#laura stenson

[neeterloveschenford]

If you could bring back any character for another episode who would it be? Can be a guest star, a dead character, or someone from rookie Feds

Sorry this took a minute to answer! The last week has been eventful and I forgot!

There are so many, it's hard to narrow down. But I think if I could only pick one it would be Jackson. I could see either Lucy, Tim, or Angela having a near-death experience and seeing Jackson's spirit. I think if it were to happen after recent events, it would be very interesting to see this happen with Tim. I think Jackson would totally ream Tim for the reasons that he broke up with Lucy, but I also think he would want to help Tim find that inner peace that he's never had.

On the more realistic front, I think it would be nice to see Laura, Brendon, or Garza make a guest appearance. Those were the only characters I actually like from Feds.

Just the fanfic angst lover in me would get tickled to see Ashley or Chris pop back up once Chenford find their way back to each other and get to see firsthand what a REAL healthy relationship looks like. Of course, we gotta get to that healthy place first!

Thanks for the ask anon! It was fun to speculate!

[goalhofer]

2024 olympics Australia roster

Archery

Peter Boukouvalas (Georges Hall)

Laura Paeglis (Melbourne)

Athletics

Josh Azzopardi (Camden)

Reece Holder (Gold Coast)

Jacob Despard (Hobart)

Cameron McEntyre (Sydney)

Rohan Browning (Sydney)

Calab Law (Cherbourg)

Nagmeldin Bol (Toowoomba)

Joseph Deng (Ipswich)

Peyton Craig (Boyne Island)

Stewie McSweyn (King Island)

Olli Hoare (Sydney)

Adam Spencer (Melbourne)

Morgan McDonald (Sydney)

Tayleb Willis (Melbourne)

Ben Buckingham (Myrtleford)

Matthew Clarke (Melbourne)

Lachlan Kennedy (Townsville)

Sebastian Sultana (Schofields)

Liam Adams (Melbourne)

Brett Robinson (Canberra)

Patrick Tiernan (Toowoomba)

Kyle Swan (Kantirna)

Rhydian Cowley (Melbourne)

Declan Tingay (Perth)

Joel Baden (Geelong)

Yual Reath (Ballarat)

Brandon Starc (Lidcombe)

Kurtis Marschall (Adelaide)

Chris Mitrevski (Melbourne)

Liam Adcock (Sydney)

Connor Murphy (Randwick)

Matthew Denny (Allora)

Daniel Golubovic (Manhattan Beach, California)

Ashley Moloney (Logan)

Kristie Edwards (Brisbane)

Aleksandra Stoilova (Sydney)

Olivia Sandery (Adelaide)

Ella Kennedy (Burpengary)

Bree Masters (Hurstville)

Torrie Lewis (Brisbane)

Mia Gross (Melbourne)

Ellie Beer (Gold Coast)

Claudia Hollingsworth (Mentone)

Abbey Caldwell (Warrandyte)

Catriona Bisset (Melbourne)

Jessica Jolliffe (Shellharbour)

Georgia Griffith (Canberra)

Linden Hall (Melbourne)

Rose Davies (Newcastle)

Isobel Batt-Doyle (Adelaide)

Lauren Ryan (Melbourne)

Shelly Jenneke (Kenthurst)

Liz Clay (Sydney)

Celeste Mucci (Melbourne)

Sarah Carli (Wollongong)

Alanah Yukich (Gingin)

Amy Cashin (Melbourne)

Cara Feain-Ryan (Brisbane)

Ebony Lane (Echuca)

Genevieve LaCaze-Gregson (Gold Coast)

Sinead Diver (Melbourne)

Jessica Stenson (Naracoorte)

Jemima Montag (Melbourne)

Rebecca Henderson (Dandenong)

Nicola Olyslagers (North Gosford)

Eleanor Patterson (Leongatha)

Nina Kennedy (Perth)

Brooke Buschkuel (Melbourne)

Taryn Gollshewsky (Bundaberg)

Stephanie Ratcliffe (Melbourne)

Mackenzie Little (Sydney)

Kelsey-Lee Barber (Canberra)

Kathryn Mitchell (Monte Carlo, Monaco)

Camryn Newton-Smith (Logan)

Tori West (Townsville)

Badminton

Angela Yu (Brisbane)

Tiffany Ho (Sydney)

Setyana Mapasa (Sydney)

Basketball

Dyson Daniels (Bendigo)

Josh Giddey (Canberra)

Patrick Mills (Canberra)

Josh Green (Sydney)

Joe Ingles (Canberra)

Matthew Dellavedova (Canberra)

Danté Exum (Canberra)

Jock Landale (Geelong)

Nick Kay (Tamworth)

Jack McVeigh (Canberra)

Will Magnay (Brisbane)

Duop Reath (Perth)

Jade Melbourne (Melbourne)

Kristy Wallace (Logan)

Stephanie Talbot (Katherine)

Tess Madgen (Ashford)

Rebecca Allen (Melbourne)

Alanna Smith (Hobart)

Ezi Magbegor (Melbourne)

Marianna Tolo (Mackay)

Cayla George (Mt. Barker)

Isobel Borlase (Canberra)

Lauren Jackson (Albury)

Samantha Whitcomb (Ventura, California)

Anneli Maley (Melbourne)

Lauren Mansfield (Adelaide)

Marena Whittle (Melbourne)

Ally Wilson (Murray Bridge)

Boxing

Yusuf Chothia (Perth)

Charlie Senior (Butler)

Shannan Davey (Bundaberg)

Callum Peters (Adelaide)

Teremoana Teremoana (Brisbane)

Harry Garside (Melbourne)

Monique Suraci (Queanbeyan)

Tiana Echegaray (Sydney)

Tyla McDonald (Somerville)

Marissa Williamson-Pohlman (Werribee)

Tina Rahimi (Sydney)

Caitlin Parker (Perth)

Breakdancing

Jeff Dunne (Casuarina)

Rachael Free (Hornsby)

Canoeing

Tristan Carter (Canberra)

Timothy Anderson (Melbourne)

Jackson Collins (Gold Coast)

Noah Havard (Bondi)

Pierre Van Der Westhuyzen (Balgowan)

Jean Van Der Westhuyzen (Balgowan)

Thomas Green (Gold Coast)

Riley Fitzsimmons (Avoca Beach)

Jessica Fox (Penrith)

Noemie Fox (Penrith)

Ella Beere (North Avoca)

Ally Clarke (Caloundra)

Yale Steinpreis (Fremantle)

Alyce Wood (Maroochydore)

Alyssa Bull (Buderim)

Climbing

Campbell Harrison (Seaford)

Oceana Mackenzie (Melbourne)

Cycling

Simon Clarke (Melbourne)

Michael Matthews (Canberra)

Luke Plapp (Melbourne)

Logan Martin (Logan)

Izaac Kennedy (Gold Coast)

Matthew Glaetzer (Adelaide)

Matthew Richardson (Perth)

Leigh Hoffman (Adelaide)

Oliver Bleddyn (Adelaide)

Conor Leahy (Perth)

Kelland O'Brien (Kew)

Sam Welsford (Perth)

Lauren Reynolds (Perth)

Saya Sakakibara (Gold Coast)

Grace Brown (Camperdown)

Lauretta Hanson (Fern Hill)

Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Melbourne)

Rebecca McConnell (Canberra)

Natalya Diehm (Boyne Island)

Kristina Clonan (Maryborough)

Georgia Baker (Perth)

Alexandra Manly (Kalgoorlie)

Sophie Edwards (Adelaide)

Maeve Plouffe (Adelaide)

Chloe Moran (Adelaide)

Diving

Kurtis Mathews (Sydney)

Jaxon Bowshire (Sydney)

Cassiel Rousseau (Brisbane)

Domonic Bedggood (Southport)

Maddison Keeney (Perth)

Alysha Koloi (Brisbane)

Ellie Cole (Melbourne)

Melissa Wu (Sydney)

Belle Smith (Malvern)

Equestrian

Jayden Brown (Brisbane)

William Matthew (Stirling)

Chris Burton (Jondaryan)

Kevin McNab (Mareeba)

Shane Rose (Sydney)

Simone Pearce (Melbourne)

Thaisa Erwin (Middleburg, Virginia)

Hilary Scott (Valkenswaard, The Netherlands)

Edwina Tops-Alexander (Sydney)

Field Hockey

Lachlan Sharp (Lithgow)

Tom Craig (Lane Cove)

Corey Weyer (Gold Coast)

Jake Harvie (Dardanup)

Tom Wickham (Morgan)

Matt Dawson (Killarney Vale)

