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Hey neighbors, welcome back to Books Are on the Block, the podcast where three friends and neighbors talk all things books, plots, and everything in between.
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We're your hosts, Lindsay, Audrey, and Adrian.
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Today is our October Book Club episode, and we're gonna be discussing The Unknown by Riley Sager.
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Make sure you stay tuned to the end of the episode where we are going to announce our November book club pick.
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Before we get started, let's get into Read Watch Obsessed, where we talk about what we've been reading, watching, and what we're obsessed with right now.
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So grab the beverage you need and the snack you deserve.
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Let's get into it.
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Adrian, you're up first.
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Okay, I'm reading a book that you guys have probably never heard of again.
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I kind of hate that I do this now.
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I kind of love it.
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It's so you.
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Well, this is a memoir one, and I I think it's still gonna be one that I'm like, why did I waste my time?
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It always is.
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You never learn.
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I don't ever learn.
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So it's called The Only Thing There Is to Want by Sarah Heppla.
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Heppela?
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Um H E P O L A.
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Sorry, Sarah, that I don't know how to say your last name.
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What's it called?
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The what?
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The only thing there is to want.
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Okay.
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And the a memoir of three loves.
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So this is a woman in her adulthood, the three significant love stories.
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However, poor girl's just a mess.
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Like she wants so badly to be in a relationship.
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I
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mean, I give her a lot of credit.
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She just puts it all out there.
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I would not, I would never share the things that she's sharing.
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It's very like embarrassing for her.
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Oh my god.
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But it's kind of interesting.
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So I guess if you like like messy like relationship stories, if you like listening to your friends' relationship stories, you would probably like this.
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I love that.
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I don't really know where it's like.
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I think I'm on the second love story.
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And I guess it is her like growth through like what does she really want?
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How does she pick people not being desperate?
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But I don't really know what the endgame is.
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I don't even know.
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I can't remember where I got this recommendation.
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I will say I looked it up because I'd never heard of it, obviously, and it does have good reviews.
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So at least you have that.
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So she's like a writer outside of this.
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Like she writes for I think New York Times, and like she is an established writer, and that's part of this.
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Like her dating is guys will find out that she is an author and then have weird feelings about it.
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I just want to be I want to be a fly on the wall when you choose the books that you read.
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Like maybe like a passenger in your brain.
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All it is, I is I will be listening to any podcast or on Instagram, and I don't even look at the book.
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I just go put out my Libby, and then what happens is six weeks later it comes up, and I'm like, oh I don't think a single thing about this, but sure.
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Okay.
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Go ahead.
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Okay, I have not really been watching anything new, but I did watch Dancing with the Stars last night.
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How was it?
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It was so emotional, I hear so.
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It was I'm not an emotional person.
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I've I I told you guys you cry.
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I did get a little clemped, a little teary.
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I don't I said this a couple weeks ago on the podcast.
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I've never watched Dancing with the Stars.
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Like I've obviously like clips, but this is the first season I've actually been watching, and it is really good.
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I now get good.
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I don't know if it's always this good or if I just really like all of the people.
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But I I've said Save Last Dance is one of my favorite movies.
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Ten Things I Hate About You, one of my favorite movies, but I don't really like Julia Styles.
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I think she's very annoying, and I've always been surprised she's gotten the roles that she has.
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But now I like Julia Styles.
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Like I actually am like, oh, I kind of like you.
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It was really sweet.
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It was a really sweet episode, other than the very cringy moment of Tyler Cameron announcing his Oh, it was cringy.
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Why was it?
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I saw a clip and I thought it looked cute.
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Okay, so while he's dancing, so it it was a little, I it was a little too sugary sweet with like the dedication because all of these people get to dance with them.
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And it's in it's a little interpretive dancing.
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Oh, yeah.
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So it's moms who come out and they're like, yeah, it's a little like I'm like, are you lovers or are you friends?
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Or are you mother-daughter?
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I mother-son, I don't know.
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It's a little, it was a little weird.
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So his wife was out dancing, and it was the dedication was to his mom.
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And I I I kind of missed a little bit of like why he the his wife or his fiance has never met his mom.
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She died before, but there's like she he kept saying, like, she's the one who brought us together, like his mom spirit brought them together.
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Oh, from the other side.
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Yeah.
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So she's like a part of the whatever.
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Anyway, so while they're dancing, it's an over.
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He's dancing, but he pre-recorded himself talking over the music.
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And he's like, to my to my mother, yeah.
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I love you.
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Da da da da.
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And now I'm going to have a child.
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And she like bursts forth, and and then they do the her bump is pretty big.
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Yeah.
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She's probably like six, seven months long.
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Six months, right?
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That well, they announced then they announced the gender on in front of everyone.
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And I'm like, I this is too much.
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ABC is really
capitalizing on this.
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Well, Tyler's like, You're not gonna send my ass home.
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Yeah, that's exactly what he was doing.
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Well, that was like so many of the the dances were so emotional that the the judges, nines and tens.
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And they were like, obviously, they're getting better, but like Carrie Ann, who I think is really not nice, was like, ten, nine, ten.
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Like she was she may have like, yeah, she may have felt bad for what she yeah, but anyway.
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Can I say something controversial?
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Yes, please.
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Okay, so Julia Stiles did hers for Heath Ledger.
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Yeah, and they hated each other.
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Well, no, but I read an article that after he died, she was like, we never kept in touch after the movie.
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She didn't allude that they did.
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So, like, she just said that you're just doing, you're like using the 100%.
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I agree.
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It made me like her.
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I was like, ew, this is it.
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I'm gonna watch it.
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I think that she probably is accurate in what he brought to the set.
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And she, I appreciated that she didn't never said anything like, Oh, I miss she never really said like I miss him.
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She just said the only thing she said was it would be really cool to call him and say, Hey, we made a movie together that has really impacted like people still to this day really love.
