1avidmom
Saying I am going to read "more in 24" is not saying too much here! I had great reading intentions in 2023. I had just finished earning my BA in English in December 2022 and was overjoyed at the prospect of being able to read whatever I wanted ! Yay! No more required reading, no more papers, no more Discussion Boards. I was free! (I did really love being a student - just not the anxiety that came with it at times!) My reading road was paved with good intentions - intentions that got me nowhere! Except for Matthew Perry's autobiography and a novel, I think I read close to nothing and started next to everything. I would check out a ton of library books (not hard since I work there!), drive them home, read a page or two and then set them aside. Not sure what caused such a lack of follow-through on my part, except for some stressful situations on the home and work-front. I am hoping for a calmer, more restful 2024 and a better attention span!
My reading plan for this year (except to just read again already ! LOL) is to read some of the books I have collected over the years. After perusing my own bookcases recently, I was surprised to find I owned copies of things I had forgotten about! So this year will be a mix of things pulled off my own bookshelves, some library finds, and some audiobooks. I also plan on revisiting some of the novels and short stories I was required to read for school.
I have no idea where my reading road will take me this year. I just am looking forward to getting back on it! And I am certainly looking forward to reading about everyone else's reading here in Club Read!
*** Completed 2023 Reads ***
In Five Years was my 2023 New Year's read. A fun, easy simple read. This was one of those "fun while it lasted" reads.
Matthew Perry's Friends, Lovers, and the Big Bad Terrible Thing was one I listened to on audio (narrated by Perry himself.) Although Perry came off as a bit too much "why me?" at spots, he also, IMO, seemed to also be incredibly humble and grateful. Funny too (of course). When he passed away at the end of October, I was heartbroken. :(
Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary was recommended by a sci-fi loving friend. I had already read and loved The Martian (and the movie as well), so this was a no brainer. This was such a fun read. Definitely recommend.
And that is all I read for 2023. It is a pretty anemic list, but my reading brain was just on vacation. Hoping for better this year!
2labfs39
Welcome back to Club Read, and I hope 2024 is a good reading year for you. I have had years where I read next to nothing too. Shocking when it happens, but fortunately those years seem to pass, and I get back into the groove. Have you anything going at the moment? I just started Study for Obedience, but LT and chores keep pulling me away.
3dchaikin
You sound like a recovering English major. :) Maybe this year will be easier on your reading mind. It's nice to see you back. Wish you a wonderful 2024.
4avidmom
>2 labfs39: Thank you! I grabbed my copy of The Alchemist off my book shelf on New Year's Day. It is certainly a pleasant and easy read. I should finish it today.
>3 dchaikin: Thanks Dan! I am hoping my reading mind comes back to me. I'm not sure where it went ...
>3 dchaikin: Thanks Dan! I am hoping my reading mind comes back to me. I'm not sure where it went ...
6BLBera
Happy New Year. I hope 2024 is a good year for you. It looks like you have a good start as far as reading goes.
7avidmom
>6 BLBera: Thank you! Happy New Year to you also! I'm looking forward to where this year in reading takes us.
8Jim53
>5 avidmom: Happy New Year! I enjoyed A Man Called Ove. I'll be interested to see your comments.
9avidmom
>8 Jim53: Thank you and Happy New Year to you as well! I love Backman's dark and humorous writing. Ove is a great character.
10labfs39
>9 avidmom: Is this your first Backman novel? I have been an avid Backman fan ever since reading Man Called Ove. I especially liked And every morning the way home gets longer and longer, Anxious People, and Ove. But really they were all delightful, with the exception of his Beartown trilogy, which I didn't care for.
11avidmom
>10 labfs39: This is my second Backman novel. I read his, My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry years ago and loved it. I have not heard of And every morning before.. I do plan on reading Anxious People
13avidmom
As he mused about these things, he realized that he had to choose between thinking of himself as the poor victim of a thief and as an adventurer in quest of his treasure. "I'm an adventurer, looking for treasure," he said to himself."
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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho's modern classic is the one I picked up on New Year's Day to kick off my reading year. It was a well-devised and methodical reading plan on my part - if you consider I walked over to my overflowing bookshelf, picked up the book, thought "Oh, hey. I forgot I own this book I've been meaning to read forever!" and proceeded to read it a well-devised plan. Whatever it was - fate, an omen, God's perfect timing - it turned out to be a very pleasant read. I understand why this allegorical tale is considered a modern classic.
