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Torchwood: Among Us Part 3, VORTEX June 2023

[putting the actual article under a readmore because it contains spoilers for the first boxset! and also because I want to be kind to y'all's dashes lol]

APOCALYPSE NOW

To British television viewers, Janet Ellis is a familiar and beloved face. Best known as a presenter on Blue Peter and also as the mum of pop star Sophie Ellis-Bextor, it shouldn’t be forgotten she was once a guest star in Doctor Who when she played Teka in The Horns of Nimon. And now, she’s coming face to face with the Torchwood team playing a character named Janet!

Torchwood: Among Us 3 features a quartet of adventures with How I Conquered the World, written by Ash Darby, Tim Foley and James Goss; Doomscroll by Ash Darby; Heistland by Tim Foley and The Apocalypse Starts at 6pm by James Goss.

The team, with Yvonne Hartman (Tracy-Ann Oberman), Ng (Alexandria Riley), Orr (Samantha Béart), Mr Colchester (Paul Clayton) and Tyler Steele (Jonny Green) are surviving against the odds as it seems that the whole world has been turned against the organisation. But who is behind this? It’s time to find out.

How I Conquered the World has been co-written by the three writers of this set. Writer James, also the producer of the series, explains: “Episode nine is where we find out what set Torchwood up and why it did it. It ties into all of the stories so far in the season. Who turned a cul-de-sac into killers, who was persecuting Colin, who was behind Voloshnik and what Bilis was doing in the Torchwood Hub? It’s also a story about our lives now, and how, if we really are angrier all the time, where does all that anger go? It’s an interesting piece of storytelling and features some use of artificial voices, which is curiously rewarding and sometimes hilarious.”

Co-author Tim was delighted to work on a collaboration for the first story in this set. He says: “Oh, it was wonderful. Writing Torchwood is always a team sport. It’s great building a series like this together – I’ve had such a good time with James and Ash.”

The second adventure, Doomscroll by Ash, features a very recognisable world with social media influencers. James explains: “Episode 10 might be the one where Twitter goes, ‘I cringed so hard at this’! Something’s killing influencers and Torchwood have to stop it. It’s got a lot of very dark humour in it and truly disturbing situations. The cast are all phenomenal, delivering some lines that are probably unsayably weird. It might be the most relevant thing we’ve ever done, or it might be way off beam, or it might be the kind of thing you listen to in 2027 and go, ‘What’s an influencer?’”

The next story Heistland has been written by Tim. James says: “Episode 11 sees Torchwood Cardiff and their Icelandic equivalent carrying out two heists. Yvonne Hartman sets out to steal a crypto currency before an auction that could end the world. When it was scripted we were still getting our head around NFTs. Now it’s coming out after the bankruptcy of Sam BankmanFried and seems strangely wise. A lot of it is set in the French city of Carcassonne, which is beautiful and very dear to Tim’s heart. Clearly he thought, ‘Where’s the least likely place to base a crypto currency?’. It’s joyous to get Kai Owen back, and Rhys and the mysterious Kristin’s dynamic make me long for more Torchwood Iceland.”

Tim was delighted to be able to send Torchwood to Iceland. He agrees: “Absolutely! After we went there for Misty Eyes, James was keen we returned. It was fun to send Yvonne to France as well – gives a real international flavour to what we expect from ‘heist’ stories.” But has Tim actually ever visited Iceland? He concedes: “No! I’m a fraud! I do have friends from there though. I’d love to visit. And it was fun learning facts about the country. No trains in Iceland! Outrageous.”

Summing up the story, Tim says: “Yvonne performs a heist and Rhys tries to stop her! Or is it the other way around? I love writing for Rhys. Whether he’s barbecuing or making delicious sandwiches, I always seem to be feeding him. And giving him nice warm jumpers. That’s all I want to do for characters I love. And there’s something that happens in a turret that’ll get the listeners talking.”

The Apocalypse Starts at 6pm concludes the series and features the aforementioned Janet Ellis. James says: “Episode 12 was the most glorious, starstruck day in studio since we got Sir Michael Palin in! We had Janet Ellis, MBE, playing a national treasure called Janet. It’s essentially, ‘What if you found out the world was going to end during The One Show? How would they cover it?’ And the answer is this episode. It features riots, kidnapping, aliens and reasonable Christmas gifting tips. The regulars are all wondrous throughout, playing very different aspects of their characters, and, madly, Janet walks away with it.

“We were worried she’d push back on some of the lines, but she really went for it. If you’ve ever wanted to hear a Blue Peter presenter swear, then you’re in for a treat! Janet agreed to it because, of all wonders, she worked with Paul Clayton back in the day and he took her out to lunch and talked her into it. We don’t deserve that man.”

#torchwood: among us #torchwood #I'M!!!!! SO!!!!!! DAMN!!!!!! EXCITED!!!!!!!#will make a thoughts&feelings post about it in a hot minute

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Billie Eilish and Finneas, who won an Oscar in March for co-writing “No Time to Die” from the James Bond film of the same name, were invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences on Tuesday (June 28) They were among 12 people invited to join the music branch and among 397 people invited to join the Academy across all branches.

An invitation to join the Academy is generally a perk of winning an Oscar. Ariana DeBose, who won best supporting actress for West Side Story, and Troy Kotsur, who won best supporting actor for CODA, were invited to join the actors branch.

Other notables who were invited to join are Jamie Dornan, Kodi Smith-McPhee and Sheryl Lee Ralph (acting), and film critic Leonard Maltin and music supervisor Julia Michels (members at large).

Invitations to membership extended this year: short films and feature animation (41), documentary (38), sound (32), actors (30), producers (30), visual effects (28), executives (26), marketing and public relations (25), members at large (25), writers (22), directors (21), production design (16), makeup artists and hairstylists (13), film editors (12), music (12), costume designers (11), cinematographers (10) and casting directors (9).

Actors

Funke Akindele – “Omo Ghetto: The Saga,” “Jenifa”

Caitríona Balfe – “Belfast,” “Ford v Ferrari”

Reed Birney – “Mass,” “Changeling”

Jessie Buckley – “The Lost Daughter,” “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”

Lori Tan Chinn – “Turning Red,” “Glengarry Glen Ross”

Daniel K. Daniel – “The Fugitive,” “A Soldier’s Story”

Ariana DeBose – “West Side Story,” “The Prom”

Robin de Jesús – “tick, tick…BOOM!,” “The Boys in the Band”

Jamie Dornan – “Belfast,” “Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar”

Michael Greyeyes – “Wild Indian,” “Woman Walks Ahead”

Gaby Hoffmann – “C’mon C’mon,” “Wild”

Amir Jadidi – “A Hero,” “Cold Sweat”

Kajol – “My Name Is Khan,” “Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham…”

Troy Kotsur – “CODA,” “The Number 23”

Vincent Lindon – “Titane,” “The Measure of a Man”

BarBara Luna – “The Concrete Jungle,” “Five Weeks in a Balloon”

Aïssa Maïga – “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” “Mood Indigo”

Selton Mello – “My Hindu Friend,” “Trash”

Olga Merediz – “In the Heights,” “Adrift”

Sandra Kwan Yue Ng – “Echoes of the Rainbow,” “Portland Street Blues”

Hidetoshi Nishijima – “Drive My Car,” “Cut”

Rena Owen – “The Last Witch Hunter,” “The Dead Lands”

Jesse Plemons – “The Power of the Dog,” “Judas and the Black Messiah”

Sheryl Lee Ralph – “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit,” “The Distinguished Gentleman”

Renate Reinsve – “The Worst Person in the World,” “Welcome to Norway”

Marco Rodriguez – “El Chicano,” “Unspeakable”

Joanna Scanlan – “After Love,” “Notes on a Scandal”

Kodi Smit-McPhee – “The Power of the Dog,” “Let Me In”

Suriya – “Jai Bhim,” “Soorarai Pottru”

Anya Taylor-Joy – “The Northman,” “Last Night in Soho”

Music

Billie Eilish Baird O’Connell – “No Time to Die”

Amie Doherty – “Spirit Untamed,” “The High Note”

Lili Haydn – “Strip Down, Rise Up,” “Broken Kingdom”

Leo Heiblum – “Maria Full of Grace,” “Frida”

Natalie Holt – “Fever Dream,” “Journey’s End”

Nathan Johnson – “Nightmare Alley,” “Knives Out”

Jacobo Lieberman – “Maria Full of Grace,” “Frida”

Ariel Rose Marx – “Shiva Baby,” “Rebel Hearts”

Hesham Nazih – “The Guest,” “Born a King”

Finneas O’Connell – “No Time to Die”

Dan Romer – “Luca,” “Beasts of the Southern Wild”

Nerida Tyson-Chew – “H Is for Happiness,” “Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid”

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ACADEMY INVITES 397 TO MEMBERSHIP

New member Sheryl Lee Ralph – “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit,” “The Distinguished Gentleman.” Photo by Naomi Richard.

