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"I literally think I'm going to take dating advice from this book." This week, we read Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez. Abby joins me on this episode to discuss: Why two romance haters will recommend this book to everyone they know. Why the trash pandas and toilet king were the true stars of this book. What makes a man smell good. Open your book and press play on a podcast episode that made Jenna rethink EVERYTHING. Mentioned in the Pairings section of the podcast: DRINK - Raspberry High Noon Iced Tea, Nice glass of Cabernet Sauvignon TV SHOW - Virgin River, Gilmore Girls BOOK - To All the Boys I Loved Before, Maybe in Another Life MOVIE - 10 Things I Hate About You, Safe Haven, When in Rome !! WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD !! Once you're done listening, hop onto our Instagram and TikTok @rwreadspodcast to give us your thoughts on the discussion and the book. We look forward to hearing from you! Disclaimer * At Red Wine Reads, we want to engage in the stories of people from all kinds of backgrounds and experiences. The value of books lies in the power of storytelling and sharing a range of perspectives. We don't want to just read what we know, we want to read stories that open our worldview. And in turn, that means getting into challenging, rewarding conversations. But we are not experts in any field — literature, race relations, politics, etc .— and we know that our reviews of these books come from a place of privilege. We encourage our community of readers to add to these conversations with their own thoughts, critiques, and questions. We want to open up a safe place for people. That being said, we also realize that getting into race, sexuality, gender, and other difficult topics can be triggering. We aim to include content warnings whenever they are applicable but we are not perfect. So as we continue to do our best, know you have the room to tell us when we can do better and even, if you want to, share resources with us. Let's learn, grow, and have fun together.