Joshua Beltz (Hobart)

Eddie Ockenden (Glenorchy)

Jacob Whetton (Perth)

Blake Govers (Wollongong)

Aran Zalewski (Margaret River)

Ky Willott (Lake Macquarie)

Flynn Ogilvie (Wollongong)

Tim Brand (Chatswood)

Andrew Charter (Canberra)

Jeremy Hayward (Darwin)

Claire Colwill (Mackay)

Brooke Peris (Darwin)

Amy Lawton (Emerald)

Grace Young (Grafton)

Penny Squibb (Tambellup)

Alice Arnott (Tamworth)

Steph Kershaw (Townsville)

Kaitlin Nobbs (Perth)

Jane-Anne Claxton (Adelaide)

Jocelyn Bartram (Albury)

Karri Somerville (Melville)

Renee Taylor (Everton Park)

Tatum Stewart (Toowoomba)

Mariah Williams (Parkes)

Rebecca Greiner (Bundaberg)

Grace Stewart (Gerringong)

Golf

Jason Day (Forest Lake)

Min Lee (Perth)

Hannah Green (Como)

Minjee Lee (Perth)

Gymnastics

Brock Batty (Frankston)

Jesse Moore (Adelaide)

Kate McDonald (Balwyn)

Emma Nedov (Sydney)

Ruby Pass (Shellharbour)

Breanna Scott (Melbourne)

Emily Whitehead (Mt. Waverly)

Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva (Melbourne)

Judo

Josh Katz (Baulkham Hills)

Kathi Haecker (Melbourne)

Aoife Coughlan (Traralgon)

Pentathlon

Genevieve Van Rensburg (Ashtonfield)

Rowing

Simon Keenan (Melbourne)

Patrick Holt (Brisbane)

Alexander Hill (Loxton)

Fergus Hamilton (Jindera)

James Robertson (Melbourne)

Timothy Masters (Melbourne)

Joseph O'Brien (Dubbo)

Angus Dawson (Bedford Park)

Alexander Purnell (St. Leonards)

Jack Hargreaves (Wellington)

Angus Widdicombe (Geelong)

Spencer Turrin (Dungog)

Joshua Hicks (Perth)

Ben Canham (Melbourne)

Jackson Kench (Sydney)

Lily Alton-Triggs (Brisbane)

Samantha Morton (Rozelle)

Kendall Brodie (Sydney)

Tara Rigney (Westminster)

Annabelle McIntyre (Hamilton Hill)

Jessica Morrison (Melbourne)

Harriet Hudson (Warwick)

Amanda Bateman (Melbourne)

Molly Goodman (Rose Park)

Jean Mitchell (Melbourne)

Olympia Aldersey (Rose Park)

Caitlin Cronin (Brisbane)

Rowena Meredith (Sydney)

Laura Gourley (Narrabri)

Ria Thompson (Melbourne)

Kate Rowan (Brisbane)

Hayley Verbunt (Melbourne)

Lucy Stephan (Nhill)

Sarah Hawe (Bentleigh East)

Giorgia Patten (Perth)

Jacqueline Swick (Perth)

Katrina Werry (Noble Park)

Georgina Rowe (Sydney)

Bronwyn Cox (Perth)

Paige Barr (Bairnsdale)

Rugby

Tim Clements (Sydney)

Dally Bird (Manly)

Matt Gonzalez (Baulkham Hills)

Hayden Sargeant (Gold Coast)

Nathan Lawson (Sydney)

Nick Malouf (Brisbane)

Josh Turner (Hamilton, New Zealand)

Ben Dowling (Sydney)

Maurice Longbottom (La Perouse)

Dietrich Roache (Sydney)

James Turner (Sydney)

Lily Dick (Gold Coast)

Faith Nathan (Manly)

Dominique Du Toit (Toowoomba)

Teagan Levi (Gold Coast)

Maddison Levi (Gold Coast)

Madison Ashby (Penrith)

Charlotte Caslick (Brisbane)

Tia Hinds (Sydney)

Isabella Nasser (Brisbane)

Bienne Terita (Sydney)

Alysia Lefau-Fakaosilea (Howick, New Zealand)

Sariah Paki (Manly)

Sailing

Grae Morris (Sydney)

Jim Colley (Sydney)

Shaun O'Connell (Sydney)

Conor Nicholas (Perth)

Brin Liddell (Belmont)

Matt Wearn (Perth)

Zoe Thomson (Fremantle)

Evie Haseldine (Sydney)

Rhiannan Brown (Belmont)

Breiana Whitehead (Townsville)

Olivia Price (Drummoyne)

Nia Jerwood (Perth)

Shooting

Joshua Bell (Camden Park)

Dane Sampson (Blacktown)

Jack Rossiter (Adelaide)

Sergei Evglevski (Berwick)

Mitchell Iles (Melbourne)

James Willett (Mulwala)

Dr. Elena Galiabovitch (Melbourne)

Catherine Skinner (Mansfield)

Penny Smith (Geelong)

Aislin Jones (Shepparton)

Skateboarding

Keefer Wilson (Nyora)

Keegan Palmer (Gold Coast)

Kieran Woolley (Kiama Downs)

Shane O'Neill (Melbourne)

Ruby Trew (Gold Coast)

Arisa Trew (Gold Coast)

Chloe Covell (Tweed Heads)

Liv Lovelace (Sydney)

Haylie Powell (Nambour)

Soccer

Mackenzie Arnold (Gold Coast)

Michelle Heyman (Shellharbour)

Grace Torpley (Brisbane)

Clare Polkinghorne (Brisbane)

Cortnee Vine (Moreton Bay)

Katrina Gorry (Brisbane)

Stephanie-Elise Catley (Melbourne)

Kyra Cooney-Cross (Torquay)

Caitlin Foord (Shellharbour)

Emily Van Egmond (Newcastle)

Mary Fowler (Cairns)

Ellie Carpenter (Cowra)

Tameka Yallop (Gold Coast)

Alanna Kennedy (Rosemeadow)

Clare Hunt (Grenfell)

Hayley Raso (Gold Coast)

Clare Wheeler (Coffs Harbour)

Teagan Micah (Redcliffe)

Courtney Nevin (Sydney)

Charlotte Grant (Adelaide)

Sharn Freier (Redcliffe)

Lydia Williams (Canberra)

Surfing

Ethan Ewing (Redland City)

Jack Robinson (Margaret River)

Molly Picklum (Gosford)

Tyler Wright (Culburra Beach)

Swimming

Ben Armbruster (Stanthorpe)

Max Giuliani (Hobart)

Joshua Yong (Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei)

William Petric (Melbourne)

Kai Taylor (Brisbane)

Cameron McEvoy (Gold Coast)

Kyle Chalmers (Adelaide)

William Yang (Sydney)

Thomas Neill (Brisbane)

Sam Short (Brisbane)

Elijah Winninghton (Gold Coast)

Isaac Cooper (Bundaberg)

Bradley Woodward (Kanwal)

Se-Bom Lee (Sydney)

Samuel Williamson (Melbourne)

Zaac Stubblety-Cook (Brisbane)

Matthew Temple (Melbourne)

Brendon Smith (Wollongong)

Jack Cartwright (Biloela)

Zac Incerti (Mt. Lawley)

Flynn Southam (Murdoch)

Kyle Lee (Perth)

Nicholas Sloman (Brisbane)

Raphaelle Gauthier (Montreal, Quebec)

Margo Joseph-Kuo (Northcote)

Putu Kusmawan (Werribee)

Zoe Poulis (Southport)

Milena Waldmann (Gold Coast)

Carolyn Buckle (Sydney)

Kiera Gazzard (Randwick)

Georgia Courage-Gardiner (Gold Coast)

Jamie Perkins (Melbourne)

Moesha Johnson (Tweed Heads)

Iona Anderson (Perth)

Jaclyn Barclay (Canberra)

Jenna Strauch (Bendigo)

Ella Ramsay (Ipswich)

Alexandria Perkins (Caloundra West)

Abbey Connor (Sydney)

Jenna Forrester (Sandton)

Olivia Wunsch (Sydney)

Meg Harris (Brisbane)

Shayna Jack (Brisbane)

Mollie O'Callaghan (Logan)

Ariarne Titmus (Brisbane)

Lani Pallister (Sydney)

Kaylee McKeown (Redcliffe)

Emma McKoen (Wollongong)

Elizabeth Dekkers (Brisbane)

Bronte Campbell (Brisbane)

Brianna Throssell (Perth)

Chelsea Gubecka (Nambour)

Table tennis

Hwan Bae (Sydney)