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 397 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Membership selection is based on professional qualifications, with an ongoing commitment to representation, inclusion and equity remaining a priority. The 2022 class is 44% women, 37% belong to underrepresented ethnic/racial communities, and 50% are from 53 countries and territories outside the United States. There are 71 Oscar® nominees, including 15 winners, among the invitees. Four individuals (noted by an asterisk) have been invited to join the Academy by multiple branches. These individuals must select one branch upon accepting membership. Those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy’s membership in 2022. The 2022 invitees are: Actors Funke Akindele – “Omo Ghetto: The Saga,” “Jenifa” Caitríona Balfe – “Belfast,” “Ford v Ferrari” Reed Birney – “Mass,” “Changeling” Jessie Buckley – “The Lost Daughter,” “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” Lori Tan Chinn – “Turning Red,” “Glengarry Glen Ross” Daniel K. Daniel – “The Fugitive,” “A Soldier’s Story” Ariana DeBose – “West Side Story,” “The Prom” Robin de Jesús – “tick, tick...BOOM!,” “The Boys in the Band” Jamie Dornan – “Belfast,” “Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar” Michael Greyeyes – “Wild Indian,” “Woman Walks Ahead” Gaby Hoffmann – “C’mon C’mon,” “Wild” Amir Jadidi – “A Hero,” “Cold Sweat” Kajol – “My Name Is Khan,” “Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham…” Troy Kotsur – “CODA,” “The Number 23” Vincent Lindon – “Titane,” “The Measure of a Man” BarBara Luna – “The Concrete Jungle,” “Five Weeks in a Balloon” Aïssa Maïga – “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” “Mood Indigo” Selton Mello – “My Hindu Friend,” “Trash” Olga Merediz – “In the Heights,” “Adrift” Sandra Kwan Yue Ng – “Echoes of the Rainbow,” “Portland Street Blues” Hidetoshi Nishijima – “Drive My Car,” “Cut” Rena Owen – “The Last Witch Hunter,” “The Dead Lands” Jesse Plemons – “The Power of the Dog,” “Judas and the Black Messiah” Sheryl Lee Ralph – “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit,” “The Distinguished Gentleman” Renate Reinsve – “The Worst Person in the World,” “Welcome to Norway” Marco Rodriguez – “El Chicano,” “Unspeakable” Joanna Scanlan – “After Love,” “Notes on a Scandal” Kodi Smit-McPhee – “The Power of the Dog,” “Let Me In” Suriya – “Jai Bhim,” “Soorarai Pottru” Anya Taylor-Joy – “The Northman,” “Last Night in Soho” Casting Directors Rich Delia – “King Richard,” “The Disaster Artist” Elodie Demey – “Happening,” “Summer of 85” Yngvill Kolset Haga – “The Worst Person in the World,” “One Night in Oslo” Louise Kiely – “The Green Knight,” “Sing Street” Meagan Lewis – “Blast Beat,” “Free State of Jones” Karen Lindsay-Stewart – “Marie Antoinette,” “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” Juliette Ménager – “A Bag of Marbles,” “As Above/So Below” Kate Ringsell – “The Lost City of Z,” “Justice League” Toby Whale – “Dunkirk,” “The History Boys” Cinematographers Ava Berkofsky – “The Sky Is Everywhere,” “Free in Deed” Josh Bleibtreu – “Dark Phoenix,” “Shazam!” Alice Brooks – “In the Heights,” “tick, tick…BOOM!” Daria D’Antonio – “The Hand of God,” “Ricordi?” Mike Eley – “The Duke,” “Woman Walks Ahead” Sturla Brandth Grøvlen – “The Innocents,” “Another Round” Ruben Impens – “Titane,” “Beautiful Boy” Shabier Kirchner – “Small Axe,” “Bull” Martin Ruhe – “The Tender Bar,” “The Midnight Sky” Kasper Tuxen – “The Worst Person in the World,” “Riders of Justice” Costume Designers Joan Bergin – “The Prestige,” “In the Name of the Father” Antonella Cannarozzi – “A Five Star Life,” “I Am Love” Andrea Flesch – “Midsommar,” “Colette” Lizzy Gardiner – “Hacksaw Ridge,” “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” Dorothée Guiraud – “Murder Party,” “French Tech” Suzie Harman – “The Personal History of David Copperfield,” “Extinction” Tatiana Hernández – “The Japon,” “Lope” Louise Stjernsward – “Made in Italy,” “The Mercy” Elisabeth Tavernier – “The Man in the Basement,” “Tanguy Is Back” Paul Tazewell – “West Side Story,” “Harriet” Mitchell Travers – “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” “Hustlers”

Director Blessing Egbe – “African Messiah,” “Iquo’s Journal”

Directors Newton Aduaka – “One Man’s Show,” “Ezra” Andrew Ahn – “Fire Island,” “Spa Night” Bruno Villela Barreto – “Four Days in September,” “The Kiss” Mariano Barroso – “Ants in the Mouth,” “Ecstasy” Rolf de Heer – “Charlie’s Country,” “Bad Boy Bubby” Jeferson Rodrigues de Rezende – “The Malê Revolt,” “Bróder!” Pawo Choyning Dorji* – “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” Blessing Egbe – “African Messiah,” “Iquo’s Journal” Briar Grace-Smith – “Cousins ,” “Waru” Reinaldo Marcus Green – “King Richard,” “Monsters and Men” Ryusuke Hamaguchi* – “Drive My Car,” “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” Sian Harries Heder* – “CODA,” “Tallulah” Gil Kenan – “City of Ember,” “Monster House” Amanda Kernell – “Charter,” “Sami Blood” Mary Lambert – “The In Crowd,” “Pet Sematary II” Blackhorse Lowe – “Chasing the Light,” “5th World” Nalin Pan – “Last Film Show,” “Samsara” Jonas Poher Rasmussen* – “Flee,” “Searching for Bill” Isabel Sandoval – “Lingua Franca,” “Apparition” Amy Seimetz – “She Dies Tomorrow,” “Sun Don’t Shine” Rachel Talalay – “A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting,” “Tank Girl”

Documentary Julie Anderson – “God Is the Bigger Elvis,” “Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World” Susan Bedusa – “Procession,” “Bisbee ’17” Opal H. Bennett – “A Broken House,” “Águilas” Shane Boris – “Stray,” “The Edge of Democracy” Joe Cephus Brewster – “American Promise,” “Slaying Goliath” Ellen Bruno – “Satya: A Prayer for the Enemy,” “Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia” Traci A. Curry – “Attica,” “Boss: The Black Experience in Business” Jason DaSilva – “When We Walk,” “When I Walk” Emílio Domingos – “Favela Is Fashion,” “L.A.P.A.” Sushmit Ghosh – “Writing with Fire,” “Timbaktu” Lyn Goldfarb – “Eddy’s World,” “With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women’s Emergency Brigade” Susanne Guggenberger – “Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes,” “The Beekeeper and His Son” Cristina Ibarra – “The Infiltrators,” “Las Marthas” Oren Jacoby – “On Broadway,” “Sister Rose’s Passion” Isaac Julien – “Derek,” “Frantz Fanon: Black Skin White Mask” Deborah Kaufman – “Company Town,” “Blacks and Jews” Firouzeh Khosrovani – “Radiograph of a Family,” “Fest of Duty” Jessica Kingdon – “Ascension,” “Commodity City” Mehret Mandefro – “How It Feels to Be Free ,” “Little White Lie” Mary Manhardt – “Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl),” “Racing Dreams” Amanda McBaine – "Boys State,” “The Overnighters” Peter Jay Miller – “Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1,” “Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport” Elizabeth Mirzaei – “Three Songs for Benazir,” “Laila at the Bridge” Gulistan Mirzaei – “Three Songs for Benazir,” “Laila at the Bridge” Bob Moore – “Dope Is Death,” “China Heavyweight” Omar Mullick – “Footprint,” “These Birds Walk” Mohammed Ali Naqvi – “Insha’Allah Democracy,” “Among the Believers” Sierra Pettengill – “Riotsville, USA,” “The Reagan Show” Ben Proudfoot – “The Queen of Basketball,” “A Concerto Is a Conversation” Jonas Poher Rasmussen* – “Flee,” “Searching for Bill” Gabriel Rhodes – “The First Wave,” “Time” Lynne Sachs – “Film about a Father Who,” “Investigation of a Flame” Brett Story – “The Hottest August,” “The Prison in Twelve Landscapes” Thorsten Thielow – “The First Wave,” “Mayor Pete” Rintu Thomas – “Writing with Fire,” “Dilli” Nathan Truesdell – “Ascension,” “Balloonfest” Jenni Wolfson – “Pray Away,” “One Child Nation” Jialing Zhang – “In the Same Breath,” “One Child Nation”

Executives Steve Asbell Carole Baraton Steven Bardwil Jeff Blackburn Liesl Copland Kareem Daniel Eva Diederix Scott Foundas Brenda Gilbert Joshua Barnett Grode Gene Yoonbum Kang Jenny Marchick Ori Joseph Marmur Anna Marsh Katherine Oliver Joel Pearlman Elizabeth Polk Louie Provost Amber Rasberry Brian Robbins Marc Schaberg Ron Schwartz Aditya Sood Frederick Tsui Dana Walden Clifford Werber

Film Editors Geraud Brisson – “CODA,” “Dark Hearts” Olivier Bugge Coutté – “The Worst Person in the World,” “Thelma” Shannon Baker Davis – “The Obituary of Tunde Johnson,” “The Photograph” Billy Fox – “Dolemite Is My Name,” “Hustle & Flow” Myron Kerstein – “tick, tick…BOOM!,” “Crazy Rich Asians” Jeremy Milton – “Encanto,” “Zootopia” Úna Ní Dhonghaíle – “Belfast,” “Stan & Ollie” Heike Parplies – “Invisible Life,” “Toni Erdmann” Joshua L. Pearson – “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised),” “What Happened, Miss Simone?” Peter Sciberras – “The Power of the Dog,” “The King” Aljernon Tunsil – “Attica,” “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution” Azusa Yamazaki – “Drive My Car,” “Asako I & II”

Stacey Morris – “Coming 2 America,” “Dolemite Is My Name”

Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Jacenda Burkett – “King Richard,” “Concussion” Nana Fischer – “Encounter,” “The Lost City of Z” Sean Flanigan – “The Many Saints of Newark,” “The Irishman” Massimo Gattabrusi – “Loving Pablo,” “Volver” Stephanie Ingram – “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” “It” Anna Carin Lock – “House of Gucci,” “Borg/McEnroe” Heike Merker – “The Matrix Resurrections,” “Anonymous” Stacey Morris – “Coming 2 America,” “Dolemite Is My Name” Justin Raleigh – “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” “Army of the Dead” Kerrie Smith – “Motherless Brooklyn,” “John Wick” Nadia Stacey – “Cruella,” “The Favourite” Julia Vernon – “Cruella,” “Maleficent” Wakana Yoshihara – “Belfast,” “Spencer”

