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oldladydatin · 5 years ago

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The Craziest Thing

The weirdest thing happened to me Saturday night. I went to bed and I was happy. Not like that temporary happiness that you experience when you do something new and you're excited and you get that short burst of serotonin or dopamine or whatever neurotransmitters, this wasn’t from some novelty experience. I really felt content and happy. I went to bed alone, after a long hot bath, fell asleep watching a movie, with my puppy cuddled up on my feet with a smile on my face.

I saw my favorite band play, I met up with my favorite 3 concert buddies, but unlike other times we'd met up I hugged my boys and told them I missed them and split. I missed seeing them, but I was on a mission to get to the front and get Corey Taylor sweat on me, get spit on, a marriage proposal, something? I did NOT have time to hang out. I usually cling a bit to them like an injured bird. I'll wander off. I'll go pee, I'll get another drink, I'll look at the shirts, I'll sometimes start talking to a stranger but I always go find them or one of them always follows me, and we didn't really hang that night. In between bands I pushed my way as far forward as I could. I started talking to people around me, I was like 8 people from the front for Vol Beat. Then Slipknot came on. Everyone around me had become chatty in between bands, we made a pact not to let anyone through and we stuck to it. I had warned everyone I had come to fuck shit up and I was gonna incite some moshing. I think they thought I was joking. I'm like 5'2" on a good day, blonde, I was wearing my favorite rhinestone sandals like a total weirdo, I didn't look as rambunctious as I am. But I did. When Slipknot started I started pushing and got 4 from the front. I met up with my concert buddies, one in the pit and the other crowd surfed over my head. Broke my favorite sandals and my toe nail. Note to self: wear better mosh pit shoes for the next show. I got felt up by some random dude, at first I thought he was just being shoved into me, then he grabbed me hips and pulled me into him. Next thing I know he’s trying to shove his hand down my skirt and I couldn’t get away because we were packed in too tightly. I just kept pulling his hands off me and then the crowd would shove forward again. Finally there was space and I elbow that douche bag in the sternum about 4 times and while he was trying to catch his breath I shoved him into the pit that had just opened up, he was ill prepared. Because I’m not going to be anybody else’s play thing.

In the end I had to walk to my car barefoot and it had been raining so I was wet, and it was muddy and I think I stepped on glass. I ended up in some random shady neighborhood buying gas looking a little crazy because I had worn fishnets under my shorts, a ripped up tank top, and skeleton gloves that covered my forearms, and then I came home and cleaned up and climbed in bed happy.

What is so different? I've been considering this the past day.

I legitimately spent the last 2 years trying to make a man love me who was never going to love me. I'd like committed myself to this for some dumb reason, it's taken a long time to really clear my head and go what the fuck were you thinking? The last conversation we had he still couldn't be honest with me and I had to recognize and accept that this man was kind of a piece of shit and he really didn't care about other people and who needs someone like that in their life?

Prior to that I was married for 14 years trying to make some miserable man happy, when it was never going to happen and really it wasn't my job too make him happy in the first place. You can't make someone happy? Again wtf was I thinking? He put it in my head I couldn't make it on my own, that I was too dumb or too incompetent and I wasn't desirable as a women. More laughable moments.

Before being married, I went to slipknot shows and moshed. I did whatever fun and crazy reckless thing I wanted to, when I wanted to. It wasn't always my best decision making, but I was always 100% myself and I was almost always happy. I didn't think well if I do this or this thing this guy who I'm so desperate to make love me will disapprove. Because I didn't give a shit if a man loved me or not to be honest. The men who I loved let me be as free, wild and crazy as I was because they did spend the time getting to really know me, and they didn't ask for anything else, they loved me for me. Before I didn't have men in my life who were so insecure in themselves that they felt they needed to bring me down, they needed to insult me, or control me or hold me back. Those men are still very close friends. I still talk to my highschool sweet heart, and the guy I was with after him tells me he loves me once a week, or that he misses me. I never had to work that hard to earn their love, I just had to be me. That's all I've been the last few weeks, me. I've been doing some mixed media water colors, I've been writing poetry. I've hiked, I've went for walks in the rain, I've danced for no reason, I've obsessively researched things most people find strange. If it was a I wanna lay in bed and watch movies day, I did it. In essences I've been me with no concern about whose watching me or what would or wouldn't make someone else happy.

I posted a meme on my facebook that said "How to lose a man?? Just be a good woman, they hate that shit." I reposted it because I feel like this lately, but I've also put alot of effort into two miserable selfish men which was foolish of me. I said I'm only investing in myself and better toys from here on out. I don't know that that's a forever thing but it's definitely a for right now thing because I'm happy. Because this is how you’re supposed to feel. I look forward to more days like this one.

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coffeebased · 6 years ago

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It’s been a whole year since I posted last. Part of me wants to apologise for being gone so long, but mostly I’m just glad that I’m here.

Instead of doing a GIANT 2018 READING POST, I’m going to chop it up into three posts:

Favourite Books Read in 2018

2018 Reading Data and Goal-setting for 2019

2013-2018 Reading Data Trends

I was going to do a bigass one like I usually do but it just felt so daunting. Probably because I read 256 books in 2018 and it was pretty tempting to just close that Excel sheet and move on to an empty one for 2019. But what is the point of an unexamined life, anyway?

So this post is basically a listicle with summaries grabbed from Goodreads, as well as the complete list of the books I read in 2018. I really enjoyed all these books immensely and they’re all in my personal canon now.

My Top 10 Reads for 2018:

The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson

The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home.In this fresh, authoritative version—the first English translation of The Odyssey by a woman—this stirring tale of shipwrecks, monsters, and magic comes alive in an entirely new way. Written in iambic pentameter verse and a vivid, contemporary idiom, this engrossing translation matches the number of lines in the Greek original, thus striding at Homer’s sprightly pace and singing with a voice that echoes Homer’s music.

Circe by Madeline Miller

In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child—not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power—the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves.Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus.But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from, or the mortals she has come to love.