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That's a cool thing that you and I did.
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Yeah, she never alluded to the fact that they actually had like any sort of friendship.
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So I appreciate that.
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That's okay, but does she not have a loved one?
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She's like 40 something years old.
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Does she not have a loved one other than maybe she's married?
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Maybe she's really private, and she's like, I'm not gonna talk about it.
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I do, I do think she's pretty private.
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I'm not gonna talk about my loved one, so I'm just gonna talk about I guess.
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I mean, ABC probably was like, listen, here we can get the whole cast out here.
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Yeah, and you will like this will be something everyone talks about.
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Oh no, for sure.
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I I'm sure ABC pushed the heck out of it.
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I just like if I were her, I would be like, I feel icky doing it.
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She said, I don't know though.
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I'm like keep me on.
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I would too.
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I am like, he still, whether they kept in touch or not, that was still had to be a crucial moment of her life and that friendship.
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Like she said, he just brought so much fun and joy to the whole, like, she never talked about him and like her.
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It was like what he brought as a person to the set, yeah, which is probably all true.
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Yeah.
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So because everyone was yeah, anyway, I could go on and on about my thoughts on all the people that showed up, but I will move on because otherwise we don't need Dancing with the Stars.
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This will be a Dancing with the Stars podcast, yes.
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Um, but my obsessed is I think I probably brought this last year because it's a yearly obsession, but I'm currently drinking my absolute favorite beer.
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It's called Pumpkin Head Beer.
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It's by Shipyard, it's up in like Main area.
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That's where it's brewed.
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I love it.
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I brought bought three, I could not find it this year.
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So years and years ago, I think I may have already told this story.
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Years and years ago, you could it they would Nashville would get one shipment and once it's out, it's out.
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Like it was so hard to find.
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So, so hard to find.
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Then all of a sudden, it like the past four years, it's been like surplus.
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Okay.
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Like, this is not that special anymore.
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You can get it Kroger Publix everywhere.
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This year.
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Hard again?
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Very hard.
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I went to Total Wine, it's the only place I found it, and I got the last three cases.
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I bought three cases.
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Wow.
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Do you know by a case?
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I mean, is that a case?
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It's a six-pack.
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I would think that's a case.
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What's in a case?
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Case is like 20.
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I don't know.
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You're asking about the wrong people.
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Three six packs.
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That's a lot.
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But I got scarcity.
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Scarcity mentality.
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I was like, oh
my gosh, I have to get it.
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So anyway, good luck to you out in the wild if you were able to get your hands on some pumpkin head beer this year.
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Congrats.
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Wow.
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Okay, I I mean, according to Reddit, a case is 24.
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Oh, yeah.
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I did not buy three cases.
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Should we worry?
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Okay, Audrey, what about you?
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I finished King of Ashes today.
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So by S.A.
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Cosby, and I need to pick up whatever is the exact opposite of that next.
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You should read Green Lights by Matthew McConaughey.
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Yeah, I would.
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That's a good one.
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I do, I would, I need to feel something other than apathy.
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So I'm thinking maybe something a little more emotional or maybe like romanticy.
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Do the witch.
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Is that what it's called?
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The Witch by Freedom of Fan.
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Yeah, that sounds good.
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I wanted to get through this specific episode because I feel like maybe they might be similar.
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The unknown, which we're talking about today, and The Witch.
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Yeah.
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I am going to assume one is better written than the other one.
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I have no doubts.
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But you know, it sounds kind of good.
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Well, she might shock us.
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She could.
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I'll be the guinea pig.
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Please do, yeah.
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And then watch.
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So my sister and my friend Aaron and I, for my birthday, went to go see Since and Sensibility since Adrienne Lindsay would not go see it with me.
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And Lindsay outright refused.
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I would I don't even know what it is.
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Oh, it's a it's like a oh, I so when I saw an ad for it and I said, Is this about lesbians?
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Yes, and it's about sisters.
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Yeah.
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Well, it's it's it's Jane Austen.
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It's like laying on the other one.
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I was like, okay, you're Audrey.
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Do you not have a sister?
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No, she's an only child.
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It's not about lesbians.
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It was recorded.
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By the way, I'm not an only child.
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I do have a brother.
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Well, you grow up like an only child.
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Yeah.
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Um, anyways, it is not about lesbians.
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It is a Jane Austen classic novel, Since Insensibility.
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She also wrote Pride and Prejudice.
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This is right up my alley.
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I saw the original movie, which came out in 1995, and it is one of my favorite movies of all time.
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I actually loved it.
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I loved it.
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I would give it.
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I was worried it was gonna be a major disappointment for you.
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If the original is five out of five, uh-huh, this one's four out of five.
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It was like very funny, which was shocking to me because the original is very serious, like a lot of yearning, a lot of romance.
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This one I would say is it's got the yearning, it's got the romance, but like it's very comedically in a way that I no, I haven't read.
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I have read Pride and Prejudice, but I've never read Sens Insensibility.
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But, anyways, it was it was really good.
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I really enjoyed it.
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The standout was definitely the girl who played Marianne.
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Her name is Esme Creed Miles.
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Her mom is Samantha Morton, who is a really well-known actress.
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She was in Minority Report, she was in the Odyssey.
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They say she's gonna win the Oscar for the Odyssey this year, so anyways, but nothing compares to She looks faintly familiar.
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Samantha Morton or Yes.
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She was it very like you know how Wuthering Heights looked very sexual?
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Yeah, no, it is it is very true to its own.
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Yeah, they didn't take it and modernize it or make it campy.
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Yeah, no, it was very much I did notice something.
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So the original, the colors in it is like they're like bright.
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Yes, everything is so muted these days.
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Oh yeah in the way that they film things, it's almost like, oh, well, can we have some color?
00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:24.720
Yeah.
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But overall, I really enjoyed the movie.