Marketing and Public Relations Dana Archer Debra Birnbaum Tatiana Detlofson Bethan Anna Dixon Britta Gampper Jane Gibbs Sheri Goldberg Jonathan Helfgot Jessica Kolstad Cortney Lawson Vivek Mathur George Nicholis Stephanie Sarah Northen Jodie Magid Oriol Gina Pence Stephanie Dee Phillips Chrissy Quesada Stuart Robertson Jerry Rojas Evelyn Santana Sohini Sengupta Michelle Slavich James Verdesoto Katrina Wan Glen Erin Wyatt

Music Billie Eilish Baird O’Connell – “No Time to Die” Amie Doherty – “Spirit Untamed,” “The High Note” Lili Haydn – “Strip Down, Rise Up,” “Broken Kingdom” Leo Heiblum – “Maria Full of Grace,” “Frida” Natalie Holt – “Fever Dream,” “Journey’s End” Nathan Johnson – “Nightmare Alley,” “Knives Out” Jacobo Lieberman – “Maria Full of Grace,” “Frida” Ariel Rose Marx – “Shiva Baby,” “Rebel Hearts” Hesham Nazih – “The Guest,” “Born a King” Finneas O’Connell – “No Time to Die” Dan Romer – “Luca,” “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Nerida Tyson-Chew – “H Is for Happiness,” “Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid”

Producers Mariela Besuievsky – “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,” “The Secret in Their Eyes” Cale Boyter – “Dune,” “Pacific Rim Uprising” Chad Burris – “Collisions,” “Drunktown’s Finest” Damon D’Oliveira – “The Grizzlies,” “Love Come Down” Luc Déry – “Gabrielle,” “Monsieur Lazhar” Michael Downey – “Elvis Walks Home,” “Light Thereafter” Yaël Fogiel – “Memoir of War,” “Latest News of the Cosmos” Cristina Gallego – “Birds of Passage,” “Embrace of the Serpent” Laetitia Gonzales – “Plot 35,” “Tournée” Pauline Gygax – “With the Wind,” “My Life as a Zucchini” Margot Hand – “Passing,” “Brittany Runs a Marathon” Jojo Hui – “Better Days,” “Dearest” Eva Jakobsen – “Miss Viborg,” “Godless” Lucas Joaquin – “Mayday,” “Love Is Strange” Lizette Jonjic – “12 Dares,” “Guerrilla” Thanassis Karathanos – “The Man Who Sold His Skin,” “Tulpan” Kim McCraw – “Drunken Birds,” “Incendies” Sev Ohanian – “Run,” “Searching” Christina Piovesan – “The Nest,” “Amreeka” Natalie Qasabian – “Run,” “All about Nina” Philippe Rousselet – “CODA,” “Source Code” Sara Silveira – “Good Manners,” “Vazante” James Stark – “Prayers for the Stolen,” “Mystery Train” Riccardo Tozzi – “La Nostra Vita,” “Don’t Move” Shih-Ching Tsou – “Red Rocket,” “The Florida Project” Nadia Turincev – “The Insult,” The Boss’s Daughter” Tim White – “King Richard,” “Ingrid Goes West” Trevor White – “King Richard,” “LBJ” Teruhisa Yamamoto – “Drive My Car,” “Wife of a Spy” Olena Yershova – “Brighton 4th,” “Volcano”

Production Design François Audouy – “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” “Ford v Ferrari” Laura Ballinger Gardner – “The Irishman,” “Joker” Chris Baugh – “Steve Jobs,” “Argo” Ellen Brill – “Being the Ricardos,” “Bombshell” Joanna Bush – “La La Land,” “Life of Pi” Christina Cecili – “Cyrano,” “A Quiet Place” John Coven – “The Lion King,” “Logan” Carol Flaisher – “Wonder Woman 1984,” “Miss Sloane” Sandy Hamilton – “tick, tick…BOOM!,” “Joker” Ellen Lampl – “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Jurassic World” Enrico Latella – “Tenet,” “All the Money in the World” Steven Lawrence – “Death on the Nile,” “Cinderella” Melissa Levander – “The Tender Bar,” “The High Note” Drew Petrotta – “The Suicide Squad,” “Captain Marvel” Jean-Vincent Puzos – “Jungle Cruise,” “Amour” Maya Shimoguchi – “Ford v Ferrari,” “Men in Black 3”

Short Films and Feature Animation Murad Abu Eisheh – “Tala’vision,” “Ta Hariri” Olivier Adam – “Sing 2,” “Minions” Michael Arias – “Harmony,” “Tekkonkinkreet” Evren Boisjoli – “Fauve,” “What Remains” Maria Brendle – “Ala Kachuu - Take and Run,” “The Stowaway” Sean Buckelew – “Drone,” “Hopkins & Delaney LLP” Olivier Calvert – “Bad Seeds,” “Animal Behaviour” Enrico Casarosa – “Luca,” “La Luna” Karla Castañeda – “La Noria (The Waterwheel),” “Jacinta” Hugo Covarrubias – “Bestia,” “The Night Upside Down” K.D. Dávila – “Please Hold,” “Emergency” Charlotte De La Gournerie – “Flee,” “Terra Incognita” Luc Desmarchelier – “The Bad Guys,” “Open Season” Anton Dyakov – “Boxballet,” “Vivat Musketeers!” Brian Falconer – “Saul & I,” “Boogaloo and Graham” Youssef Joe Haidar – “Scoob!,” “Animated American” Andy Harkness – “Vivo,” “Get a Horse!” Pierre Hébert – “Thunder River,” “Memories of War” Aneil Karia – “The Long Goodbye,” “Work” Brooke Keesling – “Meatclown,” “Boobie Girl” Nadine Lüchinger – “Ala Kachuu - Take and Run,” “Puppenspiel (Puppet Play)” Tadeusz Łysiak – “The Dress,” “Techno” Joe Mateo – “Blush,” “Big Hero 6” Sharon Maymon – “Skin,” “Summer Vacation” Kathleen McInnis – “Mama,” “Downturn” Yvett Merino – “Encanto,” “Wreck-It Ralph” Alberto Mielgo – “The Windshield Wiper,” “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” Les Mills – “Affairs of the Art,” “The Canterbury Tales” Jetzabel Moreno Hernández – “The Followers,” “Plums and Green Smoke” Dan Ojari – “Robin Robin,” “Slow Derek” Brian Pimental – “Tarzan,” “A Goofy Movie” Mikey Please – “Robin Robin,” “The Eagleman Stag” Erin Ramos – “Encanto,” “Frozen II” Mike Rianda – “The Mitchells vs. the Machines” Doug Roland – “Feeling Through,” “A Better Way” Leo Sanchez – “The Windshield Wiper,” “Over the Moon” Marc J. Scott – “The Boss Baby: Family Business,” “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” Sarah Smith – “Ron’s Gone Wrong,” “Arthur Christmas” Daniel Šuljić – “From Under Which Rock Did They Crawl Out,” “The Cake” Conrad Vernon – “The Addams Family,” “Shrek 2” Pamela Ziegenhagen-Shefland – “Abominable,” “The Emperor’s New Groove”

Benjamin A. Burtt – “Dolittle,” “Black Panther”

Sound Douglas Axtell – “True Grit,” “I Am Sam” Nerio Barberis – “Violeta al Fin,” “Find a Boyfriend for My Wife...Please!” Amanda Beggs – “The Forever Purge,” “Finding ’Ohana” Adrian Bell – “Mothering Sunday,” “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” Joshua Berger – “King Richard,” “The Lost City of Z” Paul (Salty) Brincat – “The Invisible Man,” “The Thin Red Line” Tom Yong-Jae Burns – “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” “Blade Runner 2049” Benjamin A. Burtt – “Dolittle,” “Black Panther” Simon Chase – “Belfast,” “Artemis Fowl” Brian Chumney – “West Side Story,” “The Croods: A New Age” Richard Flynn – “The Power of the Dog,” “Slow West” Albert Gasser – “Straight Outta Compton,” “Dances With Wolves” Lewis Goldstein – “In the Heights,” “Hereditary” Theo Green – “Dune,” “Blade Runner 2049” James Harrison – “No Time to Die,” “Captain Phillips” John Hayes – “The King’s Man,” “Tom and Jerry” Ruth Hernandez – “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” “Brooklyn’s Finest” Huang Zheng – “Better Days,” “Chongqing Hot Pot” Thomas Huhn – “The Wife,” “White God” David Husby – “Tomorrowland,” “Elf” Allison Jackson – “Don’t Think Twice,” “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Paul Ledford – “One Night in Miami,” “Logan” Leff Lefferts – “Vivo,” “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” Nancy MacLeod – “The Revenant,” “The Hunger Games” Charles Maynes – “After Earth,” “Letters from Iwo Jima” Alan Meyerson – “Dune,” “Inception” Casey Stone – “Frozen,” “Tsotsi” Edward Tise – “Into the Wild,” “Full Metal Jacket” Jana Vance – “Cast Away,” “Saving Private Ryan” Tara Webb – “The Power of the Dog,” “Mortal Kombat” Waldir Xavier – “From Afar,” “Central Station” Denise Yarde – “Belfast,” “Dumbo”