3. The World of the Five Gods by Lois McMaster Bujold

A man broken in body and spirit, Cazaril, has returned to the noble household he once served as page, and is named, to his great surprise, as the secretary-tutor to the beautiful, strong-willed sister of the impetuous boy who is next in line to rule.

It is an assignment Cazaril dreads, for it will ultimately lead him to the place he fears most, the royal court of Cardegoss, where the powerful enemies, who once placed him in chains, now occupy lofty positions. In addition to the traitorous intrigues of villains, Cazaril and the Royesse Iselle, are faced with a sinister curse that hangs like a sword over the entire blighted House of Chalion and all who stand in their circle. Only by employing the darkest, most forbidden of magics, can Cazaril hope to protect his royal charge—an act that will mark the loyal, damaged servant as a tool of the miraculous, and trap him, flesh and soul, in a maze of demonic paradox, damnation, and death

4. Noli Me Tangere by Jose Rizal, Translated by Harold Augenbraum

In more than a century since its appearance, José Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere has become widely known as the great novel of the Philippines. A passionate love story set against the ugly political backdrop of repression, torture, and murder, “The Noli,” as it is called in the Philippines, was the first major artistic manifestation of Asian resistance to European colonialism, and Rizal became a guiding conscience—and martyr—for the revolution that would subsequently rise up in the Spanish province.

5. America is Not The Heart by Elaine Castillo

Three generations of women from one immigrant family trying to reconcile the home they left behind with the life they’re building in America.

How many lives can one person lead in a single lifetime? When Hero de Vera arrives in America, disowned by her parents in the Philippines, she’s already on her third. Her uncle, Pol, who has offered her a fresh start and a place to stay in the Bay Area, knows not to ask about her past. And his younger wife, Paz, has learned enough about the might and secrecy of the De Vera family to keep her head down. Only their daughter Roni asks Hero why her hands seem to constantly ache.

Illuminating the violent political history of the Philippines in the 1980s and 1990s and the insular immigrant communities that spring up in the suburban United States with an uncanny ear for the unspoken intimacies and pain that get buried by the duties of everyday life and family ritual, Castillo delivers a powerful, increasingly relevant novel about the promise of the American dream and the unshakable power of the past. In a voice as immediate and startling as those of Junot Diaz and NoViolet Bulawayo, America Is Not the Heart is a sprawling, soulful telenovela of a debut novel. With exuberance, muscularity, and tenderness, here is a family saga; an origin story; a romance; a narrative of two nations and the people who leave home to grasp at another, sometimes turning back.

6. The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk W. Johnson

A rollicking true-crime adventure and a thought-provoking exploration of the human drive to possess natural beauty for readers of The Stranger in the Woods, The Lost City of Z, and The Orchid Thief.

On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London’s Royal Academy of Music, twenty-year-old American flautist Edwin Rist boarded a train for a suburban outpost of the British Museum of Natural History. Home to one of the largest ornithological collections in the world, the Tring museum was full of rare bird specimens whose gorgeous feathers were worth staggering amounts of money to the men who shared Edwin’s obsession: the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying. Once inside the museum, the champion fly-tier grabbed hundreds of bird skins–some collected 150 years earlier by a contemporary of Darwin’s, Alfred Russel Wallace, who’d risked everything to gather them–and escaped into the darkness.

Two years later, Kirk Wallace Johnson was waist high in a river in northern New Mexico when his fly-fishing guide told him about the heist. He was soon consumed by the strange case of the feather thief. What would possess a person to steal dead birds? Had Edwin paid the price for his crime? What became of the missing skins? In his search for answers, Johnson was catapulted into a years-long, worldwide investigation. The gripping story of a bizarre and shocking crime, and one man’s relentless pursuit of justice, The Feather Thief is also a fascinating exploration of obsession, and man’s destructive instinct to harvest the beauty of nature.

7. Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

An unforgettable memoir in the tradition of The Glass Castle about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University

Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her “head-for-the-hills bag”. In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father’s junkyard.

Her father forbade hospitals, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent.

Then, lacking any formal education, Tara began to educate herself. She taught herself enough mathematics and grammar to be admitted to Brigham Young University, where she studied history, learning for the first time about important world events like the Holocaust and the civil rights movement. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge. Only then would she wonder if she’d traveled too far, if there was still a way home.

Educated is an account of the struggle for self-invention. It is a tale of fierce family loyalty and of the grief that comes with severing the closest of ties. With the acute insight that distinguishes all great writers, Westover has crafted a universal coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education is and what it offers: the perspective to see one’s life through new eyes and the will to change it.

8. The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 7 and 8 by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, André Lima Araújo, Matt Wilson, Kris Anka, Jen Bartel

In the past: awful stuff. In the present: awful stuff. But, increasingly, answers.

Modernist poets trapped in an Agatha Christie Murder Mystery. The Romantics gathering in Lake Geneva to resurrect the dead. What really happened during the fall of Rome. The Lucifer who was a nun, hearing Ananke’s Black Death confession. As we approach the end, we start to see the full picture. Also includes the delights of the WicDiv Christmas Annual and the Comedy special.

9. Mister Miracle by Tom King and Mitch Gerads

Mister Miracle is magical, dark, intimate and unlike anything you’ve read before.

Scott Free is the greatest escape artist who ever lived. So great, he escaped Granny Goodness’ gruesome orphanage and the dangers of Apokolips to travel across galaxies and set up a new life on Earth with his wife, Big Barda. Using the stage alter ego of Mister Miracle, he has made quite a career for himself showing off his acrobatic escape techniques. He even caught the attention of the Justice League, who has counted him among its ranks.

You might say Scott Free has everything–so why isn’t it enough? Mister Miracle has mastered every illusion, achieved every stunt, pulled off every trick–except one. He has never escaped death. Is it even possible? Our hero is going to have to kill himself if he wants to find out.

10. The Band, #1–2

Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best — the meanest, dirtiest, most feared crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld.

Their glory days long past, the mercs have grown apart and grown old, fat, drunk – or a combination of the three. Then an ex-bandmate turns up at Clay’s door with a plea for help. His daughter Rose is trapped in a city besieged by an enemy one hundred thousand strong and hungry for blood. Rescuing Rose is the kind of mission that only the very brave or the very stupid would sign up for.