By Walt HickeyWelcome to the Numlock Sunday edition.This week, I spoke to Julia Alexander, digital strategy consultant and author of the new blog Posting Nexus.Julia's brilliant, she's been one of the most insightful and compelling minds on attention — where we allocate it, how we measure that, and what becomes of that — for several years now, and when I learned about this new project I was incredibly excited to get her on a Sunday edition to hear more about what's got her, well, attention. We spoke about the incentive structures of the internet, attention as digital currency, and how online trends redefine culture.Alexander can be found on X and Threads, and the project is Posting NexusThis interview has been condensed and edited. Julia Alexander, thank you so much for coming on.Thank you for having me. What an honor.It's always great to talk to you. I've been a fan of your work for a long time, and whether it was your independent newsletter or this new thing, it is always really, really fun to talk to you about what people are consuming and watching and reading and seeing.Thank you, I appreciate it.I wanted to talk about Posting Nexus. It's a new project that you are launching and it is a really fascinating dive into attention and essentially how it has become commoditized, how we use it on the internet, and where it goes. Just to back out a bit, can you tell me a little about why you wanted to go in this direction and start this thing up?Posting Nexus came out of this obsession I have with understanding why people do what they do on the internet and how that affects what they do or don't do off the internet. I now work at Disney, and we won't get into any of that, unfortunately, but a large part of my career was spent looking at the development of the streaming industry and the reality that people's attention was moving away from these closed-circuit traditional distributors to more open-circuit digital distributors who were operating at a pace that was almost relentless, and that was in large part because the attention we gave to digital services was relentless. When I moved into Disney, it didn't stop me thinking a lot about why people do things, where they give attention, and what they want out of attention.So, I decided to launch Posting Nexus, which is me and a few friends who are doing this, edited by the brilliant Allegra Frank until someone very smartly hires her full time. As I say in the intro, it's not a newsletter, it's not a blog, it's kind of just a harbor for thoughts about a lot of this stuff. It really came out of this idea that you can boil down a lot of what people want and where they decide to give their attention into a matrix that I call the IPA matrix, which has nothing to do with beer. It has everything to do with identity, platforms and attention, and when you take those three circles and you put them into a Venn diagram, you get incentive structures and quite often hidden incentive structures. These exist for both the bottom up, so that's us doing things on the internet, and the top down, which are these massive conglomerates who build things on the internet.A great example would be when we look at something like Barbenheimer, which was effectively just an offline manifestation of online attention. Part of the reason that movie did as well as it did is because it leaned into the idea that my identity, which is formed by my interests and the platforms where I socialize, where I'm getting my social capital, and the attention that I receive for participating in this culture then create an incentive structure for me to go out and participate in something in order to post.My general theory on a lot of the tension now is that you give attention in order to receive attention, and through the democratization of a lot of the stuff that we do, we've made it much easier to receive attention by giving attention. I think that constant focus on receiving attention by giving attention leads to this kind of posting nexus.I am very interested in this, just as you are, and our jobs touch on this a bit. You saw it with the technology of film. Charlie Chaplin used to be able to do three shows a night and hit three audiences, and the technology of film made it so that he could be in every cinema in North America, if not further. It seems like what we've had recently is the next advance of that, so now all those audiences within those audiences can entertain each other as well. It's fundamentally inverted a lot of where we gather our attention from and how we disperse it, to the extent that I think it does terrify some people. I would love your thoughts on how this very unique moment we find ourselves in makes this such a fun topic to go into.What's really fascinating is that what's underlying this entire structure is the idea that growth is the end state, that growth is the final destination, and if that is the final destination then there's no real final point. If we think about that in terms of your own life, if you're listening to this, maybe you're a writer and your end point is a book, or you want to write a novel. If you're working within a large company, maybe your end point is CEO or vice president. There actually is an end point.When we think about the way our lives are constructed, which are intrinsically more digital than they are physical at this point, there is no end point. The numbers on your follower count continue to go up and your value, you as a person, is intrinsically tied to making those numbers go up, which means you create labor for companies effectively for free, right? There's this idea that if you do it enough, some offline benefits will occur. If you're an influencer, maybe you'll get a free trip to Rome; if you're a poet, maybe you'll get a book deal out of it. There's this incentive to continue creating free labor for these conglomerates.But if you're the conglomerate — and this is what I like to spend a lot of time on in Posting Nexus. It's not just why we do what we do, it's how are we incentivized by companies that are then incentivized by their own ambitions. If you look at what they've started to realize, it's that they've run out of space to grow, and by space I mean they've literally run out of people. They cannot reach any more people than they're going to reach. If the planet is the best example of finiteness, that's where they are, but they're designed to incentivize growth, so what do they do?If you're on Instagram, all of a sudden you're posting photos, but have you thought about posting a video on this new form of entertainment called Reels? If you're on YouTube, it's Shorts, and if you are an Uber customer because you love taking cars somewhere, have you considered getting your food via Uber? It's finding different ways to capture more slices of pie within someone's attention based on the necessities of their life.Getting into the mixture of business strategy and cognitive behavioral reasoning really starts to help us illustrate why we do what we do on the internet. What I want to do with Posting Nexus quite a bit, and maybe this is going to sound a little naive or a little childish, but I want to figure out a way for us to build a better internet that we understand.If we know that we do this for Facebook, that might not stop us from posting because we like to connect with our friends. Or on Twitter, I like to post to get likes because I am also addicted to the dopamine rush from when we do those things. But if we intrinsically understand that what we're doing is operating within this growth state and we want to get to a steady state where actually just the right level of attention and just the right level of input is going to provide a much happier and a much more mentally healthy lifestyle, how do we get there by working on what we can do and what we can control versus what we can't do?I want to dive into so much from there, just because you hit on something really interesting that got me thinking. There are basically 330 million Americans and there are 24 hours in a day, so that's essentially 8 billion hours that you can have from America. That is the total addressable American time.I think what you're getting at is that we are brushing up on that; there's a point at which growth really can maximize. Let's say you've got 2 billion hours for sleep in the aggregate, and another 4 billion hours for work. We are getting to the total addressable market of American time if we really think that growth is the only way to go about it. I would love for you to speak more to that element of it, because that was really interesting.I think about this joke from a few years ago that you'll remember. The prompt for the joke is that at one point, Netflix's former CEO, Reed Hastings, said “Our only competition is sleep,” and then a few years later, the Pokémon company came out with Pokémon Sleep. All of a sudden it was like, well, Pokémon figured out how to beat sleep. The eight hours a day you actually don't have my attention, finally they figured out a way to get into it. It almost feels matrix-y, right? It feels very dystopian.The thing about growth is that we don't talk a lot about cost. A great example of this comes from this great economist, Herman Daly, who died in 2022. He pointed out that GDP is a really weird factor of just looking at the economic value of a country. It's the growth of product, and when we look at the growth of product, it's been 50 times what it was 50, 60 years ago — in large part because of private companies, because of Reagan economics, you can get into a whole economic debate about it. We don't talk about the cost, both of resources and of time and health that go into creating that product. And if we look at the cost, actually, is it a net benefit or is it a net consequence?Attention by nature plays on two core strings: It plays on how I view myself and my value, which is then the attention I want, and it plays into where I know I can get that attention, and right now that's platforms. It used to be that your growth was in a very limited base. Your growth was in a group of friends, at a company, maybe on your soccer team. There was a very limited group where you had tangible benefit or tangible consequence. Both are good, depending on the attention you sought out.When we add in platforms and the ability to go and seek that out, tie what you know works to your identity, and take in all of this dopamine as well as all of this increased anxiety, when we have that playing out the same time you see third-party spaces disappear so people are not spending as much time with each other in real life, what you get is this growth that's going to end in total, not just disruption, but total destruction for a lot of people. You cannot keep going this way. It used to be, to your point exactly, Walt, that you would stop for eight hours to sleep, and now you stop for six hours to sleep. Or you would go to bed with a book and now instead you go to bed with your Twitter feed.We haven't given ourselves a chance to recover from the trauma of the last decade, especially the last five years. We've been running nonstop ever since basically the invention of the internet, but really the launch of the app store. We've been in this moment for the last 15, 16 years, and at some point, the speed we're running at — the necessity for growth, which is just finding ways to take more of your attention, more of your free labor, and create something out of that and ask you to keep sticking with companies — is going to run out.What I really want to try and figure out with Posting Nexus is where is the health, the net benefit? The net benefit is socialization, it's communication, it's connectivity. That is a net benefit. It's entertainment — entertainment is a net connectivity. We have more democratization of creators, which means we have more voices, which means we have more points of view. That's a net positive.It was a net positive for publishing back in 2010. You were getting stories on maybe Gawker or HuffPost or BuzzFeed that you were not going to get in The New York Times. It didn't mean that one was less valuable; it just meant there was a different POV that the democratization of publishing allowed for. But at some point when everyone had an opinion, when everybody was publishing and Google didn't know how to rank it, you lost authority and you got more disinformation. That became a really bad thing.With Posting Nexus, the underlying point is that we have such finite attention to give, even though it's sold to us as an infinite level of attention. We have a finite level of attention we can receive, even though we're told it's an infinite level of attention, and if we keep striving for growth, growth, growth, eventually you create a world that is unsustainable. With Posting Nexus, it's effectively an equation: How much can you do for net positive before you do too much and tip over into net consequence?That's such a good point, that from the perspective of the companies, they're arguing that growth could continue indefinitely. We can always make more money, but time is definitionally the one thing that you can't make more of.That's the thing with Posting Nexus that's really fun. For people who might not know my background, I started as a blogger for Vox Media, Polygon, The Verge, and then I went into being a strategy consultant, which was great. Recently, I wrote for a publication called Puck and there was a column dedicated to streaming, what was happening with streaming, and trends that were happening with streaming, which was, to your point, effectively an attention story. It was “YouTube is taking attention away,” that kind of story.What I've missed is this idea of being able to have thoughts longer than a tweet and put them somewhere. For example, we've got a bunch of really interesting stories coming out with Posting Nexus. We're looking at the value of The New York Times in 2024, kind of tied around a lot of the Biden coverage before he stepped down. We've got things on decreases in posting and how social media platforms turn into entertainment platforms and what does that mean for how we approach them.We also have really funny things, like a piece on how J.D. Vance as the first main character candidate was always going to happen because he's the first VP candidate ever who has an online history, like in terms of actually posting when he was 20. That's something we've only really seen with influencers over the last decade, and seeing how they've gone through it gets us to this moment where we can inevitably see where Vance goes.So we've got a lot of really fun stuff, but it all plays into this idea that we give our attention to things and our attention rewards through monetary incentives. Both Walt and I have worked in digital media, and when you give the attention to people, it then gives them a monetization pathway, and that's the number one incentive structure. If we think about how we give attention, how we then better focus that attention on something where we know the end result actually is a fiscal reward for a lot of companies or creators, how does that change the way we operate on the internet? And how does it change the way we want to receive some of those benefits, if that's something we want to do?We're getting into a world where your level of posting is the only growth that people have left to chase. This is all these companies have: that you're spending your time consuming Instagram stories. We need you to post in DMs because we know that's where you're spending time because the future of the internet is much smaller. We need you to create a post in a DM that steals from a post that's in your feed in order for us to then serve your data. There's all of that. People intrinsically know this.The New York Times? Our mutual friend, Ryan Broderick. Casey Newton, who writes Platformer. They are very good at writing about this. What I want to get at is the underlying incentive structures that we don't always talk about that are inherently tied to everything you do. If we break that apart, both from a strategic standpoint and a psychological standpoint, how do we better understand the internet that we are helping to create?This has reminded me of genuinely one of the first conversations that we had, which was us talking about Wattpad. A few weeks ago they IPO'd, and I think they still remain an incredibly interesting company. It just grounds some of these headier ideas we're talking about. Wattpad is a good example of a company that became a very wealthy company and a very valuable company because of the broad, dispersed labor of a lot of other people.Wattpad is a great example. I will say in full transparency, I do own shares in Wattpad. I went in when they were public, and this is not financial advice. I think those are the two disclaimers I have to have.Wattpad's very interesting. Wattpad — which is now Webtoon. They merged with a South Korean online comic company a few years ago — existed as a place where people could go and upload their fiction, often a lot of fan fiction. You had 14-year-olds writing stories for other people on the internet. What was interesting about Wattpad was that when it started around 2010, it was one of the first mobile app success stories. It worked because of the iPhone and Androids.You had people who'd go on and they would read their little stories and they would follow creators, but there was no actual financial incentive because you weren't paying the creators. The incentive was building a follower base. You had a lot of people at 14 who tended to be the audience for Wattpad, especially 14-year-old girls who were dealing with a lot of self-negativity in their real life, because they're teenagers coming of age in the time of Tumblr and Instagram and there's a lot of self-negativity on those platforms for young teenage girls.This was an opportunity where they could share their very specific, niche interests. They could write fan fiction about One Direction, or they could write fan fiction about their favorite anime, and they can write their short stories and have a really solid community of people — like LiveJournal for us — come out and say, “This is really great. You're talented, we'd love to continue reading.” And you could see your success and that attention you're receiving grow literally in the number of followers you had. It became this wholesome space away from the internet in a different way.I can't remember exactly the year they did this, but then Wattpad starts introducing financial incentives. There's this idea that you can charge for chapters as you're releasing them and people can subscribe to you for early access. As Wattpad continues to develop and they realize there's this really strong audience of content creators who are creating pretty well-thought-out content that would make for really good movies and TV series, Wattpad then launches its film division and says, we want to work with creators on this platform and bring their work to Sony Pictures, to Netflix, to Disney. We want to get them books.So you have movies like To All the Boys I Loved Before and that genre, which did not start on Wattpad, or you had After, which did start on Wattpad, and you had all these movies coming out that were gaining a larger audience. These authors then create a cycle of further posting, right? Because now people are saying, I can do that. I have access to Wattpad. I think I'm a good writer. And you see, which we've seen over and over again, how it goes from 1,000 subscribers to 10,000 to 10 million to 100 million users who are all posting in an effort to get attention.What's really interesting is how we define the value of that attention, because it used to be that the value of attention on the platform when people first started was from other 14- or 15-year-olds. It was a very peer-to-peer situation. It was, you are writing for someone like me.Now that value is defined by a Netflix executive in their 50s who says, I really think there are 14-year-old girls who would like this type of movie. That's really popular on the site, so we're going to work with Wattpad. The value has now become entirely backed by a financial reward. And if it's not backed by a financial reward, it's still within the follower count. What you get now is this company who — again, I bought shares in it — I think has a really strong business operation, because you have an endless supply of content coming in. You only need to pick a handful of titles that you think will appeal to these larger companies, and then you work with the author on getting them into this three-picture deal with Netflix.All of a sudden you're in between a very traditional world of moviemaking and television series, and you have this constant supply of free ideas and free content coming in that you technically can own the rights to if you work with a creator. No 17-year-old writer at this point is going to say no to having a movie on Netflix. So you get into a really interesting constant flow of supply with very high levels of demand that you can then cherry-pick.The other version of this — which is another company I have shares in, and this is not financial advice, for transparency — is Reddit. Once Google aligned and said, hey, people want more familiar answers when they're searching for “do I have cancer,” Google said, we can just pull from Reddit. It's going to help us with our AI and we can just serve that instead of having to pay The New York Times to have this.All of a sudden you're in this world where Reddit becomes the future of the internet because Google is the still the main pathway to the internet. And if you're pulling from Reddit, what does that do to authority? What does that do to the incentive structure to be popular on Reddit? Which for a while was just, did you show authority and knowledge within your own subreddit community? Now it takes on a whole new world.The business applications of controlling the supply of attention, putting it through a very narrow passage by cherry-picking demand, and how you can sell that demand, is kind of where we're at right now with a lot of these user-generated-content platforms.I love that. They found a way to sell, or at least monetize, like in Reddit's case, respect and reputation in the form of karma. And with Webtoon, I was shocked to see that they're like a $2.8 billion company now. There have always been web comics on the internet, but they were the first to really roll them up into Webtoon. There has always been fan fiction on the internet, but they were among the first to roll them up into this package.AO3, Fanfiction.net, they're not trying to develop a flywheel to give you more attention. They're excellent communities and they retain a lot of that original character. But the thing that Webtoon was really interested in is that they realized the currency of their realm is attention and followers, and now they are a multibillion-dollar company.That, I think, was one of the more compelling stories from this summer. When I saw that you were coming out with Posting Nexus, I was like, oh man, there could not have been a better moment for this. There could not be a better moment to really think about how attention works online.Yeah. And I know you'll appreciate the underlying part of this, because I know you are, and I mean this with all the love, a giant nerd.Gigantic.But one of the best stories I wrote when I was at The Verge — not in terms of it being a good story, but in terms of me liking it — was when I talked to the Wattpad team, the Webtoon team, and said, how do you incorporate data? You have huge numbers of chapters being uploaded every single day from all these authors that come on.They developed a tool, which will sound very familiar to anyone who's ever worked in SEO, where they look at every single word and they look at very specific trend words and try to figure out if it's reaching an audience cluster or cohort that is in demand from other studios. For example: Latino werewolf. Is there an audience for Latino werewolf romances? They can track it, and they do track it. Then they play around with the recommendation algorithms and some of the product placement, and as that grows, they then say, okay, we want to hyperfocus on this in order to sell.That, to me, is the other underlying part of the attention story. There was a really great article by John Herrman, who works at New York Mag, and he talked about whether Twitter is back or not back. He ends his article by saying it doesn't really matter, because according to Twitter's CEO, it is back. According to Elon, it's thriving. It was this idea that Twitter inherently feels very small because communities have gotten smaller. What you think is important is what's appearing on your feed, right? This is how something could be super viral on TikTok for you and no one else has ever heard of it.That idea started with companies like Wattpad and Reddit. They started with this idea that has a really strong impact on this audience and the equation they do. And I worked with companies — not Wattpad, not Reddit — as a consultant on this exact equation, which was: How monetizable is this small audience compared to that small audience? If you're going to look at your cost, where are you going to get the strongest return on your investment?We do that now across a million different cohorts every single day. It's just, where do we think the attention that we're receiving, because they are getting attention from the small group, actually transfers into an action that we can better monetize versus what's the attention that we're seeing that is not going to transfer into a monetizable action. You do that equation, and what that ends up doing is restructuring culture.Imagine Twilight today. Someone would've been like, queer vampire? We think that audience translates into highly monetizable. Now you have Simon and Schuster, Netflix, YouTube — you have all these companies saying, okay, there's a trend here. So we're going to see a new volume of content support that trend. Then a year later, all of a sudden, The New York Times writes a story about how everyone's into queer vampires.It's like, well, that started because someone looked at a cohort of strong attention and said, that's monetizable. It just blew up into redefining what culture is. That's pure attention online that transfers offline.That idea of “this niche is monetizable; this one's not” feels like that's been every success story on the internet for the past decade.When you were describing that, I was reminded of my favorite genre collision, which created something that could not have existed before the internet: the success of D&D podcasts and D&D content, whether it's Critical Role, or you see all this stuff on Dropout doing phenomenally well right now. That only happened because there was a group of niche fans that really, really clicked with something. They realized that this stuff is easier to produce than scripted content sometimes, and you could just see the value proposition make sense to people in real time. Now they're selling out Madison Square Garden.Seeing this very market-based thing, as you were describing, was like, oh man. We've seen this happen. That's really cool.I'm so happy you said this, because it's kind of the end point of what Posting Nexus wants to get at. The fact that things happen in one area and then move somewhere else happens all the time. You watch your favorite football team and then you go watch them play at the stadium. You discover your favorite singer via an album and then you go watch them play a concert. That's super traditional.What we're seeing now is a continuation of that, but it's fascinating to me. I think about this with Critical Role; I think about this with the Pod Save America guys. Effectively what they're doing is taking this attention that you've given them and monetizing it in a new way that feels weird to us because it's different from a superstar musician or a team sport that has always existed in the offline. This is a group of talent, a group of people that we associate solely with being online. And we have that really strong parasocial relationship with creators, because we literally watch them in our bed, even more so than TV. They're in our bed and we listen to them on their podcasts, because they can't just have a YouTube, right? Now they're podcasting, and they're finding different ways to capture more attention.It says a lot about how much we cling to human connectivity. This is my general barbell thesis, is that the world going forward, online or offline, is implausibly big — implausibly big like Christianity, or Taylor Swift — and addressably small. Which is still good; it just means monetizable, like Pod Save America or Critical Role.The whole goal of the first one is that you don't actually have to do 90,000 different things. People will come to you because that's what they crave. They crave that connection. And the second one, the more opportunity you give people to come and see you physically and have that connectivity, have that connection, the more you're going to be able to split how you want your attention eight different ways. Now that they've seen you, maybe they'll buy the book you're selling as opposed to if you just had the podcast.When we give attention and when people demand our attention in different forums, how does that then create these trends within business, within culture, the way we look at religion, the way we look at physical spaces? How does that impact our life offline? So again, it's that general thesis of why people do anything they do online, and how does that translate to what happens offline? That's the obsessive point for me.You've been so generous with your time, I want to make sure we bring this one home. You and I have both worked for the biggest entertainment company on the planet, you and I have both had independent newsletters that were profitable, and it is comforting to realize that it's not simply everything gets eaten or nothing survives. There is a vibrant version of the internet that has all of this.My favorite topic, which I annoy everyone in my life with, is history. I realize that makes me the most boring person on the internet, or just the most average person on the internet, but the thing I really like about history — whether that's ancient, modern, whatever it is — is that nothing is new. Everything happens again and again, so the internet and the fight for attention is like forms of religion battling it out during the Crusades. I mean, it was far more violent, and I'm glad we're not in those times, but it's this idea of what you're choosing to give attention and therefore power to, how we then take that power and tie it to our identity, and our way of communicating and the incentive that we have at the basis of all this is the same.What the internet has done is create unprecedented scale and rapidity that we can't even comprehend. We don't even have time to sit and think, oh, that's crazy that that thing happened. The publishing industry was wiped out, but we don't even have to do that because there's this new thing that's happening and it's newsletters. Which by the way are just pamphlets, which by the way are what people used to print the 1600s, right?It's not new, and yet for us because of the abundance of information that we have coming in, the abundance of content, of entertainment, of distraction that is demanding our attention, we don't have time to sit back and think, what was then five minutes ago and what will be five minutes from now? As we look at some of the biggest power players that build out a lot of these demands — whether it's user-generated social media, whether it's entertainment, whatever it is — bring it back down and really sit and think: What have I given my attention to today and why did I do that? What did it bring to me? And actually, what if I didn't want to do this?You kind of see this with Gen Z, by the way, who are like, I want a phone that's not connected to the internet. Them realizing this is not actually good for me, but what do I need in order to stay connected and feel that really strong presence of humanity?Big question. To your point, it's a super heady topic. What I try to do with the blog is bring it down into a topic that makes sense, that we can actually, tangibly grasp, while asking that question, which is why do you do anything and how has it affected you offline today?In your intro post you had a line saying it's a humongous topic, and there are a million tendrils to pull on. I am very excited to read those million tendrils. It is called Posting Nexus. I'll be sure to link it out.Julia, where can folks find you? Where can they follow you? Where can they see what you're up to?Wow, this is the first time I'm not in a publication. This is crazy. I'm still on X and Threads at @loudmouthjulia, and Posting Nexus is being hosted on Ghost. I'm trying that one out.Hey, a million flowers blooming. It's a fun time.This sounds like such a fun project, and I'm very eager to keep following where you're going. Thank you for your time. I really appreciate it.Thank you for having me. It's always a pleasure talking to you.Edited by Susie Stark.If you have anything you'd like to see in this Sunday special, shoot me an email. Comment below! Thanks for reading, and thanks so much for supporting Numlock.Thank you so much for becoming a paid subscriber! Send links to me on Twitter at @WaltHickey or email me with numbers, tips or feedback at walt@numlock.news.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.numlock.com/subscribe

