#she does look like emily gilmore here

[katereads]

[gulmoregirls]

Motivated by my own 21st birthday yesteday, I decided to (re)watch the famous episode in S6 in which Rory turns 21.

Looking at it now, I can't help but feel like she was, indeed, so young. I get the entire "rory gilmore downfall" thing and agree that that version of the character was just... off. However, I really feel like they could've made an entire arc about rory losing herself and then finding herself. After all, is what she deserves as one the leads of the show.

Now being her age, I understand better how weird it is to be in your early twenties. Expectations, endless possibilites, the burden of having to actually make the choices for yourself. Rory's in a different environment, questioning the lables that were very prematurely put on her. She's not living the life she had envisioned for herself, turns out she's not good at the one thing she thought she had, all of her friends are doing stuff for themselves - while she, who was always on a pedestal, feels lost.

In a sense, taking Rory from that pedestal was key to her character and to the show. Making her have a identity crisis while entering adulthood and the real world makes absolute sense. It doesn't make her spoiled, or terrible, or mean. It makes her a confused 20yo girl, and speaking as another teenager in my twenties, it does get weird!! I just hate the way everything happened, and how she had little to no insight on it, no meaningful conversations with peers, how under developed it was - to the point that it felt like an individual flaw of rory's character, when it could've been so powerful to a young women audience to have someone relatable get lost but find herself again.

Again, I'm not the show writer, and, as much as I wish Rory had been done better, I can only stick to what is canon while annalizing the episode. So here are my biggest thoughts (as if this text is not long enough)

I feel like there's a reason why they wrote Logan as unaware of Rory's birthday, specially because it plays no role in a fight, or has to do with a lack in their relationship. It's not that Logan forgot, or that he should've known. It's purely that Rory didn't tell him.

In my opinion, it symbolizes what becomes a theme during this part of the show, which is "past rory" vs "current rory" and which one is the "real" one, if it's one of them. Logan not knowing about her birthday equals Emily throwing her a big birthday party with a drink Rory doesn't like but that has her name, or inviting random people she doesn't care about. Equals Logan getting her a Birkin bag, a symbol of power, when she didn't even know the brand existed. The parallel between the dream she used to have with her mother (the trip to vegas, playing 21, buying 21 things) and the reality of their fallout and rory surrounded by exactly what lorelai ran from. Money not being able to buy traditions.

Adding to that, the next episode is the famous one, in which Jess shows up and does more than delivering a passionate speech that, almost twenty years later, would become a tiktok trend. He actually wishes her a late happy birthday. He remembers it. Either intentionally or not, it adds another layer to the amount of parallels rory is facing.

Obviously, Jess knowing something Logan didn't doesn't make him better, nor it changes anything. But in a way, it shows a gap between past and present in a different way (one maybe even more intersting than just comparing "study freak" to "yale dropout", because people change over time), once we're talking about the relationships she's building, and how she wants them to be.

On a side note, I theorize that an explanation could be that Rory and Logan's relationship is very present/future-oriented. "Future" not in the sense of building a future together, a far away future. But "Future" as "the next adventure", "the next challenge", "the next trend". The way his character was introduced already shows that, and it was very important for Rory to let go a little, but I feel like it became easy for her, amidst her twenties-crisis, to live too much like logan, trusting that things would fall into place, relying on priviledges she had never had before, forgetting herself in the process, because actually thinking about the situation would make her spiral.

I guess my point is that talking about Rory's past was not a priority - symbolized about how he doesn't even know her birthday. It worked well for them, as Rory was unconsciously doing it herself, hiding it because remembering meant actually getting in touch with who she used to be, and how things were changing, and questioning everything. Once she was able to taste how living was like for Logan - both because of him and because of her grandparents, that shared similar values and priviledges - it was easy ignoring the past, exactly because it was a big contrast that, maybe, meant that she needed to take a step back and to really think about what version she wanted to be.

(not that it matters, but it almost feels like their talks, ideas and challenges were very logan-coded, once rory was eager to ignore aspects of her life and he was eager to show her the perks and fun of his. on the other hand, her relationship with jess was very rory-coded, because everything in stars hollow brought her memories and stories she wanted to share, whereas jess was the one who wanted to escape himself, always failing to communicate, guard always up, even for small things)

In her party episode, Richard, Emily and Lorelai discuss about Rory, and have different views.

To Emily, they haven't failed her - not until she repeats Lorelai's story, showing up pregnant. Until that, there's still time and efforts. She doesn't care Rory is unhappy, or lost, or confused. She just cares about keeping her under her watch, thinking that, by doing so, she won't become like Lorelai.

To Richard, they have failed her by giving her everything she needed to run away from her responsabilities and her old self. He says something similar to what Jess later tells Rory, about how it isn't her to drop out of Yale and be in the DAR. However, he feels like that can be mended with the right incentive - a new car, a new house, in exchange for the old Rory back.

Lorelai, very wisely, knows that if the "old Rory" is bought, it is actually not her daughter. She knows the problem is not Rory not being in school, but Rory not even *wanting* to go back.

Still, none of them actually say any of that to her face. Having Jess be the one doing it is one of the few nice parts of that season, because it makes sense. He knows her, not an idealized version, but the flawed, real one she showed him. He returns exactly to show her he made something for himself exactly like she believed he could, reminding rory of how she can trust her own judgment, and how she can make something for herself as well. He doesn't hesitate in comparing how different the two versions of her are, even if he might be wrong or sound jealous. Mostly, he points out that it is not normal for rory gilmore to ignore her mom. Everyone from her past could see it, and someone needed to say it. For some reason, Lorelai, Lane and even Paris couldn't, and Jess checked all the boxes.

[conanssummerchild]

Season 2: Episode 5 "Nick & Nora/Sid & Nancy"

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hi !! if ur reading this welcome to my Gilmore Girls episode reviews, for a little context i'm gonna be doing these only on the episodes jess is in (but i won't only talk about him, i will talk about all the characters) bcs i don't care enough to watch the whole show but have become hyperfixated on jess and wanna share my opinions. ps: i do know other things about the show and have seen some other episodes bcs my sister has seen the whole show twice. and as i said in my other post abt this: im a lesbian so i promise to offer my fully unbiased opinon unaffected by how cute jess is (adorable). but my father doesnt love me so my opinion will be biased by that. hope u enjoy !!