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I'm so glad I went to go see it.
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I would recommend everybody because how long was it?
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It wasn't long at all.
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I would say less
than two hours.
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It felt well.
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Okay.
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Daisy Edgar Jones was great as well, but nothing compares to the original cast, which is Emma Thompson.
00:13:38.799 --> 00:13:42.399
Yeah, Hugh Grant, Kate Winslett, R.I.P.
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Alan Rickman.
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Yeah.
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Snape.
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Snape, Severus Snape.
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Anyway, so it was good.
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I recommend it.
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I'm so glad you liked it.
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It was a great birthday treat.
00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:52.320
And then Obsessed.
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I am obsessed with the song Over Country by Lizzie McAlpine.
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Do y'all know her?
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I like her.
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She sings ceilings and then a couple other songs that I really like.
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And if you listen to the podcast, you know that I have a great girl dad.
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I love my dad.
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And when I listened, I was I don't know what I was doing.
00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:13.440
I think I was prepping for an episode.
00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:15.039
This was like a month ago.
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And I had it on my headphones and I had a Spotify playlist.
00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:22.000
Spotify makes great like random playlists based on your listening.
00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:28.639
And it played the song, and within like, I kid you not, 30 seconds in the song, I was sobbing.
00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:29.360
Sobbing.
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And I was like, I can't.
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I want to be a fly on the wall in your brain.
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Seriously.
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Like sobbing.
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I was like, this is my dad.
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This is how I feel about my dad.
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And I was like, I literally called and I was like, Yeah, I found a song, and it sounds exactly about like how I feel about you as having you as my dad.
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And anyways, I listen to it every day now.
00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:51.840
It is very in the same vein as like James Taylor and Joni Mitchell.
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It's gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous song.
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And if you have a great girl dad, I'm telling you this song is gonna make you think of your dad.
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So I have been listening to it all the time.
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I showed I showed Charlie, he goes, Mom, are you gonna cry?
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I was like, Yes.
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What is the name of it?
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Overcountry.
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By Lizzie McCalpine, which is funny because
I've been calling her Lizzie McCaplan, but it's Lizzie McAlpine.
00:15:15.840 --> 00:15:17.919
Isn't there an actress named Lizzie McCaplan?
00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:19.200
Yeah, I do know that name.
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That is the actress from Ming Girls.
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Yes, and yes, what she was in a show.
00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:24.480
Oh girl.
00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:25.039
New girl.
00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:25.440
Yeah.
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So, anyways, I've been calling her something wrong, but it is the such amazing song, and everybody should listen to it, especially if you have a girl dad that you love.
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Anyways, Lindsay.
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I won't be listening because my dad's dead.
00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:38.320
Every time.
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Every time.
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Every single time.
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Okay, I am reading just a cover that Adrian was gonna love.
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It's called Entities to Lovers by Mallory Marlowe.
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The girl who did love at first sight.
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Oh gosh.
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Yes, she's the one that did love at first sight.
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This one's not as bad as an alien.
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Well, yeah, but it looks like I think it looks cute.
00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:03.039
A joke.
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So joke book.
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This is actually a uh an arc I have that came out on October 13th that I haven't finished yet.
00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:20.080
But I'm really struggling to get through it, and I think it's because they talked about how short he is.
00:16:20.320 --> 00:16:21.519
Oh, hell no.
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Why even bring it up?
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I know.
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You don't love a short king?
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No, I don't.
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I'm such a heatist.
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No, it's bad.
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She was like, he is below average height, and I'm like, oh, I'm out.
00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:34.639
Wait, why would she say that?
00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:35.519
Right?
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It's probably because she has someone in her life that she loves she's trying to redeem.
00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:41.600
Like, oh yeah.
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I just like can't, like, it's so crazy, but that immediately like I checked out.
00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:47.759
Oh my gosh.
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Sorry to the short king.
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Alex is not that tall.
00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:51.759
No.
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But he's not below average, I would say.
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No, he's 5'10.
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I don't know.
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Adrian and I cannot relate because our husbands are 6'4 and 6'5.
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--> 00:17:00.000
Yeah.
00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:00.559
Yeah.
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Alex is definitely the shortest person I've ever dated.
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Like, by far.
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Like, I dated someone that was 6'7.
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Oh my gosh.
00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:12.000
Well, you married Alex, so short king's role.
00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:18.640
So anyway, I just like I just am not into it, unfortunately.
00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:27.519
And now I'm gonna have to write a review and I'm gonna be like It's hard to see short to be a neutral party in this review since I'm biased towards tall people.
00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:30.720
Yeah, so like sorry not tall people to Mallory.
00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:34.960
I watched something on Netflix.
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It was like on the top 10, or you know, whatever they do.
00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:39.519
Oh yeah, what was it?
00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:41.759
The widower Tell Death Do Us Part.
00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:42.799
Oh, yeah, I saw that on the city.
00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:47.599
It's like a guy and a girl, like in the It was like really boring.
00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:48.160
Sorry.
00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:49.440
Okay, good to know.
00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:51.599
It sounds it sounds interesting.
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It's about a guy who was married six times, and I think four of his marriages ended in death, and he's suspected of them.
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Like all of them.
00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:06.559
Well, so that sounds like amazing, but it was just not well done.
00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:07.519
It was just like boring.
00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:08.960
I wasn't I didn't care.
00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:10.319
Well, okay, skip it.
00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:11.519
So I would skip it.
00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:14.400
And then I'm obsessed with gentry farms.
00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:16.079
Oh, I love gentry farms.
00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:17.839
Do you go to gentry farms anymore or your kids?
00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:18.799
No, not anymore.
00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:20.319
Yeah, I love it.
00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:23.759
If you're in Franklin, it's only open for the month of October.
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I think until like November 1st this year, because I think it falls.
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Yeah, like I think it's open until November 1st or something like that.