Finn Luu (Yarraville)

Nicholas Lum (Melbourne)

Min Jee (Seoul, South Korea)

Michelle Bromley (Blacktown)

Melissa Tapper (Melbourne)

Taekwondo

Bailey Lewis (Werribee)

Leon Sejranovic (Melbourne)

Stacey Hymer (Melbourne)

Tennis

Alex De Minaur (Alicante, Spain)

Alexei Popyrin (Sydney)

Rinky Hijikata (Sydney)

Matthew Ebden (Perth)

John Peers (Melbourne)

Alja Tomljanović (Boca Raton, Florida)

Olivia Gadecki (Gold Coast)

Ellen Perez (Melbourne)

Daria Saville (Melbourne)

Triathlon

Luke Willian (Brisbane)

Matthew Hauser (Maryborough)

Sophie Linn (Adelaide)

Natalie Van Coevorden (Campbelltown)

Volleyball

Zachery Schubert (Marion)

Izac Carracher (Sydney)

Mark Nicolaidis (Brisbane)

Thomas Hodges (Melbourne)

Taliqua Clancy (Brisbane)

Mariafe Artacho-Del Solar (Sydney)

Water polo

Lachlan Edwards (Melbourne)

Nic Porter (Peregian Springs)

Marcus Berehulak (Brisbane)

John Hedges (Perth)

Luke Pavillard (Perth)

Angus Lambie (Cronulla)

Charlie Negus (Sydney)

Chaz Poot (Cronulla)

Jacob Merčep (Dubrovnik, Croatia)

Matthew Byrnes (Sydney)

Miloš Maksimović (Novi Sad, Serbia)

Nathan Power (Newcastle)

Blake Edwards (Melbourne)

Tilly Kearns (Sydney)

Alice Williams (Brisbane)

Sienna Hearn (Allambie Heights)

Sienna Green (Mosman)

Genevieve Longman (Perth)

Danijela Jackovich (Cronulla)

Charlize Andrews (Brisbane)

Zoe Arancini (Perth)

Keesja Gofers (Sydney)

Abby Andrews (Brisbane)

Elle Armit (Townsville)

Bronte Halligan (Sydney)

Gabi Palm (Brisbane)

Weightlifting

Kyle Bruce (Blacktown)

Jacqueline Nichele (Rosemeadow)

Eileen Cikamatana (Rosebud)

Wrestling

Georgii Okorokov (Yakutsk, Russia)

Jayden Lawrence (Camden)

[twistedthings]

𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖊𝖘.

* = bio completed

Broderick Elwood, 26-30, bisexual, construction worker, fc: Drew Starkey.

Christian Byrne, 36-40, bisexual, medical doctor, fc: Aidan Turner.

Cornelius "Connie" Darrow, 28-32, bisexual, mechanic, fc: Josh Hutcherson*

Devon "Devo" Aguilar, 31-35, bisexual, cook, fc: Tommy Martinez.

Drusilla Ward, 24-28, pansexual, ???, fc: Ella Purnell.

Elliot Lewis, 32-36, pansexual, professor, fc: Oliver Jackson-Cohen*

Eliora Slater, 26-30, bisexual, senators daughter, fc: Halston Sage.*

Emerald "Remy" Harris, 29-33, bisexual, dancer/roller rink owner, fc: Logan Browning.

Erica Burgos, 27-31, bisexual, private detective, fc: Adria Arjona.*

Han-Jae "Han" Seung, 29-33, pansexual, mafia prince, fc: Charles Melton

Hernando "Henry" Estrada, 40-44, bisexual, author/newspaper editor, fc: Oscar Isaac.

Jeremy Stenson, 36-42, pansexual, detective (serial killer), fc: Chris Evans. *

Jessia "Jessi" Davies, 22-26, bisexual, psychology student/empath, fc: Sydney Sweeney.

Judith " Jude" Lester, 23-27, bisexual, assassin, fc: Kat McNamara. 

Kaleb "Kale" Pendusky, 35-39, pansexual, investigative reporter, fc: Andrew Garfield. *

Lauren "Ren" Hyde, 24-28, bisexual, bartender, fc: Danielle Campbell.

Marley "Mars" Abrams, 26-30, bisexual, nurse, fc: Alycia Debnam Carey.

Michael "Mikey" Palmer, 27-31, bisexual, photographer, fc: Joe Keery. 

Missa Shen, 26-30, omnisexual, painter/artist, fc: Havana Rose Liu.

Raven Mason, 29-33, bisexual, model, fc: Laura Harrier.

Samuel Carmichael, 36-40, pansexual, architect/embezzler/con-artist, fc: Charlie Cox.

Tracy "Tray" Powell, 27-31, lesbian, tech support/alien & paranormal hunter, fc: Chloe Bennet*

[idk-i-just-really-like-tsc]

new rookie spinoff in the works…. i will never forget what they took from me (brendon acres and laura stenson)

[jxrm]

book log - 2014

boy meets girl by meg cabot

the maze runner by james dashner

you have to fucking eat by adam mansbach

good girls by laura ruby

the scorch trials by james dashner

pretenders by lisi harrison

elixir by hilary duff

yes please by amy poehler

big little lies by liane moriarty

hello kitty must die by angela s. choi

orange is the new black by piper kerman

fire with fire by jenny han

the infinite moment of us by lauren myracle

the boy next door by meg cabot

gossip girl, psycho killer by cecily von ziegesar

the rosie project by grame simsion

because i'm worth it by cecily von ziegesar

warm bodies by isaac marion

the husband's secret by liane moriarty

you know you love me by cecily von ziegesar

#girlboss by sophia amoruso

cum laude by cecily von ziegesar

is everyone hanging out without me? by mindy kaling

gossip girl by cecily von ziegesar

breakfast at tiffany's by truman capote

to all the boys i've loved before by jenny han

where she went by gayle forman

if i stay by gayle forman

the truth about diamonds by nicole richie

no one else can have you by kathleen hale

the heiresses by sara shepard

my name is memory by ann brashares

shut out by kody keplinger

the cuckoo's calling by robery galbraith

the DUFF by kody keplinger

a midsummer's nightmare by kody keplinger

crazy rich asians by kevin kwan

broken hearts, fences and other things to mend by katie finn

the naturals by jennifer lynn barnes

girls in pants by ann brashares

second summer of the sisterhod by ann brashares

forgotten by catherine mckenzie

a tale for the time being by ruth ozeki

tiger by tash aw

everything is perfect when you're a liar by kelly oxford

left drowning by jessica park

the house of hades by rick riordan

fiend by peter stenson

divergent by veronica roth

insurgent by veronica roth

landline by rainbow rowell

fangirl by rainbow rowell

attachments by rainbow rowell

invisibility by andrea cremer

gone girl by gillian flynn

forever, interrupted by taylor jenkins reid

the art of racing in the rain by garth stein

something, maybe by elizabeth scott

the lover's dictionary by david levithan

bass ackwards and belly up by elizabeth craft

[mokanian]

Dr. Laura Illiniah Fredericks

Cindar Ceredo Glair

Daniel Elkins Rosek

Kimberly Agustus Quinn

Stenson Burkee

The Villains of the Jewel of Mokania!

[karihighman]

The Rookie Feds series premiere episode title & description are out! We’ll see John Nolan and Angela Lopez from The Rookie universe too!! ©️DGE Press / ABC.

[thediaryofatheatrekid]

Another Hundred People: Elle Woods in Legally Blonde

[captain-penguin2]

The Rookie 5x03 thoughts

This episode was definitely a filler episode to set up next week's Feds/Rookie crossover and introduce Lisseth Chavez's character. It was fine for a filler episode, kind of boring, not much action. The episode moved kind of slowly and wasn't that interesting, it didn't really keep me as engaged as I wanted to be and I found myself looking at my phone for some of it. It was a nice episode just not that enjoyable to watch.

I loved that Special Agent Laura Stenson appeared though I love that character!

Definitely a filler episode!

[emeraldskulblaka]

~ Emerald Streams ~

An Overview - 2021-2022

Here’s a list of all musicals I’ve streamed so far as part of my Saturday Streams (now: Emerald Streams) series. Feel free to suggest more shows to stream! I’ll gladly share all videos on request, the exception being #11.