It's always so weird to me that Lorelai brings up some genuine concerns in this episode---like she's the first one who asks "Hey, how does Jess feel about this?" tells Luke he should actually talk to Jess abt it, reminds Luke "A seventeen year old who's been getting into trouble and now is being shipped off without his consent." may not be mr sunshine---but then as soon as he says ONE minimally rude thing to her suddenly it doesn't matter what he's feeling, she doesn't care, he's an irredemable monster. This is way before he even starts anything with Rory so that's not even her excuse. Btw- I'm not saying trauma means that you just get to treat everyone like shit but Lorelai needs to cut Jess some slack.

When I first watched this episode I thought that Lorelai was worried about Jess's wellbeing but now on the 3rd rewatch it seems like she may have been more concerned about Jess being too much of a handful (which is valid, she's looking out for Luke, just an observation, idk).

Here I'm sure Lorelai had the best of intentions but I'm not sure inviting Jess over so soon was a good idea. I mean, he just got here, he doesn't seem very happy about it, I know that I would've found it a bit overwhelming especially because Sookie, Jackson and Loreali are... a lot. I think she probably should've given him a least a couple weeks to kind of get to know Luke a bit better and get a bit more comfortable. Not that it would've changed that much I don't think but it might've made things a little less uncomfortable idk.

"Wanna play some poker? 5 bucks a hand?" "No." "10?" "No." "I can't go any higher than ten." "Jess..." "Okay, 15. 😏" Will always be funny to me, I know Jess was being a jackass this whole scene but he's so funny and Luke is so awkward. Also Milo Ventimiglia's delivery is just so on point, I don't think I can imagine anyone else at all playing Jess, he nailed it. I do feel bad for Luke because my guy is trying SO hard and Jess is giving him nothing but I get why Jess is so pissed. Also I doubt he thought this would last very long, so why bother?

I actually really liked Rory and Jess's meeting scene, she was really nice and the only person who actually treated him normally, which I think was probably a big part in Jess liking her, as well as his need to be a little shit and wind up Dean. Oh and also their shared interest in books obviously.

UGH the porch scene. Okay: 1. "Oh, Jess, let me give you a little advice. The whole 'my parents don't get me' thing-- Ah, I've been there." Not Lorelai equating her rich parents not approving of her lifestyle to Jess growing up with an addict mother and no father with his mum cycling through shitty boyfriends constantly and having no stability in his childhood including financially, likely having to raise himself because we know Liz wasn't doing shit and then when he started acting out due to all of that getting shipped off to stay with an uncle he barely knew. I don't doubt growing up with Emily and Richard was a nightmare and people who are suposed to care for you not supporting you is horrible and I do recognise that Lorelai has worked so hard and is very strong but she is not being relatable™ like she thinks she is. She's just being obnoxious and condescending. And, hey, maybe get to know him first before trying to psychoanalyse him, jesus christ.

2. ISTG Lorelai is fucking stupid because Jess is clearly angry, what did she think he was gonna say? "Oh, Lorelai, you're not like a lame mom, you're a cool mom! you're so relatable and wise!" Like ffs get a grip. Anyway, insane how all it took for Lorelai to decide Jess was evil was him saying "What, are you sleeping with him (Luke) or something?" Yes, he was being very rude but What Did She Think Was Gonna Happen ?!?!!?!!! and is that it? he gets one chance? Be careful guys if Lorelai catches you on a bad day she'll hold a grudge against you forever. And Jess was right, she DOESN'T know anything about him or his life or his mom (i'd say she does knows more than Jess about Luke, though) which is why it comes off as so patronising that she pretends she knows exactly what he's going through and proceeds to tell him to just, what, move on?

And while I do think Jess was a lot more screwed up than Luke thought he was, Lorelai is insane to come to that conclusion from ONE talk like girl he's just acting like an angry teen you haven't even gotten to half of his issues yet. Lorelai needs to learn how not to jump to conclusions based off of minimal evidence. I hate how she talks to Luke in this episode too, like he's an idiot and she's just the smartest person in the world and knows everything. She butts into issues that are none of her damn business and she is not as qualified as she thinks to intervene in and then gets mad that she sucked ass at it and Luke is upset with her. Go mess up your own kid, god knows she could've done some better parenting with Rory before getting involved with a new kid who needs therapy not Lorelai Gilmore. Luke was an icon in this scene though, you go king.

I think Luke was right to be mad because Lorelai had no right to get involved, Luke is trying his best and he did not ask for Lorelai's help, but if she's so insistent that she knows everything she can try to give Luke advice and support him NOT go and talk to Jess like she knows him because she thinks she can fix years of trauma with one conversation because she's just that cool.

"I'm trying to help you!" "Well, stop trying!" I think this is an important line for Jess's character, sums him up pretty well, and this whole scene is important for Luke and Jess's relationship moving forwards. I like that we get to see a lot of Jess's frustration laid out here.

Luke pushing him in the lake is pretty funny, he just goes flying lmao, while it probably wasn't the MOST appropriate course of action I think it actually might've helped in Luke and Jess's relationship. While sometimes I wish Luke would be a little gentler with Jess, in this moment I think what he needed was Luke getting serious and laying down the rules and maybe even being pushed in the lake, idk. But I think it is important that Luke shows that he cares about Jess and that's why he's being stern, which I think he usually does an ok job of. "I am not letting you just fall of the face of the earth. You will not drift, I won't let it happen." I thought was really sweet.

"Where are you going?" "Out." "Well, at least I asked." Lmao, you go Luke. You're getting there.

Jess's lame little magic trick gets me every time. He thinks he's so cool, everyone thinks he's such a bad boy. Wrong, NERD.

Other thoughts:

Funny how Lorelai was the one that suggested Jess meet Rory and then spent the rest of the show wanting them apart lol.

Rory looks so tiny in the early seasons 😭 she's just a baby. Then she grew up and her superiority complex grew with her, these are the good old days when she was only a little bit annoying. She was an icon in this episode let's be real though.

I know Paris is more of an asshole than Rory but I just can't help but be obsessed with her.

Madeline's look is so iconic and always will be.

Am I the only one that thinks that Jess carrying books in his back pocket is criminal... what happens when he sits does he just sit on it

I didn't comment on the whole Rory and Lorelai/Max situation because all I know is Max proposed, Lorelai said no and idk any context so I don't feel equipped to say anything.

Luke was so right about kids always having jam hands what is up with that i would cry if i had a kid in my house always stickying things up ugh, no hate to kids though, we've all been there.

