. He needs an heir--but to have an heir, he first needs a wife. Actually, he has one; but Seraphina, the title-chaser who “trapped” him into marriage left nearly three years ago. Now she’s shown up asking for a divorce, which isn’t all that easy to get. Malcolm makes her a deal: if she helps choose his next wife, he’ll grant her the divorce. Of course, Malcolm would far rather keep Seraphina around than have her select her replacement... so his real plan is to woo her into staying with him. This was a pleasant, enjoyable read that varied from the typical romance novel in that the hero has done a genuinely bad thing--not just a mildly upsetting thing--and there are very strong problems in the marriage. Malcolm and Sera are both pretty wounded by what they’ve done to each other and one major thing neither one of them could have really helped. The angst was real. And the sex scenes were good--lots of emphasis on female gratification in this one. But parts of the story were kind of like... too much comic relief for a novel with the kind of backstory this one has. I’m not saying it had to be a serious story AT ALL, but Sera has this chorus of sisters and I liked them at first but it become... too much. However, I’d still call it a solid historical romance.

Circe by Madeline Miller. 5/5. Known as the witch who turned Odysseus’s men into pigs before capitulating to his charms and will, Circe is a character who was present for or linked to some of the most interesting parts of Greek mythology. Here she gets her own epic, beginning with her birth as the nymph-goddess daughter of Helios. Eventually exiled to an island, far from the other gods, Circe encounters everything from sailors to fellow witches and kings, and even monsters. This is a literary fantasy, the writing as beautiful as it was in Song of Achilles, but dealing with a story much more dynamic and interesting. Circe is a character who is at times deeply caring while not losing her selfish and destructive streaks. She has reasons for her behavior, but she isn’t declawed in the least. Miller tells the more horrifying parts of her story with taste, and at times, humor; but you never lose the sense of the epic in this novel.

The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton. 4/5. As the king of Innis Lear ages, his obsession with the stars and prophecy leave his kingdom in a perilous position. Drawing together his three daughters--the warlike Gaela, manipulative and child-starved Regan, and the favorite, Elia--Lear promises that he will name his heir. But no matter who he chooses, the sisters are prepared to go to war for the crown, and for the fate of Innis Lear. Obviously, this is a retelling of King Lear--Gratton evidently found the initial portrayal of Lear’s daughters lacking, and really takes that to task here. And to be sure, Gaela, Regan, and Elia have far more depths than the women in the original play. But the fact is that I could have done with more of them, and less of the perspective of others. When the story is with the sisters, it’s enthralling. But often, there’s the perspective of Ban, a pivotal character--an embittered bastard with remarkable power--but perhaps not the most compelling voice. Then there’s the fool’s daughter Aefa, Ban’s mother Brona, the sisters’ uncle, and more. Gratton also often delves into the past, revealing plot points but more than that developing the characters. Which is good. None of what is in this book is bad, really, but it’s held back from being as good as it could be by too much of the less important stuff. For example--Gaela and Regan have a very compelling, codependent relationship. Gaela is driven to be king, and Regan has sworn to support her no matter what and have children that will be Gaela’s heirs. The problem being, of course, that despite the fact that she’s the only one of the sisters in a loving relationship, Regan seems incapable of bearing a living child. The differing struggles of Gaela and Regan are amazing, and deserved more pagetime. With that being said, this is a super compelling story, and worth checking out.

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara. 4/5. Michelle McNamara, as many know, died in the middle of writing her exhaustive book on the Golden State Killer--a title she coined. Obviously, the killer has since been caught, but he wasn’t when Michelle was researching. The result is a gripping, incredibly well-done book on a monster. It reminds me somewhat of In Cold Blood, but without the closeness to the killer--less sympathy, more drive to find and punish him. McNamara was up front about her own flaws, with the book itself highlighting her obsessive nature. But ultimately, the only thing I can really critique about her work is beyond her control; it is somewhat disjointed, as friends had to piece the book together after she died. However, it’s a remarkable example of true crime lit.