#1

Saturday, 27 February 2021

Finding Neverland - Broadway - 17 August 2014: Jeremy Jordan, Laura Michelle Kelly, Carolee Carmello

#2

Saturday, 6 March 2021

Les Misérables - UK Tour - 25 September 2010: John Owen-Jones, Earl Carpenter, Madalena Alberto

#3

Saturday, 13 March 2021

Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 - Broadway - 16 November 2016: Scott Stangland, Denée Benton, Lucas Steele

#4

Saturday, 20 March 2021

Me and My Girl - New York City Center Encores - May 2018: Christian Borle, Laura Michelle Kelly, Harriet Harris

#5

Saturday, 27 March 2021

Falsettos - Broadway - January 2017: Christian Borle, Stephanie J. Block, Andrew Rannells

#6

Friday, 2 April 2021

The Phantom of the Opera - West End - March 2019: David Thaxton, Kelly Mathieson, Jeremy Taylor

#7

Saturday, 10 April 2021

Come From Away - Broadway - 10 March 2017 (preview)

#8

Saturday, 17 April 2021

Mary Poppins - UK Tour - 6 March 2009: Lisa O'Hare, Daniel Crossley, Martin Ball

#9

Saturday, 24 April 2021

Les Misérables - Broadway - 17 February 2007: Alexander Gemignani, Norm Lewis, Daphne Rubin-Vega

#10

Saturday, 5 June 2021

Les Misérables - West End - November 2018: Dean Chisnall, Bradley Jaden, Carley Stenson

#11

Saturday, 31 July 2021

The Lord of the Rings - West End - 2007: James Loye, Malcolm Storry, Laura Michelle Kelly

#12

Friday, 20 August 2021

Wicked - West End - 23 March 2019: Alice Fearn, Maria Coyne, David Witts

#13

Friday, 3 September 2021

Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 - Broadway - 29 October 2016: Josh Groban, Denée Benton, Lucas Steele

#14

Saturday, 11 September 2021

Come From Away (see #7)

#15

Saturday, 18 September 2021

The Lord of the Rings (see #11)

#16

Saturday, 2 October 2021

Fellowship! - North Hollywood - 11 December 2004: Cory Rouse, Peter Allen, Kelly Holden Bashar

#17

Saturday, 23 October 2021

Tanz der Vampire - Berlin - January 2012: Drew Sarich, Amelie Dobler, Anton Zetterholm

#18

Saturday, 20 November 2021

Bat Out Of Hell - West End - 12 August 2017: Andrew Polec, Christina Bennington, Sharon Sexton

#19

Saturday, 4 December 2021

Finrod Zong - Theatre Eterius - 2014: Seraphim, Aleksey Tarantsev, Olga Kozlova

#20

Saturday, 26 February 2022

Bat Out Of Hell (see #18)

#21

Saturday, 2 April 2022

Wicked - Broadway - 27 December 2016: Jennifer DiNoia, Kara Lindsay, Michael Campayno

#22

Sunday, 8 May 2022

& Juliet - West End - December 2019: Miriam-Teak Lee, Cassidy Janson, Jordan Luke Gage

#23

Sunday, 5 June 2022

Les Misérables - West End - 14 June 2014: Daniel Koek, Tam Mutu, Na-Young Jeon

#24

Sunday, 19 June 2022

The Lord of the Rings (see #11)

#25

Thursday, 1 September 2022

Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (see #3)

#26

Saturday, 3 September 2022

Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (see #13)

#27

Sunday, 4 September 2022

Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 - Broadway - 13 August 2017: Denée Benton, Okieriete Onaodowan, Lucas Steele

#28

Saturday, 10 September 2022

Come From Away (see #7)

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Open for bootleg trading~

Hello all! I am posting my bootleg list here for now as a temporary list until I get my website up and running- I am open to trading! I’m mainly looking for any Cats production- preferably English or Dutch but any musical would be nice to have and expand my collection. 

Addams Family - Broadway - March 12, 2010

FORMAT: .VOB w/o smalls

CAST:Nathan Lane (Gomez Addams), Bebe Neuwirth (Morticia Addams), Terrence Mann (Mal Beineke), Carolee Carmello (Alice Beineke), Kevin Chamberlin (Uncle Fester), Jackie Hoffman (Grandma), Zachary James (Lurch), Wesley Taylor (Lucas Beineke), Krysta Rodriguez (Wednesday Addams), Adam Riegler (Pugsley Addams)

NOTES: Video quality isn't the best, and audio is sometimes on the softer side. Still a very entertaining show.

Anastasia - Broadway - September 6, 2017

FORMAT: (VOBs w/ smalls)

CAST: Christy Altomare (Anastasia), Derek Klena (Dmitry), John Bolton (Vlad), Ramin Karimloo (Gleb), Caroline O'Connor (Lily), Mary Beth Peil (Maria Feodorovna), Zach Adkins, Sissy Bell, Lauren Blackman, Kyle Brown, Janet Dickinson, Constantine Germanacos, Wes Hart, Ken Krugman, Shina Ann Morris, James A. Pierce III, Molly Rushing, Nicole Scimerca, Johnny Stellard, Allison Walsh (Ensemble)

Aladdin - Broadway, 2014-Nov-05 (SunsetBlvd79‘s master)

Format: VOB + smalls (7.58 GB)

CAST: Adam Jacobs (Aladdin), Courtney Reed (Jasmine), Merwin Foard (s/b Jafar), Michael James Scott (s/b Genie)

NOTES: Beautiful HD capture of latest Disney Broadway offering. Great to see the changes from the Toronto tryout. Michael and Merwin do terrific jobs as Genie and Jafar.

Beauty and the Beast New Zealand April 2006 - Proshot

Format: .VOB w/ smalls

Cast: Jade Steele, Russell Dixon, Glen Drake, Rob Ormsby, Gladys Hope

NOTES: Only the first act & first part of act two! 

Beauty and the Beast (Disney) - Broadway - July 27, 2007 (Unknown's video master)

CAST: Anneliese van der Pol (Belle), Steve Blanchard (Beast/Prince), Jamie Ross (Maurice), Chris Hoch (Gaston), David DeVries (Lumière), Jeanne Lehman (Mrs. Potts), Glenn Rainey (Cogsworth), Ann Mandrella (Babette), Trevor Braun (Chip), Aldrin Gonzalez (Le Fou)

NOTES: Two days before the show closed on Broadway. Good amount of closeups and good quality filmed from the mid-mezzanine; there is a railing issue for a while in Act 1 but the taper improves. 'Me', 'Gaston' and 'Be Our Guest' are all predominantly missing and recording stopped for some time after 'Gaston', which created a little jump in the timeline to where Maurice gets thrown out of the tavern. Still a nice video with great closeups of the last Broadway cast.

Beauty and the Beast - Music Theatre of Wichita (2016)

FORMAT: .VOB w/ Smalls

CAST: Catherine Charlebois, Thaddeus Pearson, Johnny Stellard, Steve Hitchcock, James Beaman, Katie Banks-Todd, Karen L. Robu, Lexis Danca, James Heinrichs, Timothy W. Robu, Tanner Pflueger, John Boldenow

Notes: Pro-Shot. Filmed using one camera on a tripod with excellent clear picture and sound.

Cats - Hamburg - August 21, 1999 (Unknown's video master)

FORMAT: MP4 (2.9 GB) CAST: Julia Howson (Grizabella), Stefano Bontempi (Alonzo), Sean McGrath (Admetus/Macavity), Daymon Montaigne Jones (Bill Bailey/Tumblebrutus), Donna Hagan (Bombalurina), Lachlan Youngberg (Bustopher Jones/Gus/Growltiger), Marie Dumas (Cassandra), Valentino McKinney (Coricopat), Juliann Kuchocki (Demeter), Marni Raab (Jellylorum), Nadja Solovieva (Jennyanydots), Clinten Pearce (Mr. Mistoffelees), Deon Ridley (Mungojerrie), Matthew Pike (Munkustrap), Werner Kraus (Old Deuteronomy), Adrianne Richards (Rumpleteazer), Siegmar Tonk (Rum Tum Tugger), Japheth Myers (Skimbleshanks), Angela Roczkov (Tantomile), Rebecca Sutherland (Victoria), Damian Kacperski (Pouncival), Tracey Packham (Sillabub) NOTES: very good quality for the time! Great audio as well. 

Cats - Broadway Revival - August 13, 2016 (Unknown's video master)

FORMAT: .VOB w/o Smalls

STAGE: Broadway

CAST: Leona Lewis (Grizabella), Giuseppe Bausilio (Carbucketty), Kim Faure (Demeter), Lili Froehlich (Electra), Sara Jean Ford (Jellylorum), Eloise Kropp (Jennyanydots), Ricky Ubeda (Mr. Mistoffelees), Andy Huntington Jones (Munkustrap), Quentin Earl Darrington (Old Deuteronomy), Shonica Gooden (Rumpleteazer), Tyler Hanes (Rum Tum Tugger), Jeremy Davis (Skimbleshanks)

NOTES: Some people walking across the image for a few seconds during Jennyanydots and Rum Tum Tugger's number. Sometimes a head is visible but not obstructing the action. Almost no white-outs with very good video quality. Audio is very crisp as well. Filmed from a higher seat, but zooms are excellently done and fluent. Overal an amazing bootleg!