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SHOW NOTES In this episode Katie and MacKenzie chat about their current favorites, including some books and shows they are enjoying (or about to enjoy) this fall, current favorite beauty products, some fun little fashion things. Plus, there is a fair bit of talk about chickens and rabbits. LINKS MENTIONED Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (show on AppleTV+) Cache the Dog (with talking buttons- @cachecowadventures) Bunny (another dog with talking buttons- @whataboutbunny) Talking Dog Buttons (if you want to get some for your dog) Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (Movie in theaters, eventually streaming on AppleTV+) All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Series on Netflix) The Summer I Turned Pretty Series by Jenny Han (series on Amazon Prime) To All the Boys I Loved Before by Jenny Han (series on Netflix) The Astronaut Wives Club by Lily Koppel (series on Disney+) Reign by Katherine McGee A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas I'll Have What She's Having: Nora Ephron and the Three Movies that Changed Romantic Comedy by Erin Carlson There's No Crying in Baseball by Erin Carlson The Crown (Netflix) Suits (Netflix) Jean Jacket from Franne Golde Caslon Leather Jacket from Nordstrom with built in hoody Altar'd State Cloud Slipper (Ugg Tasman Dupe) Co-Pilot- 14 Day Free Trial at go.mycopilot.com/LIVEWELL Glazed pecan shortbread cookies Paleovalley Whey Protein & Golden Milk, Meat Sticks, Superfood Bars Monat- MacKenzie's Beauty Faves: Blush (Berry), Essence, Rejuveniqe, Mascara Monat- Katie's Beauty Faves: Eye Smooth, Blush, Concealer Katie on Instagram MacKenzie's YouTube Channel MacKenzie's Newsletter MacKenzie's Instagram LWA Facebook Group MacKenzie's Monat Site JOIN US IN PATREON! We would love to welcome you into our Patreon Community! THIS WEEK'S SPONSORS OneSkin- 15% off at oneskin.co with code LIVEWELL Jenni Kayne- 15% off your first order at jennikayne.com/LIVEWELL15 with code LIVEWELL15 SHOP WITH US ON AMAZON Find our favorites here!  *Affiliate links and sponsors are included in this post. Thank you for your support!