The Alchemist is not a long book but it packs a punch. There is wisdom here about following one's heart, not being afraid to change, and pursuing your passion (or treasure). Coelho's story also discusses the values and pitfalls of tradition, the differences and commonalities within cultures, and knowing what things are of value and which are not. The story brings to light the idea that the things you need to get you where you need to go are found along the journey. God (or the Universe or whoever/whatever) sends you the lessons, signs, and omens you need so you can reach your destination. You just have to pay attention. Nothing learned or experienced is ever wasted.
Coelho is a beautiful writer who can say such profound things in one sentence. What impressed me most was his ability to tie Christian, Muslim and New Age philosophies together to create this wonderful little story that has so much going on within it. As a somewhat more traditional Christian, I had to "get over myself" at times to fully appreciate what Coelho was trying to say. I'm glad I did. I'm glad I had my own copy so I could highlight some passages.
"Today, I understand something I didn't see before: every blessing ignored becomes a curse."
"
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho's modern classic is the one I picked up on New Year's Day to kick off my reading year. It was a well-devised and methodical reading plan on my part - if you consider I walked over to my overflowing bookshelf, picked up the book, thought "Oh, hey. I forgot I own this book I've been meaning to read forever!" and proceeded to read it a well-devised plan. Whatever it was - fate, an omen, God's perfect timing - it turned out to be a very pleasant read. I understand why this allegorical tale is considered a modern classic.
The Alchemist is not a long book but it packs a punch. There is wisdom here about following one's heart, not being afraid to change, and pursuing your passion (or treasure). Coelho's story also discusses the values and pitfalls of tradition, the differences and commonalities within cultures, and knowing what things are of value and which are not. The story brings to light the idea that the things you need to get you where you need to go are found along the journey. God (or the Universe or whoever/whatever) sends you the lessons, signs, and omens you need so you can reach your destination. You just have to pay attention. Nothing learned or experienced is ever wasted.
Coelho is a beautiful writer who can say such profound things in one sentence. What impressed me most was his ability to tie Christian, Muslim and New Age philosophies together to create this wonderful little story that has so much going on within it. As a somewhat more traditional Christian, I had to "get over myself" at times to fully appreciate what Coelho was trying to say. I'm glad I did. I'm glad I had my own copy so I could highlight some passages.
"Today, I understand something I didn't see before: every blessing ignored becomes a curse."
14SassyLassy
>13 avidmom: What a well devised reading plan! It certainly seems to have worked with your first book of the year.
Looking forward to following you again.
Looking forward to following you again.
15labfs39
>13 avidmom: if you consider I walked over to my overflowing bookshelf, picked up the book, thought "Oh, hey. I forgot I own this book I've been meaning to read forever!" and proceeded to read it a well-devised plan
I love it! I'm try to follow that plan this year myself.
I love it! I'm try to follow that plan this year myself.
16avidmom
>14 SassyLassy: >15 labfs39: Thank you! I have no idea where the bookshelves will take me.😂
17avidmom
"You are a bit unfriendly."
"No I'm not!"
"No, no, no, your every word is a cuddle, it really is," she replies in a way that makes Ove feel she doesn't mean it at all.
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
A few years ago I read Backman's My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry and really liked it but never managed to read his debut novel.
The curmudgeon next door with a heart of gold does not strike me as anything new. What elevates A Man Called Ove is Backman's writing which is at all times sarcastically humorous and incredibly poignant. It was such a pleasure to read. I see why it was such a big deal when it came out.
******
The same day I finished the novel, I watched A Man Called Ove (the Swedish version). The movie is well worth watching, but the movie cannot possibly give the insight into Ove's childhood, romance with his wife, and his inner thoughts like the book does. A friend of mine (I'm not sure if he's read the book or not) said he watched the Swedish version and then tried to watch the Americanized Tom Hank A Man Called Otto and did not make it through the first few scenes because he felt it departed way too much from the original. (I have not tried the American version of the movie.)
"No I'm not!"
"No, no, no, your every word is a cuddle, it really is," she replies in a way that makes Ove feel she doesn't mean it at all.