It’s time to get the band back together for one last tour across the Wyld.

PHEW. Did you guys read any of those books? Did you like them? Hit me up!

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Okay, thank you for reading. Keep a weather eye out for the next post, hopefully very soon.

My Ten Favourite Books from 2018 It's been a whole year since I posted last. Part of me wants to apologise for being gone so long, but mostly I'm just glad that I'm here.

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aion-rsa · 4 years ago

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How WandaVision Proves Marvel Can Tell a Love Story That Matters

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This article contains Wandavision spoilers.

The pages of Marvel Comics include some of the most iconic romantic relationships in pop culture, but looking at the feature films that comprise the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you’d be forgiven for not really knowing that fact. These twenty-some-odd movies have given us everything from space operas and magic to war dramas and spy films. Yet, in all this time, we’ve never really gotten a love story, and certainly not a film in which the central romantic relationship was the primary driving force behind its narrative. Until now.

WandaVision is not just the MCU’s first proper romance, it’s the first time this franchise has gone all-in on the idea that love can be as cosmic and all-encompassing as every other tale this universe tells and should be treated as such. The story of Wanda and Vision is both thrilling and heartbreaking by turns, but it’s not because of Wanda’s magic or the charming sitcom framework the couple finds themselves in. It’s because this is a story that, at its heart, is simply deeply, achingly romantic, grounded in the connection between two outsiders bound by tragedy, loss, and the warm, fuzzy tropes of TV comedies.

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As a franchise, the MCU has often struggled with how best to depict romance, often featuring barely-there relationships that generally culminated in a single, sweeping kiss but involved few real problems or indications of how such a connection might function long-term. Onscreen flirting in the MCU is primarily comprised of snarky verbal sparring that is the conversational equivalent of a boy pulling a girl’s pigtail on the playground. Even the films’ most central couples – Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter, Tony Stark and Pepper Potts – share little more than a handful of scenes and are never really treated as a narrative priority beyond the ways the existence of their feelings for these women motivate and impact both men.

When it comes to onscreen romances, viewers are often left having to fill in the details of these relationships themselves, through narrative gaps that may span both years and multiple sequels within the larger franchise. Wanda and Vision’s relationship is one of the linchpins around which the plot of Avengers: Infinity War turns, yet their initial courtship happened entirely offscreen, leaving fans to wonder how the two came to care about one another so deeply that it made risking half of humanity not just okay, but necessary.

Though the relationship between Vision and the Scarlet Witch is one of the most famous in comics, in the cinematic universe it was essentially treated as an afterthought, a legacy pairing that existed more for storytelling purposes than because of anything to do with these specific versions of these characters. In fact, both Wanda and Vision were woefully underdeveloped onscreen, with the film universe often counting on fans’ knowledge of the pair’s long comics history to paper over a lot of gaps in their narrative and endow their relationship with an emotional heft it had not otherwise earned.

All of that changes in WandaVision and, as a result, it feels as though we are truly seeing Vision and the Scarlet Witch for the first time.

The series’ endearing remix of classic sitcom tropes and low-stakes adventures that involve everything from a town talent show to a new family pet (RIP, Sparky) allows us to see Wanda and Vision’s love in a whole new light. Their banter is adorable and the easy chemistry between them is glaringly apparent in a way that we haven’t ever had the chance to see before onscreen. (Possibly because the pair had shared maybe a dozen scenes together in the films.)

And where the MCU films have been relatively sexless thus far, WandaVision is unafraid to show us a couple who has a genuine passion for one another. From Vision’s reaction to Wanda’s ‘50s style lingerie to Wanda’s magical fusing of their separate beds and the repeated subtle jokes about the fact that both parties enjoy costumes, this is clearly a duo that is extremely physically into each other. Their sex scenes are implied, but that’s not exactly a huge surprise – this is Disney’s house after all, and the classic sitcoms this series takes its inspiration from often also had to rely on sly innuendo meant to skirt around the broadcasting standards of their time.

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But the breadth of Wanda and Vision’s love is also felt in the absence of it. Wanda’s grief, so raw and immediate in the aftermath of Vision’s Infinity War death – that she had to witness twice and which, for her, just happened a month ago – is powerful enough to warp reality and create the town, home, and husband of her dreams from little more than memory and hope. The idea of living her life without that love is nigh unbearable for her, so she…doesn’t.

“But what is grief, if not love persevering?” Vision asks Wanda in a flashback sequence that really should have appeared in Captain America: Civil War. The existence of this Westview is a form of Wanda’s love persevering, in a heartbreaking and tragic way. And that’s what makes her behavior so understandable and easy to sympathize with, even as she robs an entire town of its free will and tries to make up for it by providing them with picture-perfect lives in exchange. She’s doing it for the chance to hold onto that love a little longer, and her grief and depression are both lenses through which her actions must be viewed.

Unlike the big-screen films, which often involve massive stakes and potentially world-ending problems, WandaVision is a story about love – our desire for it, our joy in it, and the way we are left bereft in its absence. Wanda may be one of the most powerful beings in the cosmos, but all she wants is a home with the man she loves and a normal life full of everyday problems and misadventures.

And for the first time, the MCU has a relationship that feels like it means something, from an emotional perspective, as a focus of the larger story about grief and trauma that WandaVision is telling, and as a piece of the larger onscreen universe. Wanda will next appear in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and it’s difficult to imagine the fallout from whatever happens to Westview – and Vision – won’t be felt there. But whatever happens to Wanda in that film, those events will carry a lot more emotional impact because we finally got to see the truth of what most mattered to her – the love she had and lost along the way.

And as we look to the future of the Marvel universe, WandaVision provides a valuable model for the films and series to come. If Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness wants us to care about Strange’s budding relationship with Dr. Christine Palmer, then it needs to treat her as a fully formed character who exists outside of her role as his ex. And if Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 expects us to root for Peter Quill to somehow reconcile with a Gamora who considers him a stranger, then the film is going to have to put in the work to make that reconnection a believable one, starting with acknowledging that both this character and their relationship are necessarily different from the versions we remember. It’s true, not every film necessarily needs a romance at its center – and Captain Marvel was certainly just fine without one – but they can and do remind us why we tell these stories in the first place. What are we saving the world for, after all – if not the people we love?

