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Remember That Show? TV Treat, Ep. 24: Punky Brewster (1984-2021)

We introduce our new “Channel Surfing” format where we travel through the entire history of a television franchise. For our maiden voyage we’re exploring the legacy of Punky Brewster from the original 2 seasons on NBC starting in 1984, to the 2 years of syndication from 1987-1988 and capping off with the 2021 revival series on Peacock. Summon your “Punky Power” and get listening, TV Lovers!

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Cherie Johnson

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Ralphie gets what Ralphie wants.

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Another crosspost from my bookstagram! Full titles under the cut!

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone -> The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

Finna by Nino Cipri -> Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke

Legendborn by Tracy Deon -> Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom -> Bad Girls by Camila Sosa Villada translated to English by Kit Maude

We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia -> Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

The Ghosts of Rose Hill by RM Romero -> Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon -> Lakewood by Megan Giddings

The Unbroken by CL Clark -> The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg -> The Gods of Tango by Caro De Robertis

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Queen Camilla hosts a reception to mark the relaunch of the Wash Bags project. The Wash Bags Project was initiated by The Queen as Duchess of Cornwall in 2013 after hearing the stories of rape and sexual abuse survivors during her visits to the Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs). The scheme provides a wash bag of toiletries, donated by Boots, to people who have been affected by rape and sexual abuse, Buckingham Palace London, 01.05.2024

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SOUTHLAND TALES (2006)

Director: Richard Kelly Cinematography: Steven Poster

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amy winehouse deserved so much better

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REVIEW

Annika Rose by Cheri Johnson

This is a book that has mixed reviews. Some are glowing and others much less so. The prose is well done and the dialogue easy to follow.  I began reading and two young women meet on a country road. One lives with her father and is out for a walk and the other has just moved into the cabin next door. They talk, tour the cabin, and Annika worries but admires Tina while thinking about drawings she has made. I was underwhelmed so read the end, as I sometimes do, to see if I wanted to continue reading based on the conclusion of the story. I wasn’t sure but still uncommitted so went to the middle and read a bit more here and there and found that there were characters that seemed charming in spots while also feeling rather dangerous. There was a dark vibe throughout and a feeling that left me thinking that this is probably a book for someone younger than I am who might be drawn in and be able to make more sense of it. So, did I read the entire book word for word? No Will I return to it? Probably not because I could not relate to the characters and their story did not draw me in. Would I read this author again? It would depend on the synopsis and if it was of interest.

I would like to thank NetGalley and Red Hen Press for the ARC – This is my honest review

2-3 Stars

BLURB

Ancient and contemporary myths—including both Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Ira Levin’s Rosemary’s Baby—overlay a coming-of-age story set in remote northern Minnesota. Seventeen-year-old Annika Rose and her father Wes have spent the years since the death of Annika’s mother in self-imposed social isolation on their farm on the edge of the woods. When a young woman named Tina moves into a house down the road, the result is a sudden explosion of feelings in both father and daughter and a fierce rivalry. At stake in the competition is not only their relationship, but the life of the vulnerable young woman at the center of it all. Advance Praise: “Part coming-of-age story, part ode to the landscape of northern Minnesota, this is also a horror story that reflects the larger horror of adolescence, of a girl’s fight for integrity in the face of demolished innocence. How could we forget Annika after we meet her? Her character is seared upon my brain. She is reminiscent of other stubborn, opinionated characters who struggle in the limbo between childhood and adulthood: Huckleberry Finn, Laura Ingalls, and Scout Finch.”—Amanda Coplin, author of The Orchardist “Cheri Johnson’s novel Annika Rose is a marvel of invention whose always knowing prose, alternately heartbreaking and hilarious, simultaneously glimmers and cuts. A magician with character, Johnson’s most artful alchemy comes in her protagonist Annika, who, if there is a meritocracy, will become as memorable a first name in literature as Holden or Huckleberry as teenagers choked and befuddled by angst, adventure, and an ever-encroaching and frightening very real world. Annika—an eighteen-year-old post-modern Laura Ingalls inhabiting a little trailer on the prairie—is a breathing contradiction, both an old soul and a doe-innocent naif. Yet her battle—to speak when uncomfortable truths finally outweigh convenient myths—is as ageless as both life and death.”—Neal Karlen, author of This Thing Called Life: Prince’s Odyssey On + Off the Record "Annika Rose is a coming-of-age story unlike any you’ve ever read. This novel peels back the skin of the genre’s tropes to reveal all of the sticky weirdness that exists beneath. Annika Rose’s narrative is a journey into deep psychic wildness where love, desire, envy, power, and violence collapse into one another. We open with what presents initially as a love triangle, but quickly reveals itself to be the face of a much more complex and multidimensional geometry of desire. The setting, at the edge of farm country in the age of supermarkets, is more than a backdrop. The creatures and hazards of the deep woods the characters still roam serve as an insistent reminder of the feral impulses powering our rational minds. Annika Rose is also a page-turner and compulsively readable, its sentences at turns as restrained and untamed as the country it describes." —Melanie Conroy-Goldman, author of The Likely World