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
A few years ago I read Backman's My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry and really liked it but never managed to read his debut novel.
The curmudgeon next door with a heart of gold does not strike me as anything new. What elevates A Man Called Ove is Backman's writing which is at all times sarcastically humorous and incredibly poignant. It was such a pleasure to read. I see why it was such a big deal when it came out.
******
The same day I finished the novel, I watched A Man Called Ove (the Swedish version). The movie is well worth watching, but the movie cannot possibly give the insight into Ove's childhood, romance with his wife, and his inner thoughts like the book does. A friend of mine (I'm not sure if he's read the book or not) said he watched the Swedish version and then tried to watch the Americanized Tom Hank A Man Called Otto and did not make it through the first few scenes because he felt it departed way too much from the original. (I have not tried the American version of the movie.)
18avidmom
In science fiction, when someone discovers a distant planet that could possibly sustain life yet is still too hostile an environment for humans in its current state, a team of scientists and engineers must work over decades, or maybe centuries, to make the air breathable, the ground fertile, and the climate more suitable for human flourishing. They must get that rock to do what Earth does naturally. This process is called terraforming.
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We make culture
Culture makes us.
Rinse and repeat.
Terraform: Building A Better World by Propaganda
My first encounter with this book was during my adventure in English majoring. One of my favorite classes was "Multicultural Literature." The Professor had curated quite a wonderful and eclectic reading list for us (some will appear here this year as I plan on re-reading quite a few of them). This book was on the list. It was an odd selection but as I listened to it, I realized why our Professor included it in the course. One of the things I learned in that particular class (and in all my classes) was the influence culture has on literature, literature has on culture. Literature responds to culture; culture responds to literature. It is an ongoing cycle. Propaganda does not limit his thesis to literature, but he takes the idea of we make culture/culture makes us and runs with it. As "Prop" goes on he uses the metaphor of terraforming to basically say we have always created culture, so why not make it better? As Prop says "So here's my metaphor. What if we applied the idea of terraforming to our world today? What if you could terraform the culture, your family, your inner world, and yourself? And then Prop leads us into a conversation about culture and how each of us can make it better.
I had never heard of Propaganda before my class. He is a Christian rapper/author/poet. He is, IMO, the epitome of "cool": "My friends say I'm a unicorn. What son of a black Panther who speaks Spanish and enjoys a good Sufjan Stevens song also knows what "What the lick read?" means? I can politic about politics, supralapsarianism, why Brooklyn can claim to be the coolest uncle of hip-hop, the cooling temperature of magma, and the Magna Carta. I can tell you how and when Gandalf went from the grey to the white, who was the second king of ancient Mali, and the difference between South American and African coffee by smell. My friend Lecrae once said, "Yo, Prop the type of dude to, on Juneteenth eat a fried catfish taco with a craft beer." I was shook at how accurate that was. They say unicorn, I say striving to be fully earthling." This is one of the threads throughout the book. We are all just floating around on this big rock called Earth.
It is hard to review a book like this. I listened to it on audio so it very much felt like a conversation over a cup of coffee (or a beer) with a very cool, smart friend - one of those smart friends who make you think about things you never thought about before or rethink the way you have always thought about things. Terraform is not a sit around the campfire and sing "Kum By Yah", everything will be all right kind of book. It is also not a spouting of a bunch of bitterness about how messed up the world is. Rather, it is a pleading that we can and should do better and why. It is also surprisingly well-researched as Propaganda includes other works to make his points. While Propaganda may be a Christian rapper, he certainly is not out to convert anyone here so this is not, by any stretch of the imagination, a religious book.
I would highly recommend the audio over the print here. Propaganda's warmth and humor comes through the audio, IMHO, better than on the printed page. Propaganda is a rapper/poet so there are times during the audio where he will start rapping and/or reciting his poetry.
Definitely a unique book and one I would highly recommend if you are in the mood for something a bit "unicorn-y."
**********
We make culture
Culture makes us.
Rinse and repeat.
