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On 11/1/2021 at 7:24 PM, Darian said:
Halfway through Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty. I need undemanding books right now and this is a good fit.
Let us know if you liked it. I like Liane Moriarty in general, but I hated Nine Perfect Strangers.
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Just finished The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward. Very creepy, almost a gothic setting, perfect for Halloween season. It's a horror novel, but it's not supernatural and it doesn't have a BIG TWIST; rather it builds toward a conclusion. It's honestly confusing until you finish the novel and then you'll be like, "What did I just read? Oh, that's what I just read." But I would definitely recommend it as I enjoyed the slow buildup to the end and the characters.
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The finale was the most drastically different turn from the book. I gotta say, it disappointed me a little; I never was under the impression that Jake could be smart enough to mastermind a murder and a coverup. And I assume that with that cliffhanger they want a season two with the same main characters rather than Maeve being the focus?
I loved in the book at the end when Bronwyn's confession about cheating was on the news and Yale tweeted at her that they were looking forward to receiving her application. Too bad we didn't see that in the show.
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11 hours ago, gesundheit said:
I didn't read the book, but I legitimately don't even understand what really happened with Simon and then why the Murder Club covered up Jake's death. Oh well! I liked the main characters, at least.
It's different from the book. But here's what I think happened: Jake wanted to get revenge on Addy, so he threatened Simon into having an allergic reaction so that one of the Murder Club would rush to the nurse's office and get the epipens. But Jake stole the epipens from the nurse's office (he signed Addy's name on the sign-in sheet in the nurse's office). So no one could save Simon. I won't spoil the book in case anyone wants to read it. I'll just say it's different.
I'm also not sure why they covered up Jake's death. Like they had the Xbox, just hand it over, all the messages were there. Maybe they just didn't want more attention or police investigations?
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15 hours ago, bmasters9 said:
You Are Looking LIVE! by Rich Podolsky (2021 retrospective on how The NFL Today on CBS w/Brent Musburger, et al. changed sports broadcasting as we know it)
This looks interesting! I am a huge NFL fan and The NFL on CBS was required viewing for me growing up. Imagine -- a time when only one network had a pregame show, and it was only a half-hour long.
I just finished As Good As Dead, the finale of Holly Jackson's A Good Girl's Guide to Murder trilogy. It's very very good, but quite a bit darker than the other books. Pip is messed up, clearly suffering PTSD. But I still love her and Ravi and the morally grey parts are very understandable.
I do wonder if this series has been optioned for a streaming movie or TV show. One of Us Is Lying is on Peacock right now and it's a fairly decent adaptation.
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I miss Ashton as well! I loved her relationship with Addy and how the two of them helped each other break out from their mom. It seems like the show ditched that and expanded TJ's role so Addy could have boy drama, which...eh. I prefer Addy's sister.
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On 10/18/2021 at 12:03 PM, NotChristine said:
In this ep, the callbacks to The Breakfast Club gave me a chuckle.
Loved the cover of "Don't You Forget About Me" over Bronwyn and Nate kissing.
My favorite parts are also of the Bayview Four discussing the murder.
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Should probably be a spoiler warning on this thread?
I re-read the book to refresh myself (I remembered the big overall story, but had forgotten some details). The secrets come out through little hints, but it's fairly clear early on what they are. Bronwyn says something about how teachers probably don't want her teaching other kids her methods of passing chemistry. Addy is at a party and dreading seeing TJ. Cooper is texting with "someone." So it wasn't hard to figure out what the secrets were.
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On 10/2/2021 at 3:08 PM, SusannahM said:
I scanned the Pioneer Woman thread here and realize I may be alone in my liking for her and for her show.
I've watched her show a few times and it's OK. I get it, she has a staged quasi-reality thing going on with the ranch and all. The thing is that her recipes are great and always always work for me. Her pizza crust is my staple pizza crust.
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Broke out of my reading slump with The Last Graduate, the second book in the Scholomance series by Naomi Novik. It's amazing, better than the first, and the only thing I'm sorry about is that now I have to wait probably a year for Book No. 3. The book features an incredible cast of characters with great character development and I really do hope we see all or at least most of them in the next book. I love the politics of this particular wizarding world and the "enclaves."
