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lulabo replied to your post “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before and its sequels, by Jenny Han”

I've only made it a third of the way through the 2nd book without stalling. I think the movie was one of those adaptations that elevated everything that was great about the books and smoothed out the stuff that I either thought was icky or boring. Which is to say AGREED.

ladyherenya replied to your post “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before and its sequels, by Jenny Han”

I've read the first two but haven't gotten around to the third. It sounds like I probably don't need to read that one.

Yeah, I would definitely suggest you skip the 3rd. 

There were things near the end of the 2nd that were pretty good, but I don’t know if they’re necessarily worth the journey. 

So, yes--the movie did a good job of adapting the story, exploring and perhaps exaggerating the essentials (e.g., she didn’t actually faint in the book) while skipping and glossing over some of the weirdness of the books. Genevieve is a bit flattened out in the movie (just a mean girl antagonist rather than a real person) compared to the (2nd) book, but I think that’s the only area in which the books are better.

Also... I wish the covers had Lana Condor on them. The cover model looks too old and too tall.

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Hi, I was wondering if you had read or heard of Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace. I don't actually know how you feel about ghosts or journeys through underworlds (they're not something you've discussed much in your WOT liveblog) but otherwise the book struck me being as the sort of thing you might really like. It was the way the characters' circumstances and backstories are painful, and their relationships are intense and important but not romantic. So I thought I'd mention it.

I have not! It sounds interesting, though. I don’t have strong feelings either way on ghosts, though I’ve enjoyed some journeys through underworlds in other stories, and from your description it could certainly be my kind of thing. Thanks for the recommendation!

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ladyherenya replied to your post: I just got a new kindle and now it is dead. There...

How frustrating! And - presuming that you’re not throwing them across the room or anything - how bizarre.

I only throw paperbacks ;)

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@ladyherenya answered your question “okay okay wait fire and hemlock question??[[MOR] when polly does the...”

Assuming what Polly sees is literal rather than some metaphorical representation of Tom's relationship with Laurel, I think them sleeping together is definitely the most obvious/likely explanation.

okay bc I was worried I was jumping to conclusions!!

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anywhoozles replied to your post “Dear @staff, Actually, it was rather useful to be able to like a post...”

if this is some messed up way to make me use mobile i won't stand for it. I won't.

Yeah, I don’t Tumbl from my phone and don’t want to. 

I’m not sure what the deal was... but they seem to have reverted it already?

ladyherenya replied to your post “Dear @staff, Actually, it was rather useful to be able to like a post...”

we also appear to have lost the ability to edit our own posts from our blog???

Yes, that was also an issue. But weirdly, the buttons for liking and editing are back already. So maybe that was just a weird glitch?

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ladyherenya replied to your photo “EXTREME CUTENESS ALERT! POPPET IS IN ONE OF THE CAT BEDS!!!! THIS IS...”

Awww...

There were a lot of high-pitched noises in my house about this.

llamapunk replied to your photo “EXTREME CUTENESS ALERT! POPPET IS IN ONE OF THE CAT BEDS!!!! THIS IS...”

I declare that this Friday has been improved 12,000% by cuteness of cat in cat bed.

That sounds about right. Certainly more than 10,000%, anyway!

volcaniclily replied to your photo “EXTREME CUTENESS ALERT! POPPET IS IN ONE OF THE CAT BEDS!!!! THIS IS...”

OMG! Hello, adorable fluffy kitty! :)

Viscountess Fuzzyclaw sends cordial greetings!

destinationtoast replied to your photo “EXTREME CUTENESS ALERT! POPPET IS IN ONE OF THE CAT BEDS!!!! THIS IS...”

ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! MAXIMAL RECOMMENDED LEVELS OF CUTENESS AND FUZZINESS EXCEEDED! quick, bring others to help absorb the flagrant cuteness!!!

Yes, it was a real fuzzy emergency! He napped for a bit, and was then rewarded with some nice crunchy food. (He seems to prefer dry food to wet most of the time.) After that he left to spend the rest of the night elsewhere, perhaps because he could hear the alarm bells.

echojar replied to your photo “EXTREME CUTENESS ALERT! POPPET IS IN ONE OF THE CAT BEDS!!!! THIS IS...”

ADORABLE

HE IS SO CUTE! I wish I could pet him.

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thewestyetglimmers reblogged your post and added:

Costa was still there then. He probably told ben and Freddie it was a lie after Costa left. Or maybe it supposedly happened during the 12 hours of no rules.

It’s hard to imagine it happened during the Rules hiatus, given that Peter was sick that night, but yes, he certainly could’ve told them it was a lie afterwards.

ladyherenya answered your question “Why didn’t Peter get punished for sleeping with Jaquie (or at least...”

If he told Balth it was a lie, perhaps he feared Balth wouldn't believe him? Too embarrassed would also make sense.

I mean, it’d be pretty embarrassing to admit he lied about it in hopes that Costa would kick him out. And I agree that he might think Balthazar wouldn’t believe it was a lie. 

julandran answered your question “Why didn’t Peter get punished for sleeping with Jaquie (or at least...”

Maybe they considered him pre-punished by his participation in the great gunge-ing?

I like this theory too! (as well as the phrase “the great gunge-ing”)

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Re. Moiraine and Siuan being good at different types of puzzles (Game of Houses vs logic puzzles) in New Spring: I suspect they both have equal potential to be excellent at both, but due to past experiences and interest, they've developed that potential in different ways. And since at the WT they've been able to rely on each other, and perhaps due to lack of interest in being able to solve the other sort of puzzle, neither has been motivated to practice enough.

That makes a lot of sense, yes! Particularly because older Siuan definitely knows her way around Daes Dae’mar and politics in general.