Terraform: Building A Better World by Propaganda
My first encounter with this book was during my adventure in English majoring. One of my favorite classes was "Multicultural Literature." The Professor had curated quite a wonderful and eclectic reading list for us (some will appear here this year as I plan on re-reading quite a few of them). This book was on the list. It was an odd selection but as I listened to it, I realized why our Professor included it in the course. One of the things I learned in that particular class (and in all my classes) was the influence culture has on literature, literature has on culture. Literature responds to culture; culture responds to literature. It is an ongoing cycle. Propaganda does not limit his thesis to literature, but he takes the idea of we make culture/culture makes us and runs with it. As "Prop" goes on he uses the metaphor of terraforming to basically say we have always created culture, so why not make it better? As Prop says "So here's my metaphor. What if we applied the idea of terraforming to our world today? What if you could terraform the culture, your family, your inner world, and yourself? And then Prop leads us into a conversation about culture and how each of us can make it better.
I had never heard of Propaganda before my class. He is a Christian rapper/author/poet. He is, IMO, the epitome of "cool": "My friends say I'm a unicorn. What son of a black Panther who speaks Spanish and enjoys a good Sufjan Stevens song also knows what "What the lick read?" means? I can politic about politics, supralapsarianism, why Brooklyn can claim to be the coolest uncle of hip-hop, the cooling temperature of magma, and the Magna Carta. I can tell you how and when Gandalf went from the grey to the white, who was the second king of ancient Mali, and the difference between South American and African coffee by smell. My friend Lecrae once said, "Yo, Prop the type of dude to, on Juneteenth eat a fried catfish taco with a craft beer." I was shook at how accurate that was. They say unicorn, I say striving to be fully earthling." This is one of the threads throughout the book. We are all just floating around on this big rock called Earth.
It is hard to review a book like this. I listened to it on audio so it very much felt like a conversation over a cup of coffee (or a beer) with a very cool, smart friend - one of those smart friends who make you think about things you never thought about before or rethink the way you have always thought about things. Terraform is not a sit around the campfire and sing "Kum By Yah", everything will be all right kind of book. It is also not a spouting of a bunch of bitterness about how messed up the world is. Rather, it is a pleading that we can and should do better and why. It is also surprisingly well-researched as Propaganda includes other works to make his points. While Propaganda may be a Christian rapper, he certainly is not out to convert anyone here so this is not, by any stretch of the imagination, a religious book.
I would highly recommend the audio over the print here. Propaganda's warmth and humor comes through the audio, IMHO, better than on the printed page. Propaganda is a rapper/poet so there are times during the audio where he will start rapping and/or reciting his poetry.
Definitely a unique book and one I would highly recommend if you are in the mood for something a bit "unicorn-y."
19avidmom
Now this is definitely one of those self-help, faith-based books. I like Rick Warren. He makes sense to me. I listened to this over the course of a one-day marathon of crafting. It was like going to a sermon series at church. I liked it. :)
20labfs39
>17 avidmom: Great review that makes me want to reread the book! I love Backman's language, he is a writer who can write warmly about people without seeming cloying. He's also one of the few writers of what I think of as contemporary fiction that I follow. I haven't seen either of the films of Ove/Otto, although I have the American film in my queue.
>18 avidmom: The image for this book didn't come through, and I'm not sure which book you are reviewing.
>18 avidmom: The image for this book didn't come through, and I'm not sure which book you are reviewing.
21baswood
>18 avidmom: Enjoyed reading your thoughts on literature following your course. Has it opened up a whole new world of reading for you?
22labfs39
>18 avidmom: >20 labfs39: I can see it now. Not sure if you fixed the image or if it was just glitching with me earlier. Thanks!
23avidmom
>20 labfs39: Thank you! I think you clarified why I like his writing so much. He is not "cloying."
I will go back and add touchstones my reviews here. Sorry about that.
>21 baswood: Has it opened up a whole new world of reading for you?
That is such a great question!
I would have to say yes it certainly did. I read a whole range of works I would never have tried to tackle on my own because I found the idea of reading them simply too intimidating (especially those Medieval and pre-Medieval works) or simply didn't know they existed. After taking classes like Literary Theory and Multicultural Lit, plus all the others I took (Shakespeare, Medieval Literature, Epic Literature, etc.) I think about literature so much differently than I did before. I never really realized how profoundly connected history, culture, psychology, politics, religious movements and literature is. This is what I really loved about being an English major. We learned so much about so many different things!
I will go back and add touchstones my reviews here. Sorry about that.