Visual Effects Ivy Agregan – “India Sweets and Spices,” “Wakefield” Geeta Basantani – “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Vivo” Aharon Bourland – “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” “Venom” Ivan Busquets – “Malignant,” “The Irishman” Joe Ceballos – “Skyscraper,” “Thor: Ragnarok” Richard Anthony Clegg – “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms,” “Blade Runner 2049” Mark Curtis – “Sully,” “Spectre” Markus Degen – “The King’s Man,” “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” Jack Edjourian – “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Tenet” Eric Enderton – “Shark Tale,” “Jurassic Park” Marcos Fajardo Orellana – “Thor,” “Monster House” Joel Green – “No Time to Die,” “The Kid Who Would Be King” Earl Hibbert – “The Fate of the Furious,” “Guardians of the Galaxy” Hayley Hubbard – “The Old Guard,” “Dumbo” Maia Kayser – “Rango,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” Garrett Lam – “Limbo,” “Shock Wave 2” Jake Maymudes – “Dune,” “Terminator: Dark Fate” Catherine Ann Mullan – “Dumbo,” “Maleficent” Charlie Noble – “No Time to Die,” “Wonder Woman 1984” J. Alan Scott – “Finch,” “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” Tefft Smith – “Alice through the Looking Glass,” “Tomorrowland” Alan Travis – “Black Widow,” “The Irishman” Michael Van Eps – “Deepwater Horizon,” “Poseidon” Sean Noel Walker – “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” “Black Widow” Vernon Wilbert – “Stealth,” “I, Robot” Eric Jay Wong – “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Lucy” Kevin Wooley – “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” “Jurassic World” Wei Zheng – “Mank,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Writers Zach Baylin – “King Richard” Henry Bean – “The Believer,” “Deep Cover” Pawo Choyning Dorji* – “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” Michael Grais – “Cool World,” “Poltergeist” Ted Griffin – “Ocean's Eleven,” “Ravenous” Ryusuke Hamaguchi* – “Drive My Car,” “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” Jeremy O Harris – “Zola” Sian Harries Heder* – “CODA,” “Tallulah” Mike Jones – “Luca,” “Soul” Reema Kagti – “Gully Boy,” “Gold” Adele Lim – “Raya and the Last Dragon,” “Crazy Rich Asians” Craig Mazin – “Identity Thief,” “The Hangover Part II” Margaret Nagle – “With/In,” “The Good Lie” Takamasa Oe – “Drive My Car,” “Beautiful Method” Alex Ross Perry – “Her Smell,” “Listen Up Philip” Adam Rifkin – “Giuseppe Makes a Movie,” “Small Soldiers” Jordan Roberts – “Big Hero 6,” “3, 2, 1…Frankie Go Boom” Katie Silberman – “Booksmart,” “Isn’t It Romantic” Randi Mayem Singer – “Tooth Fairy,” “Mrs. Doubtfire” Jon Spaihts – “Dune,” “Doctor Strange” Małgorzata Szumowska – “Never Gonna Snow Again,” “Elles” Mark A. Victor – “Cool World,” “Poltergeist”

Members-at-Large Keith Adams Josiah Akinyele Richard Berger Andrew Birch Andrew Cannava George Drakoulias Andrew Dunlap Erin Dusseault James Farrell Valerie Flueger Veras Andy Fowler Glenn Kiser Anne Lai Susan Lazarus Joe Machota Leonard Maltin Deborah McIntosh Julia Michels Daniel Rabinow Ilda Santiago Danie Streisand Matt Sullivan Anne Lajla Utsi Matt Vioral Michael Zink

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2022 Film List

January

Sakaling Maging Tayo (JP Habac, 2019)

Kalel, 15 (Jun Robles Lana, 2019)

Ang Henerasyong Sumuko sa Love (Jason Paul Laxamana, 2019)

Isa Pa With Feelings (Prime Cruz, 2019)

LSS (Jade Castro, 2019)

Distance (Percival Intalan, 2018)

Sakaling Hindi Makarating (Ice Idanan, 2016)

1-2-3 (Carlos Obispo, 2016)

Zombadings 1: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington (Jade Castro, 2011)

A Star is Born (Bradley Cooper, 2018)

Apocalypse Child (Mario Cornejo, 2015)

Water Lemon (Lem Lorca, 2015)

Quezon’s Game (Matthew Rosen, 2019)

Sundalong Kanin (Janice O’Hara, 2014)

February

Ang Babae sa Septic Tank Movie Cut (Marlon Rivera, 2019)

Rakenrol (Quark Henares, 2011)

Pagdating sa Dulo (Ishmael Bernal, 1971)

Ang Babae sa Likod ng Mambabatok (Lauren Sevilla, Faustino, 2012)

Genghis Khan (Manuel Conde, 1950)

White Slavery (Lino Brocka, 1985)

Zamboanga (Eduardo de Castro, 1937)

Mga Anak ng Kamote (Carlo Enciso Catu, 2018)

Bwakaw (Jun Lana, 2012)

Glorious (Connie Macatuno, 2018)

T’yanak (Peque Gallaga & Lore Reyes, 2014)

March

Babae at Baril (Rae Red, 2019)

Die Beautiful (Jun Robles Lana, 2016)

Historiographika Errata (Richard Somes, 2017)

Insiang (Lino Brocka, 1976)

Ang Pambansang Third Wheel (Ivan Andrew Payawal, 2018)

The Gifted (Chris Martinez, 2014)

Ned’s Project (Lemuel Lorca, 2016)

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (Joe Berlinger, 2019)

Bridesmaids (Pau Feig, 2011)

Through Night and Day (Veronica Velasco, 2018)

Lorna (Sigrid Andrea Bernardo, 2014)

Adela (Adolfo Alix, 2008)

April

Delia and Sammy (Therese Cayaba, 2018)

Ang Larawan (Loy Arcenas, 2017)

Belle Douleur (Joji Alonso, 2019)

Elise (Joel Ferrer, 2019)

Yellow Rose (Diane Paragas, 2019)

Never Not Love You (Antoinette Jadaone, 2018)

Ang Damgo ni Eleuteria Kirchbaum (Remton Siega Zuasola, 2010)

Ocean’s 8 (Gary Ross, 2018)

Ocean’s 11 (Steven Soderbergh, 2001)

Ocean’s 12 (Steven Soderbergh, 2005)

Ocean’s 13 (Steven Soderbergh, 2007)

May

Iska (Theodore Boborol, 2019)

Miss Congeniality (Donald Petrie, 2000)

ABNKKBSNPLAko! (Mark Meily, 2014)

Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution (Kunihiko Yuyama, 2019)

Shazam! (David Sandberg, 2019)

MOMOL Nights (Benedict Mique, 2019)

Sonata (Lore Reyes, Peque Gallaga, 2013)

Magic Temple (Lore Reyes, Peque Gallaga, 1996)

Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos (Mario O’Hara, 1976)

Turumba (Kidlat Tahimik, 1981)

FRIENDS: The Reunion (Ben Winston, 2021)

Lapu-Lapu (Lamberto Avellana, 1955)

June

Bar Boys (Kip Oebanda, 2017)

Kuya Wes (James Robin Mayo, 2018)

I Love You. Thank You. (Charliebebs Gohetia,2015)

Buy Bust (Erik Matti, 2018)

Best. Partee. Ever. (Howard Yambao, 2016)

Ma (Tate Taylor, 2019)

Blue Bustamante (Miko Livelo, 2013)

Fan Girl (Antoinette Jadaone, 2020)

Loving Vincent (Dorotea Kobiela & Hugh Welchman, 2017)

John Tucker Must Die Betty Thomas, 2006)

T-Bird at Ako (Danny L. Zialcita, 1982)

Someone Great (Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, 2019)

July

Dolly Parton: Here I Am (Francis Whately, 2019)

Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts (Nicholas Zeig-Owens, 2019)

Music and Lyrics (Marc Lawrence, 2007)

The Mummy (Stephen Sommers, 1999)

Easy A (Will Gluck, 2010)

Burlesque (Steve Antin, 2010)

The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story (Christopher Bird & Simon Lupton, 2019)

Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live (Jonas Akerlund, 2015)

Bohemian Rhapsody (Bryan Singer, 2018)

The Interview (Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg, 2014)

The Mummy Returns (Stephen Sommers, 2001)

Allegiant (Robert Schwentke, 2016)

Gameboys: The Movie (Ivan Andrew Payawal, 2021)

August

Captain Barbell (Jose ‘Pepe’ Wenceslao, 1973)

Rocketman (Dexter Fletcher, 2019)

Walk the Line (James Mangold, 2005)

Mamma Mia (Phyllida Lloyd, 2008)

Ulam: Main Dish (Alexandra Cuerdo, 2018)

Mahal Mo, Mahal Ko (Elwood Perez, 1978)

Tar-San (Efren Jarlego, 1999)

Sunday Beauty Queen (Baby Ruth Villarama, 2016)

Biyaya ng Lupa (Manuel Silos, 1959)

Only Yesterday - The Carpenters Story (Samantha Peters, 2007)

Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes (Michael Harte, 2021)

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (Jay Roach, 1999)

Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute (2021)

September

Cinderella (Kay Cannon, 2021)

Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions (Taylor Swift, 2020)

Spiderman: Far From Home (Jon Watts, 2019)

Yesterday (Danny Boyle, 2019)

Luca (Enrico Casarosa, 2021)

Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams (Mat Whitecross, 2018)

Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen (Jordan Hill, 2018)

The 40-year-old Virgin (Judd Apatow, 2005)

Barber’s Tales (Jun Robles Lana, 2013)

Respeto (Alberto Monteras II, 2017)

Manila by Night (Ishmael Bernal, 1980)

Cleaners (Glenn Barit, 2019)

October

Star Na Si Van Damme Stallone (Randolph Longjas, 2016)

Class of 2018

Mahal Kita With All My Hypothalamus (Dwein Baltazar, 2018)

Thy Womb

Rak of Aegis (Maribel Legarda, 2021)

Fuccbois

Britney vs Spears

Ang Hapis at Himagsik ni Hermano Puli (Gil Portes, 2016)

Citizen Jake

The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin

November

Reputation

The Map of Tiny Perfect Tings (Ian Samuels, 2021)

Love and Monsters

The Fabulous Filipino Brothers

Jonas Brothers Family Roast

Rent Live

A Boy Named Christmas

Tick Tick Boom

Klaus

School of Rock

December

I’m Drunk I Love You

The Princess Switch

Single All the Way

Grease Live

Detective Pikachu

Scenes from a Gay Marriage

Don’t Look Up

Baby Driver

Don’t Look Up

Birdbox

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Novels

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

Literally show me a healthy person by Darcy Wilder

The Devil Tree by Jerzy Kosiński

We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

Queenie by Candace Carty-Williams

Flights by Olga Tokarczuk

✅Normal People by Sally Rooney

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler

Paperweight by Meg Haston

My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga

Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone

Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Dying Animal by Philip Roth

Marble by Amalie Smith

Oranges by John McPhee

New Forest by Josefine Klougart

The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza

Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan

Playlist for a Broken Heart by Cathy Hopkins

My Sweet Orange Tree by José Mauro de Vasconcelos

The Sixteen Trees of the Somme by Lars Mytting

The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse

How to Be Both by Ali Smith

The Rainbow Troops by Andrea Hirata

The Zigzag Way by Anita Desai

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Akner

Trampoline by Robert Gipe

Weedeater by Robert Gipe

Ohio by Stephen Markley

Cherry by Nico Walker

The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing

Luster: A Novel by Raven Leilani

White Teeth by Zadie Smith

The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood

The Idiot by Elif Bautman

On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs

The Book of Essie by Meghan Weir

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Rush by Lisa Patton

Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

A Breath of Life by Clarice Lispector

Garments Against Women by Anne Boyer

Faces in the Water by Janet Frame

Disorder by Vanesha Pravin

Hyperdream by Hélène Cixous

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Gut Symmetries by Jeannette Winterson

