Amy Halstead > Recent Status Updates

“You cover your eyes with your hands and think that the problem will go away. To say that you do not care about politics is to be a man adrift on the ocean who says that he does not care about water.”

“That was the year that Sarajevo hosted the Winter Olympics.” ⛷️
How timely!!!!

Hamilton vibes, actually

Complex

Listening in the car. Protagonist is intentionally unhinged, but written in a way that’s relatable.
Just me? oh.🙈

lol

Setting is 1975–the year I was born + a summer camp—I attended Camp Allen in East Texas for years. It had me immediately 🌲⛺️

Not my favorite genre, but a unique premise. The dialogue will translate easily into the Netflix movie, but I’m curious how they’ll address the alternating vacations timeline ✈️⛱️🚙

Me this week: “Most people seemed occupied. Maybe she could sneak out without anyone noticing.”

The storyline is more relatable than escapism 😢, but it’s very well-written. I am enjoying the pop culture and Texas references 🍨

I 🤎 the consistency of the female relationships in the midst of all the other changes.

Wild Dark Shore Margo’s Got $ Troubles
🤝
hungry ghosts

“Who is he?”

WHAT?!?!?!

What happened to Hank?! 😱

Dom’s perspective on parenting with Claire 😭 but then he says “add another, making five.”!?!! Like, what?!?!

I’m into it now! 🦭

Thought-provoking, challenging, and often disturbing, but an important history of how women are portrayed by media and treated by both men and other women

“…and they’re telling me about the last book that Liz chose for book club.” 😆
“Oh there were fingertips, all right,” 🤣

“Sophie was twelve and really into Pokémon GO.”

🤣 🙋‍♀️

“But as I’ve gotten older, I think maybe it’s scarier that a regular person can so easily become a monster.”

This idea has been on my mind a lot lately.

🍽️

“I had a vague dread of seeing the slow movement of time. I didn’t want to be reminded of how much of it had passed, and how little I had achieved.”

—me, reading this book

Sam: I would leave before I would hurt you in any way
Lily: I will insult your mother 1000x over to remain blonde

“planted a large number of crops over a wide span of land”???? In the desert?!?! 🤔

🌵 🔥 🏜️

🐻‍❄️ 💀

I’m afraid they’re going to develop scurvy.

“…but it felt, more than anything, like work.”

😩📖

‘“But the couch—“
“Fuck the couch,” Sam said.’





[Is J.D. at The Compound now? 🛋️]

3 days to travel 5 miles?!?!

Pg 24: “He had neatly trimmed brown hair and warm brown eyes, and sunburn across his neck and shoulders.”
Pg 25: “The man with the sunburned neck…His eyes were a very warm brown, the same color as his hair.”


Got it!

Earlier there was no foundation to match Jacintha’s skin, so she wore the only other makeup available—mascara. Today she’s wearing “minimal makeup”.