Welcome to the ‘ber months in Belles with Books! This September we discuss the cozy fantasy genre and discuss some upcoming releases we are thrilled to read. If you want even more cozy fantasy recommendations like we mentioned in this episode, checkout both Goodreads and BookRiot for some wonderful recommendations to warm your heart as the weather cools down (hopefully).    Books Mentioned:    The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han To All the Boys I Loved Before by Jenny Han Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill Some Kind of Happiness by Claire Legrand Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Munoz Enchanted to Meet You by Meg Cabot The Library of Shadows by Rachel Moore The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin The Witches of Bone Hill by Ava Morgyn Playing the Witch Card by KJ Dell'Antonia The Chicken Sisters by KJ Dell'Antonia Nineteen Steps by Millie Bobby Brown Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann The Library of Lost Things by Laura Taylor Namey In Five Years by Rebecca Serle Zhara by S. Jae-Jones The Witch and the Vampire by Francesca Flores Atomic Habits by James Clear A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Mass

Where are the Swifties? Jordy and Berkley publicist, Kristin Cipolla, sit down to discuss two of their favorite things: Taylor Swift and books. If you're looking for book recommendations based on each of Taylor's eras, you're in the right place.    In the second segment, Alana speaks with Nino Stratchey, of the infamous Stratchey family. They talk about her new and upcoming book, “Young Bloomsbury: The Generation That Reimagined Love, Freedom, and Self-Expression.” Through conversation Alana and Nino discuss Virginia Woolf's true colors, queer culture across borderlines, and the importance of queer historical writing.    Books mentioned:    Jordy's recommendations: Taylor Swift – Love & Gelato by Jenna Evan Welch Fearless (TV) – To All the Boys I Loved Before by Jenny Han Speak Now – The Bromance Bookclub by Lyssa Kay Adams Red (TV) – The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab 1989 – A Rogue of One's Own by Evie Dunmore Reputation – Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper Lover – The Brown Sisters trilogy by Talia Hibbert Folklore – Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney Evermore – The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Midnights – All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers   Kristin's recommendations: Taylor Swift – The Truth About Forever, The Rest of the Story, and Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen (anything by her) Fearless (TV) – The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han Speak Now – The Rewind by Allison Winn Scotch Red (TV) – Every Summer After by Carley Fortune 1989 – Icebreaker by Hannah Grace  Reputation – A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sara J. Maas Lover – Bridgerton Series by Julia Quinn Folklore – The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Evermore – Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (as Told to Me) Story by Bess Kalb Midnights – Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman   Books mentioned by Alana and Nino Stratchey: Young Bloomsbury: The Generation That Redefined Love, Freedom, and Self-Expression in 1920s England by Nino Strachey   Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Huw Lemmey & Ben Miller  After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye  Support our hosts & guests:   Follow Kristin Cipolla: Instagram Follow Jordy: Instagram   Follow Nino Satchey: Website // Instagram // Twitter  Follow Alana Amore: Instagram // Youtube // Twitter // TikTok Beyond the Box: Our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday   Check out our online community here!    This episode was edited by Niba and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.   Original music by @iam.onyxrose   Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.

Netflix's newest added romcom "Partner Track" is giving off "To All the Boys I Loved Before" vibes and not in a good way. Spoilers ahead. Ranting guaranteed. Listen to the review now.

Books Mentioned The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han All the Boys I Loved Before by Jenny Han It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han Tea White Daiquiri from Tea Shop

Sizzling Samachar of the day - 9th June 2022Welcome to Sizzling Samachar on OTTplay, I'm your host NikhilNetflix announces sequel to Masters of the Universe: RevelationGet ready to return to the world of Eternia as Netflix and Mattel Television are bringing back the epic battle between He-Man and Skeletor with Masters of the Universe: Revolution, the sequel to the popular series Masters of the Universe: Revelation. The animated series will pick up from where the last one left off. Kevin Smith, the creator and executive producer of Revelation, will executive produce the sequel along with Rob David, Ted Biaselli, Christopher Keenan, and Frederic Soulie.The Summer I Turned Pretty renewed for second season Amazon Prime has greenlit a second season for the TV series titled  The Summer I Turned Pretty; before the first season has even premiered. Based on To All the Boys I Loved Before author Jenny Han's novel of the same name, the series is a coming-of-age story starring Lola Tung, Christopher Briney, and Gavin Casalegno. The first season is set to release on the streaming platform on June 17. Ghostbusters: Afterlife to get a sequel Sony has announced a sequel to the 2021 film Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Actors Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, and Carrie Coon are expected to return in the sequel which will be set in New York City. The makers also shared their code name for the movie, and that is Firehouse.  Jason Reitman, who directed Afterlife, will helm the sequel as well.Anthony Hopkins joins Rebel MoonAcclaimed actor  Anthony Hopkins has joined the star-studded cast of Zack Snyder's much-awaited Netflix movie, Rebel Moon.  Hopkins will voice Jimmy, a sentient battle robot in the film. Apart from Hopkins, the film features Deadpool actor Ed Skrein, Atomic Blonde star Sofia Boutella, Guardians of the Galaxy actor Djimon Hounsou, Game of Thrones alum Michiel Huisman, and Sons of Anarchy actor Charlie Hunnam, among others.Julia Garner to play Madonna in biopic After months of speculation, the biopic based on the Queen of Pop, Madonna, may have finally found its lead star. Ozark actress Julia Garner has been offered the role from a shortlist of over a dozen potential actresses, including Florence Pugh and Alexa Demie. The Universal production will be directed by Madonna herself.Netflix announces star-studded ensemble for animated series EntergalacticUpcoming Netflix animated series Entergalactic, has announced its cast. The adult animated series, based on an upcoming album by rapper Kid Cudi, has added Timothée Chalamet, Vanessa Hudgens, Jessica Williams, and Macaulay Culkin as its voice cast. The story is set in New York and will follow the life of an aspiring artist struggling to balance their personal and professional life. Kausar Mohammed to play Fast Track in The FlashThe popular DC TV series from CW, The Flash, has added Kausar Mohammed as a new superhero in the series. Kausar Mohammed recently appeared in an episode of The Flash as Dr. Meena Dhawan. She will reprise her role in the upcoming episodes as a speedster named Fast Track, an ally to the Scarlet Speedster, The Flash. The series stars Grant Gustin as Barry Allan/The Flash in the lead role and is currently in its eighth season.Well, that's the news for today from the world of movies and entertainment, until the next episode it's your host Nikhil signing out.Aaj kya dekhoge OTTplay se poochoWritten by Arya Harikumar and Ryan Gomez