#book roundup #books #book recs

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PLANSCHBECKEN FESTIVAL TELFS - 14.09.2018

Das Planschbecken Festival hosted by LoR. Legends of Rock. Der kürzlich gegründete Kulturverein hatte in den vergangenen Monaten ja nicht besonders viel Glück mit Open Airs. Das hielt sie aber nicht davon ab, ihr ERSTES Ein-Tages-Festival im Telfer Schwimmbad (natürlich open air) zu veranstalten. Das Venue ist gewagt. Vor Allem bei unbeständigen Wettervorhersagen. Doch das Pokern lohnte sich. Das Wetter war hervorragend und setzte die Weichen des Fests auf Erfolg.

Was Legends of Rock kann (und seit Jahren immer wieder bewiesen hat) ist Leute zusammen zu bringen. Für ein paar Freibier hat sich binnen einer Woche eine stolze Menge an Menschen zusammengefunden, die beim Aufbau und der Organisation der Veranstaltung mithalfen. Da waren z.B. die Jungs von Tripsitter, die Schilder für den Weg zum Eingang gemacht haben oder die Rasta Hill Camp Crew, die sich an allen Ecken und Enden beteiligte um einen reibungslosen Ablauf zu ermöglichen. Legends of Rock gibt einem das Gefühl, die Tiroler Musikszene (egal ob Hip-Hop, Reggae oder Punk) ist eine große Familie. Dementsprechend bunt gemischt war auch das Line-Up.

Los ging es so gegen 15:00 mit der Schulband des BORG Telfs. Diese überzeugten mit altbekannten Covers wie “Superstition“ von Stevie Wonder oder “Son of a Preacher Man“ von Dusty Springfield. Schade, dass sich zu diesem Zeitpunkt noch nicht so viele Leute auf den Weg zum Telfer Badl gemacht haben. Aber so ist das halt bei den ersten Acts auf einem Festival.

Als nächstes übernahmen dann die Jungs von Dilid’Em aus dem Tiroler Oberland. Zu dieser Band habe ich schon länger eine gute Beziehung und deswegen freute ich mich sehr auf sie. Ihr psychedelisch angehauchter Rock schaffte zusammen mit der hinter der Bühne scheinenden Sonne eine ausgelassene Atmosphäre, die einem Freitagnachmittag gerade gerecht kommt. Es fanden sich auch langsam mehr Leute am Venue ein, die das ganze Geschehen dann hauptsächlich sitzend von dem amphiteathrisch aufgehobenen Rasen in einiger Entfernung vor der Bühne genossen. Der angenehme Sound der Band, untermauert von der kräftigen Stimme des Sängers Arian regte zum Träumen und Wegdriften an. Weg von dem ganzen Stress unserer Zeit.

Fortgeführt wurde der Nachmittag dann von Andy Steiner Trio, das kurzfristig für die Band Hello Sally einsprang. Das Trio setzt sich zusammen aus Andy Steiner (Gesang, Akustikgitarre), Jakob Köhle (Drums) und Anna Reisigl (Bass), alle ihrerseits am Konservatorium für Jazz und improvisierte Musik (was die Latte natürlich sehr hoch legte). Doch das Trio überzeugte vom ersten Ton weg. Bei diesen drei merkt man einfach, dass sie Musik im Blut haben. Die selber komponierte Musik siedelt sich irgendwo zwischen Folk und Jazz an und ist leicht verdaulich und angenehm zu hören. Das Geniale daran ist aber, dass sie trotz dieser Mischung alles andere als langweilig ist. Andy schafft mit seiner Stimme eine romantische Atmosphäre, die von Bass und Drums weich und doch präsent perfekt hinausgetragen wird.