And to finish off, since Lorelai seems incapable of remembering what a horrible mother Liz is when they actually meet and continues hating Jess but gets along great with Liz I thought I would help her out by collecting all the things that have been said about Liz's parenting style. In blue if Lorelai heard them herself:

"So she's just sending him here, just like that?" "Oh, no, I'm sure she put at least five or six minutes of thought into it."

"Apparently, he's been getting into some trouble, and Liz is afraid he's heading for something bad, and rather than handle it herself, she's given up."

"Look, his problem is obvious-- It's his mother. We never could count on Liz for anything."

"He doesn't have a choice. His mom's a flake, he's coming here-- end of story."

all blue today, well, isn't that fun.

this one was pretty centred on Jess becasue it was a sort of central episode for him, but going forwards not all of them will be so Jess-heavy I swear.

[amwritesitall]

Dating Rory Gilmore Would Include

This one is set during post-Chilton but a Chilton specific one would be really cute

Masterlist

Warnings: n/a

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Dating Rory Gilmore Would Include

You met at a coffee shop

Rory had books and papers piled around her at a table by herself

And of course, there was a giant mug of coffee at the table as well

The first time you see her there she catches your eye but you don't make a move

Then you start seeing her around campus all the time

So, the next time you go to your favorite coffee shop there she is in the same spot with her nose in a book

You go over to the barista and ask her for whatever your mystery girl got plus your own order

Then you take the drinks over to Rory and set hers in front of her

She looks up confused and then sees you

She's definitely nervous because she totally had noticed you around campus and thought you were cute

"Do you mind if I join you?"

"Oh," she says surprised, "No, not at all!"

So you sit and ask her about her book

Then from there the two of you talk and talk and talk

By the end of your time together, the two of you exchange numbers

Rory and you go on a date to the same coffee shop within the week

Then another and another

And before you know it, Rory is showing you her favorite book store

And you're inviting her over to your apartment

Movie nights with plenty of take out food

Or going out to try new restaraunts

Finally, it's time to meet the Lorelai Gilmore that you had heard so much about

You were nervous as hell that Lorelai wouldn't like you

However, Rory wasn't worried at all

She's already told Lorelai everything about you and Lorelai already thinks you're great

Lorelai of course loves you, greeting you with a warm smile and hug

You were officially a member of the family from now on

Lorelai will ask how you're doing everytime she talks to Rory

You're invited over anytime and you frequently come home with Rory on weekends

After dating for a few months, the time had come for you to meet Rory's grandparents

You knew it was only a matter of time but you were nervous as hell

You knew that they could be a bit critical and you wanted everything to be perfect

Dressing up in one of your best outfits

"Ooo we're breaking out this one huh?" Rory asks smiling at you when you pick her up

Hell you even bring Emily flowers

Emily is thoroughly impressed by this

Lorelai does pick on you before you all walk in about the flowers

But ultimately she loves how much you care for Rory and how much you want to make a good impression on her family

You're invited to all of the holiday festivities

Attending and participating in Stars Hollow traditions

Having your fair share of food from Luke's

Random road trips to go see bands you and Rory like or to just get away from the stress of school and life

Rory stealing your sweatshirts and sweaters

Many nights when you come home late from studying, work, etc. you find her curled up on the couch in one of your favorite sweatshirts/hoodies and it's the cutest thing ever

Spending hours in book stores

Carrying the stack of books that Rory acquires during your trip

Listening to her little rants

Her doing the same with you

Giving each other book recommendations

Swapping books and leaving each other notes in the margins

Getting an apartment together and it being the coziest place ever

Rory simply loves everything you do and vice versa

Essentially, you guys have the biggest heart eyes for each other

And I have to stop here or I'll go on forever

[stellaluna33]

How about that time when ASP bragged that Rory only had her first time when she was 19/20 or something, wasn’t it weird that she was so proud of that, especially when she “made” her have such a lousy first time, married man and all?

Why was Rory being a virgin until “late” that groundbreaking for ASP, I wonder?

If I’m not mistaken she was shading other teen shows that had their protagonists/leading ladies having their first times earlier, and idk once again it just looks like she digs shaming girls for having sex.

Personally, I used to love that Rory was still a virgin until college bc I could relate to her even more because of that, haha, I just got kinda disappointed that Amy seemed to see it as some sort of quality?

Sorry, English is not my first language so idk if I’m expressing myself very well, but yeah I’m curious to o know more opinions about this.

The way I understand it, Amy was under a lot of pressure from the network to make Rory "sexier." But why should a teenage girl character HAVE TO have sex to be a worthwhile or relatable character? She shouldn't! But that kind of mindset was what ASP was pushing back against, and maybe it's an unpopular opinion, but I actually really appreciated that. What you have to understand is that when I grew up watching teen media from the 80s and 90s (and going into the early 2000s), there was persistent messaging that still being a "virgin" by the time you graduated from highschool was kind of embarrassing. Losing your virginity was widely viewed as some sort of necessary "milestone" instead of a very personal and optional choice. (Especially for boys, but there was a lot of that for girls in TV and movies also) It wasn't until right around the turn of the millennium that I remember starting to see movies/shows that QUESTIONED that idea, that started asking well, WHY, though? When there started occasionally being characters who expressed that they shouldn't HAVE to have sex just to fit in. That it should be a PERSONAL choice. And like, I'm not a historical scholar- I haven't done a STUDY of whether this is accurate or not, but this is what it FELT LIKE to me as a teenager. And it FELT LIKE Rory was a really refreshing character for nerdy girls like me and my friends- that it was OKAY if you hadn't had sex yet. It was OKAY for a teenage girl to be focused more on academic or career aspirations rather than "losing her V-card," or that maybe she just doesn't feel ready yet, and it doesn't make her a "loser" or a "prude!" Like, that felt like SUCH a rare thing! ASP wanted to write a character like that, partly because it hadn't been done much, and she got a lot of pushback from the Network about it (which is kind of gross?). And I just... don't think that necessarily means that she was "slut shaming" anyone else.

I confess to being surprised when I started seeing people on here saying that Gilmore Girls had a "negative" view of sex. (This got long, sorry!)