Cats - Sixth National Tour - March 15, 2019 (thehouseonsunset's video master)

CAST: Keri René Fuller (Grizabella), Phillip Deceus (Alonzo), Tyler John Logan (Admetus/Macavity), Devin Neilson (Bill Bailey/Tumblebrutus), Lexie Plath (Bombalurina), Timothy Gulan (Bustopher Jones/Gus/Growltiger), Mariah Reives (Cassandra), PJ DiGaetano (Coricopat), Liz Schmitz (Demeter), Maria Failla (u/s Jellylorum), Emily Jeanne Phillips (Jennyanydots), Tion Gaston (Mr. Mistoffelees), Tony D'Alelio (Mungojerrie), Dan Hoy (Munkustrap), Brandon Micheal Nase (Old Deuteronomy), Rose Iannaccone (Rumpleteazer), McGee Maddox (Rum Tum Tugger), Ethan Saviet (Skimbleshanks), Halli Tolland (Tantomile), Laura K Kaufman (u/s Victoria), Anthony Zas (Pouncival), Ahren Victory (Sillabub)

NOTES: Audio is soft in some parts and has a shaky camera. Good video though, nice zooms and high quality. 

Cats 1998 Film - (Pro-shot).

FORMAT: MP4 CAST: Elaine Paige (Grizabella), John Mills (Gus the Theatre Cat), Ken Page (Old Deuteronomy), Rosemarie Ford (Bombalurina), Michael Gruber (Munkustrap), John Partridge (Rum Tum Tugger), Aeva May (Demeter), Geoffrey Garratt (Skimbleshanks), James Barron (Bustopher Jones), Jo Gibb (Rumpleteazer), Drew Varley (Mungojerrie), Susie McKenna (Jennyanydots), Jacob Brent (Mistoffelees), Susan Jane Tanner (Jellylorum), Phyllida Crowley Smith (Victoria). NOTES: pro-shot version of the musical. Multiple cameras and HD video and audio. 

Cinderella - Broadway - March 2, 2013

FORMAT: VOB + smalls

CAST: Laura Osnes (Ella), Santino Fontana (Prince Topher), Victoria Clark (Fairy Godmother), Harriet Harris (Evil Stepmother), Ann Harada (Charlotte)

NOTES: Very good view of the stage, sometimes zooms are a bit slow but it's not bothersome. Very enjoyable experience.

Evita - Costa Mesa - December 14, 2013

FORMAT: (VOBs w/ Smalls)

CAST: Caroline Bowman (Eva), John Riddle (u/s Che), Sean MacLaughlin (Peron), Krystina Alabado (Mistress), Christopher Johnstone (Magaldi)

Kinky Boots - Broadway - May 26, 2017 (Opening Night) (Audio)

CAST: Brendon Urie (Charlie Price)

FORMAT: M4A

NOTES: Brendon is amazing in the role, the audio is not really HD, but it’s still really fun to listen to, especially for P!ATD fans like me haha. 

Legally Blonde - Broadway - 2007-Oct-25

Format: VOB no smalls (4.11 GB)

CAST: Becky Gulsvig (u/s Elle Woods), Andy Karl (u/s Emmett Forrest), Richard H Blake (Warner Huntington III), Orfeh (Paulette), Kate Shindle (Vivienne Kensington), Nikki Snelson (Brooke Wyndham/Shandi), Michael Rupert (Professor Callahan), Haven Burton (Margot), Tracy Jai Edwards (Serena), Asmeret Ghebremichael (Pilar), Matthew Risch (u/s Kyle/Grandmaster Chad/Dewey), Natalie Joy Johnson (Veronica/Enid), Kate Wetherhead (Kate/Chutney), Rod Harrelson (u/s Carlos)

NOTES: Great capture of the two understudies in the role. Shot from the orchestra with amazing shots. Starts in the middle of 'Omigod You Guys'.

Les Misérables - West End - November, 2018 (NYCG8R's master)

FORMAT: VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Dean Chisnall (Jean Valjean), Bradley Jaden (Javert), Carley Stenson (Fantine), Amara Okereke (Cosette), Toby Miles (Marius), Elena Skye (Éponine), Samuel Edwards (Enjolras), James Hume (u/s Thénardier), Vivien Parry (Madame Thénardier), Logan Clark (Gavroche), Andrew York (u/s The Bishop), Adam Filipe (u/s Grantaire), Barnaby Hughes (Combeferre), Joe Vetch (Feuilly), Oliver Brenin (s/w Courfeyrac), Ben Tyler (Jean Prouvaire), James Nicholson (Joly), Andrew York (Lesgles), Adam Bayjou (Brujon), Ciaran Bowling (s/w Babet), Sam Harrison (Claquesous), Ciaran Joyce (Montparnasse), Adam Bayjou (Factory Foreman), Anna McGarahan (Factory Girl), Anna McGarahan (Crone), Sam Harrison (Bamatabois), Ben Tyler (Pimp), Barnaby Hughes (Fauchelevent), Adam Bayjou (Champmathieu), Ciaran Bowling (s/w Major Domo)

Les Misérables - The All-Star Staged Concert - December 2, 2019 (Closing Night) (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT: MKV (HD)*

CAST: Alfie Boe (Jean Valjean), Michael Ball (Javert), Carrie Hope Fletcher (Fantine), Lily Kerhoas (Cosette), Rob Houchen (Marius), Shan Ako (Éponine), Bradley Jaden (Enjolras), Matt Lucas (Thénardier), Katy Secombe (Madame Thénardier), Earl Carpenter (The Bishop), Raymond Walsh (Grantaire), Craig Mather (Combeferre), Vinny Coyle (Feuilly), Niall Sheehy (Courfeyrac), James Nicholson (Jean Prouvaire), Ciaran Joyce (Joly), Andrew York (Lesgles), Leo Roberts (Brujon), Stephen Matthews (Babet), Oliver Jackson (Claquesous), Adam Bayjou (Montparnasse), Gavin James (Factory Foreman), Celia Graham (Factory Girl), Tamsin Dowsett (Crone), Earl Carpenter (Bamatabois), Oliver Jackson (Pimp)

NOTES: The digitally released proshot, edited differently to the live cinema stream.

Les Miserables - Broadway - Feb. 17, 2007

FORMAT: VOB + smalls

CAST: Alexander Gemignani (Jean Valjean), Norm Lewis (Javert), Daphne Rubin-Vega (Fantine), Gary Beach (Thenardier), Jenny Galloway (Mme Thenardier), Celia Kennan-Bolger (Eponine), Ali Ewoldt (Cosette), Adam Jacobs (Marius), Drew Sarich (u/s Enjolras)

Little Shop of Horrors - Encores! Off-Center-New York City Center, 2015-July-1 (Opening Night) (NYCG8R's video master)

Format: VOB + smalls (4.21 GB)

CAST: Jake Gyllenhaal (Seymour), Ellen Greene (Audrey), Joe Grifasi (Mushnik), Taran Killam (Orin), Eddie Cooper (Audrey II), Marva Hicks (Crystal), Ramona Keller (Ronnette), Tracy Nicole Chapman (Chiffon)

NOTES: Opening Night filmed from the very back of City Center, so there is some spotlight washout that's never too bad and a head that's shot well around.

Phantom Of the Opera - US Tour - August 12, 2015 (Unknown master)

FORMAT: VOBs w/ Smalls)

Chris Mann, Katie Travis, Storm Lineberger, Jacquelynne Fontaine, Edward Staudenmayer, David Benoit, Anne Kanengeiser, Frank Viveros, Morgan Cowling, Mark Emerson, Eric Ruiz, Edward Juvier, Dan Debenport, David Foley Jr., Allan Snyder, Christy Morton

Spider-Man - Turn off the Dark - Broadway - October 14, 2012

FORMAT: (VOBs)

CAST: Matthew James Thomas (alt. Peter Parker/Spiderman), Kristen Martin (u/s Mary Jane), Robert Cuccioli (Green Goblin), Katrina Lenk (Arachne).