Im Anschluss spielte Rapperin Spilif zusammen mit Rudi Montaire an den Decks und Mary.M.High an den Vocals. Das Hip-Hop Trio versuchte immer wieder, das Publikum zu sich zu holen, was ihnen auch im Großen und Ganzen gelang. Die fein gebauten Beats von Rudi und die smoothen Lines von Spilif überzeugten wohl jeden Zuhörer, der auch nur ein bisschen etwas für Hip-Hop übrig hatte. Unterstrichen wurde die ganze Performance von der weichen Stimme von Mary.M.High, die zusammen mit Spilif ein eingespieltes Team bildete. Bei den drei wirkt alles so einfach. Sie haben Spaß auf der Bühne und das steckt auch das Publikum an. Diesen drei könnte man wohl stundenlang zuhören ohne gelangweilt zu werden.

Gegen 19:00 übernahm dann Von Seiten der Gemeinde aus dem Tiroler Oberland und spätestens ab jetzt waren die Zuschauer voll da. Testa an den Decks übernahm anfangs noch alleine auf der Bühne die DJ-Rolle und haut als Intro gleich eine Bombe raus. This is America von Childish Gambino. Dann ging die Vorstellung los. Das Hip-Hop Trio, bestehend aus Yo!Zepp am Mic und Chrisfader sowie Testa an den Decks riss das Publikum förmlich in den Bann. So etwas wie Von Seiten der Gemeinde gibt es nicht zweimal und das ist auch gut so. Ihre Tracks sind eine gesunde Mischung aus attraktiven Punchlines serviert in feinstem Oberländer Dialekt, kombiniert mit geschickt eingespielten Samples verschiedener Radiosendungen etc. Die Jungs machen einem vor Allem als Oberländer total Spaß. Mit viel Witz aber auch nicht zu kurz getretener Gesellschaftskritik überzeugten Von Seiten der Gemeinde wohl nahezu jeden Einzelnen der rund 180 Zuschauer, die sich mittlerweile fast im Kollektiv vor die Bühne begeben haben. Songs wie “Ochsamusi“, “Gemeindetraktor“, “Lignano“ oder “104 Jåhr voll“ regen zum Nachdenken und Lachen gleichzeitig an. Zum Schluss wurden sogar noch ein paar CD’s und Platten verschenkt.

Und dann kamen die Blackout Problems aus München. Wo fange ich da bloß an. Mal vorab: Die vier Jungs wurden ihrer Headlinerrolle zweifellos mehr als gerecht. Sie haben vor ein paar Monaten ein neues Album namens “Kaos“ rausgehauen und sind damit derzeit auf Tour. Und je länger die Show ging, umso mehr wurde klar, dass Chaos nicht nur der Name ihres Albums ist. Es ist eine Lebenseinstellung der Blackout Problems. Und obwohl die Band mich mit ihrem neuen Album noch nicht voll von den Socken gehauen hat muss ich sagen, dass ich spätestens nach dieser Performance ein Fan von ihnen bin und auch voll und ganz verstehen kann, warum die Band gerade in letzter Zeit so hoch gelobt worden ist. Die Energie, die sämtliche Bandmitglieder vermitteln ist gewaltig. Es wirkt, als wären sie alle an eine Hochspannungsleitung angeschlossen. Und dieser Funke springt aufs Publikum über. Der Charme der Blackout Problems lebt von der Liveperformance. Und genau diese nutzen sie auch, um klarzumachen, wofür sie stehen. Sänger Mario nimmt sich kein Blatt vor dem Mund und nimmt ganz klar Stellung zu aktuellen sozialen Missständen. Und er lässt es sich auch nicht nehmen kurz über das mit Zäunen abgesperrte Schwimmbad zu witzeln. Was er dann aber als geschickte Überleitung verwendet, um ein bisschen über die Grenzpolitik und den rezenten Aufwind rechter Parteien aufmerksam zu machen. Und um letztlich die Beziehung der Blackout Problems zum “sweet sweet Chaos“ zu untermauern klettert Mario inmitten eines Songs mit dem Mikrofon um den Hals gewickelt das Bühnengerüst hinauf und singt in 4 Metern Höhe überhängend auf das Publikum ein. Diese Performance wird den Zuschauern definitiv noch länger im Kopf erhalten bleiben.