>21 baswood: Has it opened up a whole new world of reading for you?
That is such a great question!
I would have to say yes it certainly did. I read a whole range of works I would never have tried to tackle on my own because I found the idea of reading them simply too intimidating (especially those Medieval and pre-Medieval works) or simply didn't know they existed. After taking classes like Literary Theory and Multicultural Lit, plus all the others I took (Shakespeare, Medieval Literature, Epic Literature, etc.) I think about literature so much differently than I did before. I never really realized how profoundly connected history, culture, psychology, politics, religious movements and literature is. This is what I really loved about being an English major. We learned so much about so many different things!
24valkyrdeath
>17 avidmom: Good to hear more positive comments about A Man Called Ove and a reminder that I still haven't read it. Unfortunately, I have already seen the Tom Hanks "lets remake it because we don't think Americans can cope with anything foreign" version of the film because I had a friend who wanted to see it, but hopefully it won't spoil the original book for me.
25avidmom
>24 valkyrdeath: Watching the Swedish movie made me appreciate the book even more.
26KeithChaffee
>24 valkyrdeath: Hanks is terribly miscast in that movie. He's absolutely perfect for the last ten minutes, and entirely wrong for the first hour and a half.
27AlisonY
>13 avidmom: Glad The Alchemist worked for you. Unfortunately I just didn't get the hype.
28avidmom
>27 AlisonY: The timing of this one was what helped my more positive feelings about it. Changing jobs soon and this felt like a bit of a pep talk...
29avidmom
Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
This book is in such high demand in our library system where I
Elizabeth Zott is incredibly smart and fiercely independent. But being an incredibly smart and fiercely independent woman in the late 50s and early 60s America proves to be problematic. Garmus paints a very stark misogynistic landscape for Elizabeth to get through. Garmus creates a STEM, feminist pioneer with her main character. Garmus then pits Elizabeth against a few stereotypical lecherous male villains. Fortunately, she tempers these stereotypical bad guys with some not-so-stereotypical good guys. Also, there are some digs at the Catholic Church here. Garmus counterbalances these digs at the Catholic Church by throwing a very helpful priest into the mix. There is a very sweet and smart dog in the story too
I would classify this as a "dramedy." The drama can be, at times, very dramatic, with dry wit woven throughout. We have been watching the HBO show Julia here about Julia Child and I am a big fan of Mad Men. If I were to draw a Venn Diagram, Lessons in Chemistry would be in the intersection. One of the main characters in Mad Men deals with a woman, Peggy, having to navigate a male dominated work place. Julia, of course, is about Julia Child's cooking show. Elizabeth Zott does both: fights against a misogynistic culture in the educational and professional realms and ends up with her own cooking show.
30kjuliff
>29 avidmom: Great review though I am having a problem envisioning that Venn diagram. I’ve often almost chosen Lessins, but something about it always turns me off. I liked “Mad Men” and I like Julia Childs though haven’t seen the Netflix show. Interestingl…
31dchaikin
I like the idea of the Venn diagram. But i’m lacking the Mad Men and Julia data points. Enjoyed your review.
32avidmom
>30 kjuliff: >31 dchaikin: Thanks for stopping by my little thread! Sorry that my Venn diagram analogy may only make sense to me. I added a paragraph that hopefully explains it.
33kjuliff
>32 avidmom: Thanks - I understand now.
34dchaikin
>32 avidmom: 🙂 clear here too now.
35cindydavid4
I have a real aversion to twee. I tried to read Ove and just didn't like it. However I did watch the movie because my dh wanted to see it, and I actually liked it so maybe Ill try it again Loved My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry so go figure
36avidmom
>35 cindydavid4: I didn't even try to read Ove when it came out. The title of My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry grabbed my attention though. If I hadn't read "grandmother" first, I may have never have read Ove at all!
37avidmom
" 'Since the beginning of my reign," said the queen, 'weasels have been a problem. They're cruel and they're vicious and they're selfish and they're unbearably boring. I sometimes think being boring, being aggressively boring, is a kind of cruelty. Do you?'"