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dangerouslycleverbooks · 7 years ago

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MARCH WRAP UP???

Hi everyone!

So I decided that Saturdays will be the day of posts. Posts in other days than Saturday will be more random and probably shorter. I do realize that it’s the middle of the month of April and that everyone kind of forgot about March, but I’m about to post my March wrap up anyway.

Because in March I’ve read 9 books I will try to write it as short as I can. It’s not a lot, but I’m not disappointed, because as I said before there are 8 books I need to read per month (because of my reading challange for 2018). Not only I wasn’t disapointed by the number of the books, but also the contents; from all of 9 books I’ve enjoyed every single one, some more, some less, but there is no book I’ve give less than 3*.

The first book I’ve read in March was Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo. I’ve enjoyed these stories. I wish I had this book when I was younger. It’s inspiring and really well written. Most important it’s not only “book for children”, it’s something that we all can learn something from. Not only young girls and what’s most people haven’t noticed; not only girls. While I get a lot of women that were mention in book are not a really good examples to be followed for good girls, the book is not about being GOOD. It’s for a rebel girls for goodness sake! The book is about powerful and influential women, which sometimes doesn’t go along with being “the good girl”.

The next book was Before I Let Go written by Marieke Nijkamp. Best friends Corey and Kyra were inseparable in their snow-covered town of Lost Creek, Alaska. When Corey moves away, she makes Kyra promise to stay strong during the long, dark winter, and wait for her return. Just days before Corey is to return home to visit, Kyra dies. Corey is devastated―and confused. The entire Lost community speaks in hushed tones about the town’s lost daughter, saying her death was meant to be. And they push Corey away like she’s a stranger. Corey knows something is wrong. With every hour, her suspicion grows. Lost is keeping secrets―chilling secrets. But piecing together the truth about what happened to her best friend may prove as difficult as lighting the sky in an Alaskan winter… Though I haven’t gave this book 5* it’s still one of my favorite storie I have ever read! I love the concept, getting to know characters, the wat Marieke wrote this book, not unnecessary the style. I don’t want to say too much because I’m afraid I could destroy you the reading experience.

Another book, or should I say graphic novel, is The Mortal Instruments; The Graphic Novel Vol I. Hanging out with her best friend, Simon, is just about the most exciting thing in Clary’s life…that is, until she realizes there are people only she can see. But when her mother disappears and a monster attacks her, Clary has to embrace a world that she never even knew existed–a world full of vampires, werewolves, demons, and those who fight for the humans, Shadowhunters. I love the idea of the graphic novel for The Mortal Instruments because the first books from the series aren’t really good for older teens and adults. They could easily skip the first three books by reading the graphic version of them! For now, there is only the first half of City of Bones (the first book from TMI series) but there will be more! And hopefully we will get them at least to City of Glass. I recommend buying this edition not only for people who are a bit too grown for the way CoB was writte, but for everyone. It’s fun, the illustrations are really good and also there is one scene that was missing from the original book!

The fourth book from March wrap up is Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levensellet. Sent on a mission to retrieve an ancient hidden map—the key to a legendary treasure trove—seventeen-year-old pirate captain Alosa deliberately allows herself to be captured by her enemies, giving her the perfect opportunity to search their ship. More than a match for the ruthless pirate crew, Alosa has only one thing standing between her and the map: her captor, the unexpectedly clever and unfairly attractive first mate, Riden. But not to worry, for Alosa has a few tricks up her sleeve, and no lone pirate can stop the Daughter of the Pirate King. It’s really typical YA novel and from the synopsys you can clearly say it is cheesy, but I really enjoyed my time reading this. I hope the next book (because it is a duology, and I haven’t gave you the name of the sequel for a reason; it’s pretty spoilering). Maybe I liked it because the book is about pirates and sea adventures, and I’m all about it! I don’t have problems with light books (and this was definitely one) I also don’t have any stipulations with it. But I do have some thoughts starting with „this could be better if…”. I wasn’t the big fan of a romance in it, but I believe that Levenseller will make it up with another books!

The next two books are my rereads and the first one is Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare. The year is 1878. Tessa Gray descends into London’s dark supernatural underworld in search of her missing brother. She soon discovers that her only allies are the demon-slaying Shadowhunters—including Will and Jem, the mysterious boys she is attracted to. Soon they find themselves up against the Pandemonium Club, a secret organization of vampires, demons, warlocks, and humans. Equipped with a magical army of unstoppable clockwork creatures, the Club is out to rule the British Empire, and only Tessa and her allies can stop them… I’ve reread this book because I am taking part in rereading Clare’s books before Queen Of Air And Darkness release. I have to admit when I first read Clockwork Angel I wasn’t a big fan of it, especially the love trangle. During the reading this book this month I focus on London and the case they were into, I’ve tried to ignore the love affairs and I have to say, I was really pleased with it. I’m not saying that I’m madly in love with Infernal Devieces and it’s not my favorite series by Cassandra, but it definitely jump on higher place.

My second reread is the first book of my favorite duology of all times (which are basically on the same place as Shades of Magic by V.E. Schwab), and that is Six of Crows by Leigh Berdugo. Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price–and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone… A convict with a thirst for revenge. A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager. A runaway with a privileged past. A spy known as the Wraith. A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums. A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes. Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don’t kill each other first. If you still wonder about buying this book… don’t wonder, just buy it! If you already read The Grisha trilogy, buy Six of Crows asap! Or if you’re not really interesting in reading The Grisha, just jump right into it! I am really mad at myslef for ignoring Six of Crows because of the hype, but it really is worth it, at least for me. There is no words that can describe my love for this book. The first time I’ve read this book in January of 2018 and I immediately had to jump into the second book! I’ve finished SoC at 9 AM and right after this I went to local book store and bought Crooked Kingdom! Still it wasn’t enough so I ended up wanting to reread both books! First time I focused only on the story and the task they had to do, which basically made me miss a lot of really important things in relation between characters. Probably with the third reread (which will probably happen in the next 4 months) I will find something else. Six of Crows is connected to The Grisha trilogy and some people says it’s not necessary to know it before reading duology. I do believe it is better to read Grisha first because there you have the whole magic system and most important thing of this world is in it. Plus Six of Crows happened after The Grisha series which basically means you might find some spoilers, not big one, but still spoilers. I personally read Six of Crows first, but if I could I would definitely start with The Grisha series.