Zum Fazit: Das Planschbecken Festival war super organisiert, die Location war gut gewählt, der Sound war toll gemixt (Kompliment an Hosch Tontechnik und den Tontechniker) und die Stimmung war super. Einzig und allein bemängeln könnte man den mit 22€ bezifferten Eintrittspreis, der allerdings mit dem Angebot an Bands, den Kosten der Bühne etc. definitiv gerechtfertigt werden kann. Wir ziehen den Hut vor Legends of Rock und hoffen, dass diese Veranstaltung nicht die letzte dieser Art sein wird!

PS: auf der Aftershowparty konnte ich leider nicht anwesend sein und kann diese daher auch nicht in meinen Bericht einfließen lassen. Falls jemand ein paar Worte dazu verlieren möchte: Ich bin über sämtliche Inputs dankbar.

Danke fürs Lesen!

Bussi,

Manuel von DRAB FLOWER MUSIC

#music #tirol #telfs #supportyourlocalbands #supportyourlocalscene #festival #legendsofrock #drabflowermusic

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🌈 Queer Books Coming Out in June 2024

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Award Winners 2018

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January 6, 2019

Award Winners 2018

Putney

MINI SINGING – KITTY MAE FALLON

JUNIOR SINGING – LOTTIE TIMONEY

SENIOR SINGING – CATHERINE STROUVALIS

MINI DRAMA – ABIGAIL DAVIES

JUNIOR DRAMA – GEORGIE HAINES

SENIOR DRAMA – AMELIA HARRIS

LITTLE STAR AWARD – AMARA PASSMORE

LITTLE STAR MEDALS: Evie, Darcey, Dolly, Lizzy, Violet, Coco & Aika.

MINI MUSICAL PRODUCTION – AMELIA STANGER

JUNIOR MUSICAL PRODUCTION – GEORGIE HAINES

SENIOR MUSICAL PRODUCTION – JESSICA THOMPSON

MINI BALLET – ANNA CAREY

MINI BALLET MEDAL – RONNIE GARETT-WOODWARD

JUNIOR BALLET – REBECCA WATTS

SENIOR BALLET – MATTI MUSK

MINI TAP – HARRIET SMITH

JUNIOR TAP – GRACE SALSONI

SENIOR TAP – LUCY HAZRATI

MINI MODERN – FLORRIE DIGGLE

MINI MODERN – ABIGAIL DAVIES

JUNIOR MODERN – GRACE ROUTLEDGE

SENIOR MODERN – MIA BYNON

MINI JAZZ – EZMAI ROBINSON

MINI JAZZ MEDALS – MABEL HARDIE & CHRISTINA TZANNATOS

JUNIOR JAZZ – IMANI TOPPIN

SENIOR JAZZ – BEATRICE FITZMAURICE

WIMBLEDON CUP – EDEN KENNEALLY & POPPY BOYD MAUNSELL

MINI ACRO AWARD – SCARLETT ALPASLAN-MULLEN

JUNIOR ACRO AWARD – LULU TELFER

SENIOR ACRO AWARD – ELLIE PETIT

MOST IMPROVED – SOPHIE MILLER

EFFORT AWARD – LAUREN PYECROFT

EFFORT MEDAL – LAIA ROVIRA, LIVIA & LIVIA VAN DEN BRINK, MCKENZIE, LILY SMITH, ELLE BLAKEMORE.

MINI PERFORMANCE AWARD – EMMIE WYATT

MINI PERFORMANCE MEDAL – KITTY MAE FALLON

JUNIOR PERFORMANCE AWARD – HOLLY DAVIES

SENIOR PERFORMANCE AWARD – ELLIE DE SOUZA

DANCER’S DANCER OF THE YEAR – MATTI MUSK

PERFORMANCE IN ‘THIS IS US’ CUP – GRACIE SALSONI

PERFORMANCE IN ‘THIS IS US’ CUP – CATHERINE STROUVALIS

UNIFORM SCHOLORSHIP – LILLIE & WILLOW CASS

THEATRE AWARD – MEGAN & MIA BYNON

JACKIE/IAN SCHOLARSHIP – LILY WYATT

NAN LUCIE AWARD – RONNIE GARETT WOODWARD

OUTSTANDING STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD – LILY WYATT

