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[BLA and GB GABBLER are two halves of the pen name behind the CIRCO DEL HERRERO series. Vol. 2, THE PRE-PROGRAMMING out now!]

GABBLER RECOMMENDS: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt season 2

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This season is more amusing in its manic eccentricities–the story line is better. Kimmy weaves into the lives of the other characters as they take on their own adventures apart from her (but inspired by her to do so), also meeting new weirdos along the way (such as Tina Fey’s new character, a drunkard shrink). This is in contrast to the jerky tap dancing of the first season, which didn’t seem to be sure just how silly it wanted its characters to be or how much it could get away with. But this time around, it’s dug a hole and firmly planted itself in. It knows what it’s grown into. Watch it.

P.S. The best part of this season was the Deirdre Robespierre character.


 

Jack Crosbie, On The Magicians TV show

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“I love that they brought Julia into the series early, as her storyline is by far one of the most compelling in the books. Unfortunately, I think they really messed up the Free Trader Beowulf angle. The FTB crew are all very important to Julia’s life, and I think that the devastatingly brutal final scene would have resonated much more emotionally for viewers if the FTB characters had been more developed. I think that Julia’s conflicts with Marina (and Marina as a character) should have been cut entirely; if they were planning on including Reynard the Fox in season one then her storyline needed to focus on FTB much more heavily. I would have loved to see Julia blowing through the hedge leveling system by episode 3 or 4, before being contacted by FTB, and then beginning her real journey into magic, always with a foreboding edge that would have made Reynard’s reveal at the end that much more terrifying.”

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[“BLA and GB Gabbler” (really just a pen name – singular) are the Editor and Narrator behind THE AUTOMATION, vol. 1 of the Circo del Herrero series. They are on facebook, twitter, tumblr, goodreads, and Vulcan’s shit list.]

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BookTuber Tuesday – Mary Beard on SPQR: The History of Ancient Rome

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[“BLA and GB Gabbler” (really just a pen name – singular) are the Editor and Narrator behind THE AUTOMATION, vol. 1 of the Circo del Herrero series. They are on facebook, twitter, tumblr, goodreads, and Vulcan’s shit list.]

all yellowB&N | Amazon | Etc.

Take a sip out of our Tumblr

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We reblog weird stuff like this. 

 

Tweets of the Week: Nest Egg

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