00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:32.720
Look it up before you go.
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But it's really cute.
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It's in Franklin, and it is just a little farm, and it's just so is that a pumpkin patch?
00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:40.960
You can pick a pumpkin.
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Yeah, you can get a pumpkin.
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They've got them all.
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Yeah, they've got lots of pumpkins out front.
00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:49.440
They have corn mazes, and what's that other they have a corn maze?
00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:50.319
Hay ride.
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They have a hay ride that's so cute.
00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:54.000
With they have a bunch of cows.
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There's a bunch of animals.
00:18:56.160 --> 00:19:00.640
Like, it's it's not super like Lucky Lads to me is like overwhelming.
00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:02.240
They love Lucky Lads.
00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:03.680
I like Lucky Lads too.
00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:06.000
I'm like so big, it's so crowded.
00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:08.000
You get the most bang for your buck, though.
00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:10.559
Like I could be there, we would be there all day.
00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:16.160
So I didn't mind spending the money where sometimes but gentry farms is super sweet.
00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:20.160
It's yeah, it's just like and they're mellow, like a wonderful family.
00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:24.720
Yeah, it's a mellow, like small town version of Lucky Lads.
00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:28.799
So anyway, if you're in Franklin or visiting, it's very cute, very sweet.
00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:36.880
If you don't want the like, I feel like it's like Disneyland is Lucky Lads, and I've never been to Dollywood, but I feel like Dollywood would be gentries.
00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:38.079
Is that an accurate statement?
00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:39.519
Yes.
00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:42.000
Okay, that's just how I feel.
00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:42.720
I guess.
00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:44.400
Dollywood is very special.
00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:45.279
It's like a special.
00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:47.200
It just is like more mellow.
00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:48.319
It's mellow.
00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:49.759
It's more mellow than Disney.
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I hope.
00:19:50.319 --> 00:19:51.440
I'm like, they're two different.
00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.559
I can't compare them.
00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:53.599
It's like the fair.
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Dollywood's not.
00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:56.559
It's like Disney World versus the fair.
00:19:57.119 --> 00:19:57.359
Yeah.
00:19:57.680 --> 00:20:01.519
Whatever really, really mellow version of Lucky Lads is.
00:20:02.160 --> 00:20:03.279
Alright, that's all I've got.
00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:04.799
Are you guys ready to get into the unknown?
00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:05.440
Let's do it.
00:20:05.599 --> 00:20:05.920
Yes.
00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:08.400
Okay, this is your official spoiler alert.
00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:12.160
If you haven't finished it yet, but you want to, we're gonna be talking spoilers.
00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:16.720
Somebody kick us off and remind us what this book was about.
00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:18.000
Alright, Buckle.
00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:20.000
I read it a long time ago.
00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:21.839
27 books ago, to be exact.
00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:22.640
Like two months.
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That's a long time for me.
00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:34.720
New Avalon, a remote island in Vermont, became infamous in 1926 when five women
disappeared, leaving their dresses hanging from a massive oak tree.
00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:43.359
The island's retreat was run by Ruth Hume Semple, and rumors blamed a supernatural entity named Osra.
00:20:43.839 --> 00:20:51.519
A diary attributed to Daisy Rue described the terrifying events creating a legend that haunted the island for nearly a century.
00:20:51.680 --> 00:21:00.079
In the present-day struggling actress, Marion Keane lands the lead role in Darkness, a horror film based on the disappearances.
00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:13.759
Director Ronan Peters brings Marion and the cast, including legendary Violet Wright, Susie, Heather, and Julian to New Avalon, requiring them to live as though it's 1926 without phones or modern conveniences.
00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:18.319
As they recreate the mystery through seances, strange events begin to unfold.
00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:25.440
Marion is also grieving her sister, Molly's death, making the island's disturbing history especially difficult to escape.
00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:32.400
When Susie disappears and her dress is found hanging from the oak tree, camcorder footage shows her being pursued by an unseen figure.
00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:40.480
Heather and Julianne soon disappear under similar circumstances, convincing the remaining cast that the historical events are repeating themselves.
00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:46.160
Marin grows suspicious of Violet, who secretly keeps a cell phone and seems to know more than she admits.
00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:50.799
And Ronan eventually makes an unwanted advance on Marin.
00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:56.640
The apparent haunting is revealed to be part of a revenge plot involving Violet and the other actresses.
00:21:56.880 --> 00:22:08.559
Violet's biological daughter, Elise Haynes, whom she had Recently reconnected with after giving her up for adoption was exploited by Ronan, who recorded a sexual encounter with Elise without her consent and then shared it.
00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:15.920
The humiliation contributed to Elise's death by suicide, leaving Violet determined to make Ronan pay.
00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:27.920
Meanwhile, Marin discovers missing pages from Daisy's diary and learns that Daisy was actually an alternate identity of Osra Kovacic, a young woman who suffered severe abuse and psychological distress.
00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:33.039
Ozra perceived her other identities as separate people and believed Ruth threatened them.
00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:39.039
Ruth was murdered, and her remains are eventually found beneath the floorboards of Marin's cottage alongside her journal.
00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:44.960
The supernatural massacre never happened as the legend described, and Osra's fate remains uncertain.
00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:52.000
Violet's revenge accumulates in a seance where she pretends to be possessed by Daisy before stabbing Ronan to death with an ice pick.
00:22:52.720 --> 00:23:02.000
Marin helps stage his death as an accident by disposing of his body, cleaning the scene, and destroying the camcorder, but secretly keeps his SD card containing footage of the murder.
00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:07.759
After reading Ruth's journal, Marin realizes she was manipulated into the plot and confronts Violet.
00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:14.400
Rather than expose her, Marin uses the footage as leverage to secure the acting career she's always wanted, choosing fame over justice.