Award Winners 2018

Tolworth, Surbiton & Epsom

MINI JAZZ –DARCEY TURNER

MINI JAZZ MEDALS – Georgia, Dolly, Elizabeth, Ruby, Scarlett, Luca, Lilah, Emilia

JUNIOR JAZZ AWARD – ELLIE COUPE

JUNIOR JAZZ MEDAL – DEMI DIGGINS

SENIOR JAZZ – ELLIE PETIT

SENIOR JAZZ MEDAL – IMANI TOPPIN / HOLLIE PETIT

JUNIOR TAP – LOTTIE TIMONEY

JUNIOR TAP – KATIE DUNSTONE

JUNIOR TAP MEDAL – Holly, Amelia, Molly, Ronnie

BALLET AWARD – MOLLY NOTT

BALLET AWARD – OLGA NATONSKA

BALLET CUPS – LARA & ALESSANDRA

MINI MODERN AWARD – RONNIE GARETT-WOODWARD

MODERN MEDAL – MAYA MANNING

JUNIOR MODERN AWARD – FLORRIE DIGGLE

SENIOR MODERN AWARD – TEAGEN WHITING

MOST IMPROVED – KACI CONDER

MOST IMPROVED MEDAL – BEATRICE COLLINS

EFFORT AWARD – GRACE CONDER

EFFORT AWARD – LUCIE DE WET

EFFORT MEDALS – Gracie D, Kenzie, Sophie, Keiana,

PERFORMANCE AWARD – MATYLDA NATONSKA

ADULT BALLET – MANDY BYNON

ADULT TAP – PIP JENKINS

OUTSTANDING STUDENT – FLORRIE DIGGLE

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Levidromes

A levidrome is a word that when spelled backwards makes another word. Well, at least not yet. It is not in the Oxford English Dictionary. Levi Budd is a six-year-old boy from British Columbia in Canada who has coined the term 'levidrome' after spotting that the word 'STOP' spells 'POTS' backwards. After realising that there is no such word in English for this phenomena, a social media campaign has started to get this word in popular usage (hence this post). I wrote a short Python script this morning that will pull all of the levidromes from a dictionary file. The full list is copied below.