And now the book that I did enjoy but not that much… and everybody seems to love it… and after years of trying reading it I finally finished it. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone or if you prefer The Sorcerer’s Stone by none other but J.K. Rowling. Everybody probably knows what this book is about so I won’t write about it. And to be clear I love the world of HP, I love the films, I love the story, I love characters… it’s just, the book (THE FIRST BOOK) was not for me. I dislike the first movie from the series as well so maybe it’s just how it is. And maybe because I wasn’t growing with the books or that they are written for kids… I didn’t get it. The only thing I liked about this book was the exploring the world all over again. More details about it etc. For me the worst part of the book (and I do get why it was shown this way, but it still was really pissing me off) is the hate towards Slytherin. That everybody in this house have to be evil. Like they are the worst. (I also might be a bit offended because it’s my Hogwart house). But I will continue the series becuase after all I didn’t hate the book. It was okay, just not something I am madly in love with… or at love at all. I hope the next books will be better, I’m especially excited about The Half Blood Prince which is my favorite part when it comes to movies. I hope to love this series just as everybody else so much! Let’s hope I will.

Let’s move on to two the best books of March, and the first one is… Strange the Dreamer by Taylor Laini. I am so suprised that I loved this book so much. The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around—and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old he’s been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep and when a stunning opportunity presents itself, in the person of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors who proposed an expedition … to someone else. Because I’m writing full review about this book, I am not gonna write here much. I really do love Lazlo and the storie following his person, and not only his! I am really happy I did buy Strange the Dreamer and I cannot wait to hear more stories from Laini because she’s an amazing author!

And finally probably best of the best reads of this year is A Conjuring of Light by one and only, amazing V.E. Schwab. I absolutely adore Shades of Magic trilogy, it stole my heart with the first sentence! Because A Conjuring of Light is the third book in a series I won’t write anything about it, except the fact that it did broke my heart and left me empty, and yet the ending was so satisfying and beautiful that I cannot complain, but I do need more. And I heard we will get the stories set five years after the Shades of Magic, but we will see what will happen! For now, I will just highly recommend you this trilogy.

Well, I hope you enjoyed my little wrap up and that people won’t jump on me becuase of Harry Potter… we all should respect each others opinion, I mean, everybody has a right to have one (..right?). But that’s it for much, thanks to anyone who read this and let me know down in a comments what was your reads of the month of march and what was your favorite? 🙂

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My Top 10 Favorite Comics of All Time

Hi guys,

I’ve been getting asked a lot on and offline what are my favorite comic books? That’s a loaded question. I had to think about it. There are some great runs in comics. Some great story arcs. But I had to dig down and see what I really liked. What books have I read over and over and over. These are what I enjoyed the most, I’m not saying these are the greatest comic books ever, I’m just saying they appealed to me. So here are my top 10 favorite comics.

10. Identity Crisis The DC Comics crisis events. Mostly just okay stories. Too much going on and not enough time to invest in any one character. But Identity Crisis stands out above the rest. Instead of a multiverse changing, massive story, Identity Crisis focuses on the mystery of who killed Sue Dibny. The wife of the Elongated Man. More and more of the heroes civilian loved ones are attacked and the heroes have a ticking clock to solve the mystery before another loved one is murdered. Written by Brad Meltzer this book focuses on the cost of living a double life. Highly recommended.

9. Young Avengers: volume 2 Not to be confused with Young Avengers volume 1. Volume 2 by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie is nothing short of awesome. A multiverse hoping, teenage super hero daydream. It’s a really great story about teenage love, magic, pop references, LGB, and Loki. Lots and lots of Loki. So if you ship Wiccan and Hulkling, love Kate Bishop, and cannot get enough of America Chavez, you’ll want to read this book.

8. Superman American Alien A lot of people have mixed opinions on this book, but I really enjoyed this unique take written by Max Landis. Focusing on the early years of Clark Kent, it felt more grounded in what Clark would actually be going through on his journey to becoming Superman. Each issue has a different artist which is fitting because each issue focuses on a different year in Clark’s child to teenager to young adult to man journey. It’s a mini series that should be pretty easy to find and I highly recommend it.

7. DC The New Frontier A book paying tribute to the Silver Age of DC Comics. Focusing on the Macarthy era, A time where America couldn’t be less trusting, the story focuses on the super heroes once praised for their services, now find themselves ridden off as outlaws. Multiple perspectives from Hal Jordan (Green Lantern), Martian Manhunter, Wonder Woman, Flash, etc, as they fight for truth, justice, and the American way, accumulating to the upcoming battle with “The Center.” Darwyn Cooke tells an amazing story that you all should check out.

6. Scott Pilgrim Vol 1 through 6 I cannot recommend these books from Bryan Lee O’ Malley enough. 6 graphic novels in total, focusing on Scott Pilgrim’s desire to date Ramona Flowers, his journey to defeat her 7 evil ex’s, and the challenge of being a responsible adult. This book is filled with post high school confusion, punk rock, video games, anime style action, and heart. If you liked the movie, I promise you, you’ll love the book.

5. Ultimate Comics Spider-Man volume 2 My favorite super hero is Spider-Man. In 2011 when they announced they would be making a new Spider-Man of color I was ecstatic. As a person of color it’s been great to have a Spider-Man that fills that need for minority characters. Obviously just having a minority character isn’t enough but Brian Michael Bendis’s run on Ultimate Comics Spider-Man makes you really love the character of Miles Morales. The story of what happens after Peter Parker dies and a new clueless Spider-Man must fill the void, is nothing short of great. It puts you in the shoes of a new character trying to figure out who he is, all while trying to keep the memory of Peter Parker alive.