Sizzling Samachar of the day - 1st June 2022Welcome to OTTplay Sizzling Samachar, I'm your host NikhilNews first up,From The Summer I Turned Pretty to The Office, from American Gigolo to Hunger Games, and more storiesCast of Book Club 2 – the Next Chapter announcedDiane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen are reuniting for the sequel to the 2018 romantic comedy Book Club. The new film titled Book Club 2: The Next Chapter will be helmed by Bill Holderman, who also directed the first part. The sequel will see the four friends heading for a trip to Italy. Andy Garcia, Don Johnson, and Craig T. Nelson will reprise their roles while the new cast members are Giancarlo Giannini, Hugh Quarshie, and Vincent Riotta. The Summer I Turned Pretty to release on June 17Amazon Prime Video's new romantic series The Summer I Turned Pretty is set to premiere on June 17. Based on To All the Boys I Loved Before author Jenny Han's novel of the same name, the series stars Lola Tung, Christopher Briney, and Gavin Casalegno in lead roles. The series is centred on Belly, played by Tung, who finds herself attracted to two boys whom she has known since childhood. Jon Bernthal plays Kaye in series based on American GigoloThe star of hit shows such as We Own This City and The Punisher, Jon Bernthal, will play Julian Kaye, a male escort, in the upcoming series based on Paul Schrader's 1980 neo-noir film American Gigolo. The trailer of the series gives a glimpse of Kaye, who is released from prison 15 years after he was convicted of murder. The series features Rosie O'Donnell, Lizzie Brocheré, Gretchen Mol, and Leland Orser in important roles. Richard Gere played Kaye in the original film. Brett Gelman to star in EntitledBrett Gelman, best known for his role as Murray Bauman in Stranger Things, will reunite with Fleabag producers for a comedy series titled, Entitled. Gelman will executive produce and star in the series created by Matt Morgan. He will play Gabe, a widower who visits his wife's estranged family in England. Saudi Arabian version of The Office in the makingA Saudi Arabian version of the popular and award-winning TV series The Office is in the works. Titled Al Maktab, the series will feature Saleh Abuamrh as the self-centred boss, a role played by Ricky Gervais and Steve Carell in the UK and US versions, respectively. The cast also includes Fahad Albutairi, Nawaf Alshobaili, Saad Aziz, Adhwa Fahad, and Razan Mansour. Egyptian filmmaker Hisham Fathi will direct the series.Rachel Zegler to star in Hunger Games prequelWest Side Story star Rachel Zegler will play Lucy Gray Baird, the girl tribute from District 12, in the prequel to The Hunger Games. Titled The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the movie will be helmed by Francis Lawrence, who directed three of the four Hunger Games series. Billy The Kid actor Tom Blyth will essay the role of a young Coriolanus Snow in the film. Well, that's the news from the world of movies and entertainment for today on OTTplay, until the next episode it's your host Nikhil signing out.Aaj kya dekhoge OTTplay se poochoWritten By Arya Harikumar

Today's guest is Timothy Janovsky. His debut novel is Never Been Kissed. This book is perfect if you love To All the Boys I Loved Before but make it Queer and in a drive-in movie theater. We chat about rom coms, Timothy's upcoming holiday romance, and some great book recommendations to add to your TBR. SHOWNOTES AND BOOK LINKShttp://WhattoReadNextBlog.comMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/hartzmann/sunnyLicense code: 0RDRBKGH6NGQCAXR

To All the Boy I Loved Before + The Dyatlov's Pass Incident = To All the Boys (and Girls) Lost in the Dyatlov's Pass Incident In this weeks episode Vonia covers the utterly charming, sweet, wonderful Rom Com, To All the Boys I Loved Before! You're hearing it here folks… this movie is why Rom Coms must exist! When the secret love letters Lara Jean keeps hidden in her bedroom get mailed out to her crushes, including her sisters ex boyfriend Josh, she and Peter (another letter recipient) embark on a fake relationship to help him make his ex girlfriend jealous and to help her avoid a horrifyingly awkward conversation with Josh. Fake feelings become real feelings and meanwhile we are having ALL the feelings

This week we're chatting with Rae Lipkin, @a.rae.of.books on Instagram! We chat about her experience as a Queer Latina Jewish woman, her time working as a librarian, and what led her to convert to Judaism. This conversation is so uplifting, Rae's vulnerability was so encouraging to us! We also chat about baking, our current favorite books, and the time Rae opened for Jason Mraz.Books Discussed:Rae's Picks:The last book I enjoyed: Once More with Chutzpah by Haley NeilA new release I'm excited about: The War of Two Queens by Jennifer L. ArmentroutA book I always recommend: The Chestnut Man by Soren SveistrupMegan's Picks:The last book I enjoyed: To All the Boys I Loved Before by Jenny HanA new release I'm excited about: Funny You Should Ask by Elissa SussmanA book I always recommend: Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-AnstineGabi's Picks:The last book I enjoyed: Lease on Love by Falon BallardA new release I'm excited about: Heartbroke by Chelsea BiekerA book I always recommend: One Italian Summer by Rebecca SerleFollow Along:Rae's InstagramAnd Her Books InstagramJoin us on Patreon!

Happy Valentine's Day! This is our Valentine's Day Special. Our hosts Rose and Ruhani wrap this festive holiday with information on creative recipes and love movies and books. Rose gives great ideas on healthy eats to share with friends on Valentine's Day. Ruhani follows up with fun films to watch with your yummy treats including For All the Boys I Loved Before, The Notebook, and maybe even Titanic. If you are looking for a good book, Ruhani provides a short list of page-turners like The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, The Song of Achilles, or The Great Gatsby, In segment one, Diya gives us an historical reference for the creation of Valentine's Day. Did you know that Cupid originated from the Greek god, Eros? Or that candy hearts started out as throat lozenges? To piggyback on the holiday history Diya presented, new reporter, Hannah Sahota takes us on a journey through a ride of traditions, executions, and (as expected) love! For those who are single, Valentine's Day is the perfect day to take time for yourself and practice self-care or enjoy time with friends, and even known as Galentine's. Have a great Valentine's Day (single or not) and have fun! Share the love.

Happy Valentine's Day! This is our Valentine's Day Special. Our hosts Rose and Ruhani wrap this festive holiday with information on creative recipes and love movies and books. Rose gives great ideas on healthy eats to share with friends on Valentine's Day. Ruhani follows up with fun films to watch with your yummy treats including For All the Boys I Loved Before, The Notebook, and maybe even Titanic. If you are looking for a good book, Ruhani provides a short list of page-turners like The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, The Song of Achilles, or The Great Gatsby, In segment one, Diya gives us an historical reference for the creation of Valentine's Day. Did you know that Cupid originated from the Greek god, Eros? Or that candy hearts started out as throat lozenges? To piggyback on the holiday history Diya presented, new reporter, Hannah Sahota takes us on a journey through a ride of traditions, executions, and (as expected) love! For those who are single, Valentine's Day is the perfect day to take time for yourself and practice self-care or enjoy time with friends, and even known as Galentine's. Have a great Valentine's Day (single or not) and have fun! Share the love.