Like, Lorelai has an active sex life with a variety of different partners over the course of the series, and that seems to be portrayed as normal and morally neutral. Sookie has an active and healthy sex life. When Rory is sleeping with Logan in college, the narrative seems to paint Richard and Emily (and the unfortunate Reverend they brought in) as ridiculous and controlling for objecting. Paris and Doyle have an active and enthusiastic sex life, and the narrative doesn't seem to judge them for it... I do admit that there does seem to be a pattern of unfortunate "first times" for the younger characters, but I wonder if that's more about Amy's addiction to "drama" than her views on sex. About Paris specifically, I always interpreted her paranoia about being "punished" for having sex as being commentary about how SOCIETY judges girls for having sex (because Reality for girls was a lot different from the pop culture fantasy norms). Gilmore Girls just wasn't interested in portraying some kind of "ideal world." They were just "putting these guys in Situations." And I mean... it's a show largely about generational trauma stemming from a teenage pregnancy! The characters are going to have some complicated and probably even unhealthy feelings about sex! And can I be honest for a minute? Much like attitudes towards our bodies, I'm honestly a proponent of what I'm going to call "sex neutrality." Because, yeah, sex is supposed to be fun and feel good and even be beautiful... And ideally it is! But sometimes it's not. Sometimes it's bad or painful or awkward or emotionally messy or damaging or degrading. Are we supposed to pretend that doesn't happen? Because it does. Are TV characters just not supposed to acknowledge that side of it? I don't know. I don't think Gilmore Girls is a perfect show. I don't agree with everything ASP thinks or everything the characters do. But I do think sometimes viewers want to see some kind of "message" where there just isn't one. Anyway, this is just my opinion, and I may be wrong about one or several things! 😆

[nateserenas]

Do you think Rory Gilmore and Serena Van Der Woodsen are the same person but as in mirror images of each other

oh interesting, i’ve never really thought of them as particularly similar but. i can kind of see what you mean? like they both struggle with similar things. in opposite ways and for opposite reasons. like they’re both characters who struggle with the idea of purpose.

like rory’s had a goal and a purpose since she was four. harvard and journalism. and her identity is tied so strongly to those goals. she doesn’t know who she is without them. if she’s failing at the ivy league, if she can’t be a journalist, then who is she?

and then serena is always lost. she’s always looking for something but not knowing what that something is.

and people’s perceptions of them are strongly related to the lostness they both feel.

like for rory. firstly the entirety of stars hollow knows her as the smart girl who’s going to harvard and becoming a journalist. and then there’s her family. and it’s like. lorelai wants harvard for rory soo much. which can be seen from the fact that rory has had harvard merch on her walls since she was 4 and also lorelai’s reaction to rory applying to multiple universities. and emily and richard want the ivy league for rory too. she’s their pride and joy brilliant granddaughter going to harvard/going to yale making up for what they perceive as her mother’s failures.

and then nobody believes in serena ever. nobody has any expectations of her. nobody believes that she could be good at something or know something or just. be good. not her best friends, not her mother, not her absent father. like when serena does something well or something good. people act shocked. or they don’t believe. they don’t believe she can change. the don’t believe that she has changed. there’s nothing she can do to change people’s perceptions of her

they’re both trapped in these perceptions other people have of them. but yeah opposite perceptions. rory trapped in this box where she is always perfect. serena being unable to be seen as anything other than beautiful and charming. the people they love won’t let them out of these boxes.

oh also they both have this effortlessly charming thing going on where they’re just universally likeable and just endear themselves to anybody without trying. (in very different ways.) and they both have best friends who hate them for this, who are deeply jealous of them for this but are also kind of in love with them for this.

also this half-finished thought in my drafts is kind of relevant here.

[zalrb]

Lol I am not that rude anon, but I would definitely like to hear your thoughts on Barbie

Haha no worries.

Like I mentioned, I thought Margot Robbie's performance was great, that's no surprise, that more than anything is what held my attention throughout the movie. Greta being self-reflexive enough to have the narrator note that that scene Barbie cries about not being stereotypically pretty would go over better with someone who didn't look like Margot made me lol but Margot really elevated that scene with her performance anyway so I really felt Barbie's pain, which was good.

Ryan was also able to give a depth to Ken particularly when he treats Barbie the way she's treated him and is like, doesn't feel good does it? so Barbie can feel his pain and we can feel his pain in a more human way.

I did chuckle here and there. When Weird Barbie does that little cackle when she's telling Barbie she'll age and get cellulite and the whole bit around cellulite made me grin. Margot's delivery of "She thinks I;m a fascist?? I don't own a railroad or control the flow of commerce" is I think the only time I laughed out loud.

Like the first thirty minutes were probably my favourite part of the movie.

America and Margot also had really good chemistry so it was cute when they were "shining".

In terms of the movie's themes and messaging, I just shrugged. It didn't move me in anyway.

Movies and shows and books explore the same themes and subject matter all the time, yes, but nothing about the way it was presented in this movie struck a chord with me. Like America had an impassioned delivery of her speech about how hard it is to be a woman and her delivery was great but rather than being like omg yes, I feel so seen, I just felt like oh well this will join the other speeches

and despite the fact that it was supposed to be about every woman and how every woman experiences these contradictory, impossible standards and limitations because Gloria sees this in every single woman she sees, there is an inherent perspective in the writing where I just don't feel spoken to, where I know that this isn't really talking about me and what I experience, and I don't expect or want a Greta Gerwig movie to try and speak to me and my experience but that's also why I knew I was going to be indifferent about these aspects of the movie.

If you want to ask about the inherent perspective that is just present in everything despite the generalized language of the script and despite the fact that it's more a movie about the human condition, it's the type of perspective that thinks comparing Kens taking over Barbieland to when the Europeans infected Indigenous peoples with smallpox is a clever and perfectly OK line of dialogue and those types of comparisons happen in shows like Gilmore Girls like when Lorelai made a KKK reference in relation to Emily and the homeowners' association (LORELAI: Or if that doesn't work, you could throw some hoods on and burn a full-size Mars bar on their front lawn.).

And then the others themes about equality i.e. how Kens in Barbieland feel like/are treated like women in the real world and neither way is presented as the way things should be and the messaging that merely existing is enough (and great!) and you don't have to be an astronaut or a doctor or a president and that's OK or you can be an astronaut or a doctor or a president and that's OK too (especially if you can commodify that and make it a doll!) and how insecurities and fear can lead to toxic masculinity, and how you are your own identity not what society puts on you, that's all there but not in a way that I found particularly resonant or even heartfelt to be honest (and I mean, the writing, I think Margot's performance as well as Ryan's was heartfelt) it just felt like going over well-trodden ground.