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Jul 22, 2021

Cherie Johnson on Family Matters, 1994

S5E12 Stefan Returns

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My guest blog with Bookish Brews has gone live! Head over there to read more on my SFF Anti-colonial reading recs! I included some of my favorite reads and some of the ones I'm most looking forward to this year!

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[Anti-colonial SFF Reccs by Gabriella Buba

EMPIRE OF SAND by Tasha Suri

Babel by RF Kuang

Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender

Wicked as you wish by Rin Chupeco

Saints of Storm and Sorrow by Gabriella Buba

The Last Bloodcarver by Vanessa Le

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline]

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Fred Armisen, cast (2002–13)

Alec Baldwin, 17-time host (1990–2017)

Vanessa Bayer, cast (2010–17)

Candice Bergen, five-time host (1975–90)

Aidy Bryant, cast (2012–22)

Dana Carvey, cast (1986–93)

Chevy Chase, cast and writer (1975–76)

Michael Che, writer (2013–present), cast (2014–present)

Ellen Cleghorne, cast (1991–95)

Billy Crystal, cast (1984–85)

Jane Curtin, cast (1975–80)

Pete Davidson, cast (2014–22)

Rachel Dratch, cast (1999–2006)

Nora Dunn, cast (1985–90)

Jimmy Fallon, cast (1998–2004)

Tina Fey, writer (1997–2006), cast (2000–6)

Will Forte, cast (2002–10)

Janeane Garofalo, cast (1994–95)

Ana Gasteyer, cast (1996–2002)

Bill Hader, cast (2005–13)

Darrell Hammond, cast (1995–2009), announcer (2014–present)

Marcello Hernández, cast (2022–present)

James Austin Johnson, cast (2021–present)

Leslie Jones, cast and, writer (2014–19)

Colin Jost, writer (2005–present), cast (2014–present)

Chris Kattan, cast (1996–2003)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, cast (1982–85)

Steve Martin, 16-time host (1976–2022)

Kate McKinnon, cast (2012–22)

Tim Meadows, cast (1991–2000)

Seth Meyers, cast (2001–14), writer (2003–14)

Tracy Morgan, cast (1996–2003)

Garrett Morris, cast (1975–80)

John Mulaney, writer (2008–13), six-time host (2018–24)

Mike Myers, cast (1989–95)

Laraine Newman, cast (1975–80)

Don Novello, writer (1978–80 1985–86), cast (1979–80, 1985–86)

Cheri Oteri, cast (1995–2000)

Chris Parnell, cast (1998–2006)

Nasim Pedrad, cast (2009–14)

Jay Pharoah, cast (2010–16)

Joe Piscopo, cast (1980–84)

Amy Poehler, cast (2001–8)

Maya Rudolph, cast (2000–7)

Andy Samberg, cast (2005–12)

Molly Shannon, cast (1995–2001)

Sarah Sherman, cast (2021–present)

Martin Short, cast (1984–85)

Sarah Silverman, cast and, writer (1993–94)

David Spade, writer (1990–91), cast (1990–96)

Cecily Strong, cast (2012–22)

Jason Sudeikis, writer (2003–5), cast (2005–13)

Julia Sweeney, cast (1990–94)

Terry Sweeney, writer (1980–81 1985–86), cast (1985–86)

Kenan Thompson, cast (2003–present)

Christopher Walken, seven-time host (1990–2008)

Kristen Wiig, cast (2005–12), five-time host (2013–24)

Casey Wilson, cast (2008–9)

Bowen Yang, writer (2018–19), cast (2019–present)

Sasheer Zamata, cast (2014–17)

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There Will Be Blood - A Top Gun Maverick Mafia!AU

Pairing: Bradley Bradshaw x OC, Jake Seresin x OC

Summary: Ava Castello always knew she was going to end up marrying Bradley Bradshaw. She knew it from the moment she overheard her parents fighting in the kitchen at 3am when she was 10 years old. After that it had been set in stone and honestly, it wasn’t that bad. 

