Nah, this is an excellent, if sort of hard to describe well, fantasy YA series. The blurb that the author says the publisher wouldn't let her use for the story:

Have you read Windup Girl? The author (Paolo Bacigalupi) is very convincing with his near-future environmental disaster-dominated futures. His YA books are also excellent, but I think Windup Girl fits your "literary" criteria slightly better.

Stiefvater is one of the few authors whose books I buy at release time, partially because if you buy them online from her local book store then she'll have signed it and doodled a picture in it.

I think I was fairly embarrassing at a Maggie Stiefvater book signing this year. At least your fan gushing wasn't in person

I'm surprised no one has mentioned The Raven King yet! It was a wonderful conclusion to the Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater, and immediately made me want to reread the whole thing so that I could better appreciate the way she really did make the whole story come full circle. At first I thought she'd called it that…

I'm generally a big Bacigalupi fan, but had trouble getting into The Water Knife.

We like shouting "parkour!" when henchmen get thrown out of windows during action movies.

There are stairs in the background behind her - I think she's standing on higher ground than her Aunt (potentially literally and figuratively?).

I completely get what you mean - it's an element that has to be handled thoughtfully, and there doesn't appear to be *anything* thoughtful about this movie.

It's weird how strongly parenthood changed my responses to child endangerment in pop culture. There've been a couple books or movies that I used to enjoy or be fine with that now I can't handle. I sort of hope that it'll calm down a little, because it's really strange and unnerving to have such a strong response…

The movie looked boring based on the trailer, but based on the review it turns out it's probably batshit crazy…but still somehow boring.

I thought it looked like treacly sap, but I definitely thought they were really death, love, and time. It seems so strange to have a trailer that so thoroughly undermines the movie's "reveals".

I don't have the patience for much fanciness in the kitchen, so I just make sure that I put enough of the powder in that I'm guaranteed to have some tasty chocolate sludge at the bottom when I'm done.

Obviously, Michael Caine's Ebeneezer is the best, since that's the one in the Muppet version.

It seems like most of the shows I watched got skipped. I agree that Kimmy Schmidt should've been in the running, but I'd also have Steven Universe, Gravity Falls, and Person of Interest on there (especially since those last 2 finished so strongly in their final seasons).

I was having a fun time browsing this last night. As far as I can tell, each image is a self-portrait, so it's just fun to look through. At first I thought the labeling of ethnicities and religions was a little odd, but it seems to be totally voluntary (some provide detailed info, others don't provide anything but…

I think Jeff had strong feelings for Kurt, but never expressed those feeling to him, which is part of why he's making such a personal crusade out of this. I don't think there was anything on Kurt's end, necessarily.

Or: You are, Number 6

Muppet Christmas Carol is our go-to also, although I remember liking the Mickey version. It's just, you only have room for so many christmas carol viewings, and in our house Muppets always win over Mickey.

I love Steven Universe - it's a more optimistic show than AT in some respects, but the characterization and storytelling really take off. Like AT, though, it starts out being more of a kid's show. It has less details to keep track of early on, so you could skip some early episodes if you wanted to get to the good…