In the end, there were moments I enjoyed but it's a movie I'm going to forget quickly.

[kimberly-stocks]

I got one of my wisdom teeth removed on Friday, and it hurts like a bitch still 😭 so while I'm sitting here all miserable I thought, what should I watch that could make me feel better? 🤔 And the answer was season 1 of Gilmore girls.

I rewatched the second episode where Rory goes to Chilton for the first time. It's interesting to rewatch a show when you already know what's gonna happen in the future, because you notice things that you didn't really pay that much attention to the first time around.

Lorelai has got really nice legs in that skirt

Lorelai Gilmore: why date a Chilton dad when you can date a Chilton teacher instead? 💪😅

Why is Paris so intimidated by Rory? She's just some random chick from a small town no one ever heard of before. So she's got 4.0 GPA. I'm sure Paris has a higher GPA. In that first shot when Paris and the banger twins see Rory and Lorelai walking down the stairs, Paris didn't look intimidating and mean to me, I thought she looked insecure.

Emily is annoying af. If she had a job, half of all the situations she created would've never happened, and everybody's lives would be so much calmer. 🎵*Na na why don't you get a job*🎵 like, seriously 🤦🏻‍♀️

Fun fact, the actor who played Chilton dad who asked Lorelai out also voiced over a villain - Sportsmaster, in my favorite animated series (Young Justice) 😎

Rory really does look innocent in that uniform. But Tristin is way too pushy, yuck

[emmafallsinlove]

Saw your answer on the most lorelai/luke song, so i must ask... What's the most lorelai taylor swift song? ✨️

ohhhh boy im gonna enjoy that one!!!

so usually every time i search in tiktok lorelai + taylor swift all i get is lorelai and bejeweled edits and while i agree... we are missing the point here. there is no chronological order to that list it just me thinking it's fitting and i will try my best and explain why.

mad woman

now i usually feel like mad woman feels a lot to emily and lorelai's relationship, especially this part:

Every time you call me crazy I get more crazy What about that? And when you say I seem angry I get more angry

i feel like it fits soooo well with emily comments around lorelai as "lorelai" (you know the voice) "and really lorelai" yada yada... like. emily is just such a toxic person and while she loves lorelai she does critique her a lot over the show to a point it just not really nice to watch and lorelai deserves so much better than her toxic mom <3

also i just wanna add this part

No one likes a mad woman You made her like that And you'll poke that bear 'til her claws come out And you find something to wrap your noose around And there's nothin' like a mad woman

I'm takin' my time Takin' my time 'Cause you took everything from me Watchin' you climb Watchin' you climb Over people like me

i just feel like emily usually humiliated lorelai and getting into her relationship as she did with luke to a point when lorelai couldn't stand it anymore and it drives me insane

my tears ricochet

And you're tossing out blame, drunk on this pain Crossing out the good years

again... emily and lorelai relationship. and every time something doesn't go right or as usual in emily and lorelai's relationship she tries to spin it about lorelai getting pregnant at 16 and having a baby and she. never lets that one down. she never see lorelai for what she is, only what she could've been if she would've stayed with christopher and all that. she refuses time and time again to see lorelai's life for what they are - she owns her own inn, she has a community who loves her, she has great friends and a great supporting system and ofc she has rory. and yet all what emily can see is lorelai running away at 16 for the rest of lorelai's life.

also this part

And I can go anywhere I want Anywhere I want, just not home

because now im thinking about 16 years old lorelai running away and never coming back home until the actual pilot i wanna scream she sacrificed so much for rory!!!!!

champagne problems

everyone talk about this song as the ultimate rogan song and while i agree, i agree! i wanna add my own interruption to it thank you very much

One for the money, two for the show I never was ready, so I watch you go Sometimes you just don't know the answer 'Til someone's on their knees and asks you

"She would've made such a lovely bride What a shame she's fucked in the head, " they said But you'll find the real thing instead She'll patch up your tapestry that I shred

like?? that's exactly what happened with max / with chris / with literally every man she had a relationship with beside luke.

she would've made such a lovely bride what a shame she's fucked in the head it's so lorelai coded in so many levels!!!!!!! like it's right. here.

closure

this is a fun one because u look at this and u dont think lorelai gilmore but it's her. damn. song.

Don't treat me like some situation that needs to be handled I'm fine with my spite And my tears And my beers and my candles

everyone in her life had always treated her as this situation that needs to be handled immediately. mostly it was emily but other people did treated her like that over the years and i do feel it's very s1 lorelai trying to show emily and that side of their family that she doesn't need them, she raised rory for 16 years and she's doing a great job.

yoyok

the most lorelai gilmore song ever!!!! BUT

I looked around in a blood-soaked gown And I saw something they can't take away

'Cause there were pages turned with the bridges burned Everything you lose is a step you take So make the friendship bracelets Take the moment and taste it You've got no reason to be afraid

You're on your own, kid Yeah, you can face this You're on your own, kid You always have been

it just. scream lorelai. she always been on her own, she went to the hospital to give birth to rory on her own, she raised rory on her own, she created relationship over the years but it's always been her and rory.

also that one thing they can't take away is rory. and its so so deep because richard and emily already tried in s6 but they couldn't!! SO IMPORTANT

she got no reason to be afraid because. she's on her own, she always has been. it's just really fucking sad in a way y'know?

anti hero

It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me At tea time, everybody agrees I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero

"at tea time, everybody agrees" = tea time is friday's night dinner and somehow lorelai always ended up as being the problem there.

anyway i probably would think of more and im sorry if y'all thought about you coming here for a good time and then i was like nope angst time <3

[thatscarletflycatcher]

Curious things about the Gilmore Girls pilot that the fandom has probably mentioned 1000 times, but that I just picked up on on rewatch:

Rory and Lane talk about Lane's parents, plural, in their first conversation (so I guess they were open to the idea of writing Mr Kim in at some point, and then never did).

Christopher is said to have his own company, an internet startup in California (a weirdly specific thing to be linked as a parallel between Christopher and Logan by the writers of S7, considering they chose to otherwise deviate from the "Logan is Rory's Christopher" narrative).

While throughout the series for as long as Rory is under 21, a point is made that her grandparents never make her an alcoholic drink on Friday night dinner, Emily does give her champagne to drink here.