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados

The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley

When the Apricots Bloom by Gina Wilkinson

Waiting for the Night Song by Julie Carrick Dalton

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan

Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Gooden

Fiona and Jane by Jean Shen Ho

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux

Eve’s Hollywood by Eve Babitz

Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden

Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho

Other People’s Clothes by Calla Henkel

A Very Nice Girl by Imogen Crimp

When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O’Neill

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

Thriller

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Chain by Adrian McKinty

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

The Fever by Megan Abbott

Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker

The Silent Sister by Diane Chamberlain

The Woman in the Window by J. Finn

The Truants by Kate Weinberg

Too Good to Be True by Carola Lovering

The One by John Marrs

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

Other People’s Clothes by Calla Henkel

Romance

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

When We Collided by Emery Lord

The Love Square by Laura Jane Williams

Every Last Word by Tamara Stone

Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson

In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

Grip by Kennedy Ryan

Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales

Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Mystery

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty

The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun by Sébastien Japrisot

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Missing, Presumed Dead by Emma Berquist

Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour

If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio

Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

The Taking of Annie Thorne by C.J. Tudor

All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda

An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

Religion

The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir

Historical

Lovely War by Julie Berry

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

Oliver Loving by Stefan Merrill Block

The Girls by Emma Cline

The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Emma by Jane Austen

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

A Mercy by Toni Morrison

The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Sci Fi

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Kindred by Octavia Butler

Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Magical Realism

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura

Adventure

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

Outlawed by Anna North

Postmodern

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

If on a Winter's Night a Traveller by Italo Calvin

White Noise by Don DeLillo

Dystopian

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

1984 by George Orwell

Fantasy

Bone Gap by Laura Ruby

The Binding by B.R. Collins

The Dance Sequence Series by Aidan Chambers

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

Raybearer by Jordan Afueko

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Balanced on the Blade’s Edge by Lindsay Buroker

Horror

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand

Women Talking by Miriam Toews

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen María Machado

In a Cottage In a Wood by Cass Gre

Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin

Gothic

Hangsman by Shirley Jackson

LGBT

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo

Humor

Hex by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight

The Movie That No One Saw by May Seah

Philosophical

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Lighthousekeeping by Jeannette Winterson

Psychological

Of Darkness by Josefine Klougart

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

A Good Enough Mother by Bev Thomas

Água Viva by Clarice Lispector

Fish in Exile by Vi Khi Nao

Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz

Dietland by Sarai Walker

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Russell

Satire

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

Children’s

Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

Modernist

In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust

To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

The Waves by Virginia Woolf

Humor

Bunny by Mona Awad

#content #books #fiction #novels

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2020 reads

conversations with friends, sally rooney (¼)

dear edward, ann napolitano (1/24)

the possible world, liese o’halloran schwarz (2/12)

inside the battle of algiers, zohra drif (2/18)

rage becomes her: the power of women’s anger, soraya chemaly (2/24)

finding time: the economic of work-life conflict, heather boushey (3/2)

the other america: poverty in the united states, michael harrington (3/30)

guest house for young widows: among the women of isis, azadeh moaveni (4/8)

odyssey to the north, mario bencastro (4/12)

when they call you a terrorist: a black lives matter memoir, patrisse khan-cullers and asha bandele (4/16)*

the perks of being a wallflower, stephen chbosky (4/17)*

what doesn’t kill you makes you blacker, damon young (4/20)

the great gatsby, f. scott fitzgerald (4/21)*

my sister, the serial killer, oyinkan braithwaite (4/24)

i’m fine… and other lies, whitney cummings (4/25)

promise me, dad, joe biden (4/27)

i will always write back: how one letter changed two lives, caitlin alifirenka and martin ganda (4/29)

the opposite of loneliness, marina keegan (4/30)*

the giver, lois lowry (5/9)

little weirds, jenny slate (5/10)

all the bright places, jennifer niven (5/12)

little fires everywhere, celeste ng (5/14)

the cure for lonely, jessica thummel (5/16)

why i’m no longer talking to white people about race, reni eddo-lodge (5/19)

me, earl, and the dying girl, jesse andrews (5/23)

red, white, and royal blue, casey mcquiston (5/27)

on the come up, angie thomas (6/13)

the color purple, alice walker (6/16)

true grit, charles portis (6/18)*

speak, laurie halse anderson (6/18)

eleanor oliphant is completely fine, gail honeyman (6/24)

the seven husbands of evelyn hugo, taylor jenkins reid (6/29)

untamed, glennon doyle (7/1)

heartstopper, alice oseman (7/2)

know my name, chanel miller (7/5)

the beautiful things that heaven bears, dinaw mengestu (7/7)

the year of magical thinking, joan didion (7/8)

the hunger games, suzanne collins (7/11)*

catch and kill: lies, spies, and a conspiracy to protect predators, ronan farrow (7/13)

periods gone public: taking a stand for menstrual equity, jennifer weiss-wolf (7/15)

catching fire, suzanne collins (7/18)

mockingjay, suzanne collins (7/20)

lord of the flies, william golding (7/25)

the vanishing half, brit bennet (7/26)

just mercy: a story of justice and redemption, bryan stevenson (7/28)

simon snow book 2: wayward song, rainbow rowell (8/15)

where the crawdads sing, delia owens (9/1)

circe, madeline miller (9/5)

sharp objects, gillian flynn (9/7)

such a fun age, kiley reid (9/10)

daisy jones and the six, taylor jenkins reid (9/11)

conviction, denise mina (9/16)

this is how you lose her, junot díaz (9/17)

how to behave in a crowd, camille bordas (9/29)

white fragility: why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism, robin diangelo (9/30)

the ballad of songbirds and snakes, suzanne collins (10/4)

harry potter and the sorcerer’s stone, j. k. rowling (10/6) *

someone we know, shari lapena (10/7)

where’d you go, bernadette, maria semple (10/8)

beach read, emily henry (10/10)

all adults here, emma straub (10/13)

one true loves, taylor jenkins reid (10/15)

maybe in another life, taylor jenkins reid (10/19)

i wish you all the best, mason deaver (10/20)

furia, yamile saied méndez (10/22)

after i do, taylor jenkins reid (10/23)

don’t look back, karin fossum (10/24)

charlotte’s web, e.b. white (11/2)*

room, emma donoghue (11/4)

wit’s end, karen joy fowler (11/5)

the midnight library, matt haig (11/5)

forever, interrupted, taylor jenkins reid (11/6)

mary poppins, p.l. travers (11/7)*

a plague of prisons: the epidemiology of mass incarceration in america, ernest drucker (11/10)

the last story of mina lee, nancy jooyoun kim (11/13)

ask again, yes, mary beth keane (12/3)

the girls, emma cline (12/9)

the importance of music to girls, lavinia greenlaw (12/13)

the guest list, lucy foley (12/15)

harry potter and the chamber of secrets, j.k. rowling (12/15)*

matilda, roald dahl (12/17)*

harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, j.k. rowling (12/17)*

homegoing, yaa gyasi (12/18)

play it as it lays, joan didion (12/19)

the thing around your neck, chimamanda ngozi adichie (12/20)

the time traveler’s wife, audrey niffeneggar (12/23)*

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Previous Book Selections

07/12/22: More Than You’ll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez

06/24/22: The Rose Code by Kate McQuinn

05/19/22: The Lobotomist Wife by Samantha Greene Woodruff

04/21/22: No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

03/17/22: Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

02/10/22: Beartown by Frederik Backman

01/07/22: The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

11/28/21: One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

10/24/21: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

09/19/21: Why Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu Miller

08/06/21: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

07/12/21: The Vanishing Half

06/17/21: The President’s Daughter by Patterson and Clinton

05/21/21: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

04/23/21: The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

03/23/21: The Authenticity Project by Clare Poole

02/19/21: American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

01/22/21: City of Girls

12/18/20: The Newcomers by Helen Thorpe

11/13/20: Such a Fun Age by Leanne Treese

10/02/20: Untamed by Glennon Doyle

08/27/20: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

07/24/20: White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

06/15/20: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

05/18/20: Red, White, Royal Blue by Casey McQuistion

04/20/20: Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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9/30/19: Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

08/05/19: The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates

07/10/19: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

06/12/19: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

05/16/19: Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance

04/17/19: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

3/18/19: Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

02/04/19: Good Luck with That by Kristan Higgins

12/2019: The Power by Naomi Alderman

11/2019: The President is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson

10/08/18: The Night Circus by Erin Morgensterm

08/21/18: Turtles All The Way Down by John Green

07/10/18: Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings

06/04/18: This Is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel

05/07/18: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson

03/19/18: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

01/28/18: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

12/11/17: Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

11/13/17: Rules of Civility by Armor Towles

10/09/17: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

09/06/17: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

07/16/17: The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince by Mayte Garcia

06/13/17: Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

05/11/17: Shrill by Lindy West

03/30/17: Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore

02/23/17: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

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12/14/16 - Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple

10/19/16 - The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Ami Polonski

09/14/16 - Year of Yes by Shonda Rimes

07/13/16 - Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein

06/15/16 - Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

05/18/16 - The 100-year-old man who climbed out the window and disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