NOTES: Post-Changes

The Book of Mormon - UK & Ireland Tour - 2019 (Rumpel's master-RARE)

FORMAT: .VOB (no smalls) (HD)

CAST: Kevin Douglas Clay (Elder Price), Connor Peirson (Elder Cunningham), Nicole-Lily Baisden (Nabulungi), Will Hawksworth (Elder McKinley), Ewen Cummins (Mafala Hatimbi), Thomas Vernal (General), David Brewis (Cunningham’s Dad), Tre Copeland-Williams (Doctor), Johnathan Tweedie (Prices Dad/Joseph Smith/Mission President), Cleopatra Isaac (Mrs Brown), Jemal Felix (Guard), Lukin Simmonds (Guard), Alex James-Hatton, David Brewis, Evan James, Fergal McGoff, George Crawford, Isaac Hesketh, Jed Berry

NOTES: One of the best videos of this show out there. Recorded from the right wing, doesn't miss any action. High quality video and excellent sound. Kevin is a very good Elder Price.

The Book of Mormon - Chicago - December 23, 2012 (SunsetBlvd79's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (HD)CAST: Nic Rouleau (Elder Price), Ben Platt (Elder Cunningham), Syesha Mercado (Nabulungi), Pierce Cassedy (Elder McKinley), James Vincent Meredith (Mafala Hatimbi), Christopher Shyer (Mission President), David Aron Damane (General)

The Book of Mormon - Broadway - March 1, 2011 (Preview) (NYCG8R's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD)

CAST: Andrew Rannells (Elder Price), Josh Gad (Elder Cunningham), Nikki M James (Nabulungi), Rory O’Malley (Elder McKinley), Michael Potts (Mafala Hatimbi), Lewis Cleale (Mission President)

Wicked - Broadway, 2013-May-12 (Lanelle's master)

Format:  M2TS (HD) - (24.02 GB)

CAST: Willemijn Verkaik (Elphaba), Katie Rose Clarke (Glinda), Kyle Dean Massey (Fiyero), Adam Grupper (The Wizard), Randy Danson (Madame Morrible), Catherine Charlebois (Nessarose), F Michael Haynie (Boq), John Schiappa (Doctor Dillamond)

NOTES: Filmed from the right orchestra, at a slight angle, but excellent quality. The taper originally released this as a blu-ray, 2-disc DVDs and 1-disc DVD, so make sure to get the version that best suits your needs.

Wicked - May 12, 2013 (Lanelle's master RIP WITH SUBS)

FORMAT: .MKV w/o Smalls, With English & Chinese Subtitles

CAST: Willemijn Verkaik (Elphaba), Katie Rose Clarke (Glinda), Kyle Dean Massey (Fiyero), Adam Grupper (The Wizard), Randy Danson (Madame Morrible), Catherine Charlebois (Nessarose), F Michael Haynie (Boq), John Schiappa (Doctor Dillamond)

NOTES: Warning- Moderate quality. Some quality of the original master has been lost through conversion from blue-ray to MKV. Has English and Chinese subtitles. Audio is great and video sometimes has some white-outs. 

Wicked - Broadway - January 2nd, 2015 (unknown master)

FORMAT: VOB w/o Smalls

CAST: Caroline Bowman (Elphaba), Kara Lindsay (Glinda), Matt Shingledecker (Fiyero), Tom McGowan (The Wizard), Kathy Fitzgerald (Madame Morrible), Robin de Jesus (Boq), Arielle Jacobs (Nessarose), Timothy Britten Parker (Dr. Dillamond)

NOTES: The camera moves a bit but follows the actors well. Some parts are a bit washed out but the audio is good. 

Wicked - Broadway, May 28, 2006 (Unkown master)

FORMAT: VOB w/o SmallsCAST: Eden Espinosa (Elphaba), Megan Hilty (Glinda) Derrick Williams (Fiyero), David Garrison (The Wizard), Carol Kane (Madame Morrible), Jenna Leigh Green (Nessarose)

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If you’re interested, please don’t hesitate to contact me! Like I said I would love any cats bootleg- especially the older ones in English and Dutch from like the 80′s till the 00′s. I am also looking for more diversity in my list- and I’m also looking for the classics- Dear Evan Hansen, Falsetto’s, some more Phantom Of the Opera, Mean Girls, Legally Blond, etc... 

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my hopeful dream casts for Wicked London:

Carley Stenson (currently playing Fantine in Les Misérables) as Elphaba. She has a SUPER POWERFUL voice and excellent acting skills. 

Rosalie Craig (currently playing Bobbie in Company) as Elphaba. She’s insanely talented and can captivate an audience like no one else. She should get all the leading roles. 

Lisa O’Hare as Glinda. Her soprano is out of this world and she’s an extremely skilled actress who does not lack comedic timing. 

Laura Baldwin (last seen in playing Janey in Eugenius, soon to play Dawn in Waitress) as Glinda. I think she has all the kindness and goodness that comes with playing Glinda and a very strong voice. Her acting is flawless and detailed. 

Joe Vetch (currently playing Feuilly in Les Misérables) as Fiyero. He has a very strong voice, esp his vibrato, and he is extremely pretty and tall. I think he would absolutely nail it as yero my hero.

Raymond Walsh (currently playing Grantaire in Les Misérables) as Boq. I just think the world needs an Irish Boq.

Tom Edden (last seen playing Mr Wormwood in Matilda) as The Wizard. Idk I think he’s super good at being slimy and I could 100% see him as the ultimate slimy boy.

(in like 15 years Sadie Victoria Lim as Glinda. that kid has TALENT)

those are just a few ideas and there are others I’d love to see on that stage but this is what came to mind now.

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all the books I read this year!!

one of my new year’s resolutions was to read more nonfiction, and I did a pretty good job of it. I didn’t track the books I read the year before, but I know i only read a few nonfiction so I’m proud of myself. my other NYR was to shower more which I also accomplished! anyways, my list of books is under the cut if you want to check it out.

NF is for nonfiction, F is for fiction, A is for audiobook and P is for paperback. any spelling errors on the author’s names is from my horrible handwriting. maybe next year I’ll keep track electronically so I don’t have to struggle through reading my own handwriting lmao

