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1. I got an overload! Huzzah! Now we can completely pay off our credit card debt in one fell swoop when I get paid for it in December. Our debt to my parents will be repaid in December, too, so we can start 2020 debt free (well, except for the mortgage, of course).

2. Goodreads reviews of the Broken Earth trilogy )

spoilery comments about the series )

3. I have nominated The Broken Earth Trilogy and Carnival Row for Yuletide. I can't wait!

4. review of the Carnival Row finale )

5. We have started watching Star Trek: Discovery. I'm so glad there's only 15 episodes. If you'd told me ten years ago that I would cheer the end of the 22 episode TV season and embrace fully the 6-12 episode TV season, I'd have thought you were crazy, but really 8-10 is now my Platonic Ideal of a TV season. Long enough to be immersive but short enough that I don't feel like I'm committing way too much of my downtime to it.

review )
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1. We went to see Downton Abbey. It is glorious and exactly what I was hoping for--basically a two hour episode with a little drama which is entirely resolved by episode's end. spoilers ) Delightful.

2. Emma and I watched Into the Spiderverse last night. OMG! I mean, I knew it was going to be good. You've all said it's good. Everyone I know who's watched this movie has said it is amazing. And it *still* exceeded my expectations. Wow. I really hate that I missed this one on the big screen.

3. I have finished Carnival Row but am balking at typing up my notes for the final ep. Soon! Loved the hell out of the whole thing.

4.

The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This is such a good book--the world building, the characters, the plot! Wow! I am blown away.

I wish I could give it 5 stars but the relentless and unremitting child harm made this an excellent novel I struggled to read at times rather than an excellent novel I could lose myself in.



View all my reviews

spoilers for the child harm ) I would not recommend this series for anyone who has issues reading child death and harm which makes me sad because it's really that damn good.

spoilers for actual plot ) I would recommend this series for anyone to whom the previous trigger warnings do not apply. It's incredibly well written.

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