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[boxofdelights]

• What are you reading?

The Hazel Wood, by Melissa Albert. A reread, for SF book group.

• What did you recently finish reading?

Faking It : the lies women tell about sex--and the truths they reveal, by Lux Alptraum. Thanks to jesse_the_k for the recommendation.

• What do you think you’ll read next?

News of the World, by Paulette Jiles, for Tawanda book group.

• What are you watching?

Miss Representation,
Wine Country, and
Lost in Paris, which is silly fun and makes me want to seek out everything by Abel & Gordon. Such graceful, athletic clumsiness!

Comments

[replyhazy]

What do you think about Wine Country? I keep starting to click on it and shying away.

[boxofdelights]

I liked it. I'm having a hard time saying why.

It's easier to point to the parts that didn't work. There's some big dumb slapstick that's just a little too big and a little too dumb. There's some humor that plays on stereotypes: Millennials being Millennial, Napa Valley types being Napa Valley, your controlling friend trying to control everything, your friend who always feels left out (hi!) whining about being left out.

But there's some really good meta-humor, and some really delightful, funny stuff about being friends, and being fifty ("Oh, are we using the F-word?") And Amy Poehler's and Maya Rudolph's faces, which always make me happy.

Keep your expectations low

[jesse_the_k]

...and if you can tolerate it, swill some tasty wine first.

The women-being-women together is great. The scenery is lovely. There are non-zero moments I rolled my eyes at. Made me nostalgic for drinking wine.

So, I'm glad I could provide a rec

[jesse_the_k]

...and I so wish I'd read that book before I had any sort of sex for the first time.


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