04/21/16 - So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson

03/18/16 - When She Flew by Jennie Shortridge

02/17/16 - The Year of Living Biblically: by A.J. Jacobs

01/13/16 - Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari

12/02/15 - I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb

11/04/15 - The Martian by Andy Weir

10/07/15 - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

08/26/15 - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

07/22/15 - Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim

06/03/15 - The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

04/15/15 - Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon

03/18/15 - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

02/18/15 - Deep Down Dark: The untold stories of 33 men buried in a Chilean Mine and the miracle that set them free by Hector Tobar

01/14/15 - Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison by Piper Kerman

12/05/14 - The Light Between Oceans by M.L.Stedman

11/05/14 - Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline

09/24/14- Horns by Joe Hill

08/28/14- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

07/23/14- The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson

06/18/14- Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Kolker

05/21/14- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

04/30/14- A Bad Idea I’m About To Do by Chris Gethard

03/27/14- Heartburn by Nora Ephron

02/19/14- Gang Leader for a Day by Sudir Venkatesh

01/08/14- David and Goliath by Malcom Gladwell

12/04/13- Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple

10/30/13- The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande

09/18/13- A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore

08/14/13- Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg

07/10/13- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

05/22/13- How to Be a Woman by Caitlan Moran

04/24/13- Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History by Greg Campbell

03/27/13- Under the Banner of Heaven by John Krakauer

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10/24/12 - Paris, I love you but you’re bringing me down by Rosecrans Baldwin

09/19/12 - Born Standing Up by Steve Martin

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07/18/12 - Them: Adventures with Extremists by Jon Ronson

06/27/12 - Starvation Lake: A Mystery by Bryan Gruley

05/30/12 - Plainsong by Ken Haruf

04/25/12 - You’re Not Doing It Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death, and Other Humiliations by Michael Ian Black

03/21/12 - Room by Emma Donaghue

02/22/12 - Just Kids by Patti Smith

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Torchwood Soho - the entire VORTEX article

TORCHWOOD HAS had the honour of being populated by larger than life characters over the years. We’ve met Captain Jack Harkness and Yvonne Hartman, plus Gwen Cooper, Toshiko Sato, Owen Harper and Susie Costello on television. And Big Finish has given us Mr Colchester, Ng and Orr – as well as the one and only Norton Folgate.

We had a glimpse of bygone Torchwood in 2018’s audio release, Goodbye Piccadilly, in which Norton dragged his friend Sergeant Andy Davidson back in time to Soho in the 1950s. And now we turn back the clock again to witness Norton accompanied by Andy in Torchwood Soho. Tom Price reprises his role as Andy, joining Samuel Barnett (Dirk Gently in the BBC series) as Norton. Gangsters are vanishing from the streets of Soho, there’s a deadly Nazi secret on the loose, and something’s moving in the smog. Norton Folgate should be sorting this out, but the Torchwood agent is in disgrace. Who’s going to save London this time?

Torchwood Soho – Parasite contains six stories: The Man From Room 13, Meet Mr Lyme, The Mould, The Spread, The Dead Hand and The Liberty of Norton Folgate.

Vortex asks writer/producer James Goss at what point did he think that Andy and Norton should get their own series? James explains: “Actually, everyone’s been so kind about the relationship between Norton and Andy, that it really didn’t take much arm-twisting to convince Big Finish to let us spend three blissful days in studio with Sam and Tom.

“The fabulous thing about Torchwood as a franchise is that it spans a huge period, and there are chunks of it that are just worth exploring. We vaguely glimpsed 1950s Torchwood in the Doctor Who TV episode, The Idiot’s Lantern, and this new release is a real peep under the murky, awful bonnet.”

James has been particularly pleased by the reception Norton has had from listeners: “Thrilled, blown away, boggled – and that’s just in reaction to some of the fan art on Tumblr! Seriously, it’s weird to have sort of created a Torchwood character that wasn’t on TV who the Big Finish listeners are dying to hear more of and who has a following of his own. I’d love to say it’s all down to the writing, but really it’s down to Sam’s performance and his rapport with Tom. They’re just audio magic, aren’t they?

“As it’s set in the 1950s, it was obvious to follow the rhythm of the Quatermass serials – so there are six half-hour episodes. And, in the tradition of Quatermass, we start out in an office and end with the world in peril.

“We get to see Norton hunting down alien artefacts stolen by Nazis, escaping from a timetravelling pub, and battling zombies in Margate. We get to meet Norton’s boss (played by Dervla Kirwan) and the hapless leader of Torchwood Soho (David Troughton) – who both share a terrible secret. And we get to discover why Torchwood hid the Skylon at the Festival of Britain. Norton’s also trying to avoid the attentions of a journalist (played by Joe Shire) who is determined to uncover what Torchwood is. Norton’s in a whole lot of trouble – and this time he needs Andy to help him.”

Scott Handcock has been responsible for directing the series. How did he find bringing this volume – effectively a period piece – to life? He grins: “Maybe it’s just because I’ve done a lot of Doctor Who, where you’re constantly flitting all over space and time, but I’m not sure I really register the difference! Obviously, you’re aware of the period and need to convey that in the world you build and characters you cast, but it’s the same approach as creating a civilisation of reptilian aliens in the far future. The script sets up the rules and everyone plays by them. If anything, period pieces are often a bit easier because everyone has a frame of reference. Though having said that, it also means you have to really do your homework.

“The 50s is a fascinating period. Yes, you have a bit more Received Pronunciation – especially with Norton, who throws in a dash of Polari every so often – but there’s a lovely mix of characters in this script, covering various classes and backgrounds. Belle Epoch (gloriously portrayed by Franchi Webb) is a character who you could probably only bring to life in this era. People own those identities more – a lot of them are hiding things and putting up barriers – which makes characters like Andy and Gideon more relatable as our identification figures.”

Tom Price is delighted that not only does Sergeant Andy continue to feature in Torchwood, but he’s also a series lead. He admits: “The listeners really like what Big Finish is doing with Torchwood, which means we can rock up and do more. It’s amazing that the world of Torchwood has been built on good foundations and we can keep adding to it.

“I watched The X Files back in the day, and Star Trek: The Next Generation, as they can reboot and keep going forever and ever. If something is built well, it will last, and that’s exactly what’s happening with Torchwood. It’s got a good engine, and you can tweak it here and there so we can take the cast and put them into a new setting.

“Norton is such a great personality – he was never on TV and I think Sam Barnett is slightly annoyed about that! Characters like him have just got that thing, where they’re big and funny and very memorable.

“I love our team of Scott and James. James is a magnificent writer – he has such a brilliant ear for a story and putting these worlds together. If he was writing music he would be Guy Chambers! And Scott understands the characters better than you or I do. A lot of directors throw way too much stuff at you, but Scott has a good hand on the tiller and will give you a couple of points that can change your performance. I just love going into this created world, and having such fun.”

SCOTT ENJOYS the dynamic between Sam and Tom, in particular. He says: “I think it’s fair to say that Sam and Tom hit it off instantly. Even before Ghost Mission (their first Torchwood together), they met at the recording of Doctor Who: Nightshade and it was clear they enjoyed working together – and that’s only grown the more we’ve done. There’s a shorthand between them that comes from having recorded a lot together, and that trust means they can push the material further. It also means when we get new characters coming in, and the actors see what Sam and Tom are bringing to it, they relax and feel able to give that little bit extra, which is kind of what you need when you’re projecting an entire performance through your voice.”

Scott adds: “It’s a lovely change of pace for Torchwood. I remember the old BBC Sexton Blake dramas, and that slightly pulpy, serialised style they had, so when James first mooted this I suggested we do it as a six-part serial of half-hour episodes. It moves along at one hell of a lick! And as always with James’s scripts, the humour is contrasted with some genuine horror and drama. It’s a really strong character piece and, as a director, has some fantastic set pieces that test you as you leap around the schedule. One of the biggest highlights was getting Dervla Kirwan in to play Lizbeth Heyhoe. She fell in love with the script and said it’s absolutely the kind of part she’d never get seen for on screen – and we just had an absolute blast. It was our first Big Finish together, though obviously when I had to recast Miss Quill in Class, she was my immediate first choice. She’s simply amazing. The entire cast just got it…”

And James concludes: “Honestly, it was just three days of bliss in a studio with a great set of actors.” VORTEX

#bit long i know but !! if u r looking forward to it you WON'T regret reading this!!!#torchwood soho #norton folgate #torchwood #THEY EVEN MENTION TUMBLR FANS OK THIS IS SERIOUS

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[Book] Normal People: A Novel Audiobook Online by Sally Rooney

NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A stunning novel about the transformative power of relationships” (People) from the author of Conversations with Friends, “a master of the literary page-turner” (J. Courtney Sullivan). ONE OF THE TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE DECADE—Entertainment Weekly

TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—People, Slate, The New York Public Library, Harvard Crimson

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Connell and Marianne grew up in the same small town, but the similarities end there. At school, Connell is popular and well liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation—awkward but electrifying—something life changing begins.

A year later, they’re both studying at Trinity College in Dublin. Marianne has found her feet in a new social world while Connell hangs at the sidelines, shy and uncertain. Throughout their years at university, Marianne and Connell circle one another, straying toward other people and possibilities but always magnetically, irresistibly drawn back together. And as she veers into self-destruction and he begins to search for meaning elsewhere, each must confront how far they are willing to go to save the other.

Normal People is the story of mutual fascination, friendship and love. It takes us from that first conversation to the years beyond, in the company of two people who try to stay apart but find that they can’t. Praise for Normal People “[A] novel that demands to be read compulsively, in one sitting.”—The Washington Post

“Arguably the buzziest novel of the season, Sally Rooney’s elegant sophomore effort . . . is a worthy successor to Conversations with Friends. Here, again, she unflinchingly explores class dynamics and young love with wit and nuance.”—The Wall Street Journal

“[Rooney] has been hailed as the first great millennial novelist for her stories of love and late capitalism. . . . [She writes] some of the best dialogue I’ve read.”—The New Yorker

Read Normal People: A Novel Audiobook Online by (Sally Rooney)

Duration: 7 hours, 35 minutes

Writer: Sally Rooney

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Narrators: Aoife Mcmahon

Genres: Aoife Mcmahon

Rating: 3.92

Narrator Rating: 4.17

Publication: Monday, 01 April 2019

Normal People: A Novel Audiobook Online Reviews

Linda M.