January

1.       Maude by Donna Maybry – NF - A

2.       Revival by Stephen King – F - A

3.       Watership Down by Richard Adams – F - A

4.       The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Acherman – NF - A

5.       The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman- F – P

6.       Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin – F – A

7.       Girl on a Train by AJ Waines – F – A

8.       1984 by George Orwell – F – A

9.       Bought and Sold by Morgan Stephens – NF – A

10.   Forrest Gump – Winston Groom – F – A

3  Nonfiction, 7 Fiction. 9 audiobooks, 1 paperback

February

11.   White Trash by Nancy Isenberg – NF – A

12.   Sachiko by Caren Stenson – NF – A

13.   3,026 Days in Captivity by Natascha Kampush – NF – A

14.   Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson – F – A

15.   Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter – F – A

16.   The Darkest Corners by Kara Thomas – F – A

17.   The Shining by Stephen King – F – A

18.   The Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy B. Tyson – NF – A

4 nonfiction, 4 fiction. 8 audiobooks, 0 paperbacks

March

19.   What She Knew by Gilly MacMillian – F – A

20.   Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver – F – A

21.   The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter – F – A

22.   Fallen by Karin Slaughter – F – A

23.   Criminal by Karin Slaughter – F – A

24.   Unseen by Karin Salughter – F – A

25.   Blindsided by Karin Slaughter – F – A

26.   Kisscut by Karin Slaughter – F – A

27.   Saga Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan – F – P

0 nonfiction, 9 fiction. 8 audiobooks, 1 paperback

April

28.   A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter – F – A

29.   Indelible by Karin Slaughter – F – A

30.   Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn – F – A

31.   Cop Town by Karin Slaughter – F – A

32.   Elizabeth and Michael by Donald Boyle – NF – A

33.   The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty – F- A

1 nonfiction, 5 fiction. 6 audiobooks, 0 paperbacks

May

34.   Snatched by Karin Slaughter – F – A

35.   Don’t Breath a Word by Jennifer McMahon – F – A

36.   Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty – F – A

37.   The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty – F – A

38.   When the Air Hits Your Brain by Frank Vertosich Jr, MD – NF – A

39.   The Lies We Tell by Meg Carter – F – A

40.   Brave New World by Aldous Huxley – F – A

41.   The Radium Girls by Kate Moore – NF – A

42.   Nailbiter series by Joshua Williamson and Mike Henderson – F – P

43.   Triptych by Karin Slaughter – F – A

44.   Glass House by Brian Alexander – NF – A

45.   The Marriage Lie by Kimberly Belle – F – A

46.   Busted by Karin Slaughter – F – A

47.   Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth – NF – A

4 nonfiction, 10 fiction. 13 audiobooks, 1 paperback

June

48.   Rosemary by Kate Clifford Larson – NF – A

49.   Lost Girls by Robert Kolker – NF – A

50.   Drink by Ann Dursett Johnston – NF – A

51.   The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman – F- A

52.   The Grown Up by Gillian Flynn – F – P

53.   The Salt Fix by Dr. James Dinicolantonio, MD – NF – A

54.   Broken River by J. Robert Lennin – F - A

55.   Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie – F – A

56.   American Gods by Neil Gaiman – F – A

57.   Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman – F - A

58.   My Story by Elizabeth Smart – NF – A

5 nonfiction, 6 fiction. 10 audiobooks, 1 paperback

July

59.   The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta – F – A

60.   And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie – F – A

61.   Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance – NF – A

62.   Under Your Skin by Sabine Durant – F – A

63.   Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari – NF - A

64.   Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty – F – A

2 nonfiction, 4 fiction. 6 audiobooks, 0 paperbacks

August

65.   You Have No Fucking Idea: The Story About My Life by Matt Baier – NF – P

66.   The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman – F – P

67.   Carol (The Price of Salt) by Patricia Highsmith – F – A

68.   Waiting to be Heard by Amanda Knox – NF – A

69.   The Miracle of Dunkirk by Walter Lord – NF – A

70.   Replay by Ken Grimwood – F- A

71.   The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware – F – A

72.   13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher – F – A

73.   Girl Walks Out of a Bar by Lisa F. Smith – NF – A

74.   The Polygamist’s Daughter by Anna Lebaron  - NF – A

75.   The Dinner by Herman Koch – F – A

76.   American Fire by Monica Hesse – NF – A

77.   The Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell – F – A

78.   Kiss Me Like a Stranger by Gene Wilder – NF – A

79.   The Vegas Diaries by Holly Madison – NF – A

80.   I Found You by Lisa Jewell – F – A

81.   Dark Place to Hide by AJ Waines – F – A

82.   The Silver Lining’s Playbook by Matthew Quick – F – A

8 nonfiction, 10 fiction. 16 audiobooks, 2 paperbacks

September

83.   The Lost Girls by Heather Young – F – A

84.   Dead Wake by Erik Larson – NF – A

85.   The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie – F – A

86.   Lie to Me by JT Ellison – F – A

87.   The Sinner by Petra Hammesfahr – F - A

88.   Into the Water by Paula Hawkins – F – A

89.   From a Buick 8 by Stephen King – F – A

90.   A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie – F – A

91.   Commonwealth by Ann Patchett – F – A

92.   A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith – F – P

93.   The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett – F – A

94.   Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane – F – A

95.   Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman – F – A

1 nonfiction, 12 fiction. 12 audiobooks, 1 paperback

October

96.   State of Wonder by Ann Patchett – F – A

97.   The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben – NF – A

98.   Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett – F – A

99.   Ready Player One by Ernest Cline – F – P

100. Stardust by Neil Gaiman – F – A

101. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin – F - A

102.  The Monogram Murders by Sophia Turner – F – A

103.  My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix – F – A

104.  The Axeman of New Orleans by Miriam C. Davis – NF – A

105. The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty – F – P

106.  A Pocket Full of Rye – Agatha Christie – F – A

107.  The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprex Sweeny – F - A

108.  The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty – F – A

109.  Catching the Wolf On Wall Street by Jordan Belfort – NF – A

110.  Hell House by Richard Matheson – F – A

3 nonfiction, 12 fiction. 13 audiobooks, 2 paperbacks      

November

111.  Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable – NF – A

112. The Secret Life of Introverts by Jenn Granneman – NF – A

113.  My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout – F- A

114.  The Floating World by C. Morgan Babst – F – A

115.  The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter – f – A

116. Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty – F – P

117. The Rest of Her Life by Laura Moriarty – F – A

2 nonfiction, 5 fiction. 1 paperback, 6 audiobooks

 December

118. Last Breath by Karin Slaughter – F – A

119. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald – F – A

120. The Great Halifax Explosion by John U. Barron – NF – A

121. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch – F – A

122. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng – F – A

123.  The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman – F – A

124. 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northrup – NF – A

125. The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fairgrove – NF – A

126. The Magician’s Apprentice by Ann Patchett – F – A

127.  Rabbit  by Patricia Willams – NF – A

128. Being Jazz by Jazz Jennings – NF – A

129. The Secret Life of the Mind by Marianao Segman, MD – NF – A

130. Black Chalk by Christopher B. Yates – F – A

131. The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie – F – A

132. A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie – F – A

133. The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie – F -A

134. Money, A Memoir by Liz Perle – NF - A

7 nonfiction, 10 fiction. 17 audiobooks, 0 paperbacks.

 Total:

134 total books!!

40 nonfiction, 94 fiction. 9 paperbacks, 126 audiobooks.

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I’m super pleased to release images of the THUNDERSHARK body of work to the internet today. The opening reception at @hits_dc was a BLAST. THANK YOU to everyone who came and hung out on Saturday and a SUPER BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PURCHASED WORK. Y’all stuck a lot of red pins on the wall!!! ⚡️🤘⚡️ Today we moved the show over to @homme_dc where you can see it until the closing reception Aug 10. Unfortunately, @rachelwallach’s work will not show at Homme so if you want to see more of hers you’ll have to pop over to her page to keep up. I want to thank the other Mike O’Brien @craftteaguy for bringing his nitro cold brew craft tea out to the show and Iman Stenson @butterbakeryorders for baking the best cupcakes I’ve had in years. Thank you to Jess, Charlie, Laura, and all the HITS peeps who pitched in putting the show together. Super duper special thank you to Rachel who not only made beautiful work for this show but was up until 2am every night in the week leading up to it helping me finish my work. I’m a very lucky dude. Love y’all! (at HOLE IN THE SKY DC) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0kPsESHlR_/?igshid=ib6c0lvhgkm1

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Treading dangerously in Toronto

Some men are seduced by money, power, beauty or love. But for distance runners, there is another seductress, another temptress, another siren on the shore. Her name is the marathon and she is dangerous.

In mid September I returned from the World Masters Track & Field Championships, feeling that I had not done justice to nearly nine months of dedicated training. The heat had been my enemy in Spain and I was glad to be back in Melbourne’s cool climate. But what to do next? I felt incredibly fit and had no niggles or injuries. I wanted to take advantage of this before anything went wrong.

Then the seductress came to me and put me in danger. The Melbourne Marathon was four weeks away. I decided that three weeks of high mileage would be enough, on top of the previous eight months of around 80 kilometres per week, to have me ready to race 42.2 kilometres. This is what the marathon does – she distorts a runner’s thinking, she makes him believe things that do not stand logical scrutiny. She is dangerous.

What followed was akin to cramming for an exam. Three weeks of more than 100 km, including one week of 129 km, my heaviest training in more than 20 years. I did a killer 20 km interval session called “Bevo Badness”and completed three long Sunday morning runs of 30 km, 30 km and 37 km. The last of these was run just a week before the Melbourne Marathon. It might sound a lot, but no serious runner would consider this to be an adequate preparation for racing 42.2 km, but I had been bewitched by the marathon and could not see the danger.

Then the Melbourne weather forecast went from bad to worse. I knew that a hot day would put paid to any chance of me running a reasonable time. I have never handled warm conditions well. I did not want a repeat of my failure to finish the World Masters Half Marathon in Malaga just a few weeks earlier. But my cunning seductress had a solution to this. Earlier in 2018, World Masters Athletics had awarded the first ever World Masters Marathon Championships to Toronto, and the event was to be held on 21 October, a week after Melbourne.

So I decided to ditch Melbourne and go instead to Toronto, where it would be cool. The course appeared relatively flat and conducive to fast times. It was the venue of Ed Whitlock’s incredibly fast marathons. Best of all, I might have a chance to win a Masters World Championship medal, something I had failed to do at three Masters World Track & Field Championships. And finally, I would get an extra week to taper for the race. What could possibly go wrong? In my seduced state, it all made perfect sense. There was no danger.

I flew to the USA six days before the race and spent three days near Boston, first with Aussie expat Ross Hooley and then with Bostonian friends Laura and Kevin O’Sullivan. Their kind hospitality allowed me to relax and enjoy myself, rather than stressing about the upcoming race. The cool autumnal weather made training runs a pleasure, building my confidence further.