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aa ab aba abac abba abo abos abut acca ad ado ados ae aga agar agas agenes ah aha ahs aia aider air airts ajar aka al ala alan alif alma alula am ama amahs amas amen amene amir amis amla amman an ana anal anan anana anes anew anger animal animes anna annat anon ante apod araara arak arb arbas are ares arf aril arret arris arum arval aryl assam asses at ataata ate ates aua auks ava aval avel avid avo awa ay ayahs ba bac bacs bad bag bal bals ban bans bard barf bark bas bat bats bed beef ben bens bib bid big bin bins bird bis blub bo bob bobac bobak bod bog boh bok bon bonk boob boord bor bos bots bows boy bra braced brad brag braw bro brod bros bru bub bud bug bulb bun bunk buns bur burd burg bus but buts cab caba cabob cam camus cap card cares cep ceps cire cires cis cit cite cito civic clat cod cor cos cot cram cran crem cur da dab dace dad dag dah dahs dal dam dap daraf darb darg dart darts das daud daw daws day de deb debut decaf decal decarb dedal deed deem deen deens deep deeps deer dees deet deets def defer deffer deffo deg degami degged deid deified deifier deil deke deked del deled delf delis deliver delos dels deman demit demits den denier denies denim denis denned dennets dens depart deport depot depots derat derats dere dered deres deros derris dessert desserts deus devas devil devils devots dew dewans dewed dexes deys di dial dialer dials diaper dib did died dif dig dim din dinar diol diols diram dit div diva do dob doc dod dog doh dohs dol dom don dons doom door dop dopa dops dor dorb dormin dorp dorps dort dorter dos doser dot doy drab drac drail dram drap draps draw drawer draws dray drey drib drier droob drool drow drows drub duad dual dub dud duel duo dup dups ea ean eas eat ecad ecce ed edile edit ee eel eels een ef eh ehs eke eked elide elides elutes em eme emes emir emit emits emmets emong emos en ene enema enes enol enows er era ere ered eres ergo eric eros ervil eses esnes espial esse et eta etas etat etats eten etic etna euk eve even evil eviler evils ewe exul eye faced farad fe fed feeb feer fen fer fet fid fier fig fila fir fires fled flog flor flow fool fra frab fret fro gab gad gag gal gals gam gan gans gaps gar garb gas gat gateman gater gats gay ged gel gelder gem gen get gib gid gif gig gins gip girt girts git gnar gnat gnats gnaw gnaws gnome gnus gob god golf gon gons goog gorp gorps gos got grad gram grub gu gub gul gulp guls gum gums guns gup gups gur gut guv guy ha habus had hadedah hah hahs hajjah halalah hales hallah hallan halos han hap haram hay he heh henry hep her hey ho hob hod hoh hon hoo hoop hop hos huh hup id ikat imaged io iris iron is it itas iwi jar kabob kaiak kak kam kara kat kay kayak keek keel keels keep keet keets ken keps kier kips kirks kis kiths knaps knar knit knits knob knop knot knots know knub knuts kob kook kor korat kow krab krans kue la lab laced lacer lad laded laer lag lager laid laipse lair lam lamina lana langer lap lares larum las laud lava lavra leat leben led lee leek leep leeps leer lees leet leets leg leir lemel leper les let leud leva level lever levins levo lez liar liard liart lias lied lies lin lion lira lit live lived livre lobo lod loges loid lone loof looks loom loons loop loops loord loos loot looter loots lop los lotos lug luxe lyra ma mac macs mad madam maes mag mak mal malam mallam mals mam man map maps mar marah marc marcs mard marg marid marram marrum mart mas massa mat maws may me meed mees meet meets meg mem merc meter mets mew mho mid milks mils mim mined minim mips mir mis mm mo mod mom mon moo mood mool mools moops moor moos moot mop mor mos mot moy mu mug mum mura mural mures murram mus mut muton muts na naan nab nae nag nah nala nallah nam named namer nametag namma nan nana nap napas nappas naps naras narc narcs narks nas nat naw ne neb nebel ned nee need neep nef neg nek neks nelis nema nemas nep net nete nets neve neves new nib nid nil nimrod nip nips nis nit no nob nod nog noh noil nolos nom non nona nonet noo noon noop noops nori nos not notes notum now noy nu nub nun nur nus nut nuts nys oat ob oba obey obo obol od oda odas offed offer ogre oh ohm oho ohos oi oiks om on ono oo ooh oohs oom oon oop oor oot op oppo orb orf os otic otto oud ova ovel ow owt oxo oy pac pacer pad pah pal palp pals pam pan pans pap par pard part parts pas pat pats paw paws pay pec peed peek peel peels peen peep pees peh pelas pen peons pep per perp perts pets pig pin pins pip pir pis pit plap plug po pod poh pol pols pom ponk poo pooh pool pools poon poons poop poor poort poos poots pop port ports pos pot pots pow pows prat prep prod prog pud pug puh pullup pup pupils puris pus put puy radar rag raga