This week, join Shermaine, Denise, Lydia and Janelle as we talk about all the different kinds of trending movies. Spoiler alert! We talk about (and spoil) Shang Chi, Squid Game, The Kissing Booth & To All the Boys I Loved Before. Follow us @radiopulze on Instagram and we'll drop the question bubble on Sunday evening! We'll answer your questions on our show. Music: Golden - Vibe Tracks MydNyte - Noir Et Blanc Vie Deathbed - Powfu

First Draft Episode #291: Anna Carey Anna Carey is the author of This is Not The Jess Show. She’s also the author of The Eve Trilogy (Eve, Once, Rise) and the Blackbird series (Blackbird, Deadfall). Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode: Listen to Anna’s first First Draft interview here! Catie Disabato, author of The Ghost Network and the new adult contemporary novel U Up? Hear her First Draft interview here. Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, and her TED Talk, “Your Elusive Creative Genius” John Cusick at Folio Literary Management is Anna’s current literary agent

In this episode of Fettie Unfiltered, I was inspired by the Netflix movie, To All the Boys I Loved Before. I talk about having a crush versus being in like with someone. I also read unsent messages to the ones we loved before. Enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fettie-unfiltered/support

So excited to have Jen from the hilarious blocked_by_jax instagram page back with us to chat the premiere of Temptation Island (14:09) RHONJ Premiere (26:15) RHOD (38:57) RHOSLC (49:20) Below Deck (59:04) RHOA (1:05:46) MAFS Atlanta (1:11:16) and we end with The Bachelor where Dan joins us and we make a little bet with him (1:29:41)! Follow Jen on Instagram at blocked_by_jax ! Shows we discuss: Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel, To All the Boys I Loved Before, Sinners, The Bridge (HBO Max), Buried with the Bernards

Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey cast in The Last of Us - 00:00:35 Adam Wingard Faces Off Against Face/Off - 00:03:08 Super Bowl Trailers - 00:09:33 Falcon and the Winter Soldier - 10:30 Old - 00:15:55 F9 - 00:19:12 Coming 2 America 2 Trailer 2 - 00:20:30 Snyder Cut Trailer - 00:22:45 To All the Boys I Loved Before 3: Always and Forever - 00:31:30 Judas and the Black Messiah - 00:58:20 Ethan watched Heavenly Creatures - 01:23:44 Alecks watched Shane - 01:30:57

On this week's Teen Girl Talk, we say goodbye to a movie trilogy that has done right by us.  The To All the Boys I Loved Before franchise and its wonderful heroine Laura Jean.  No jokes this time.  Just gratitude.  Intro and outro is Rebel Girl by Bikini Kill.   For our coverage of the other two movies it can be found here:  Part 1: https://teengirltalk.podbean.com/e/to-all-the-boys-ive-loved-before/  Part 2: https://teengirltalk.podbean.com/e/to-all-the-boys-i-loved-before-part-2-p-s-i-love-you/    Please rate, review and subscribe to the show on iTunes E-mail: realteengirltalk@gmail.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/teengirltalk/ Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/teengirltalk Frank's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJcUttxP0ujvc6HXBz-4kIw/videos Frank's Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/FranklinCota

On this week's Teen Girl Talk, we say goodbye to a movie trilogy that has done right by us.  The To All the Boys I Loved Before franchise and its wonderful heroine Laura Jean.  No jokes this time.  Just gratitude.  Intro and outro is Rebel Girl by Bikini Kill.   For our coverage of the other two movies it can be found here:  Part 1: https://teengirltalk.podbean.com/e/to-all-the-boys-ive-loved-before/  Part 2: https://teengirltalk.podbean.com/e/to-all-the-boys-i-loved-before-part-2-p-s-i-love-you/    Please rate, review and subscribe to the show on iTunes E-mail: realteengirltalk@gmail.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/teengirltalk/ Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/teengirltalk Frank's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJcUttxP0ujvc6HXBz-4kIw/videos Frank's Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/FranklinCota

This week we talk about the final book of the series, To All the Boys I Loved Before by Jenny Han. We include an extra Valentine's day special at the end when we review the movie!

This week we talk about To All the Boys I Loved Before by Jenny Han. We complain about the problematic character, Lara Jean, and her chaotic love life.

Here's what's trending - Bedroom Athletics and slipper testers, Bitcoin, and the love story continues in another To All the Boys I Loved Before movie on Netflix.

I share what happened two years ago to make me put a long pause on the podcast. After reflecting I highlight two important Asian-American actors who are representing not only the Asian community but my own experience as a transracial adoptee: Lana Condor (To All the Boys I Loved Before) and Leah Lewis (The Half of It).  Also sending love to the Dash & Lily series, Kelly Marie Tran as the newest Disney princess, and shoutouts to the badass Asians of The Mandalorian.  Intro/Outro music credit: Eleanor Jr --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/modelminorityreport/support

Welcome to the What to Read Next Podcast. Today’s guest is Estelle Hallick. Estelle is the Publicity  and Marketing Manager at Forever Romance. In this episode, we chat about Forever Romance titles (backlist, new releases, mass market paperbacks), friendship books and YA titles.    BOOKS MENTIONED The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez Bridesmaid Behaving Badly by Jenny Holiday We Used to Be Friends by Amy Spalding Chance of Lifetime by Kate Clayborn  Like a Love Story by  Abdi Nazemian Slammed by Victoria Denault  Jenny Holiday  Big Bad Cowboy by Carly Bloom  Cowboy Come Home by Carly Bloom  Steel Ops series April Hunt  Fatal Deception by April Hunt  Katee Roberts  The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon Mermaid Inn by Jenny Holiday  PS I Still Love You by Jenny Han  To All the Boys I Loved Before by Jenny Han  Katie Cotugno How to Love by Katie Cotugno Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett Singe by Ruby McNally (Katie Cotugno) God Shaped Hole by Tiffany  DeBartolo Summer Sisters by Judy Blume  Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng   NETFLIX RECOMMENDATION Life Unexpected    BROADWAY SHOW  The Last Five Years    INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT MENTIONED Friends Read Here Hello Chelly    CONNECT WITH ESTELLE Friends Read Here Thatssostelle Twitter - Forever  Forever Website   JOIN THE CONVERSATION We have a What to Read Next Podcast Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/670746949971370/?ref=bookmarks)  where you can connect with fellow romance readers and get book recommendations!    SUPPORT THE WHAT TO READ NEXT PODCAST! If you’re enjoying the show, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. Spread the love. And if you liked this episode, share it with your friends   JOIN PATREON COMMUNITY  Join the What to Read Next Podcast Patreon Romance Book Club. We are offering two tiers: Weekly Recommendation + Early Access to Author Interviews and other bonus podcast content + Access to Patron-only Facebook Group: $3  Above perks + Twice a month Zoom meetups (Backlist Book Club & Book Rec Meetup) + Conversation with Publishers + Rolling IG Chat: $5  This is a great romance loving community where you will get book recommendations, make new friends and an opportunity to discover to new to you authors, series and genres to binge on.  Want to join the fun? Sign up today; https://bit.ly/WTRNRomanceBookClub   FROLIC PODCAST NETWORK  What to Read Next Podcast is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!    CONNECT WITH LAURA YAMIN  WhattoReadNextBlog.com  Instagram @laurayaminreads Goodreads Twitter 

