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I just recently finished David Chang's memoir, so hopefully I'm over my strong feelings of distaste in him by January. But, on the other hand, KATHRYN HAHN!

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I'm listening to this on Audio right now. I had to get an Audible membership (for one month) to get it, but so far I'm enjoying it!

I signed up for Audible (and then promptly canceled) just to get this audiobook. I have heard nothing but good things about it! I just finished Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson on audio. I knew nothing about it--I just picked it up off a list of YA Award Winners to check off a box of my Adult Summer Reading Bingo (no, I've never outgrown summer reading). I *loved* this book. I'm not feeling YA lately, but this was just so beautiful. And it was a YA rarity as there isn't any romance in it. Instead it is about relationships, friendships, racism. I didn't know beforehand it was set in Portland, OR (I live in the suburbs of PDX), so it was great fun to read a local book and Watson really captures the essence of Portland. I'm going to recommend it to my daughter, who is going into 7th grade but reads way above her grade level. She has been having trouble with books because middle grade is too "easy" for her, but she doesn't like a lot of the subject matter (mostly young love) in YA novels.

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Everyone gathers for a heartfelt wedding. And as time moves forward, schemes fall apart and dreams come true.

Phoebe and Robbie continue to try to persuade Sandy to release more of their inheritance money. Sandy begins working on a new acting role.

A famous actor comes to Sandy's class and creates a stir. Sandy and Roz find themselves getting along. An unexpected offer materializes for Sandy.

Angry about Sandy's constraints on their money, Phoebe, Robbie, Mindy - and Mindy's mom, Roz - confront him. Sandy and Martin have a falling out.

Sandy receives both a surprise inheritance and a giant headache as executor of Norman's estate. Mindy begins seeing Martin in a new light.

After Norman passes away, his loved ones share some uncomfortable memories at his funeral, and Sandy reminisces about their long friendship.

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Ava DuVernay’s ‘Wings Of Fire’ Animated Series Ordered At Netflix

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I really enjoyed this episode, but I expected to as I really admire both Audra MacDonald and Mandy Patinkin. I wasn't put off by Patinkin's emotional responses as I already knew he was the sort of guy who is just out there with his emotions (as he himself said in this episode). I did appreciate that MacDonald's story was unique to the series (so far) with the attention spent on the Great Migration west, and not North. All that being said, I did think there was a strange element to this episode. Patinkin's side was pretty heavy and MacDonald's was far less so. It pretty much came down to: to Mandy Patinkin: Over 20 of your relatives were gassed at Treblinka to Audra MacDonald: Here's a picture of your grandfather with the Hamm's Beer lady. This might have been a case where the paring was a disservice to both guests. I get that they were paired together as they are both actors who have a very similar heft on Broadway, but their stories were just so different and neither really played much into their own vocational choices.

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