rager rages raggas rail rait raj raja ram ramis rang ranid rank rap raps ras rast rat rats raw ray re real reaps rebus rebut recal recap recaps reccos redder redes redia redips redleg redraw redrawer reed reef reeks reel reels reens rees ref refed refer reffed reffo reflet reflow regal regar regna regnal regos reh reif reified reifier reik reiks reined reird reknit reknits reknot reknots relaid relit relive reliver reman remeet remit renies rennet rep repaid repaper repel repins repot repots res resat resod retag retem retool retrod retros revel reviled reviler reviver reward rewarder rewets rexes ria rial rias ribas riel rif rim rima rime rims rip rits rob roc rod rok rolf rom rones roo rood room rooms roop roops roots rosies rot rotator rotavator rotor rub ruc rucs rug rums run sab sabir sabra sad sadis sado sados sae sag saga sagas sagenes saggar sail sair sakis sal salep salles sallets sam sama samas samen san sanes sap sapan sappan saps sar saran saros sarus sat sate sati sav saved saw saz scab scam scares scot scram scran scur seals seam seat secret seder sedes sedile seed seeks seel seem seems seep seer sees segar segol seil seined seiner seis seisor seities sekos sel selah selahs seles sellas selles seme sememes semes semina sena senas sene senega senegas sennet senor sense ser sera serac seracs seral sere sered seres seric serif serons serres serum sese sesey sessa sesses set seta seton setule seven sexed sexer sexes sey seys sha shad shah shahs shakos shales shama shay shaya she shod shoo shtik si sib sic sidas sies sik sikas siled silen sim sima simar simis sin sined sinnet sip siri siris sirra sirred sirs sirup sis sit six skat skeer skees skeets sken skeps skier skio skips sklim skool skran skrans skrik skua slab slaes slag slaid slam slap sled slee sleek sleep sleeps sleer sleet sleets slim slipup slit slive slived sloid sloom sloop sloops sloot sloots slop slug smart smees smew smir smits smoor smoot smug smur smut smuts snab snag snap snaps snark snarks snaw snawed snaws sneb sned sneed sneer snib snig snip sniper snips snirt snit snivel snod snoep snog snool snoop snoops snoot snores snort snot snow snub snug so sob soba soc soccer sod soda sodas sog soger soh soho sokahs sokes sol solah soled solon solos som some son sonnet sool soom soop sop soras sorb sore sored sorter sos sotol sow soy spacer spaer spag spam span spank spans spar spard spart sparts spas spat spats spaw spaws spay spaz spec speed speel speels spek speks spets spider spik spiks spim spin spins spirt spirts spit spod spool spools spoom spoon spoons spoor spoots sports spot spots sprat sprits sprod sprog spud spug sris stab stag stang stap staps star stared start stat state stats staw staws steed steek steeks steel steels steem stellas stem stemme sten stenned step steps stet stets stew stewer stime stimed stims stink stinker stir stirps stob stonk stonker stool stools stoop stoops stoor stop stoped stoper stops stot stots stoved stow stows strad strap straps straw strep stressed stria strig strips strop strops strow struts stub stum stums stun stunk sturts sub subah suber succus sued sulu sulus sum sumac sun sung sup suras sus susus swad swam swang swans swap swaps sward swat swats sway swey swob swone swop sword swot swots syed syes syn ta tab tae tael taes tag tak taki taks talc tallat tam tan tang tanna tao tap taps tar tared tarok tarp tarps tart tas taser tat tate tats tav taw taws te teed teek teel teels teem teemer tef teg tel telfer ten tenet tenner tennes tennis tennos tenon terces terf terra terret tes tet tets tew ti tiar tic tid tide tig til tiler tils time timed timer tin tink tinker tins tip tips tirrit tis tit toc tocs tod tog tom ton tonk tonker tons too tool tools toom tooms toons toot top toped toper tops tor torot tort tot tots tow tows trad trail tram trams trap traped traps trat trats tressed trew trig trins trips trod trons troop trop troped trot trow tsar tub tuba tubed tuber tug tum tums tun tup tut two ug ulu ulus um umu un urb utu vas vat vav vid vug wad wan wang wans wap waps war warb ward warder warts was wat wats waw way wed wem wems wen wena wert wet wets wey wo wok wolf wolfer won wonk wons wop word wort worts wos wot wots wow xis ya yad yag yah yahs yak yam yap yaps yar yard yaw yaws yay yebo yeh yerd yes yeses yew yews yo yob yod yom yon yos yrneh yug yup zaps zas zel ziz zuz zzz

It is interesting to note that some levidromes are also palindromes. I wonder whether we need a new word to describe this phenomenon also? Furthermore, there is no word in English for "a word that you make up in order to make another word make sense". I suggest: "emordivel" ?

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