Bradley was easy on the eyes and despite the ruthless name he’d made from himself as Nick’s heir, he was always kind and polite whenever he and Ava were in the same shared space. She could think of cruller men to be betrothed to. 

She knew that their marriage would be a way for her family to get out of the debt the owed the Bradshaw family and she was fine with paying the price. She’d be safe and looked after as Bradley’s wife.

But after a whirlwind of a night, Ava ends up at the Seresin estate, the last place she should be at. The shared hatred between the Bradshaw’s and Serein’s is no secret and their constant fight for control over the city has taken many lives and years. 

After Jake saves her life that night, Ava knows she owes him a debt. And that debt might come with too high a price.

The Girl in the Creek - A Top Gun Maverick AU

Pairing: Jake Seresin x ?

Summary: Sheriff Manfred Johnson gets the call at 7am on a Sunday morning. A jogger has found a body in the woods, out by the creek. So much for his quiet morning.

It's no secret that the creek is a popular hangout for the town's teenagers. After interviewing several witnesses, who aren't much help, the sheriff department rules the incident as accidental drowning. To placate the distraught family, the creek is closed to the public to avoid further accidents.

The newspapers name the case "The Girl in the Creek" and it sticks.

Everyone says that his sister drowned, that she was drunk and fell into the creek and the people around her were too drunk to help. Everyone says it was an accident.

But Jake knows something else happened that night. He just knows it.

25 years after his sister's death, Jake decides to find out what really happened that night. He's a detective now, he's got more solved cases on the force than anyone else.

With the help of friends and family, Jake is determined to find out the truth. There's so many unanswered questions.  And the most intriguing one of all, what really happened to the girl in the creek?

In The Deep - A Top Gun Maverick Mermaid!AU

Pairing: Jake Seresin x reader

Summary: Everyone knew the stories. During the summers, it was all your town thrived on. The local legends brought a swarm of tourists each season, all of them searching for what you believed to be absolute bullshit. 

Vessels overturned in the middle of a calm day, sailors abandoning post and jumping into the water for unexplainable reasons. A faint song in the evening breeze, heard by only those meant to. Beautiful yet terrifying creatures roaming the deepest parts of the ocean. Sharp fangs and enchanting eyes, shimmering tails and a deadly song. 

Those were the stories your grandfather and father had fed you your entire life. But growing up in a coastal town with parents who all but worked on a boat all day long, you know better. You’ve never even seen anything remotely close to a resemblance of the creature, so you don’t understand how the legends fascinate anyone.

“Don’t stare at your reflection for too long, ma cherie. Or the creatures might lure you into the water, never to be seen again.” That was your grandfather’s warning each time you went out on the ocean. You’ve always scoffed and ignored it but this time it feels different. This time, his warning stays with you as you watch the clouds roll in and the waves grow bolder. What if there’s really something down there? And if there is, what is it?

Sharpest Blade - A Top Gun Maverick Hunger Games!AU

Pairing: Jake Seresin x reader

Summary: After winning the 79th Hunger Games, your life changed completely. The Capitol loved you, the people loved you. You’re the first tribute in decades from District 1 that didn’t volunteer to enter the games. 

With the 80th Games looming on the horizon, President Cain annonce that the tributes will be reaped from the existing pool of victors from each district. 

Thrown into a conflict with deadly consequences, you’re not sure who to trust. You’re paired with former victors deemed as the best of the best, forming an unlikely alliance. 

While on the outside of the arena, an uprising is brewing and your mentor is doing whatever he can to make sure you make it out alive.

Swords and Smoke - A Top Gun Maverick Royal AU

Pairing: Jake Seresin x OC

Summary: King Nicholas II and his wife Queen Carol were blessed with not one but two strong and healthy boys born within the year from each other.

Bradley came first, a true winter child, born to follow in his father's footsteps and ascend the throne when the time was right. A true heir to his father's kingdom.

Then there was Jacob, who was happy to be second in line. None of the heavy responsibilities on his shoulder, happy to be an advisor to his older brother. He knew he one day would have to shoulder being the right hand man during his brother's rule but it never bothered him.

When their parents arrange for Bradley to wed the Princess of one of their allied kingdoms, Bradley is devastated. While he knows his duty, he's deeply in love with one of his mother's handmaidens, Natasha.

Jacob decides to help his brother out, and offers himself to take Bradley's place. He's not the heir, but being the second born of the most powerful king in the South is quite the feat. Surely it would be enough.

Jake soon realises he’s thrown into more than just an arranged marriage, suddenly caught in a deadly spiral with an outcome no one is ready for.