00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:23.200
Four years later, Marin, a successful actress and Oscar nominee, Ronan's death is still considered an accident, and Violet helps her land another major role.
00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:27.359
Marin has achieved her dream by protecting a murderer and concealing the truth.
00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:40.799
In the final twist, a photograph appears to show a woman resembling Daisy living under the identity Zara McCutcheon suggesting Ozra may have survived and started a new life, though her fate remains unconfirmed.
00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:43.359
Wow, that was a lot.
00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:45.599
It is.
00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:48.640
And it all kind of happens in the last like 10%.
00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:50.960
10%, yeah.
00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:56.720
There's also a lot of names because there's a present day and there's a past day, and each has five different actresses.
00:23:56.880 --> 00:23:57.039
Yeah.
00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:59.279
Surprisingly, I didn't get those mixed up.
00:23:59.599 --> 00:24:01.519
Oh, I I was fighting for the life.
00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:06.640
I was glad that the other ones didn't have much significance.
00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:08.640
Like it didn't really matter what their names were.
00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:11.039
Yeah, but I think they weren't real.
00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:11.920
Well, that's true.
00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:14.000
Yeah, it was all different in that.
00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:19.920
Yeah, but I mean, like, the present-day people were.
00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:26.640
But between those, the three extras on both present and past, I just was like, they're all interchangeable.
00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:26.880
Yeah.
00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:28.480
I was fighting for my life.
00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:30.640
Okay, let's go to our ratings round.
00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:34.160
So we are gonna rate it one through five, five being amazing.
00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:35.200
Adrian.
00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:37.039
I give it four point five.
00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:38.160
Oh, wow.
00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:38.720
Yeah.
00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:39.200
Okay.
00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:40.319
Okay, Audrey.
00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:42.480
I'll give it 3.75.
00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:44.799
I gave it 4.5 as well.
00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.279
Ah!
00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:47.200
Look at you guys.
00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.960
I loved it.
00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:50.000
I really liked it.
00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:50.720
Yeah.
00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:55.039
I was surprised at a lot of the twists.
00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:55.920
Yep, same.
00:24:56.240
--> 00:25:00.000
I felt it felt a breath of fresh air to like have just a different.
00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:07.039
I was like, if this ends up just being Violet playing a trick, you know, I was gonna be like, what a letdown.
00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:09.039
That seems like so many thrillers.
00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:13.440
Or or like Loretta or someone like that.
00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:15.920
But it was very creative.
00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:16.559
Mm-hmm.
00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:18.319
And the twist kept coming.
00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:20.400
I th it rem okay.
00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:26.960
So actually, one of our listeners, we I follow her on Instagram and she read it.
00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:34.799
Um, Steph Reads, if you follow she's a great Instagram follow, she said it was a little Scooby-Doo, and I thought that was a good description for it.
00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:39.279
But Scooby-Doo Scooby-Doo reminds me of Frida.
00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:41.680
Like Frida is Scooby-Doo, right?
00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:44.160
Like silly, silly.
00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:44.799
Yes.
00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:45.920
Poorly written.
00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:48.799
Well, also like kind of dumb.
00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.359
Yeah.
00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:52.640
Like not intelligent.
00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:52.960
Yeah.
00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:54.160
Except for the teacher.
00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:57.200
Except for the teacher, the best written book ever.
00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:57.680
Ever.
00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.160
Oh, I'm not sure.
00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.759
Teacher and Scooby-Doo.
00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:01.039
I was like, I don't remember that character.
00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:08.880
But I feel like Riley Sager is, or this book specifically, actually has other books too.
00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:13.599
Has a lot of twists and turns at the end, but it is done well.
00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.000
Yeah.
00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:15.440
And it is written well.
00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:19.519
And I think this is kind of what Frida wants to do and can't.
00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.559
Does that make sense?
00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:25.039
I just feel like Frida's always trying to like, can I surprise you enough?
00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:26.160
Like, did I get ya?
00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:26.880
Did I get ya?
00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:31.920
Like, and I think he just writes more cleverly.
00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:38.000
That's not going above and beyond to just try to get you that reaction.
00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:41.680
Well, maybe because she he doesn't write five books a year.
00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.880
Well, that probably is it.
00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:43.359
I don't know.
00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:46.079
I think Frida's Scooby-doing all the way to the bank.
00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:48.480
I think she sure is 100%.
00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:53.920
And she will probably continue because she's got a holiday book coming.
00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:56.400
She does, like Christmas?
00:26:56.799 --> 00:27:00.079
Also, like I'll read it.
00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:01.920
We end up always talking about Frida.
00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.839
She's really winning.
00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:07.279
We can't keep her name out our mouth.
00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:10.240
This is not truly.
00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:12.240
Anyway, back to Riley.
00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.519
Okay, yeah.
00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.400
Sorry about that.
00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:15.680
Anyway, liked it.
00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.480
4.5.
00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:19.599
Everybody, everybody loved it, right?
00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.480
I I liked it.
00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:23.200
Yeah, just you're not a thriller reader.
00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:25.519
That's a caveat, I think, that's important to note.
00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:27.440
No, but I am a horror reader.
00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:38.160
But I will say I felt a little angry at Lindsay while reading this because I was very worried that the spirituality side of it was gonna be too dark for me.
00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:38.480
Yeah.
00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:44.079
Because in the beginning, they were talking about Osra as a malevolent spirit.
00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.559
Yes.
00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.599
As demonic.
00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:45.920
Right.
00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:46.960
I don't roll with that.
00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:48.240
I don't like it in books.
00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:51.839
But in the end, it there literally was no demonic presence.
00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:52.240
Right.
00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.200
And I liked that.
00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:54.799
I was like, gave it another star.
00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:55.119
Yeah.
00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:55.680
Okay.
00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:58.720
There was no demonic presence that is accurate.
00:27:59.039 --> 00:28:06.559
But wasn't Ruth banging under the floorboards?
