I usually try not to be This Person but there's a line about Anna singing along to a Michael Bublé Christmas album in the year 2000 which didn't feel right to me so I spent four seconds googling his discography and sure enough, he didn't have any albums out until 2001 and no Christmas album until a decade later...

It's not that I care this much about Michael Bublé, it just doesn't bode well for how much the authors care about the specific 2000 setting other than the triple holiday coincidence - time will tell!

I’m curious to know how other fellow atheist/agnostic people feel about the biblical and religious references in this book. It throws me off a bit 🫤

There's so many different implements you can do it properly with.

Now, I know this might be shocking to some of those in our audience, but I am not a fan of wooden cooking implements. I know they can really get things stirred well and proper, but gods forbid you have anything that could slightly dye it. Making tomato soup? RIP your favorite spoon. Just another reason to be anti-tomato.

Besides that! I can never trust that I got the spoon clean enough because putting them through the dishwasher can ruin them, and even then, it's technically a porous material! I need to be confident that something is extra clean. Like, yeah, the dishwasher is no autoclave like my mother would bemoan of it (she'd put one in the house if my dad would let her) but STILL.

I'm usually a silicone and plastics girlie, though I won't hesitate to just lift things with my fingers or the fork I'm gonna use to eat it with. The less dishes, the better in my not-so-humble opinion.

SO YEAH. That's my opinion and anyone who thinks differently can get FORKED! /s

What about y'all? What are your preferred ways to stir pots?

Honestly, I think this app is dead for me. Every time I have something slightly critical to say about a book everyone comes for me. It’s not fun and I think I’m going to be deleting my account soon because I’m feeling like I can’t have an opinion. Unless it’s positive and you love the book. Is anyone else having this issue

Storytel is a no-go. Cancelled my subscription not long ago due to their AI usage (ai author + some more) In my eyes, an app that allows such on it is a no.

Anyone have any other suggestions? 🙈

So unbelievably excited to see them drop! 🎉 Does anyone else feel like they’re cheating if you join vol ii but not vol i? I only join quests where I have at least 5 books finished or TBR’d, so it feels like skipping a grade to not do vol i too 😂