I am the angry-sushi shouter outer anon! but it felt a little weird? to use them to identify me as an anon which is silly because ?‍♀️ anon. Never heard of Arkady Martine, but I’m gonna take a look, thanks! Kristin Cashore’s Jane, Unlimited was definitely a fun read, but it doesn’t quite match the books mentioned.

Lol, fair enough, fair enough. 

I mean, I don’t know if I’m recommending A Memory Called Empire necessarily, I’m just starting it. I wanted something really intricate to get sucked into again, like Priory, though this isn’t nearly as long, only 450 pages. Thanks, I’ll put Jane, Unlimited on my list.

Book? anon now, I guess? I usually don’t read very much either, but I’ve read Rook and Stiletto, and Poppy Jenkins too! I’ll be looking for Hellspark now, thank you! If you’re still in a reading mood, I’ve enjoyed these two series – A.J. Hartley’s Steeplejack series and Robert Bennett Jackson’s Divine Cities trilogy – not much romance, lots of great world building, mostly female protagonists, and pretty gnarly plots ?

Oh, heh. Then I guess you really do approve of my taste in books. 😛 And are you not angry-sushi shouter outer anon?

I’ve read Foundryside but I’ll put Steeplejack on my list. I’d forgotten for a second but I do have Arkady Martine’s A Memory Called Empire to read, I’d pre-ordered it and then put it out of mind but it was released a few days ago.

?‍♀️ There was your mini tag/reply review of the Priory of the Orange Tree and very recently? that reblog of the upcoming Mrs. Martin’s Incomparable Adventure book ?between you and dollsome, that one’s now on my list ?

Aww, anon, thank you, but I’ll stop putting you in the position of defending me, lol. I actually ended up finishing Priory last night because of your ask. 

Actually, if you are interested in what books I like, in between pausing and picking up Priory again, I reread The Rook by Daniel O’Malley, No f/f but no romance at all, if that helps. Also, Hellspark by Janet Kagan, same thing. I actually do have a books tag but those two are the ones I recommend first an always. For f/f, Poppy Jenkins, while being as different in tone and genre from Priory as a book can be, is lovely.

Trying to decide what to read now, since I’m still in a reading mood.

Hey sorry to bother you but where are you watching Skam España? I’m watching it on a webside that i found but it either doesnt have avery scene or i’m still not where you guys are. Is it season 1 or 2 you’re watching?

I’ve seen a few resources, although remember, it’s released first as clips and then an ep.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY4TDEuKb6rXPXQy4XDUS9A/videos – The altskams channel, it does have subtitles.

@skam-spain-translations also uploads them, with subtitles: [Vk] [Google Drive]

@skammovistarplus has whole ep subs

Hey do you know what ‘barbarena con yordi’ means on twitter? The original tweet is gone for some reason but everyone’s talking about it and I don’t speak much Spanish so I’m really lost.

Hmm. Don’t they pick like, different phrases/hashtags to try to trend them and often they have to do with specific publications or shows? Scrolling through the results for that one, I guess it’s the two of them with this person (con meaning with)? https://twitter.com/YordiRosado/status/1111495913250283520

I dunno if it’s a request to them or to him or a celebration of an interview being confirmed or what, though.

have you continued watching the OA? if so, do not, under any circumstances, let yourself get spoiled for s2!! and how are you enjoying it? Did you know it was developed aurally instead of as a written story? And when pitching to execs, the creators told the entire story aurally, acting it out over several hours? I think you can see that in the show kinda

I did finish s1 and just barely started on s2 before the week’s shows started up but lol, someone I follow has been liveblogging s2, although it’s more her feelings about it than specific spoilery things, so I’m still fairly in the dark.

I do actually remember reading that! It’s interesting, after another big Netflix cancellation and seeing more about how it renews shows, to also get an insight into how it picks up shows, because my gosh, how niche and oddball is this show. How meta, though, that it developed and was pitched the same way the story unfolds.