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Listening to the audiobook, & it is SO GOOD!!!

In light of the recent Artemis II mission, as well as to honor the incredible women who figured out the calculations to get humans to the moon.

Mini spoiler alert 🚨:

So Colin finding out that Penelope is Lady Whistledown is VERY different from the Netflix show. HOWEVER, he still feels the betrayal, yet he’s much more forgiving.

Chapters 2 & 3 really hit the nail on the head! 🤯👏

Very mini spoiler: the end of Ch. 3 mentions “The Series That Shall Not Be Named”. HOWEVER, I should point out that The Will to Change hard copy was published in 2004; way before the true colors were shown by “She Who Must Not Be Named.”

bell hooks is saying some VERY profound, and important things about masculinity and fatherhood. And this is only the beginning of chapter 1.

The audiobook I’m listening to is read by Janina Edwards, and she is doing a PHENOMENAL job!

bell hooks is saying some VERY profound, and important things about masculinity and fatherhood. And this is only the beginning of chapter 1.

The audiobook I’m listening to is read by Janina Edwards, and she’s doing a PHENOMENAL job.

Just finished the introduction by Ross Gay (also read by him; & I need to check out his own work soon).

He did an incredible job narrating his intro for the audiobook, as well as briefly describing his own relationship with his father.

I’m listening to the audiobook, read by the author herself. I’ve seen her in the Amazon Prime documentary series: Shiny Happy People(Season 1), and her interview w/ the YouTube channel, Cults to Conscious. I’ve only finished the prologue and chapter 1, so far.

I can safely say that Penelope and Colin are pretty close to how they are portrayed in the Netflix series! A major kudos to Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton! 😊✨

I wish the Netflix series included Felicity Featherington, though. 😞

I was hoping to finish reading this BEFORE season 4 part 1 premiered! 😅

HOWEVER!

I’ve been practicing being consistent with my reading habits/goals this year.

**SPOILERS**

I do love how Sophie calls Benedict out on his offer.

Essential and VERY IMPORTANT reading for anyone who cares about public teachers and education.

Believe it or not, this is actually the first time I’ve read something from Mary Wollstonecraft, mother (quite literally) of Mary Shelley!

Note to self: must read A Vindication of the Rights of Women! 😅

So far, pretty good!

Bonus for a fun drinking game: take a shot every time you read a reference to something/someone! 😂😎

I came across this book via the YouTube channel, Maven of the Eventide. She also has an interview with Dacre Stoker, great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker on her channel, which is very informative and interesting. This book is an English translation of the Icelandic translation of Dracula (try saying that 5 times fast! xD).

So far, the beats are similar to Stoker's novel, with some changes for the Icelandic readers.

Mini Spoiler: Dracula shows up!

The middle-to-almost-last section is pretty good so far.

Side Note: I actually started reading this on New Year's Eve (2024), but I digress ^^;
I absolutely ADORE White's interpretation of Lucy Westenra, and I can't wait to see which literary character/classic book she'll have for her next work!