00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:07.200
Oh.
00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:10.079
So there was a little supernatural, or am I misremembering?
00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:12.799
I think there was like minor here or there things.
00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:16.000
Because Ruth was under the floorboards.
00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:18.480
Was it remember she kept hearing things under the floorboards?
00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:21.039
Yeah, wait, you're talking about Marin.
00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:22.799
Marin was hearing.
00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:30.000
Yeah, Maren was hearing Ruth under the floorboards banging, and then that's how she found her extra diarrhea.
00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.400
Diary.
00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.519
Yeah.
00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.240
Yeah.
00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:34.559
So that is a little supernatural, right?
00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:37.039
Did they say for sure it was no simple?
00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:37.839
Listen.
00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:40.559
I I well, her body was down there.
00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:45.119
Yeah, I think I I think you could, it's very ambiguous.
00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:46.640
It could be supernatural.
00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:51.599
It could be
her mind playing tricks on her because of this isolated island.
00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:57.359
Kind of back to what we were talking about with the shining of just like you get something in your head and it's there.
00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:59.440
And then you're reconfirming it every time.
00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:03.920
You're looking, your brain is looking for ways to like reaffirm that's true.
00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:04.400
Yeah.
00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:11.119
And so she already was a little bit on, I mean, she was on edge from the boat ride in.
00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:13.599
So it could be supernatural.
00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:21.440
It could be it's her brain brain playing tricks on her and she getting a little like things that we might hear in our house.
00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:21.759
Yeah.
00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:23.200
We've amplified to.
00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:24.319
Yes.
00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:26.400
I also I'm okay with supernatural.
00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:30.400
Like that's it's it's when we get into I am the devil.
00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:30.559
Right.
00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:31.359
Do you know what I mean?
00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:32.640
Like they're they're doing a seance.
00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:32.880
Yeah.
00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.359
Don't like that.
00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:33.680
Yeah, yeah.
00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:34.799
I don't want that in a book.
00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:36.240
I don't like the feeling of it.
00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:37.839
It just doesn't sit right with me.
00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:42.880
And then suddenly it's like they're bringing forth a demon, like literally, it's demonic.
00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:44.000
He's saying he's from hell.
00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:44.720
Like, I don't want it.
00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.519
I want no part of it.
00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:45.839
Yeah.
00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.880
But was it okay once it was fake?
00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.200
Yeah.
00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:49.599
Okay.
00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:54.160
And I figured it would get because he's more of a thriller writer, he doesn't really write.
00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.200
Yeah.
00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:55.359
Okay.
00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.720
So that's the first question.
00:29:56.880 --> 00:30:01.759
Is for much of the book, they make you think that something supernatural is happening.
00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:08.240
Did you think that it was supernatural, or were you suspicious that it was someone manipulating?
00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.920
And which one did you want?
00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:12.880
When I was in the thick of it, I was like, Lindsay, better.
00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:15.279
Surely she would not suggest this book.
00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:17.440
And so I was trusting you in the process.
00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.160
Oh, okay.
00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:19.359
That's so nice of you.
00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:21.279
Because I didn't think about that.
00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.359
I don't know.
00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:34.559
I I don't think I bought in that it was the supernatural, but I also didn't know who was faking it.
00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:41.119
Yeah, like I did, I wasn't, nothing felt really clear to me, but I wasn't or like how they were doing it.
00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:41.519
Yeah.
00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.000
Yeah.
00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:49.440
I too, I was like, part of me was, oh, is this Riley Sager's first foray into Supernatural?
00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.880
It's the right time of year.
00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:56.960
So at first I was like, I'm I'm kind of hoping, but I just in the back of my mind, I'm like, he's the thriller writer.
00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.359
He's not.
00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:57.519
Yeah.
00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.799
So it's gonna be something.
00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:03.680
Yeah, like a little dipping a toe into something.
00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.640
It was.
00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:06.880
I yes, it was like horror light.
00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.279
Yeah.
00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:08.079
Yeah.
00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.680
Demonic.
00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.920
Light.
00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:16.559
It's like faux demonic.
00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.119
Yeah.
00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:18.640
That sounds like so chic.
00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.039
Yeah.
00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:20.079
Fake demons.
00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:22.640
We're not real demons.
00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:24.160
It's fake demons.
00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:25.039
Oh my gosh.
00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:27.200
Even worse, it's a person pretending to be a demon.
00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:28.160
Right, right.
00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:36.160
Okay, what did you guys think of the setting of the island and no electricity, phones, etc.?
00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:37.920
That was the strength of it all.
00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:38.960
It was very atmospheric.
00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.279
Yeah.
00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:40.000
I love that.
00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:40.640
It was good.
00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.680
I liked it too.
00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:45.200
And it seemed realistic, like they're actually going off to this island.
00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:47.599
Sometimes when they don't have cell phones, you know what I mean?
00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:49.279
I'm like, okay, this is all a setup.
00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:49.599
Right.
00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:57.839
But it seemed realistic the way that they were doing it, saying the director is kind of this like kooky character that says, you know what, we are gonna live this before we film this.
00:31:58.079 --> 00:31:59.279
Yeah, because Hollywood is weird.
00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:01.039
Yeah, Hollywood's so weird.
00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:06.880
And so it makes a lot of sense that they they were taking away their cell phones, they were dressing up in 1926.
00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:09.920
Yes, I I like Yeah, I did.
00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:13.279
I liked the island, and I thought that was the best part of the book.
00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:17.200
And I thought it was like creepy and yeah, it
was it's a perfect read.
00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:19.119
I thought it's a perfect read for this time of year.
00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:23.599
If you're looking for like a thriller that is not supernatural, but that's kind of a spoiler.
00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:26.160
But if you're this far, hopefully you've read it already.
00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:26.720
For sure.