Then followed a short flight to Toronto, where I had been incredibly lucky to secure a billet with a local runner, Frances Enchin. Despite not knowing me at all, she welcomed me happily into her lovely home. I arranged to meet an old friend for coffee, Shaun Creighton, whom I had not seen for many years. Shaun, a champion athlete with a 2:10 marathon to his name, was shooting for an M50 Australian record in Toronto. It was wonderful to meet his wife Stella, who was also running, and their beautiful livewire daughter Gretchen. As an added bonus, current Aussie marathon star Jess Trengove and her partner, Dylan Stenson, joined us for coffee. It was fascinating to listen to Jess and Shaun discuss their race tactics, with the possibility that they might run together for the first half of the race.

Shaun and I briefly ran around parts of the course on Saturday morning, but I found it hard to get any sense of the route or its gradients. The course profile map did not indicate any major hills. The weather was benign. I was feeling great. All of this is typical of the marathon’s seduction technique, which causes a runner to be filled with optimism, leaving him blind to the hazards.

Sunday morning dawned fine and cold, but it did not seem as cold as the forecast 2 deg C. The reason for this soon became apparent. It was windy. As I waited for my Uber to arrive, I watched the autumn leaves scudding down my street. This was not good, but hopefully the tall city buildings in downtown Toronto, where the race started and finished, would help to shelter us as we ran.

I wondered if I should alter my race plan, which was to run 5 km splits of 20:50 (4:10 per km) to reach halfway in 87:55, then run the second half of the race in around 89 minutes (at 4:15 per km) to finish with a total time of around 2:57. This plan was born of a desire to break the existing Victorian M60 marathon record, which stood at 2:57.25. I also believed that 2:57 would give me a strong chance of a podium finish, and might even see me challenging for the win in my age group. But bewitched by the marathon’s spell, any thoughts of changing my race plan vanished almost as soon as they arrived.

When I had told Shaun my target time the day before, he had suggested that I should look out for an old bloke with pure white hair and try to run with him. The old bloke’s name was Gene Dykes, a 70 year old from Philadelphia, who was aiming to break Ed Whitlock’s M70 record of 2:54.48. This was amazing news, given the superiority of Ed’s times over any other performances by septuagenerian athletes, before or since. In my marathon stupor, Shaun’s suggestion seemed eminently reasonable. Whispered the seductress in my ear: “There’s not much difference between 2:57 and 2:55”.

From the gun, I had a nice clean start. The marathon and half marathon runners all started together, but I did not encounter any real congestion. The fields were fairly small by international standards, with less than 4,000 runners competing in the marathon.

Within a kilometre or two, I spotted a white haired runner ahead of me, going at a very good pace. An official photographer on the back of a motorbike was next to him and I heard him say to the rider: “That’s him, I’ll get some shots.” I knew that I had found Gene. I ran behind him and admired his fluent style and long, toned legs. He reminded me of former Australian distance star Andrew Lloyd because his legs seemed a little too long for his torso.

I fell in beside him for a chat. We discussed our respective goals and he asked me whether I was going to draft off him! I suggested that we might draft off each other, but as the race went on, it became clear that Gene was the principal pacemaker. He was relentless. If the pace slowed at all, he would pick it up again. So that’s how, at 61 years of age, I came to be drafting behind a 70 year old in the Toronto Marathon!

I know that good marathon runners stick to a plan. A successful marathon requires being faithful to a plan despite distractions. Many runners get carried away in the initial opening rush, while others expend too much energy in the first half of the race. As Gene and I ticked off the kilometres, I noted that we were hitting each 5 km split in around 20:40. I felt strong through to halfway in 87:29. This was 26 seconds ahead of my planned pace. I had not stuck to my plan. I justified this by telling myself that this was good, I now had plenty of room for a slowdown later in the race. The marathon is adept at leading runners into self-delusion.

Just before halfway, we lost the company of the half marathon runners, who were diverted to their finish line. Gene and I hadn’t spoken for a while, but at halfway, he asked me what our time was. When I told him, he exclaimed that it was too slow and he would miss the M70 record. He then upped the pace for a couple of kilometres at a point when I would have preferred to back off a little. So, was I smart enough to let him go? Of course not. I went with him to 30 km, but by now was working really hard to maintain his pace of around 4:09 per km.

An English marathon runner, Jon Brown, has written this about the marathon:

“The cruellest trick that the marathon likes to play on runners is letting them believe that they feel good, especially in the middle part of the race. Once past the halfway point, the marathon plants the idea into the heads of many runners that they are ‘almost there’ and they can start thinking about finishing. Never trust the marathon. Between kilometres 30 and 40 is where the marathon really enjoys itself, this is what it lives for. The dual combination of physical breakdown and reduced mental function make runners easy prey. Never trust the marathon. It is here where those who have diligently stayed true to their meticulous race plan experience the epic carnage all around them, as the marathon’s invisible lasso brings down the reckless and over-confident.”

Hitting the wall is the point at which the marathon loses her allure, and you recognise her for the devious adversary that she is. You suddenly move from running confidently and strongly into a state of physical and psychological meltdown. This is not a gradual happening to which you can adjust and then reset your goals. There is no warning, and there is not a damn thing that you can do about it except hang on for dear life.

After 30 km, my 70 year old companion left me behind. I slowed to 4:18 per km between 30 and 35 km as we turned into a significant headwind. The regular hills on the course (which was nowhere near as flat as I had been led to believe) had also taken their toll. At around 34 km I felt a wave of intense fatigue and I knew at once that I had hit the dreaded wall. My long marathon experience has taught me that hitting the wall can take many forms, from a simple loss of energy to something more serious like an injury of some kind.

This time, my meltdown was characterised by shooting pain in both quadriceps and adductor muscles. I blew out to more than 4:30 per km between 35 and 40 km. At around 40 km, there was a bridge. As I ran downhill off the bridge, it felt like hot pokers were being jabbed into my quads with each step. It really, really, really hurt. Finally the road flattened out and I ran the last kilometre swearing continuously under my breath: “Holy s--t, holy s—t, holy s—t” in an effort to distract myself from the pain. But it worked, suddenly I was there, it was over. My time was 2:58.48.5, under three hours, thank goodness.

I hobbled back to the Sheraton Hotel, where I had left a change of clothes with Shaun. Another Aussie, Russ Jenkins, saw me in the foyer and told me that I had won a bronze medal in my World Masters age group. Suddenly the pain in my legs didn’t seem so bad. I met up with Shaun, who unfortunately had blown up after a fast start but still won his M50 age group. Stella had won the W50 division, giving them a golden double. I found out that Jess had run brilliantly for a new PB of 2:25.59, finishing as fourth female and 23rdoverall. Russ himself had missed an M55 medal despite running an excellent time of 2:49.

A scan of the results and race photos revealed some interesting information. Unfortunately and inexplicably, the race organisers had not thought to put runners’ age groups on their bibs, a strange omission in a Masters World Championship event. Consequently, throughout the race, I had no idea whom I was racing against and whether they were near me at any stage. My race photos revealed that the winner of my division, Josef Siegel from Poland, had been running with or close to me for the majority of the race! We were the co-leaders of the M60 division from the 20 km mark to 35 km, but we were both blissfully unaware of this. Josef is number 3412 in the photo below. The picture features three athletes with a combined age of 191! 

They say that a marathon does not really start until after the 32 km mark. This was certainly true of my battle with Josef. His winning margin over me of 1:12 was gained entirely in the last 7 km. The second placegetter, Miguel Diez Garcia of Mexico, who beat me by 36 seconds, was 56 seconds behind me at 35 km, but ran his last 7 km faster than both Josef and I. He overtook me with less than 2 km to go, but again I had no idea at the time that I was being passed by an M60 runner. Would it have made any difference? Probably not, but you can’t help but wonder whether I would have raised one final effort.

But I was well and truly trounced by Gene Dykes. He ran 2:55.18, missing Ed Whitlock’s freakish M70 record by just 30 seconds. His splits were 87:33/87:45. His age grading was 94.71%. It was a truly remarkable performance. I congratulated him after the race. When I told him I was 61, he said: “Just imagine how good you’ll be at 70!”

This story has been more than two years in the making. It was in September 2016 that I first set my goal of running under three hours for the marathon after my sixtieth birthday. There have been both triumphs and setbacks along the road since then. A fairytale ending in Toronto would have been to run under three hours, break the Victorian M60 record and win the World Championship and, although I went close to the last two achievements, they were not to be. And therein lies the rub – I now have unfinished business. So here is the marathon’s final carefully laid trap. She makes you believe that you can and will do better next time. So instead of lashing myself to the mast like Ulysses, I will return to her.

Her name is the marathon and she is dangerous.