An intimate story about an Irish couple whose relationship is basically a close friendship, dips into being a couple, and never really attains a steady state. Well written and worth listening to or reading. The narration is excellent.

Rating: 4

Jodie F.

Very enjoyable read, I was completely sucked into the story and finished within a week! Excellent narration, 5 stars!

Rating: 5

Jennifer C.

Listening to this book was better than reading it and there is so much to unpack for such a small novel. Class, education, timing, mental health, abuse, sexism... it’s al there in this tender conversation on love

Rating: 5

Claire M.

Good read and well written. Narration was spot on. The story line definitely kept me engaged and wanting to know what would happen next.

Rating: 4

Claude M.

I loved this book. I listened to the audiobook twice in 2 days. I am a Sally Rooney fan.

Rating: 5

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Books read in 2019

1. Educated, Tara Westover 2. Dark Places, Gillian Flynn 3. Stiff, Mary Roach 4. The Immortalists, Chloe Benjamin 5. Sharp Objects, Gillian Flynn 6. Not That Bad: Dispatches From Rape Culture, Roxane Gay 7. The Rules Do Not Apply, Ariel Levy 8. The Round House, Louise Erdrich 9. Broken Monsters, Lauren Beukes 10. From Here to Eternity, Caitlin Doughty 11. The Nix, Nathan Hill 12. Little Fires Everywhere, Celeste Ng 13. The Psychopath Test, Jon Robson 14. The Friend, Sigurd Núñez 15. Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, Mary Roach 16. Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan 17. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Caitlin Doughty 18. The Grownup, Gillian Flynn 19. There There, Tommy Orange 20. You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me, Sherman Alexie 21. Everything I Never Told You, Celeste Ng 22. Where the Crawdads Sing, Delila Owens 23. My Absolute Darling, Gabriel Tallent 24. The Idiot, Elif Batuman 25. The Girls, Emma Cline 26. The Great Believers, Rebecca Makkai 27. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates, Wes Moore 28. The Thing Around Your Neck, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 29. The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath 30. My Sister, the Serial Killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite 31. Murder in the Bayou, Ethan Brown 32. Dead Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 33. Fruit of the Drunken Tree, Ingrid Rojas Contreras 34. The Roanoke Girls, Amy Engel 35. The Woman in the Window, A.J. Finn 36. The Death of Mrs. Westaway, Ruth Ware 37. Small Fry, Lisa Brennan-Jobs 38. Asymmetry, Lisa Halliday 39. If You See Me, Don’t Say Hi, Neel Patel 40. The Vegetarian, Han Kang 41. No Visible Bruises, Rachel Louise Snyder 42. The Virgin Suicides, Jeffrey Eugenides 43. The Perfect Nanny, Leila Slimani 44. Normal People, Sally Rooney 45. Evicted, Matthew Desmond 46. Difficult Women, Roxane Gay 47. Into the Water, Paula Hawkins 48. Big Little Lies, Liane Moriarty 49. Conversations with Friends, Sally Rooney 50. In Pieces, Sally Field 51. The White Albums, Joan Didion 52. The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins 53. In the Spaces, Anna Lisabeth

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medleyofstoriess · 6 years

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by: Lordwyne Perez Genre: Fantasy Music: Fall for you by Secondhand Serenade

What are your highschool memories? Ikaw ba yung famous pink girl na nakahawak ng pink notebook na may pafur ang ballpen? ikaw ba yung quiet one na may iilang friends who loves reading books? ikaw ba yung heartthrob? ikaw ba yung nabubully? or … ikaw ba yung nambubully?

Gabi ngayon, mabutuin, rinig ko ang ingay ng crickets, at nakatanaw sa aking bintana ramdam ang preskong simoy ng summer. Napapikit ang aking mga mata, napangiti ang aking mga labi at huminga ng malalim dahil sa special na tao na natutulog ngayon ng mahimbing sa aking kama. This is the story.

I am Lucas, I am in my mid 20s and still in the process of getting my life together. Ikaw? Kumusta ka? Masaya ka man o malungkot, alam kong merong reason behind it. Anyways, bago ang lahat, I will reveal you a secret about myself. It is unusual and magical. Malalaman ko kung ang isang taong nakakasalamuha ko ay genuine or insincere. Paano? nagiiba ang kulay ng pendant ng necklace na bigay ng mommy ko depende sa nararamdaman ng ibang tao sa akin kapag hinawakan ko sila. Colours tells feelings I would say. Pink, when you care and being sincere. Yellow, when you are happy with me. Green, when you feel at peace and safe with me. Blue, when you are afraid of me. Black, when you doesnt care or hate me and Red, ang pinakaespecial na kulay dahil bago ito iilaw sa aking kwintas ay makakaramdam ang buo kong katawan ng tila daloy ng kuryente sa bawat ugat at ang aking mga mata ay unti unting mapapapikit unconsciously and that tells me you love me. Pero minsan, hindi ko alam if this is a curse or a blessing dahil nakakatakot malaman kung ano ang trato sa’yo ng ibang tao.

When I was in elementary, isa ako sa mga batang malakas ang personalidad sa class namin. Bibo, laging leader sa mga programs, at masipag. One day, I was in grade 5 that time, malakas ang ulan sa labas at pinaupo at pinaghanda kami ng teacher namin to welcome a transferee. Pasulyap sulyap ako sa may pintuan at inaabangan ang transferee dahil ofcourse I am excited to see that person. Then the time came, nasa tabi ng pintuan si teacher kasama ang isang nanay at may kasamang bata na hindi ko pa rin makita dahil nakatakip ang payong na hawak nito.

“Okay class! attention! sigaw ni Ma’am at biglang naging attentive ang buong class ng unti..unti..unti kong nakita ang transferee pagtiklop niya ng payong. Nashock ako. Hindi siya ung usual “face” or “look” na nakikita ko sa buong school namin dahil isa siyang puti. Nabigla ako dahil isa itong malaking adjustment not just for us pero sakanya na rin. Kita ko ang kaba niya dahil mga moreno kami at siya lang ang nag-iisang puti. His name is Owen. Napa “OW!” nalang ako. Pinaupo si Owen sa may harapan ko. He was shy. He was quiet. He was nervous. Kita ko rin ang iba kong classmates na tila pinaguusapan siya. Siguro na rin sa unusual na may magiging Canadian kaming classmate. I describe Owen as cute, blonde hair, blue eyes, red cheeks and sige na nga, milk siya, coffee ako! (ano pa ba) Anghirap ng adjustments. Napagsabihan na rin kami ni Ma’am to make him feel comfortable and try to speak with him in English pero tila nahihirapan pa ring makapagadjust ang lahat sa class. One time, I saw Owen having his lunch magisa sa lilim ng punong mangga at nakita ko ding may nilabas siyang flute and started to blow into it. Siguro para na rin maaliw siya since walang kumakasama at kumakausap sa kanya. Gusto ko siyang lapitan para naman may makasama siya pero bigla akong pinapatawag sa classroom to help prepare some class activities.

One day, ilang minuto na lang at maguumpisa na yung class namin ngunit hindi pa dumarating si Owen sa kanyang upuan. Hindi ko alam pero parang naaabala ako kaya lumabas ako sa classroom at hinanap siya. Nilibot ko halos ang buong school para mahanap siya until nakita ko siyang binubully ng ilang students sa may likod ng school. Nakita ko siyang hinahampas ng bag at pinagtatawanan. Mga ignorante!

“Hoy! itigil niyo nga yan! isusumbong ko kayo kay Ma’am! Mga walang hiya kayo!” bigla kong sigaw na may kasama pang pamewang! (ofcourse ^^) Lumapit ako sa kanila saka ko din sila tinadyakan! Nagsitakbuhan na sila at bigla kong nilapitan si Owen and the English conversation started. (phew* CHALLENGE!) Kinakabahan ako sa mga oras na yun dahil hindi ko alam kung paano ko din icocomfort si Owen.

“A..aa..re you okay? … Owen? tanong ko sakanya sabay hawak sa kanyang mga kamay at tinulungan ko ang takot niyang katawan sa pagtayo. Pinutol ang kanyang flute at wala pa siyang awang ninakawan ng baon. Nang hinawakan ko siya, doon umilaw ang kulay green sa kwintas ko. (he felt safe with me)

“Thank you!” yun lamang ang sagot ni Owen sa akin habang nginig siyang umiiyak at bigla niya akong niyakap ng mahigpit. That time, pareho na kaming hindi pumasok sa class at nagskip. Dun na rin nagumpisa ang friendship namin. Sa pagtakbo ng mga araw, lagi na kaming magkasama. Binigyan ko siya ng bagong bamboo flute na gawa ng Lolo ko. Unti unti ko siyang nakilala at doon ko unti unting naintindihan kung bakit kinailangan niyang pumasok sa isang lugar kung saan magiging challenging ito para sa kanya. His Dad remarried and isa siyang Filipina. Lumipat sila dito sa Pilipinas at wala nang ibang choice kundi kailangan nga niyang mag-school dito. Naging close friends kami, I taught him tagalog words (slang siya pero ang cute) and lagi din niyang pinaparinig sakin ang mga musikag natutunan niya gamit ang bamboo flute na bigay ko.

After a year, nalaman ko na hindi na magpapatuloy ng elemenraty si Owen sa school namin. Biglaan ang mga pangyayari at nalaman kong bumalik na daw sila sa Canada. Napaiyak ako sa sobrang lungkot.

Fast forward sa aking teenage years.