4. Paper Girls If you like the show “Stranger Things,” you’ll love Paper Girls. Taking place in the 1980s, 4 middle school girls, on their morning paper route get caught up in the strangest day of their lives. To ninjas, dinosaurs, time travel, clones, to apple products, Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang hit you with a sci-fi nostalgia story that will keep you guessing where the next turn is.

3. Justice League International The late 80′s had one of the greatest Justice League runs of all time. Keith Giffen and J.M. Dematteis pumped out some of the funniest and most entertaining comics to date. Focusing on the Justice League as a work place comedy, this massive run follows the adventures of a newly formed Justice League made up of mostly second string characters. The satisfaction of Batman punching out Guy Gardner, the comedy duo of Blue Beetle and Booster Gold, GNORT! If you want your super hero books to be fun and hilarious, this is the book for you. Starting in Justice League #1 through 6 and transitioning to Justice League International, then splitting between Justice League Europe and Justice League America.

2. New Avengers This comic book run written by Brian Michael Bendis is what got me back into comics after an 8 year absence. 6 months after the Avengers disbanded due to the Scarlet Witch killing some of her fellow teammates, a massive prison break, orchestrated by Electro forces Spider-Woman, Luke Cage, Daredevil, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, and the Sentry to come together to put an end to the riot. The book follows the newly formed team on their mission to track down the 42 escaped prisoners, all while trying to solve the mystery who hired Electro and why? New Avengers also brought some of the best characters in Marvel including Wolverine, Ms. Marvel, Hawkeye, Doctor Strange, Iron Fist, Jessica Jones, and more, to join the team. The book became the center stage for Marvel Comics from 2005 until 2012 running through events like House of M, Civil War, Secret Invasion, all the way to Avengers vs X-Men. It’s a fun super hero book that really throws you into the world of Marvel Comics.

HONORABLE MENTIONS Black Science Sex Criminals New Teen Titans (Marv Wolfman) Batgirl and the Birds of Prey Uncanny X-Force (Rick Remender run) Batgirl: Year One

AND NUMBER ONE....

1. Saga If you’re not reading Saga, you are missing out. A Romeo and Juliet story set in a sci-fi fantasy space adventure. In the middle of an intergalactic war, Alona and Marko leave their worlds behind to risk everything for the survival and protection of their newborn Hazel. Hunted by both sides of the war, the two travel across the stars and encountering creatures from all over the galaxy who either want to help them or want them dead. Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples take a story about the ups and downs of parenting and throws it into a cosmic and crazy story of awesomeness. Look out for Izabel, Prince Robot the IV, and Ghus. You will smile every time they are on the page.

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BGO Staff Picks 2017

The fine folks who put in the work behind the counters at Beat Goes On stores all over the world have humbly submitted for you their lists of their most favourite albums, movies, TV shows, games, concerts and other miscellany for your approval. Enjoy responsibly.

Brantford

Chris

Albums

Willie Nelson - God’s Problem Child

Living Colour - Shade

Ryan Adams - Prisoner

Van Morrison - Roll With The Punches

Jesus & Mary Chain - Damage & Joy

Arcade Fire - Everything Now

Gord Downie - Introduce Yerself

Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo - Tajmo

Deep Purple - Infinite

Television

Stranger Things

G.L.O.W.

Bojack Horseman

Rick & Morty

Uncle

Concerts

Tea Party @ The Sanderson Centre, Brantford

Bobby Rush @ Kitchener Blues Fest

David Wilcox @ The Sanderson Centre, Brantford

Justin

Albums

Tinariwen - Elwan

Prophets Of Rage - Prophets Of Rage

Chuck Berry - Chuck

Roger Waters - Is This The Life We Really Want?

Gov’t Mule - Come Revolution...

Concerts

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Dinosaur Jr.

At The Drive-In

Tool

Roger Waters

Films

Dunkirk

Logan

Karen

Albums

The National - Sleep Well Beast

Tricky - Uniform

Royal Blood - How Did We?

Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains

Gorillaz - Humanz

Rob

Albums

Alvvays - Antisocialites

Broken Social Scene - Hug Of Thunder

Dirty Projectors - Dirty Projectors

Perfume Genius - No Shape

St. Vincent - Masseducation

Films

Baby Driver

Get Out

Logan

Okja

Wonder Woman

Games

Cuphead

The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild

Metroid: Samus Returns

Prey

Super Mario Odyssey

Burlington

Julie

Albums

Portugal The Man - Woodstock

Seth MacFarlane - In Full Swing

St. Vincent - Masseducation

Sharon Jones - Soul Of A Woman

Atomic Blonde OST

Films

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (ed. this came out in 2016)

Sing

Lego Batman Movie

Colossal

Wonder Woman

Katelyn

Albums

Brand New - Science Fiction

Mother Mother - No Culture

Alt-J - Relaxer

Oh Wonder - Ultralife

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 OST

Films

Logan

Wonder Woman

Get Out

Moana

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Games

Horizon: Zero Dawn

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Persona 5

Dangan Ronpa U3

Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8: Final Chapter Prologue

Lana

Albums

Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton - Choir Of The Mind

The Beaches - The Late Show

Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains

Cage The Elephant - Unpeeled

Portugal The Man - Woodstock

Films

Mother!

Get Out

Wonder Woman

Lego Batman Movie

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Mike

Albums

Kendrick Lamar - Damn.

Oh Wonder - Ultralife

The Beaches - Late Show

Mother Mother - No Culture

Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains

Films

Get Out

Mother!

Spider-Man: Homecoming

A Cure For Wellness

Wonder Woman

Games

The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild

Persona 5

Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Super Mario Odyssey

Horizon: Zero Dawn

Steph

Albums

The Beaches - The Late Show

Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton - Choir Of The Mind

Broken Social Scene - Hug Of Thunder

Oh Wonder - Ultralife

Paramore - After Laughter

Films

Wonder Woman

Get Out

Logan

Mother!