00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:28.960
Just listen to us till I know.
00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:32.960
Okay, I have a would you question.
00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:35.359
Would you have taken the job if you were a Marin?
00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:37.119
A hundred thousand percent.
00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:38.079
Wait, yes.
00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:39.519
Why wouldn't you take the job?
00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:46.319
Well, when Lindy texted that thing saying, like, back out, don't do it, chick, or whatever she said.
00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:47.279
It was too long.
00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:49.119
Would that have deterred you?
00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:49.759
No.
00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:51.039
I would have been like, she's jealous.
00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:54.000
I would have been like money, money, money, money.
00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:56.559
You got fired so now you're trying to scare me.
00:32:58.480 --> 00:33:01.279
Yeah, I'm like, okay, take the job or what?
00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:03.519
Move in with your parents because you're an out-of-work actress.
00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:03.759
Right.
00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:06.240
My parents don't even really like you that much.
00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:06.720
Please.
00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:09.359
What did you guys think of the dual timelines?
00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:16.079
It was that that's that's where I was fighting for my life because I was like, there's too many names.
00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:17.440
I know I'm not in drawing.
00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:26.480
It was helpful that we were only in the back part, like the in the past, probably 25%.
00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:36.079
We were primarily like you would have the snippets of Daisy, but you didn't, we weren't like half and half.
00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.680
Yeah, I yes.
00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:39.440
I think that that was helpful for sure.
00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:47.039
And it was also helpful that it didn't all of the names in the earlier years in 1926, they didn't matter in the end.
00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:47.519
No.
00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:48.000
Yeah.
00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:54.160
Which for me, you're like, dang, disclosure in the beginning where disclaimer would have been nice.
00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:57.680
I I have realized that I am not a good skimmer.
00:33:58.000 --> 00:34:05.279
I literally I if I try to skip over a sentence that I feel like might be important, especially with names in it, I can't do it.
00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:09.920
And so then I spend all of my time trying to like remember, okay, this is this person, this is this person.
00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:11.760
And then what was it for?
00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.079
Nothing.
00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:18.639
But I actually am happy that it was for nothing because if it was for something, I would have been like, this is how he was trying to trip us up and this is lazy.
00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:19.039
Right.
00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:20.079
Yeah, that's true.
00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:23.599
Did you like one timeline better than the other?
00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:25.679
I liked modern present day.
00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.000
Yeah.
00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:27.519
Oh, I liked the past.
00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:28.159
Oh, really?
00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:31.039
Because every time we were in the past, I feel like we got more answers.
00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:34.480
When we were in present, they were just bumbling around trying to figure out what the hell was going on.
00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:35.039
That's true.
00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:39.760
But every time you read in the past, you were get the things were being explained.
00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:43.280
So I was like, get me back to some answers.
00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:48.639
Instead of all you idiots disappearing one at a time.
00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.280
Yeah.
00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:52.559
Although I did so, Marin, did you guys like Maren?
00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:53.760
She was fine.
00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.639
I didn't really care.
00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:57.760
I just I was I was sort of apathetic towards her.
00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.639
I felt the same.
00:34:58.719 --> 00:35:00.880
Yeah, I didn't hate her, didn't Yeah.
00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:07.280
But I the only thing I would say is that I did appreciate that she wasn't such an idiot.
00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:09.360
Like she could have been much more of an idiot.
00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:11.280
She was more of like a final girl.
00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:12.880
Which is what Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:13.920
She was more of a final girl.
00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:16.079
And she was also like taking initiative.
00:35:16.159 --> 00:35:24.960
Like all these people just like sitting here like oh well for the first day when nobody's making breakfast, and she's like, Okay, I guess we need to eat.
00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:26.559
Like, I don't know.
00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:29.280
I just there were parts of her that I was like, okay, thank you, go do something.
00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:33.760
She wasn't quite a doormat either, whenever it came to Ronan's sexual advances.
00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:35.119
She seemed kind of like with it.
00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:36.000
Like, you know what?
00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:38.480
I don't know the way that he just kissed me.
00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.199
I did not.
00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:40.239
That was unwelcome.
00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:40.639
Right.
00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:41.119
Yeah.
00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:45.920
And for his like position and power, she could have been like, Yeah.
00:35:46.239 --> 00:35:46.960
Do what you need.
00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:47.760
Yeah.
00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.639
But no.
00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:49.199
Nope.
00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:52.880
I love that she's like, I'm just gonna pretend like I didn't hear him.
00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:56.400
I was like, because that's something you would do.
00:35:57.920 --> 00:36:00.800
You'd be like, oh wait, what did you say something?
00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:02.320
Sorry, I couldn't hear it.
00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.280
Oh my gosh.
00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:05.679
Okay, so what did what was your theory?
00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:06.719
So what were your thoughts?
00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:08.880
Well, I texted, I called you.
00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:09.679
Yeah.
00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:14.719
Because okay, I had two thoughts of where it was gonna go.
00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:19.039
And I think both books would have been no, one of my theories would have been better.
00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:20.719
But it they're they were both kind of right.
00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.760
Okay, go ahead.
00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:35.039
Okay, so my first theory was that she was the only one that was not in on it, and they were they hired her because she didn't have family, she didn't really have a background, like no one really loved her, she was unknown.
00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:36.000
Oh my god.
00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:39.840
And they were able to trick her kind of the way.
00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:42.559
Did you guys see the show Jury Duty?
00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:43.360
Yes.
00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:49.920
So they specifically chose her to bring her to this island and do all these crazy scary things.
00:36:50.159 --> 00:36:53.760
And all these famous actresses are in on it and the and the director's in on it.
00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:55.440
And you would like that look better.
00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:56.639
It's like you're punked.
00:36:56.719 --> 00:36:57.039
Boom.
00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:59.360
Like that's not even scary.
00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:02.639
Like they're filming, they're filming all these scary things.