My family decided to migrate sa Canada when I was 16. Nung narinig ko ang “Canada”, bigla akong kinabahan na naexcite dahil bigla kong naalala ang noon ay naging kaibigan kong si “Owen Russel Adams”. It was Autumn when we landed to Canada. Malamig at namangha ako sa beautiful shades of Autumn. And just like Owen, kinailangan kong ipagpatuloy ang school ko sa Canada. Isang malaking adjustment pero kailangan. Ganun pala! Ganun pala ang pakiramdam ng mapapalibutan ka ng ibang klaseng environment. Nakakatakot. Nakakaintimidate. Nakakanerbyos. Biglang nawala lahat ng kabibuhan at aaminin ko, hindi ko kinakaya ang makisalamuha sa ibang lahi. Sinubukan kong makipagusap at makipagkaibigan ngunit laging kulay blacklang ang umiilaw sa necklace ko. (they doesn’t care) Ngunit nakilala ko si Carla isang araw. Nailang ako sa kanya nung una kaming magkakilala. Sa hindi ko pinahalatang pagkakataon, I secretly touched her at napangiti ako at lumuwag ang aking pakiramdam dahil kulay yellow (she’s happy with me) ang umilaw sa necklace ko. Naging magaan ang loob namin sa isa’t isa at doon na rin nagumpisa ang aming friendship. One lunch time, mag-isa akong naglalakad papunta sa canteen at napadaan ako sa music room at nakarinig ako ng flute. Napatigil ako sa tapat ng pintuan at unti unti akong sumulyap sa part na glass kung saan tanaw mo sa loob ng room at nakita ko doon ang mala-Leonardo de Caprio (when he was young) na nagblo blow ng flute sabay hawi sa kanyang buhok. That time, iba ang naramdaman ko. Bakit parang kilala ko siya. Bakit parang familiar ang musikang narinig ko. Napahinga nalang ako ng malalim at dumeretso na sa canteen.

One day nag announce ang room teacher namin na may all boys fieldtrip kami. It was a cold autumn season noon and we went for camping. Bago kami umalis at sumakay sa school bus, our room teacher told us na makakasama namin ang ibang boys from other section. At doon ko nasulyapan muli si mala-Leonardo de Caprio. Chineck ang attendance namin and you need to raise your hand kapag tinawag ang pangalan mo. So isa-isang tinawag ang mga pangalan namin.

“Lucas Winston Abad? sambit ng teacher sabay taas ng aking kamay.

another name.., another name.., then ..,

“Owen Russel Adams? at tinaas ni mala-Leonardo de Caprio ang kanyang mga kamay.

Nagulat ako! Nakita kong muli si Owen! Wow! ibang iba na si Owen. At nabigla din akong siya ang isa sa mga inatasang maging leader sa group namin. Kitang kita ko kung gaano ka-active si Owen bilang isang student. Nakarating na kami sa campsite at bigla akong nahiya dahil wala akong makausap sa grupo. Nagkakasundo lahat sila sa kung ano mang topic ang pinag-uusapan nila samantalang ako, nasa sulok, kausap ang bawat damong binubunot ko o bawat insektong gumagapang sa lupa. Ayoko nang subukang makisalamuha dahil natatakot akong malaman how they feel about me kaya pinili ko nalang mapag-isa. Gabi na noon, they are having campfire at nagpaalam ako sa teacher ko na pumunta sa may tabing dagat. Umupo ako sa may malaking bato malapit sa dagat sa ilalim ng gabi na puno ng bituin. Rinig ko ang alon ng dagat. Umuusok ang labi ko sa lamig at salamat sa makapal kong jacket na nagbibigay sa akin ng warmth that night. Sa pag-upo ko doon ay nakaramdam ako na tila may bumabato sa akin at narinig kong may nagtatawanan. Lumingon ako sa aking likuran at nakita kong binabato ako ng tatlong lalaki at tila pinaguusapan ako. Rinig kong sigaw ng isa “What a loner! Go home!, nanghina ang buo kong katawan at tama siya, kailangan siguro, umuwi nalang ako pero hindi ko kaya. Sa mga pagkakataong yun, kwinestyon ko ang sarili ko, “nasaan na yung malakas ang personalidad” na ako? biglang tumulo ang mga luha ko. Sumama ako sa fieldtrip dahil akala ko, makakaya ko. Akala ko makakahanap ako ng mga bagong kaibigan ngunit andito ako ngayon, mag-isa na tila hinihigop ng malakas na alon ng dagat.

Hanggang sa biglang may sumigaw,

“Hey! What the fuu** are you guys doing? That’s being mean man! Stay away from him or else, I will fuc***ing report the three of you! sabi ng galit na si Owen at nagtakbuhan ang tatlong lalaki.

Unti.. unti.. unti akong nilapitan ni Owen hawak hawak ang kanyang flute. Kinabahan ako. Hindi mapakali at pinunasan ko ang aking mga luha.

“Are you okay? Don’t mind those assholes.” sabi ng comforting voice ni Owen sa akin sabay haplos sa aking likod. Masasabi kong it was the worst yet best night for me.

“Thank you! so you brought a flute” sabi ng sinisipon kong boses dahil sa iyak at dinivert ko na lang sa ibang topic ang aming usapan.

“Oh yeah! This bamboo flute (sabay pinakita sa akin) was given by a friend when I studied elementary in the Philippines! Man! I totally forgot what’s his name, I think it was Luke!” sabi niya habang nakatingin sa dagat at ako nama’y habang nakatingin sa kanya. Wow, nasa sakanya pa ang bamboo flute na bigay ko.

“Tell me more about Luke! sabi ko sakanya

“He was like the best person I’ve ever met man! I wonder how he’s doing now. You know what, I actually don’t know if I can survive my one year of studying back in the Philippines if it wasn’t for him. He taught me how to be strong and stand up for myself!

Naiyak ako sa mga bawat salitang sinambit ni Owen, kung alam niya lang na ako ang kausap niya. Kung alam niya lang na ako ang “Luke” na nabanggit niya. He started blowing into the flute at pumikit nalang ang mga mata ko sa ganda ng musika at ninamnam ang malamig na hangin.

“Is his name Lucas? bigla kong tanong

Dahan dahang tumigil ang tunog ng pluta at tumingin siya sa akin

“Yeah! Yeah! It’s Lucas! sagot niya na tila may excitement

Ngumiti ako sa napagwapong mukha ni Owen sabay sabing

“Do you know that the person beside you right now is Lucas? The one who gave you that flute. The one who once saved you from those “assholes” in my country, haha!

“Lucas? gulat niyang tanong

“Yes I am! Look who’s saving me now from bullies” pabiro kong sagot at kita ko ang “unbelievable” reaction sa kanyang mukha at niyakap niya ako ng mahigpit at sabay kong hinawakan ang aking necklace.

Nagkwnetuhan kami ng matagal at hindi kami makapaniwalang nagkita kami muli. Madaming bagay ang napagusapan. Tawanan dito. Tawanan doon. Hanngang sa tinawag na siya ng teacher namin.

“I’ll stay here for a bit” sabi ko sakanya sabay ng kanyang pag-alis.

Habang hawak hawak ko pa ng mahigpit ang pendant ng necklace ko, pumikit ako at saka sabay kong binuksan ang aking mga palad at mata para tuklasan kung anong kulay meron ito. It was color pink (when he cares and being sincere). Napangiti ako at may mga tao pa rin palang sincere. May mga tao pa rin palang marunong hindi makalimot sa mga taong naging parte ng kanilang buhay.

Matapos ang fieldtrip ay doon kami nagsamang muli ni Owen sa school. Sa pagkakataong ito, siya naman ang aking tagapagtanggol. Am I lucky? Yes. He made me feel how comfortable it is to go to school everyday. Sa mga araw na lagi kaming magkasama, iba na ang tibok ng puso ko. Kita ng dalawa kong mata kung paano siya ka-active sa mga school activities as well as sports. In fact, isa nga siya sa mga members ng hockey team sa school namin. Everytime na may hockey practice or hockey game siya, lagi akong nandoon para suportahan siya. Sa tuwing pinapanood ko siya or sa bawat ngiti na binibitawan niya sa akin, tila iba na ang sigaw ng tibok sa puso ko. Kinikilig ba ako? Mas sumasaya ba ako? Kapag magkasama kami, napapaisip ako kung ano tumatakbo sa isipan niya.

Isang araw, habang naglalakad kami, muli kong hinawakan ang aking necklace at hindi ko napigilan ang sarili ko, hinawakan ko ang kamay ni Owen.. at nagtaka akong hindi siya pumalag bumitaw. Bigla akong napatigil sa paglalakad. Biglang napapikit ang aking mga mata. Nakaramdam ako ng kuryente sa buo kong katawan. I started to collect myself at sa pagdilat ng aking mga mata, unti unti kong binuksan ang aking mga palad at nakita kong umiilaw ang kulay “RED” (when you love me) sa aking kwintas. Muli, “RED”. Nagtitigan kami ni Owen na tila tumigil ang mundo. Ibig bang sabihin, iba rin ang sigaw ng tibok ng kanyang puso?

“Lucas! hey! Lucas! are you still alive or something? pajoke na sabi ni Owen hawak pa rin ang aking kamay. Hindi siya pumalag sa paghawak ko at ang puso ko ay ngumiti ngunit biglang sumimangot instantly ng biglang …

“Hey babe! sabi ng babaeng papalapit kay Owen (bigla kong binitawan ang kanyang kamay) at nakita ko silang nagyakapan. Dahan dahan akong lumayo. Naglakad papalayo habang pinagmamasdan ang kulay pulang ilaw sa aking kwintas. Nalilito. Nagtataka. Napapatanong kung bakit pula ang lumabas. Nalungkot ako sa pagkakataong iyon at napaiyak. Iniwasan ko si Owen ng ilang araw at minsan sa tuwing nagkakasalubong kami, hinahabblot niya ang aking kamay at tinatanong kung bakit ko siya iniiwasan. At sa tuwing pinagmamasdan ko ang aking kwintas sa tuwing magdidikit ang aming mga palad ay hindi ito nagiiba ng kulay and it remains colour “red” and I dont know why!

As days pass by, nabalita sa akin ni Carla na break na si Owen at ang kanyang girlfriend. Ang nagawa ko lang that time, napahawak lang ako sa aking necklace.

…

after several weeks,

phone ringing..

riing!

Me: Hello? Phone: Lucas, it’s me Owen

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