Blade Runner 2049

Games

Horizon: Zero Dawn

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8: Final Chapter Prologue

Life Is Strange: Before The Storm

Cambridge

Alex

Albums

Death From Above - Outrage Is Now

Greta Van Fleet - From The Fires

Films

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Ghost In The Shell

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2

Get Out

Wonder Woman

Games

Prey

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild

Stardew Valley: Collector’s Edition

Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic (released 2003)

Josh

Albums

At The Drive-In - In.ter.a.li.a

Alvvays - Antisocialites

Counterparts - You’re Not You Anymore

Primus - Desaturating 7

Jeff Tweedy - Together At Last

Films

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2

Logan

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Kong: Skull Island

Kayla

Albums

Me & That Man - Songs Of Love & Death

Bjork - Utopia

In This Moment - Ritual

Mogwai - Every Country’s Sun

Lana Del Rey - Lust For Life

Films

Wonder Woman

Thor: Ragnarok

Dunkirk

Logan

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Games

Assassin’s Creed: Origins

Destiny 2

Call Of Duty: WWII

Injustice 2

Middle-Earth: Shadow Of War

Kevin

Albums

Steven Wilson - To The Bone

Mew - Visuals

Mogwai - Every Country’s Sun

Mutemath - Play Dead

The National - Sleep Well Beast

Arcade Fire - Everything Now

Gorillaz - Humanz

Films

Blade Runner 2049

Wonder Woman

Dunkirk

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Thor: Ragnarok

Lego Batman Movie

Logan

Television

Stranger Things

Rick & Morty

Game Of Thrones

Mindhunter

Sherlock

Shane

Albums

The Flaming Lips - Oczy Mlody

Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Nashville Sound

Mogwai - Every Country’s Sun

Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlister - Planetarium

Me & That Man - Songs Of Love & Death

Albums (Vinyl)

Change Of Heart - Smile (Remaster)

The Flaming Lips - Onboard The International Space Station: Concert For Peace

Lennon Claypool Delirium - Lime & Limpid Green

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 - Guardians Inferno/Dad Groot Picture Disc 10″

Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Live From Welcome To 1979

Films

Wonder Woman

Thor: Ragnarok

The Shape Of Water

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Split

Television

American Gods

Legion

The Orville

Westworld

Runaways

Guelph

Dan

Albums

King Krule - The OOZ

Tera Melos - Trash Generator

Sun Araw - Saddle Of The Increate

Joan Of Arc - He’s Got The Whole This Land Is Your Land In His Hands

Ian

Albums

Colter Wall - Colter Wall

Idles - Brutalism

Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory

King Krule - The OOZ

Mac Demarco - This Old Dog

Jake

Albums

Idles - Brutalism

Wiley - Godfather

King Krule - The OOZ

Jansport J - Pharoah

Pile - A Hairshirt Of Purpose

Joel

Albums

Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me

Midwife - Like Author, Like Daughter

Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness

Aldous Harding - Party

Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger In The Alps

Concerts

Mount Eerie @ The Great Hall, Toronto

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ Massey Hall, Toronto

William Basinski @ Ukranian Hall, Montreal

Oiseau Tempete w/Jerusalem In My Heart & Suuns @ Longboat Hall, Toronto

Jessica Moss w/Ben Shemie @ Silence, Guelph

Films

Stalker (1979)

The Salesman (2016)

Three Billboards Outside Of Ebbing, Missouri

Blade Runner 2049

Ladybird

Steve

Albums

The Bug Vs. Earth - Concrete Desert

Aidan Baker & Karen Williams - Nonland

Do Make Say Think - Stubborn Persistant Illusions

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferian Towers

Avey Tare - Eucalyptus

Hamilton

Nick E.

Albums

Flatliners - Inviting Light

Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights

Smith Street Band - More Scared Of You Than You Are Of Me

Pet Symmetry - Vision

Waxahatchee - Out In The Storm

Kitchener - Fairway Road

Brady

Albums

Dan Auerbach - Waiting On A Song

Primus - Desaturating Seven

Kamasi Washington - Harmony Of Difference

Matthew Good - Something Like A Storm

Yusuf/Cat Stevens - The Laughing Apple

Films

Baby Driver

Loving Vincent

Wonder Woman

Coco

Okja

Madelynn

Albums

The Maine - Lovely Little Lonely

Foster The People - Sacred Hearts Club

Hippo Campus - Landmark

Tash Sultana - Notion

Alt-J - Relaxer

Concerts

Alt-J @ Danforth Music Hall

July Talk/Arkells @ Molson Ampitheatre

Tash Sultana @ Danforth Music Hall

Foster The People @ Rebel

The Maine @ The Van Buren

Kitchener - Highland Road

Jameson

Albums

Gorillaz - Humanz

Red Vox - Another Light

Alvvays - Antisocialites

Films

Gerald’s Game

Lady Bird

Get Out

Games

The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild

Divinity: Original Sin 2

Night In The Woods

Maddie

Albums

Post Malone - Stoney

Lorde - Melodrama

Mac Demarco - This Old Dog

SZA - CTRL

Films

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2

Baby Driver

Mother!

Matt

Albums

Father John Misty - Pure Comedy

Lorde - Melodrama

Kendrick Lamar - Damn.

Alvvays - Antisocialites

Propagandhi - Victory Lap

Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains

Chris Stapleton - From A Room, Vol. 2

Metz - Strange Peace

Action Bronson - Blue Chips 7000

Converge - The Dusk In Us

Films

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

The Killing Of A Sacred Deer

Mother!

Dunkirk

Lady Bird

Jim & Andy

The Meyerowitz Stories

Baby Driver

John Wick Chapter 2

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Stand-Up

Bill Burr - Walk Your Way Out

Judah Friedlander - America Is The Greatest Country In The United States

Dave Chappelle - Age Of Spin

Al Madrigal - Shrimpin’ Ain’t Easy

Norm MacDonald - Hitler’s Dog

Jerrod Carmichael - 8

Patton Oswalt - Annhilation

Christina P - Mother Inferior

Marc Maron - Too Real

Maria Bamford - Old Baby

Nikki

Albums

Cupcakke - Queen Elizabitch

Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains

Death From Above - Outrage! Is Now

Father John Misty - Pure Comedy

Propagandhi - Victory Lap

Lorde - Melodrama

G-Dragon - Kown Ji-Yong EP

Films

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2

Get Out

Ryan B.