SpoilerThe ending had a real vibe of "Graduation Day, Part 2" from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and I loved it.
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15 hours ago, cambridgeguy said:
I also think there would be a lot more push back if the US were able to assemble another super team. There was a little bit of grumbling about the Dream Team being a bunch of bullies - this would be multiplied by 1000 nowadays.
I doubt there would be much pushback. And anyway, who cares. You're out to win a tournament, not be nice to everyone.
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On 8/6/2021 at 5:56 PM, ebk57 said:
If her cable is with Comcast, she might be able to get it without having to do much of anything other than learn to say "Peacock" into her remote.
The game will be on the Peacock premium tier. If her mom doesn't have internet that's a tough one.
It's only one game in this case, but ESPN has already moved a bunch of games to ESPN+. Don't be surprised if even more games move exclusively to streaming.
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10 minutes ago, KittenPokerCheater said:
p.s I love sushi, but given that most gymnasts travel with their own food so that they have less of a chance of getting sick, and that they can be sure there's nothing in it that might be on the list of banned substances..
I read that Usain Bolt will eat McNuggets wherever he travels because he knows exactly what he's getting in a McNugget and won't get sick after eating them.
I tolerate sushi. My husband and kids love it so I've had it a billion times (they like to choose sushi restaurants for their birthday dinners).
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8 hours ago, greyhorse said:
Pretty soon there's going to be no such thing as free network tv, or at least live free network tv. Every network seems to have their version of a streaming app. I could see a day where if you wanted to watch live, you'll have to pay, and then it'll be reshown for free a day or two later.
There will always be free network TV; that's mandated by the FCC. Live sports have gradually moved off of broadcast television to cable and now streaming, I guess, though there are still live sports on broadcast TV. NFL football, college football, some baseball games, college basketball. Though NBC just announced yesterday that Notre Dame's home opener will be exclusively on Peacock, and ESPN has a ton of stuff on its ESPN+ platform.
Anyway. Murica, fuck yes.
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22 minutes ago, choclatechip45 said:
Skinner didn't do it simultaneously. She went to Utah for two years and was on leave to compete elite. Alicia Sacramone did both for like two years when she competed at Brown and Trinity Thomas did it this past quad, but unfortunately got injured during the NCAA season which is why she wasn't a factor for the Olympic team.
Right, I just meant that Skinner did NCAAs and then elite.
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6 hours ago, xaxat said:
Gabby Thomas looks like an Amazon straight from a Wonder Woman movie in this shot.
She's gorgeous, athletic and SMART -- she goes to freaking Harvard where she's studying neurobiology!
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1 hour ago, Quilt Fairy said:
Is that really true, though? We've had - God help us - 40 years of the Karolyi vision of female gymnasts: pre-pubescent girls with no hips or breasts. But at the time he started, that was the exception, not the rule. Could we - and I've thought about this a lot - go back to a time when "women's gymnastics" actually meant women in gymnastics? Could women follow the men's model where they actually go to college and compete in the NCAA before being thrown into the meat grinder?
The last 15 years or so, the ladies haven't really looked prepubescent. They have powerful arms and thighs from all the tumbling. They're small, but they have muscles. They don't really develop hips or breasts, but that's a natural byproduct of working out for several hours a day, every day. You see that in other sports too. And, the average age of the women's gymnasts in these international competitions is going up, which is a good thing. It's super awful to throw young children into these competitions, particularly when they can get hurt at a very young age.
McKayla Skinner just competed in NCAAs and then in the Olympics. So it's possible. Suni is only 18 and she's about to go to Auburn; hopefully we'll see her in three years in Paris. And Jade is going to Oregon State. Well. For now, anyway.
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3 hours ago, emma675 said:
This is the first time I'm pulling for another team (or teams, I would love to see Slovenia win) over the US. It took a while, but I'm done with the "all stars" US teams; it's just not as fun for me as watching scrappy teams who aren't full of NBA superstars, who have worked so hard to get to the Olympics, and play as a unified, excited team. Granted, I realize Luka Doncic, Patty Mills, Joe Ingles, Matisse Thybulle, etc. are all NBA players, but their entire team rosters aren't NBA players, so it seems more exciting.
