Shadow was my least favorite character for those very reasons, so I'm down with Whittle's performance.

Talking about The Growl? I know.

As long as Juggie stills likes burgers, he can be as emo as he wants.

Definitely the new Roxane Gay, and Lincoln in the Bardo. 4321 by Paul Auster also sounds super intriguing.

I honestly didn't think another one was ever coming, so I'm beyond excited. LOVE MWT.

Yeah, IQ84 is the only Murakami I've read, and it made me really resistant to read more. I kind of hated it.

Fun fact - I wanted to watch that film as soon as I finished the book, but it took three months to get it from the library. Can't believe the NYPL only has two copies of it. (I did end up getting it and enjoying it.)

I've read a handful of Gaiman. Stardust and Ocean at the End of Lane are my favorites; I didn't care too much for the larger plot in American Gods.

Agreed. Couldn't stomach most of The Girls. It's supposedly "super relatable" if you've ever been a teenage girl, but uh, I can safely say that I was never like Evie.

Goodreads is my favorite social media platform. Sometimes when I'm sad I like to go through and read the one-star reviews for books I hate, like The Alchemist.

My favorite books I read this year (not necessarily published in 2016), in no particular order:

His Ponderosa video endeared me to him again. He let go of his bitterness and everyone really seemed to enjoy his company.

Just popping in to say I missed your words on Survivor, Carrie! Thanks for doing this little recap.

Hearty cosign to this. Although our migration over to PRP probably played a factor in these reviews being nixed…(we'll miss you, Carrie)

"Slow and steady wins the race." Cydney pulls a plastic turtle out of her bikini, hands it to Jeff, and whispers, "Please clap."

you weren't all in on the "spencer becomes a real boy" narrative last season?

Yeah I'm really curious the logic behind that. He must have been given some faulty info, but I thought he was really tight with Scot and Jason.

Aw man I felt so bad for Julia. She really couldn't hold on 10 seconds longer?

Hear hear

If I were Neal I would have openly announced I was giving it to Aubry and told her to use it on the next tribal. Cause some drama on your way out! Know that you impacted something on the game when you leave.