As much as we usually focus on Emily as the main person alternatively freezing or poking Lorelai, in the pilot it is Richard who, not only does not contribute to trying to make the first Friday night dinner nice (by bringing the newspaper in), but also the one to attack her (calling the Independence inn a motel, bringing up Christopher and telling Rory that her being clever is probably her taking after her dad, etc) while Emily tries to de-escalate things, and then he falls asleep.

While it is true that ASP had a weird attachment to Christopher, you get the sense that, whatever her thoughts later in time, the pilot does firmly set up Javajunkie by the whole "Lorelai noticing Luke looks nice when he dresses up a bit" thing at the end of the episode.

That does not deny how much of an anomaly Jess is in the big scheme of things. Because the Lorelai triangle is Luke-Lorelai-Christopher since early in the show, and Rory's equivalent there clearly is Dean-Rory-Tristan that was to be Logan. Not that Dean ends up being like Luke, but they do try for a while (the infatuation, the bracelet and the car trying to show that he can do things with his hands, even a certain literary interest to mirror the way in which both Luke and Lorelai manage businesses...), and he definitely fits the mold of a certain CW jock high school sweetheart the heroine will end up with once she comes around because he's always been there for her (like Harvey from Sabrina the Teenage Witch). Certainly Jess morphs into a Luke-like figure, but this and his evolving closeness to Luke seem more like a nice plotline the writers stumbled upon than something that really belongs in the bare structure of the show (I cannot think of a single sort of father-son relationship that isn't tense and adversarial and ending in betrayal, of the few we have in it). Besides that, I think there is a point to the running joke of the kissing cousins for Rory and Jess after AYITL in this direction. You don't really plan for an uncle-and-nephew-marry-mother-and-daughter as endgame in anything outside a comedy that isn't a period drama. This is all to say, lovers and haters, I don't think we appreciate enough the impact Jess Mariano's existence had to break the show from the mold.

[waldoef]

it is a little early for the blues, is it not? six fourty-five ( ¹⁸ : ⁴⁵ ) in the evening on a friday night, sat on fresh cotton sheets still radiating the sweet odour of lavender and overcompensation. emily gilmore seems to enjoy a good prospect, especially for hosting a guest who seems to scrunch her nose up at the slightest of differences, the 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚏 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 now just a blur of a memory in her mind. . . a distance she can no longer reach. it was embarrassing enough having to be banished from new york city as a whole, but to hartford? THAT'S THE NEXT BEST THING? (what, the hamptons were closed this time of year?) and sure, setting fire to your headmistress' office 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 warrant some time away from loved ones and potential beau's, especially if the match was lit with your mind and all, but the worst of the worst seems to be this: on the other side of that door, with it's drapes and fall decor, there's a dinner with dinner guests that she's going to have to pretend to care for at this moment in time, the most daunting activity of the evening being the act of having to make sense of whatever comes out of lorelai gilmore's mouth. and to worsen the blow, there very well may be a mention of yale that slips out of her daughter's mouth, and if so she'll blow. let's just hope she doesn't set 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 house on fire with that pesky mind of hers.

she's opted out of a dress for tonight, instead snug in a fitted pale pink button up ontop of a black tennis skirt, pearls situated right underneath an unbuttoned collar. those ringlet brown curls remain tight, clasped with a black headband and curtain bangs staying exactly where they've been since before she was ready: framed over thin brows. every feature is sharp, dark features accentuated by the dark hue of her chocolate hair, ebonies a dark flutter too. velvets are a wine shade, cheeks matching the berry hue, and her manicured toes sit comfortably in dior kitten heels. she is pristine, polished, dolled up to a T if only she felt as good as she looked. she's made it out of her room, gracefully made her grand entrance down the spiral of the gilmore stairs, exchanged pleasantries and coy greetings with all the adults in the room. and when they disperse and she's left holding a shirley temple, doe eyes betray their natural state as they narrow towards the youngest gilmore. a sip is taken, and it's very clear how she feels about the absence of alcohol in her system as of now.

@girlmore, * " what happened? you used to put up a fight. " ( ˀ )

it's funny, hearing it said back to her. rory's only picked up on something in the first five minutes they've spent since blair's arrived, something that has been eating at blair for the past year. MY, SHE REALLY DID USED TO PUT UP A FIGHT, HUH? she would be a force to be reckoned with, carrying a mini flask that would accompany her drinks every friday night dinner she had the honour of attending with her mother, even if it were every six months or so. and now, she's a pathetic sight. she looks beautiful, fresh faced and not one hair out of place, but there's something different. . . those doe eyes now have creases of wear underneath, bags that point to not enough sleep, and that usual scowl on her face isn't as playful as usual: if anything, she looks depressed. ❛❛ 𝓝ot a lot worth fighting for anymore. ❜❜ it almost makes her gag, just how easily the self deprecation spills out. brows knit together in a moment of relapse, a glimpse of the 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚛 evident to signal a throwdown of some sort. ❛❛ please. i get that the whole "deer in the headlights" look is kind of your thing, but surely you're not that naive. emily must've told you why i'm here. ❜❜ and with that, her promise to stay quiet about the whole yale fiasco goes straight down the hatch, just like the shirley temple. ❛❛ i'm sure you'd just looove to tell me that this is what i deserve, especially after giving you hell for the past year or so. so have at it, gilmore. I'M HERE ALL NIGHT. ❜❜

[nogoodninny]

I want a Gilmore Girls reboot that follows Rory and her baby. Here are 64 points on my predictions for what is to come for the next generation of Stars Hollow…

Rory will have a baby boy

The baby will be part wookie

She will name him after her grandfather, they will call him Ricky Gilmore

Rory will get her book published and come back to run the Stars Hollow Gazette

Ricky will love spending time with his Grandpa Luke and hanging out at his Diner

Kirk and Lulu will have a kid who is surprisingly well adjusted

Ricky wants to go to Chilton

Ricky wants to go to Yale

Great Grandma will spoil the crap out of little Ricky

Ricky will NOT like coffee

Rory will eventually have a daughter that she names Lorelai

Ricky and Baby Kirk will be best friends

Ricky will LOVE the snow, and can smell it coming, just like his Grandma

Ricky will often wear a backwards baseball cap, just like grandpa

Davey will work at the inn and Martha will work with her daddy

Rory is going to write a biography for Patty, and it’s going to be a best seller

Rory is going to settle down and become an actual decent person. Think more Chilton Rory than Yale Rory