Bernard Pepperlin by Cara Hoffmann
Obviously, this is a children's book. The cover is what got me here. Bernard Pepperlin is the little Dormouse in Alice in Wonderland, doomed to repeat the same tea party with the March Hare and the Mad Hatter. One day, bored with it all and irritated with the way the March Hare and Mad Hatter treat him, Bernard swims to the deep end of the teapot and comes up in Manhattan. His little adventure begins. Bernard joins forces with a band of little animals to fight the terrible Pork Pie Gang, a group of weasels who are trying to take over the world (or at least New York) by stopping time with their evil ukulele concert in Times Square.
It is what you would expect from a kid's book. The little animal characters are cute and work together to help each other and save the day. There are scenes of violence here so Bernard Pepperlin is definitely something more for older grade school or younger middle school kids. (The reading level here is 5.3 according to AR finder). There are not as many Alice in Wonderland references as I was expecting, but that aside, this was a cute little story.
Bernard Pepperlin by Cara Hoffmann
Obviously, this is a children's book. The cover is what got me here. Bernard Pepperlin is the little Dormouse in Alice in Wonderland, doomed to repeat the same tea party with the March Hare and the Mad Hatter. One day, bored with it all and irritated with the way the March Hare and Mad Hatter treat him, Bernard swims to the deep end of the teapot and comes up in Manhattan. His little adventure begins. Bernard joins forces with a band of little animals to fight the terrible Pork Pie Gang, a group of weasels who are trying to take over the world (or at least New York) by stopping time with their evil ukulele concert in Times Square.
It is what you would expect from a kid's book. The little animal characters are cute and work together to help each other and save the day. There are scenes of violence here so Bernard Pepperlin is definitely something more for older grade school or younger middle school kids. (The reading level here is 5.3 according to AR finder). There are not as many Alice in Wonderland references as I was expecting, but that aside, this was a cute little story.
38cindydavid4
>29 avidmom: really love this book, tho I caused me to be rather angry and having to put it down for a bit. I was born in 57 so didn't get the full force of the 50s like my sister had. I guess a lot of It I heard about, but was rather shocked by it all. very eye opening and very good read
Oh did anyone see the movie Julia/Julie? Its based on a pod cast about a woman who decides to follow the recipes of Childs famous book. Got tired of the boyfriend thing, but though it another enllightening story of Child
Oh did anyone see the movie Julia/Julie? Its based on a pod cast about a woman who decides to follow the recipes of Childs famous book. Got tired of the boyfriend thing, but though it another enllightening story of Child
39avidmom
>38 cindydavid4: caused me to be rather angry and having to put it down for a bit
Yes! It did make my blood boil at points. Fortunately, the people who read it before me were able to warn me about the upcoming triggers so I was not taken completely off guard.
We own that movie, Julie & Julia. It is a good one! I would very highly recommend the series "Julia." It has such a great cast and they tackle the issues of the day with such class.
Yes! It did make my blood boil at points. Fortunately, the people who read it before me were able to warn me about the upcoming triggers so I was not taken completely off guard.
We own that movie, Julie & Julia. It is a good one! I would very highly recommend the series "Julia." It has such a great cast and they tackle the issues of the day with such class.
40cindydavid4
Is it about childs, or Julie? will have to checck it out.
41avidmom
>40 cindydavid4: It's about Julia Child's and it is delightful (which is not a word I use often but it fits). Here's a link to the trailer for Season one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waK0K4asLyI&t=29s&pp=ygUaanVsaWEgaGJvIHR...
42cindydavid4
fun! Ill take a look
43dicentra8
>41 avidmom: Thank you for mentioning the tv show Julia! I watched the first season and really loved everything about it. Happy to see i have the second season to watch. Bummed about the show being cancelled.
44avidmom
>43 dicentra8: I did not know the show had been cancelled! :(
The people I know who have watched the show absolutely love it. So why cancel it? *sigh* TV world makes less and less sense to me ...
The people I know who have watched the show absolutely love it. So why cancel it? *sigh* TV world makes less and less sense to me ...
45dicentra8
>44 avidmom: Right? Doesn't make any sense! I was trying to look when the second season was aired, since I somehow missed it. The first thing I saw in the wikipedia page was "In January 2024, the series was canceled after two seasons." Sorry for the not so great news. :(
46avidmom
>45 dicentra8: Not the first time a great show has been cancelled. (My phone tried to auto fill that last word with "booped" as in so "... a great show has been booped." I like it. 😅)