The US team is hardly a bunch of all-stars. Kevin Durant is the biggest star on the team. None of the big guns like Lebron James or James Harden or Steph Curry are there.
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31 minutes ago, Jeddah said:
Oh, sheesh. These are athletes. They don’t have to hug and like each other all the time. Sure, it’s lovely when they do encourage each other. If the genders were reversed I doubt anyone would say the men were cliquish and had lots of bitchiness or call them mean girls just because they had awkward hugs or kept to themselves.
Yeah, they're human beings. Nobody gets along with, for example, all of their coworkers. Some people will like each other and some won't. Same thing on TV/movie sets, same deal in sports.
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17 minutes ago, Snow Apple said:
I’ve watched a few replays from other countries (I’m not sure what countries but they were English speaking) and now I’m annoyed by NBC’s obnoxious prime time commenting and bias more than ever.
Actually since they removed Al, the commentary hasn't been awful. I could do without Tim but I like Nastia. And I don't think they have been all that biased. The streaming commentary is solid too.
That said, it's an abomination that NBC didn't show all the medalists' floor routines in primetime (Mai's routine was adorable). There is zero reason for them to not show all the beam routines tonight. The whole thing took less than an hour, and that included the gymnasts' introductions which NBC typically doesn't show. They can even edit out the long waits between the end of the routines and the scores coming up.
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Bronze for Simone! China goes 1-2.
Tonight on NBC: SIMONE BILES overcomes adversity to compete on balance beam! Oh and we suppose some other athletes might be there too. Who knows? WATCH SIMONE BILES ON BEAM!
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Simone! I'm getting all teary. She just competed on beam and LOOKED AWESOME doing it, only one small hop on the landing. She's in second now (I think she was underscored).
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20 minutes ago, PepSinger said:
Personally, I believe it's due to lack of time. College gymnasts usually attend regular K-12 school, so they have time to actually take dance classes as opposed to those who are elite. When you add that to the fact that they aren't allowed to practice more than 20 hours a week in NCAA, it leaves more time for dance. As a dancer, sometimes it's painful to watch the elite gymnasts on the floor doing "dance" elements. The lack of musicality, especially with USA gymnasts, needs to be addressed. There were several moments during Jade's routine where you can tell that she's not anticipating the music, so her move is off. It's the same thing that used to kill me with Simone's original floor music that had that "Oh," and she would be off! A trained dancer would know how to fill the time until the moment hit. That's why I'm in favor of removing the music for the women when it comes to the USA gymnasts. However, I love it when I see the other gymnasts actually...dance.
A lot of elite gymnasts go to college though. Jordyn Wieber would have competed for UCLA had she not taken endorsements. Kyla Ross and Samantha Peszek competed for UCLA. MyKayla Skinner went to Utah. Suni is going to Auburn (as of now), Jade is going to Oregon State. Plenty of other ladies like Katelyn Ohashi and Maggie Nichols have been elite and then moved on to NCAAs.
Given that they have been very successful on floor exercise, I don't think the American women should change anything. Hell, Jade just won a gold medal with choreography that featured waving her arms around, sort of in time to the music.
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19 minutes ago, PepSinger said:
Also, why shouldn't her tour be called "Gold Over America?" She is a...gold medalist countless times over.
It was clearly intended to capitalize on gold medals in Tokyo.
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S01.E02: Hide and Seek
in Hawkeye
I figured the lady at the end would be either Kate's mom or Yelena. I also figured Kate and her mom got a bunch of insurance money after her dad died and that solved their money problems.
I enjoyed these first two eps. Hailee and Jeremy have good chemistry. Love Clint with his kids, how his daughter knew right away that seeing Fake Nat was bothering him and Nate signing "I love you." And how Clint doesn't stop being a dad even when he's not with his kids.
Kate is a total disaster and I love her so far. I cracked up at her wearing her aunt's clothes. She and her mom are what I like to call exasperatingly rich. They are greatly privileged and know it but it's so much a part of their lives that they're completely casual about it. Oh, you destroyed a bell tower and I have to write a check? Make it up to me by going to a charity auction! Your credit cards are canceled but you can swan off to your high rise loft and pout about it!