Albums

Prapagandhi - Victory Lap

Lorde - Melodrama

Halsey - Homeless Fountain Kingdom

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes - Modern Ruin

The World Is A Beautiful Place & I’m No Longer Afraid To Die - Always Foreign

Kendrick Lamar - Damn.

Gogol Bordello - Seekers & Finders

Converge - The Dusk In Us

At The Drive-In - In.ter.a.li.a

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Murder Of The Universe

Films

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Mother!

The Shape Of Water

Lady Bird

Logan

Loving Vincent

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Blade Runner 2049

The Big Sick

Atomic Blonde

Films (older releases)

Calvary (2014)

Zodiac (2007)

Eraserhead (1977)

Kubo & The Two Strings (2016)

My Own Private Idaho (1991)

John Wick

Anomalisa (2015)

Night Of The Hunter (1955)

Seven Psychopaths (2012)

La La Land (2016)

Televisions

Twin Peaks: The Return

Fargo

Stranger Things 2

Game Of Thrones

Jane The Virgin

Ted Talks

The 7 Year Itch - My Life With Ticks - Kyle Robb

Ryan H.

Albums

Liam Gallagher - As You Were

Goldie - The Journey Man

Bob Dylan - Triplicate

Beck - Colors

Boxsets/Reissues

Radiohead - OK Computer: OKNOTOK

David Bowie - A New Career In A New Town

Otis Redding - The Definitive Studio Albums Collection (Mono)

Films

T2: Trainspotting

Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary

Blade Runner 2049

Lego Batman

Mother!

Games

Wipeout Omega Collection

NBA 2K18

Forza Motorsport 7

Everybody’s Golf

London

Jay

Albums

Joe Bonamassa - An Acoustic Evening: Live At Carnegie Hall

Black Country Communion - BCCIV

Rock Candy Funk Party - Groove Cubed

Primus - Desaturated Seven

Greta Van Fleet - Black Smoke Rising EP

Rob

Films

Baby Driver

Logan

Get Out

The Big Sick

John Wick 2

Oakville

Cory

Albums

Protomartyr - Relatives In Descent

Kung Fu Kenny - Damn

Joey Bada$$ - All-Amerikkkan Bada$$

Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains

Slowdive - Slowdive

Freddie Gibbs - You Only Live 2wice

Brockhampton - Saturation 1, Saturation 2 & Saturation 3

Dan

Albums

Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains

Robert Plant - Carry Five

Kamasi Washington - Harmony Of Difference

Paul Weller - A Kind Revelation

Ecstatic Vision - Raw Rock Fury

Films

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Blade Runner 2049

A Ghost Story

Dunkirk

The Beguiled

Kirk

Films

Good Time

Lady Bird

The Killing Of A Sacred Deer

Okja

Three Billboards Outside Of Ebbing, Missouri

Baby Driver

Get Out

The Shape Of Water

Mother!

The Beguiled

Oscar

Albums

Taiwan Housing Project - Veblen Death Mask

Slowdive - Slowdive

Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent

Sortilegia - Sulphurous Temple

The Horrors - V

Waterloo

Derek

Albums

Alvvays - Antisocialites

Father John Misty - Pure Comedy

Feist - Pleasure

Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up

Slowdive - Slowdive

Songs

Father John Misty - So I’m Growing Old On Magic Mountain

Alvvays - Lollipop (Ode To Jim)

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Rattlesnake

BA Johnston - Sourpuss

Lorde - Liability

Concerts

BA Johnston @ The Shepherd’s Pup, Elora

Alvvays - The Studio, Hamilton

Lorde - Osheaga Music Festival, Montreal

Chicago/Doobie Brothers - Budweiser Stage, Toronto

BadBadNotGood - Osheaga Music Festival, Montreal

Films

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Logan

Blade Runner 2049

Get Out

Kristen

Albums

Nine Inch Nails - Add Violence

In This Moment - Ritual

Beck - Colors

Robert Plant - Carry Fire

The National - Sleep Well Beast

Films

Thor: Ragnarok

Logan

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Wonder Woman

Kyle

Albums

Feist - Pleasure

Matt Mays - Once Upon A Hell Of A Time

Sharon Jones - Soul Of A Woman

The Sadies - Northern Passages

Ryan Bassett - The Fancy Dancer

Scott

Albums

Father John Misty - Pure Comedy

Kurt Vile & Courtney Barnett - Lotta Sea Lice

St. Vincent - Masseducation

Feist - Pleasure

Mac Demarco - This Old Dog

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Lovely Creatures

Tom

Albums

Mac Demarco - This Old Dog

Sharon Jones - Soul Of A Woman

Alvvays - Antisocialites

Father John Misty - Pure Comedy

Head Office

David

Albums

Slowdive - Slowdive

LCD Soundsystem - American Dream

Protomartyr - Relatives In Descent

Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Whole Lotta Lice

Moses Sumney - Aromaticism

Television

The Leftovers

The Handmaid’s Tale

Big Little Lies

The Americans

Halt And Catch Fire

Meredith

Albums

Chris Stapleton - From A Room, Vol. 1

Gov’t Mule - Revolution Come...Revolution Go

Jeff Tweedy - Together At Last

Greta Van Fleet - Black Smoke Rising EP

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - Live At Red Rocks

Concerts

Jimmy Buffett @ Budweiser Stage, Toronto

BGO Emeritus

Katie

Films

The Big Sick

The Shape Of Water

Atomic Blonde

Television

Fargo

Twin Peaks: The Return

It’s Fargo Again

Fargo

Why watch anything except for Fargo, don’t be dumb

Other

Bluetooth Headphones

You can buy two kilograms of processed cheese at Robert’s Boxed Meats in Kitchener

Starbucks Berry Hibiscus Refreshers

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