Amanda and Jenn discuss platonic relationship reads, great chapter books, political memoirs, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Flatiron Books, publishers of Miss Austen by Gill Hornby, and Wednesday Books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Feedback An Equal Music, by Vikrim Seth and The Fionavar Tapestry series by Guy Gavriel Kay (The Summer Tree #1) (rec'd by Alicia) Sourdough by Robin Sloan (rec'd by Roxane) Questions 1. Hello, I was wondering if you have any book suggestions that are based around or feature a strong platonic relationship that will make me cry. It could be friends, teacher-student, wise man-little boy or anything else! I enjoy mostly literary fiction and historical fiction, but I'm open to all the genres. I also wanted to mention that I'm a big fan of all your podcasts and I appreciate what you do in love of books! -Passant 2. Hey ladies! I'm looking for recommendations for simple chapter books for my 6yo sisters to read to themselves. All the children's books lists seem to be either picture books or the kind of middle grade that's closer to YA - where do you look if you want something in between?! My other siblings and I all read a lot as kids (we didn't have YouTube as a distraction!), but these two (while very intelligent and perceptive) haven't particularly shown much interest in books and their reading level is quite far below where ours was at that age/where my mother thinks it should be. They'll listen to anything if we read it aloud to them: we've enjoyed things like Jill Murphy's The Worst Witch, Megan McDonald's Judy Moody, Beverly Cleary's Ramona series and Patricia C. Wrede's Dealing with Dragons when (the last one with heavy on-the-fly editing in some places!), and we've already been down the Roald Dahl route too. They're fine rereading things that have been previously read to them, but so far pretty much all they've managed to read for themselves from the get-go are the Rainbow Fairies and Airy Fairy series, so something in that vein/maybe slightly more advanced would be great! Thank you so much for all you do - my TBR has never recovered since I discovered this podcast, and I'm hoping that one day my sisters will be able to say the same :) -Hana 3. I am moving from being a 4th grade teacher to a 5th grade teacher next year, which means I will be teaching US history for the first time. I need some good books to read over the summer to refresh my knowledge and give me a better understanding of US history outside of the list-of-white-men-violating-human-rights-and-calling-it-progress history I was taught in school. The only US history I’ve learned about since leaving school is Hamilton or Hamilton-adjacent. I’ve already read Chernow’s biography of Hamilton, and I’ve got a copy of The Half Has Never Been Told, but some good, engaging nonfiction about US history not from the view of old white men would be appreciated. Bonus points if there’s a good audiobook. -What Did I Miss 4. Hi friends! I've been going through some mental health challenges this year that have affected my self-motivation, particularly when it comes to reading. I am trying to push past some of these barriers, but with any difficult journey, I want to start small. So I need some recommendations that will be a guaranteed win for me as I begin to reignite my passion for reading on the reg. Here are some books I've read over the past couple of years that I couldn't put down: Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston Little Fires Everywhere & Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng Radio Silence by Alice Oseman A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi To All the Boys I Loved Before trilogy by Jenny Han The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo Vicious by V.E. Schwab The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas I clearly love romance and YA with a touch of mystery, hijinks and lots of feelings. So books with any or all of those vibes are great! I also like memoirs by cool people (Jonathan Van Ness, Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, Lindy West, Amy Poehler, Mindy Kahling, etc.) Female, non-binary, trans authors are a plus! Thank you both! -Emily 5. Hello, My name is Chris. I am usually a big fantasy buff, I just want to get lost in a new universe, new magic, new characters. Recently I have read the seven sisters series which is not my usual jam but I am in love! The characters, the writing, the world discovery... It has made me a new historical fiction fan. I am looking for a big fat series to get lost in. A new world to discover, hopefully magical. I don't mind going through big novels. I just want to get lost in a new world, get attached to new characters, with huge plot twists, unexpected deaths maybe... I want to get lost in that world (Harry Potter-ish world building). If it's not fantasy I do not mind, as long as the plot is addictive and fast paced. -Chris 6. Hello Amanda and Jenn, I love fantasy. I love renaissance period looking fairies and witches and elves and idiot human main characters who go into the forest and find a fully set table with every food imaginable and just go "yeah, nothing strange or magical about this, I will simply eat this sparkling bread and go back home to my normal human life" and then are surprised when the fairy queen kidnaps them and is like "you ate our enchanted food and belong to us now"??? While I love all of the above, what I don't love is how prevalent racism, antisemitism, misogyny, and homophobia are in these genres, particularly when they're written by men or white women. When I voiced this in a Facebook group, a dudebro responded saying "So you expect writers to cater to your liberal snowflake fantasy? Let's be realistic, racism and sexism exists EVERYWHERE." but like, he's talking about elves and magic? So anyways, what I'd love to find is a fantasy book that has magic and fairies but is also my liberal snowflake fantasy where no woman gets kidnapped and abused, there are no racist or antisemitic caricatures, and everyone lives happily ever after. Bonus points if written by a woman and has nonwhite or female main characters. Sorry for the super long email and thank you in advance! I always love your recs! -Dee :) 7. Hi, Amanda and Jenn! I love your show. I am usually a fiction reader but lately I have read The Education of An Idealist by Samantha Power and Becoming by Michelle Obama, both of which I really enjoyed. However, they are both about women in the Obama administration, and I am interested in autobiographies or memoirs about women who are maybe on the other side of the political spectrum. But also nobody completely far-right, if that makes sense. I want to get more than just one side of an argument but also from a woman's perspective. Thanks! -Maria Books Discussed Lab Girl by Hope Jahren New Waves by Kevin Nguyen Thea Stilton series by Thea and Geronimo Stilton Great Chapter Books post Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson, beloved of Liberty These Truths by Jill Lepore The Making of Asian America by Erika Lee I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy The Tufa series by Alex Bledsoe (The Hum and the Shiver #1) The Acacia series by David Anthony Durham (The War with the Mein #1) Dealing with Dragons series by Patricia Wrede (rec’d by Aly) An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows No Higher Honor by Condoleezza Rice Lazy B by Sandra Day O’Connor (rec’d by Jeff)

This month the bitches talk topics like Netflix Addictions, Plant Journey, Shports talk, and bad bitch PSA. Maxini caught up on Netflix in a big way and has A LOT to share. She watched Murder Mountain, The Pharmacist, To All the Boys I Loved Before; PS I still Love You, Peanutbutter Falcon, and so much more. Laura dishes about stand up specials and brings us into Gossip Girl! Max talks more about her ongoing Plant Journey(RIP Linda and Gail) and shares her hopes for her new unnamed plants. Big L talks triumph and heatbreak as the Bruins are cut off short amonst all other sports during the COVID-19 Pandemic. They wrap up the ep on a positive note with a PSA to catch up on new music from Demi Lovato and JoJo. Go do it!!! 

Our first sequel! In this lovely Netflix follow-up to the juggernaut To All the Boys I Loved Before, we come back to see what's up with Laura Jean and Peter now that they're an item. And we find out what exactly happened to John Ambrose and the letter he unintentionally received from Laura Jean. Justin can't remember anyone or anything from the first movie, so we have to do a little reviewing. We discuss Valentine's Day during our school years, day dates, ice cream sandwiches, and Fakesgiving!

Season 2 continues along as we discuss the follow up to one of the most talked about Netflix Original Movies of the past couple of years, To All the Boys I Loved Before. That's right, we're talking To All the Boys P.S. I Still Love You. The further adventures of Lara Jean find her caught in a second love triangle. We're breaking this one down to talk about honesty, expectations, high school romance, and single parents in love. Listen now!

This week we talk about driving drowsy to Florida, Hitting a Duck/Goose with our car, and when is the right time to share certain movies/TV shows with our kids?This week Roman joins us for our third chair. Life Stories  00:00 - 27:54;   Question of the week 27:55 -  47:06 (Mention of Zelda X Studio Ghibli video: week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxav9Jj7R68 );   Doom Eternal Animal Crossing shared release date 46:07 - 53:36;     News 53:37- 1:03:09;What are we playing/watching? 1:03:10 - 1:15:32;     To All the Boys I Loved Before 2 review 1:15:33 - EndIf you have a question of the week you want to know about movies, about us being twins, or if you just have something interesting you want to share email us at twincastpodcast@gmail.com   

This week we talk about driving drowsy to Florida, Hitting a Duck/Goose with our car, and when is the right time to share certain movies/TV shows with our kids?This week Roman joins us for our third chair. Life Stories  00:00 - 27:54;   Question of the week 27:55 -  47:06 (Mention of Zelda X Studio Ghibli video: week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxav9Jj7R68 );   Doom Eternal Animal Crossing shared release date 46:07 - 53:36;     News 53:37- 1:03:09;What are we playing/watching? 1:03:10 - 1:15:32;     To All the Boys I Loved Before 2 review 1:15:33 - EndIf you have a question of the week you want to know about movies, about us being twins, or if you just have something interesting you want to share email us at twincastpodcast@gmail.com   

This week we talk about driving drowsy to Florida, Hitting a Duck/Goose with our car, and when is the right time to share certain movies/TV shows with our kids?This week Roman joins us for our third chair. Life Stories  00:00 - 27:54;   Question of the week 27:55 -  47:06 (Mention of Zelda X Studio Ghibli video: week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxav9Jj7R68 );   Doom Eternal Animal Crossing shared release date 46:07 - 53:36;     News 53:37- 1:03:09;What are we playing/watching? 1:03:10 - 1:15:32;     To All the Boys I Loved Before 2 review 1:15:33 - EndIf you have a question of the week you want to know about movies, about us being twins, or if you just have something interesting you want to share email us at twincastpodcast@gmail.com   

R&B: A Pop Culture Podcast S1 E7 Each week tune in to hear Rhea and Bri's unapologetic thoughts on the pop culture happenings of the week. The girlies are excited to share their spicy and silly opinions with you! This week the girls discuss voting, To All the Boys I Loved Before's sequel, P.S I Still Love You, and three new Netflix shows that are creating a lot of buzz: The Circle, Next in Fashion, and Love is Blind!