As Ricky gets older Luke and Lorelai move out of the house and back into the space above the diner, so Rory and Ricky can live there

Either that or they all move into the Twikem House like Luke wanted

Ricky will be a lot like Luke, personality wise

Taylor will absolutely adore Ricky, and is the only person in town who doesn’t realize that he’s basically a mini Luke

Naomi Shropshire will actually write that book about the whale and the rabbit/mouse

It’s one of Ricky’s favorite books

It wins a Pulitzer

GG has a baby and wants her big sister in their lives

Ricky loves his baby cousin

When Ricky gets his first phone, Luke thinks it’s too soon

Ricky is the only person who finds it weird that their town still has a troubadour

Ricky is indifferent to town events, he participates, but it’s not like he counts down the days

He loves town meetings though, he thinks they are hilarious

Patty gets a pet monkey

Emily still employs Berta and her family

Ricky gives out the WiFi password at Luke’s once, as a joke, which results in the router being ripped out, and Ricky losing all WiFi privileges

Lorelai found this hilarious and was very proud

Ricky can understand Berta

Every time someone asks Baby Kirk what he wants to be when he grow up, he gives a different answer

Christopher loves Ricky, but hates the idea that he’s a grandpa now, it makes him feel old

Guy Fieri gets a cameo where he comes to Luke’s for his show Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives

Luke is grumpy about the camera crew, but Lorelai and Sookie are so excited that he puts up with it

Both Patty and Babette flirt with Guy

Kirk asks him how to have a career on Food Network

Liz and TJ have multiple kids, just as weird as they are

Rory hasn’t been in contact with Mr. Wookie since that night, until she randomly runs into him at that collectibles store in NY while shopping for a birthday gift for Ricky

She doesn’t recognise him at first, but he does immediately

She tells him that she’s shopping for her son’s birthday, then tells him all about Ricky

She explains everything and brings him home to Stars Hollow to meet her family

Luke doesn’t like him

Neither does Christopher

Ricky isn’t quite sure what to think, because he’s still pretty young, but he can sense how tense everyone is

Mr. Wookie asks if he can visit occasionally, on birthdays and around the holidays

He takes Ricky to Comic Con each year

I don’t know who or how, but somebody in Stars Hollow is going to be involved in a murder somehow

The kids love hearing stories about the Life and Death Brigade

Ricky even tried to start his own kiddie version of it in Stars Hollow

Luke and Lorelai like visiting Nantucket every year and actually look forward to it

April will have a baby at some point

a third film by Kirk

another beloved pet will die and the entire town will gather for the funeral

Emily Gilmore will sadly pass away

At leash one flashback episode

TJ and Liz get lost while camping or something and Luke has to go find them

Lorelai meets Taylor Swift

At some point during the final season she decides to write a sequel to her book, this one is about raising Ricky

The last scene of the entire series will be Rory revealing that they are thinking about making her book into a tv series.

[bisluthq]

I think Lorelai wanted to be the exact opposite of her mother but her actions ended up affecting Rory a LOT anyway.

You can see it when Logan proposed how much Lorelai's opinion influenced her because the first thing she does is look at her mother for approval. She freaks when her mom doesn't go crazy for her decisions (the Dean thing™️)

this is what I’m saying - it was well intentioned (definitely) but Lorelai was a terrible mother. Emily was a decent mother - tho quite cold and that’s obviously the resentment - who produced a mostly functional kid (teen pregnancy aside but also even with that Lorelai immediately took responsibility for that and raised Rory??? Badly, I’m arguing here now, but she tried her hardest). Lorelai tried to do everything differently to how Emily did things and be the warm, sweet, kind friend but that eh didn’t go great because Rory did see her as more of a friend and was generally fairly entitled so yeah when Lorelai was like “wtf” Rory was like “why aren’t you just being my supportive bestie like always” and idk.

I love Gilmore Girls - this is so fun thank u everyone.

[olivish]

I hesitate to ask this but--given the incredible dynamics you've set up already I've got to know, how does Emily Gilmore treat Ben?

EMILY: So, Melanie, that'll be a gin martini with an olive. And Ben, how would you like a beer? BEN: Great. MELANIE: Or maybe Ben would like to choose his own drink. That's a thought. EMILY: Oh, yes, I'm sorry Ben. You can have whatever you like. I've got it all. BEN: Beer is perfect. EMILY: Beer it is! MELANIE: No, no, she's got everything. She's got scotch, she's got rum, she's got whiskey, she's got red wine, she's not kidding, she's got it all. BEN: Beer is perfect. EMILY: Very well, here we are! BEN: Thank you, Emily. EMILY: That beer is so nice and cold, I almost want one myself. Now tell me, how's that engine of yours? MELANIE: *coughs* Danger Will Robinson! Danger! *coughs* BEN: It's doing great. Snowpiercer is the greatest engine ever made. EMILY: That is so true. When Joseph and I visited- MELANIE: During your coup. EMILY: When we visited, I thought your engine was so charming. Nice and rustic. [Melanie clears her throat.] EMILY: Do you need a cough drop? BEN: She's fine. EMILY: Where'd your martini go? MELANIE: To a happy place. EMILY: Do you want another? MELANIE: Does your boss fart in the bathtub? EMILY: Is that a yes? MELANIE: Nice poker face. BEN: I'll pour it, Emily. EMILY: Thank you, Ben. I should go check on dinner. Will you excuse me? [Leaves.] BEN: Unbelievable! MELANIE: I know, she didn't even refill my drink. BEN: I meant you, you're acting crazy. MELANIE: She's insulting us! BEN: No, she's not. Emily is being great. MELANIE: What? Were you in the room? Did you not hear the awful things she said? Rustic engine? Rustic? BEN: So? MELANIE: Backhand slang for crap pile. BEN: Or she was admiring its homey feel. MELANIE: And what was the other word she used? BEN: Charming? MELANIE: Slang for doggie poopy. And wait, what was with the beer thing? Oh my God! BEN: That was nice. I wanted beer, she was considerate enough to anticipate that that might be the case. MELANIE: The word beer. Backhand slang for nitwit juice. BEN: You're reading way too much into this. MELANIE: Excuse me, but I would defer to the Hospitality expert here. I am the oracle. I carry all the knowledge. BEN: Well, I would like you to calm down, because you're making me nervous. MELANIE: I'm trying to protect you. BEN: I'm a grown man, and this isn't my first foray into the big city. I've dealt with all types of people in my life. Rich, poor, snobby, proud. I can handle it. And by you jumping in after everything Emily says, makes me look weak. And I don't want to look weak. MELANIE: I don't want you to either! BEN: Well, then, give me my space, okay? Please. MELANIE: Okay, I'll give you your space. [Emily returns.] EMILY: Dinner is going to be as good as it smells, I guarantee it. BEN: It smells wonderful, Emily. EMILY: Thank you, Ben. It's so nice to have a kind gentleman around. BEN: Thank you. EMILY: So, I hear you had a fling with Josie? [Melanie takes a swig of Ben's beer and bites her lips together.] BEN: Uh, yeah, I guess. Although, it depends on what you'd call a fling. EMILY: You had sexual intercourse in the engine, that would be a fling. BEN: Uh, yeah. Yes. Didn't realize it was so widely known... EMILY: Terrible, what happened to that poor woman's arm, isn't it? BEN: Yes... it... was... terrible. EMILY: And the tail in general. What horrible, medieval conditions to subject those people to, but I'm sure it was necessary in your case. BEN: Turned out that way. EMILY: I hope there weren't children. BEN: No. Well, yes. A few. EMILY: Lack of sunlight destroys children. Of course, on your train, people have babies as part of a lottery, for fun. Apparently there's nothing good on TV. [Ben looks at Melanie with pain on his face, but she refuses to speak.]

