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Good to see some love for Switched at Birth/Fosters. I was kind of hoping for an article in this series chronicling how ABC Family has reached a peak this year in evolving from once being owned by the CBN to becoming one of the most progressive TV networks (arguably -the- most?).

Yeah, Settle is my favorite album of the year. When I do my year-end song lists, I tend to be pretty singles-oriented, but I do love Defeated No More along with January, Voices, & some others. Really, a good chunk of the album could probably be in contention for a true top 10.

1 Disclosure f/ AlunaGeorge - White Noise
2 Disclosure f/ Eliza Doolittle - You & Me
3 Little Daylight - Overdose
4 AlunaGeorge - Attracting Flies
5 Daft Punk - Get Lucky
6 Katy B - 5 AM
7 Jessie Ware - Imagine It Was Us
8 CHVRCHES - Gun
9 Kacey Musgraves - Follow Your Arrow
10 Lorde - Tennis Court

Runaway was my first Munro collection, but looking back I think Hateship, Friendship… (my second) would have been a better start. It's stronger overall while I feel Runaway gets slightly gimmicky in a few stories in a way that, in hindsight, can misrepresent much of her other work (which isn't to say it's not worth

Can't wait to read this. Her debut novel was brilliant and will hopefully get more attention as well as a result.

This has been a fantastic year so far… Disclosure, AlunaGeorge, Lorde, Kacey Musgraves, Bastille, Little Daylight, Vampire Weekend, Caitlin Rose, Chloe Howl, and more to come from Haim, CHVRCHES, Katy B, and the return of the Sugababes 1.0

I've read about half of her output at this point, & of her classic stuff, I'd say to go with "Lives of Girls and Women." It was marketed as a 'novel' but is basically a heavily linked collection of stories and gives a good basis for the themes and style of writing prevalent throughout her work.

Oh, and the worst is basically anything I've read so far this year that was marketed as "this year's Gone Girl." I actually really enjoyed GG and think that people get so bogged up in talking about how awesome/stupid/predictable the OMGtwist is or how terrible the characters are that Flynn doesn't get enough credit

Blake Butler - There is No Year, Kate Zambreno - Green Girl, Dennis Cooper - Marbled Swarm, Will Self - Umbrella

I listen to Bookrageous & Book Riot and both are usually pretty lively

Elena Ferrante's "My Brilliant Friend," which is so great and generally as raw as her other works, but not quite as dark or hopeless feeling. A sequel comes out later this year and I can't wait.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "Americanah," which is a really clever and funny look at race in America (and the UK and Nigeria) and the experience of African blacks vs African-American blacks among many other things. Highly recommended.

I thought this was easily the strongest episode of the season so far and a series highlight - plenty of laugh-out-loud moments (everything with Sadie had me in stitches) and the supporting characters had plenty to do.

I don't know why I'm about to attempt to justify something to a one-track troll, but here goes anyway: the whole show is a bit of heightened reality so I'm willing to forgive if everything doesn't play out exactly how it might in the real world. That said, why is it so unbelievable that a CEO would have a meeting with

Well, why can't she be a bit of both? Absolutely, she is self-obsessed and unaware and naive about a lot of things, but I think she genuinely wants to improve Abaddon's ethics, even if some part of it is that *she's* the one doing it and maybe getting some revenge. Remember, her initial plan was to present ways

Regina's lashing out at Bay was such a raw moment and some of the most powerful acting Constance Marie has done so far… my jaw just about dropped with her "you don't know me!" because of how true it is and yet still so obviously hurtful. I'm pretty interested in seeing where this is going to go now and how much the

She does many things that frustrate me, but I think she's a terrific character with whom I can emphasize about why she's so determined in her opinions, even if I think she goes overboard about some of the advantages of deaf identity.

I'm all for it! I've always found characters' "likeability" overrated - give me complex and interesting whether I like 'em or not any day (I'm a big Enlightened fan too, no surprise). But yeah, I think the writers have done a great job showing Daphne's different sides. The very first set of episodes she was a total

Haha, looks like you just beat me to it. It didn't cross my mind 'til after I finished watching, but as soon as Elisa started making comments about the yard signs I figured she'd be some kind of relative.

Despite the soapiness, I'm willing to give a little bit of leeway to Regina's backslide - as we've seen before with Angelo, she has a tendency to act in ways which she should know better or have more confidence when men from her past suddenly pop up (I do agree the eager bartender is pushing it, but ah well).