In this mini-episode of Chick Flicks, Bridget and McKenzie talk about To All the Boys I Loved: P.S. I Still Love You. This installment of the To All the Boys I Loved Before trilogy, based on the books by Jenny Han, is directed by Michael Fimognari and stars Lana Condor and Noah Centineo. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

What do you do when your favorite TV show is in a funk? And how long before you admit that there's a problem? KJ comes to terms with a lackluster performance from one of her faves in this episode.  Plus, Power Rangers coming to PopCon, a first look at Lego Masters and Katie continues to gloat about The Joker while Johna would rather be home watching the new "To All the Boys I Loved Before" movie on Netflix.  AND, if you're a Harry Potter or Supernatural fan, get an amazing journal, planner (including HP HOUSE planner!), all on sale NOW at 50% off thanks Kinda Nerdy Shelley at ConQuest Journals!  No code needed! Shop HERE!   #kindanerdygirls #podcast #podernfamily #spnfamily #womeninpodcasting @funpodcast #funnypodcast #popculture  

Shenanigans are afoot, and no one plays this game like Mrs Bennet. We're heading to Netherfield this week with chapters 5 to 10 in this episode, and the men are in love. MENTIONSJenny Han's To All the Boys I Loved Before and PS I Still Love YouAbigail Hing Wen's Loveboat, TapeiBBC Radio's Magnitsky the MusicalIf you want to join in on the conversation, join us in reading chapters 11 to 16 of Pride and PrejudiceTalk to us! We'd love to hear from you.thedailyknightley.comTwitter: @knightleypodInstagram: @thedailyknightleyEmail: thedailyknightley@gmail.comMusic from https://filmmusic.io: “Improbable” by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.comLicence: CC BY http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In a time before now, the first episode of the old Lit, Camera, Podcast existed. We're bringing it back for your listening pleasure now. Use it as a sampler to see if you want to invest, use it to compare where we are now to where we started. Hey, you can even use it as background noise. Just try not to cringe too much. Book: To All the Boys I Loved Before by Jenny HanMovie: To All the Boys I Loved Before directed by Susan Johnson  Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/litcamerapodPodcast Logo by James TyreeHis Twitter: https://twitter.com/JamesTDesignHis Instagram: https://instagram.com/jamest_design?igshid=cgpjqsvj1tw5Intro Song: Better Days by LAKEY INSPIREDhttps://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/better-days

The one and only Dahlia Adler visits the podcast this week. We talk how she got into YA books, her work on LGBTQ Reads, and the anthology she is the editor of, HIS HIDEOUS HEART, out September 10th from Flatiron Books. Episode Mentions: * Cracked Up To Be* Sweet Valley High* Sloppy Firsts* Looking For Alaska* The Catcher in the Rye* A Tree Grows In Brooklyn* Gone With the Wind* Song of Solomon* Jane Green* The Baby-Sitters Club* BSC audio book episode* LGBTQ Reads* Once & Future* Amy Rose Capetta & Cori McCarthy’s episode* B&N Teen Blog* His Hideous Heart* Lily Anderson* A Darkly Beating Heart* Anna-Marie McLemore* Peter Darling* LA Confidential* To All the Boys I Loved Before*

In this episode we start by talking about the film industry choosing to ignore Asian origins and how To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before defied that. We then transitioned into talking about “Subtle Asian Traits,” a meme page on ... Read More > The post #Represent Ep 2: To All the Boys I Loved Before, Subtle Asian Traits, and Umbrella Academy appeared first on WSUM 91.7 FM Madison Student Radio.

This week's episode features Silas, Chyanne, LilyAnne, and Mr. Dix recommending novels they love that were eventually turned into movies or television shows that can be watched on Netflix. Listen to hear us excitedly discuss Jenny Han's To All the Boys I Loved Before, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by Bryan Mealer and William Kamkwamba, The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way, and JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

Welcome to Sidequest, Downtime Podcast's official off-topic series about everything under the sun that isn't video games. For this episode, Alyssa and Jeremy discuss the best Christmas movie, To All the Boys I Loved Before, Back to the Future with Asians, and more! If you enjoyed this non-gaming podcast, let us know and we'll continue doing this. Let us know what topics you would like us to cover!   Find us on our Twitter, Official Website, and community Discord. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts if you enjoy our podcast and subscribe on our platform!

The American Jezebel and the Greasy Rapidian, a daughter and father, review coming-of-age/liminal space movies. This episode focuses on To All the Boys I Loved Before. They again choose a non-monetized sport. This week: korfball. Questions, corrections or concerns email us at: americanjezebel.greasyrapidian@gmail.com or tweet at: @AmericanJezebel .Music by Kevin MacLeod

This past week, Nike revealed a new ad starring Colin Kaepernick that has broken both the internet and bigots' fragile hearts and minds. The SSN Crew discusses the hoopla surrounding the ad and reactions to it. We also review Netflix's "To All the Boys I've Loved Before," "The Bobby Brown Story," and Robert Townsend's "Making the Five Heartbeats." Plus, we break down Cardi B. vs. Nicki Minaj, people shaming Geoffrey Owens, Les Moonves being fired from CBS, and whether we've hit reboot overload. SHOW NOTES: • 0:00:00: Catching Up/Reviews   ◦ "The Bobby Brown Story" (BET, 2018)   ◦ "Making the Five Heartbeats" (2018)   ◦ "To All the Boys I Loved Before" (Netflix, 2018)   ◦ "Black Panther" (2018)   ◦ "God Friended Me" (CBS, 2018)   ◦ "Iron Fist" (Season 2, Netflix, 2018) • 0:30:32: And Now the Entertainment News!   ◦ Academy Awards drops idea of "Popular Film" Oscar for now   ◦ Les Moonves forced to step down from CBS; was main culprit behind blackballing of Janet Jackson post-"wardrobe malfunction"   ◦ EW offers first looks at Marvel Studios' "Captain Marvel"   ◦ Nike debuts new commercial starring Colin Kaepernick (+ discussion on shooting of Botham Shem Jean)   ◦ Cardi B. vs. Nicki Minaj • 1:15:51: Main Discussion   ◦ With yet another "A Star is Born," another "Charlie's Angels"and still another "Law & Order," have we hit reboot overload? • 1:59:00: Say Something Nice Challenge • 2:13:13 In Memoriam/Outro WHERE TO FIND OUR CAST: Find Brandon online at: Twitter: http://twitter.com/btouch Instagram: http://instagram.com/btouch Find LaTria online at: Twitter: http://twitter.com/simplytria Instagram: http://instagram.com/simplytria Find Ali online at: Twitter: http://twitter.com/akaAliBabwa WHERE TO FIND US: Come join our Facebook group: http://ssnpodcast.com/fbgroup You can subscribe to the Say Something Nice Podcast at the following services: #iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/ssnpodcast #GooglePlay: http://ow.ly/7vLe30g8jFR #Stitcher: http://ow.ly/X8zV30g8jGW Check out the SSNP Network feed at: #iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/ssnpnetwork #GooglePlay: http://ow.ly/4ndrBz #Stitcher: http://ow.ly/Xfxlt #aCast: http://acast.com/ssnpodcast You can also find our show at http://ssnpodcast.com Please rate us five stars if you love us on iTunes and Stitcher and we will read your reviews on the show! You can also email us at podcast@ssnpodcast.com. Want to help support the show? Visit http://ssnpodcast.com/donate/ to leave us a PayPal donation! Check us out on social media: Twitter: http://twitter.com/ssnpodcast Facebook: http://facebook.com/ssnpodcast Instagram: http://instagram.com/ssnpodcast Check us out on social media: Twitter: http://twitter.com/ssnpodcast Facebook: http://facebook.com/ssnpodcast Instagram: http://instagram.com/ssnpodcast

We talked about Set It Up already, loved it. But Netflix have since released To All the Boys I Loved Before and Sierra Burgess is a Loser. Let's talk! The post Episode 77: Sierra Burgess, To All The Boys I Loved Before, And Disenchantment appeared first on So...I'm Watching This Show.