[conanssummerchild]

Season 2: Episode 6 "Presenting Lorelai Gilmore"

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I dislike Emily and Richard because of how poorly they treated and often still treat Lorelai but I did feel quite bad for Emily in this episode, while most of the problems she has are ridiculous and not anything that a real person has ever had to deal with, she must feel so very lonely, and that I think most people can sympathyse with. Richard is being a huge asshole and incredibly dismissive of Emily and not giving her the credit she deserves for working so hard on their social status, which is important to both of them.

Rory's little bit about Lorelai telling her the paper she showed her is an A+ is so ironic because she's saying how no one in the real world is going to coddle her and "This is not how you raise a child." and then when she really goes out into the real world and no one coddles her she's *surprised pikachu face* (is that still a thing i loved that meme) and also the real issue with Lorelai not preparing Rory for the real world is their codependancy and the fact that Rory has literally no life skills. Does she even know how to cook? Or is she just gonna keep ordering the huge takeout orders her and her mum order every night and can aparently afford despite having financial problems? Or maybe she can just mooch off her grandparents forever.

Rory needs to learn to stand up for herself against Emily, what even are her values at this point? For once I agree with Lorelai, the debutante ball seems horrifying to me. "It says, 'Hi, I'm Rory. I'm of good breeding and marriageable age," seemed pretty accurate to me.

Despite the fact that I think Lorelai is an immature, self-centred dick, I actually felt a little bad for her here. She really did want to not have to depend on her parents and she made a life for herself without them and I feel like Rory doesn't respect that a lot of the time. While Lorelai won't be winning any 'Mother of the Year' awards, she wanted the best for Rory and is almost always supportive even when Rory wants to partake in some weird, misogynistic ritual.

The ball was... depressing, I understand it's suposed to be a joke how ditzy the girls there are but it just horrifies me that people could be like that. Also interesting to note how Rory thinks it's silly at this point in the show but as she goes forward and integrates into the rich life starts becoming more and more like them. That being said, I will say I think the girl made the wrong choice with the lipstick.

Jess's dressing up like Luke bit is one of my favourite in the whole limited amount of the show I've seen. They're such idiots the two of them, I'm obsessed <3.

Other thoughts:

Jess's shirt wasn't bad lmao, I liked it.

Dean was sweet to do this for Rory, I think I probably would've run for the hills /hj.

Lmao Lorelai walking around with a book on her head brings back memories of me and my sister doing that and pretending we were at a strict british boarding school (my childhood special interest was Malory Towers).

Lorelai looks pretty at the ball, I may hate her but I'm only human. She is a beautiful woman.

Dean looks very cute, picture-perfect smalltown boyfriend here and I actually think the tuxes are kind of cute, I've always had a thing for tuxes, I think I would look really cool in one idk. I also liked Rory's dress, not the weird pom-pom gloves though.

The last scene between Lorelai and her mother was quite sweet.

No Liz being a bad mother mentions to track in this episode becasue Jess and Luke really aren't in it that much.

[sugarycloud1]

25 Books for 2025

Have seen this floating around and my 50+ tbr pile is staring at me as I read 2 books in a row I bought last week.

Books I'm looking forward to reading:

We All Live Here-Jojo Moyes

Thicker Than Water-Kerry Washington

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Fairies-Heather Fawcett

Why Am I Like This?-Gemma Styles

Rewitched-Lucy Jane Wood

Talking at Night-Claire Daverley

The Librarianist-Patrick Dewitt

Treasures-Harriet Evans

Atmosphere-Taylor Jenkins Reid

Don't Let Him In-Lisa Jewell

The Poisoned King-Katherine Rundell

Give Him to Me-Dorothy Koomson

Cover Story-Mhairi McFarlane

Wintering-Katherine May

The Complete Fairytales-Oscar Wilde

Let the Light in-Jenny Downham and Louis Hill

Silverborn-Jessica Townsend

Close Knit-Jenny Colgan

Portable Magic-Emma Smith

Jacob's Room-Virginia Woolf

Part of Your World-Abby Jimenez

Went to London, Took the Dog-Nina Stibbe

Mrs Porter Calling-A.J Pearce

The Lost Bookshop-Evie Woods

Bookish-Lucy Mangan

I just found some of these were searching on Waterstones that I didn't know had been announced. Also very aware that some of my favourite authors may also not have announced 2025 releases yet. I want to read more Agatha Christie, and I'm also determined to read at least one Stephen King book, but I don't know where to start, if anyone can suggest any?

So far this year I've read The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst which I enjoyed for a cosy cottage core fantasy vibe, The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop which I really enjoyed(I was almost sobbing on the Tube when she wrote about her husband dying), What Does it Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella which I read in one sitting and made me want to give her a hug. I'm almost finished A Well Trained Wife by Tia Levings, which I've had to put down a few times as it's so difficult to read subject matter wise, but she is a great writer.

I've seen a lot of people do this already, so open tag to anyone who wants to play.