Just Good Shit: 12.29.19
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Hi! Just a quick one for you tonight, as my family is in town visiting right now (and I…literally forgot today was Sunday because it’s Romjul). But I’ll be posting all of my favorite reads from this year tomorrow or Tuesday, if you’re interested in those! In the meantime, here’s what I was up to this week…
Reading
This week, I read Winter Storms and Winter Solstice, and really enjoyed them both. I’m very sad there are no more winter Elin books! Then I read Conversations with Friends which I was…extremely not a fan of. It was my least favorite book of 2019, as a matter of fact.
Also:
Where Rent Is $13,500, She Lives Off What’s Left at the Curb, The New York Times.
The Complicated, Problematic Influence of TripAdvisor Restaurant Reviews, Eater.
How Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ Finally Hit No. 1, The New York Times.
The golden age of kids’ YouTube is over. Good., Vox.
Why Carol Has One of the Most Vibrant Fandoms of Any Queer Film, them.
Girls adored ‘Little Women.’ Louisa May Alcott did not., Washington Post.
Lashes, Lashes, Lashes: What It Took to Give the ‘Bombshell’ Women the Fox Look, The New York Times.
Odd Job: the professional gift wrapper who’s having a “really lucrative” holiday season, Vox.
NYC
We saw Derren Brown’s Secret today — Terri nailed the mom in NYC rec yet again! The show is running through January 4, and it’s really delightful; I highly recommend getting tickets if you’re able to go this week! (P.S. Everyone told me to go in not knowing anything/very little about it, and I definitely think that’s the way to go.)
Have a great Sunday! 🌟
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