00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:06.800
And the twist in the end is that she they've put her through hell.
00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:08.639
And for just on a TV show.
00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:12.000
And she's gotta sign her because she wants to be famous, so she's gonna sign her life away.
00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:16.320
And that's the movie is that they tricked this poor poor girl.
00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:18.159
That's exactly what I thought it was, too.
00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:25.039
I thought it was like the okay, I said the Truman show, but the that's what I was thinking, but not like where it was streaming live.
00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:28.320
Well, spoiler for a 30-year-old movie.
00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:30.079
But one of the best movies of all time.
00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:30.880
Yeah, that's great.
00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:34.400
Okay, so in the Truman show, it's like airing like live as it was happening.
00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:35.119
I didn't think it was that.
00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:49.440
I guess it's more jury duty where I
thought that everybody else was in on it and they were having her, but I thought it was gonna be more of a remember when she did her tape?
00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:52.639
Yeah, yeah, and she told about her scary sister.
00:37:52.960 --> 00:38:08.239
Yeah, I was thinking they picked her because they thought that she actually had some media power like the so they were bringing her there to try to get her to do and make a movie and like make a movie out of it.
00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:09.360
Oh, yeah, see?
00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:16.960
So, like similar, yes, but then somebody said the something like that, and I was like, Oh, okay, never mind, it can't be that.
00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:18.960
Oh, as then he like casually mentioned it.
00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:21.679
Yeah, or she thought, is this what's happening to me?
00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:24.320
And I was like, Oh, okay, well, she pointed it out, so it can't be that.
00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:25.280
Oh, I don't remember that.
00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:27.519
And then I had no more thought after that.
00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:28.800
I was just wrapped up in the story.
00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:29.840
What was your second one?
00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:36.159
My other theory was because you specifically said, Adrian, I want you to read this book.
00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:37.519
Do you understand now?
00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:41.840
Not really, but the reason why either no, okay, go ahead.
00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:52.000
The reason I thought that, I thought that this was gonna be a Shutter Island ripoff, where if you've never seen Shutter Island, don't listen to this next part.
00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:56.239
They have this girl who has had psychological problems her whole life.
00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:57.280
Who are you referring to?
00:38:57.440 --> 00:38:59.199
Mary, okay, Marin.
00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:03.199
And she her parents, you know, have kind of left her to the wayside.
00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:06.559
She's been like seeing things, hearing things.
00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:07.039
Yeah.
00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:18.880
And so, as a last ditch effort, like all of her therapists and her people, they bring her to an island to create this scenario in which it brings reality to the forefront.
00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:21.599
Which really is kind of what they do with Daisy.
00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:22.719
Yes.
00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:25.760
Which is why I was saying I was sort of right on both parts.
00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:27.760
Can I say that we're spoiling all these movies?
00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:31.519
Shutter Island, Truman Shaw, they're all over 20 years old.
00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:37.280
So Yeah, Shutter Island, that actually I was sort of right on both.
00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:38.000
Yeah.
00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:44.800
Because they were, they did bring her because, but it was Violet who brought her, not Ronan, the director, and everybody was in on it.
00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:48.639
It was Maren wasn't in on it, and Ronan wasn't in on it.
00:39:48.800 --> 00:39:50.159
And the psychological reasons.
00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:54.159
The psychological part was kind of true too, because that was Daisy's experience.
00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:56.000
They did bring her to help her.
00:39:56.239 --> 00:39:56.480
Yeah.
00:39:56.639 --> 00:40:00.159
Okay, so the reason why I went in, did you have any theories or thoughts, Adrian?
00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:00.800
Zero.
00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:02.079
You're like, this is fun.
00:40:03.199 --> 00:40:05.519
I was like, I need to finish this in today.
00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:07.840
Here for a good time, not for a long time.
00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:11.920
Yeah, no room for debating anything.
00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:16.320
The reason that I wanted you to read it was because of the Daisy aspect.
00:40:16.880 --> 00:40:21.360
Oh, yeah, you're just saying, like, is it really with the like multiple personalities?
00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:23.440
Multiple personalities and like just all that.
00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:25.119
I just thought you would find that part interesting.
00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:28.800
No, I didn't, but I I do think that that is why I gave it.
00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:30.400
Yeah, I thought that was the best part.
00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:32.000
I thought that was so interesting.
00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:48.159
I'm telling my favorite part was when she when they were doing the seance at the very end, and Violet turned into Daisy, but like goes in, like vomits and then comes up as like this puppet.
00:40:48.239 --> 00:40:48.480
Uh-huh.
00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:49.199
Oh my gosh.
00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:50.960
I was like, this is so good.
00:40:51.119 --> 00:40:51.920
This is so fun.
00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:52.239
Okay.
00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:53.280
Good acting.
00:40:53.760 --> 00:40:53.920
Yeah.
00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:54.800
It wasn't real.
00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:57.840
Well, it was just like a fun element of it.
00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:58.880
I could picture it.
00:40:58.960 --> 00:41:02.400
I'm like, this could be a very good.
00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:08.320
It's like when we did his and hers and that one scene where the she like comes down and we know.
00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:11.599
Like it just, I was like, this feels very visual.
00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:12.880
This would be a good movie.
00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:14.800
It would be a great movie.
00:41:15.199 --> 00:41:15.599
I agree.
00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:23.360
Okay, what were your thoughts on Violet and the whole daughter that felt that was the killing Ronan?
00:41:23.599 --> 00:41:27.039
Yeah, that felt a little well, they had to.
00:41:28.159 --> 00:41:34.880
What would have been a better because if it it couldn't have just been some random actress, she's not gonna like care that much kill someone.
00:41:35.199 --> 00:41:35.760
Yeah, totally.
00:41:35.920 --> 00:41:38.559
So what would have been a better way to do that?
00:41:38.719 --> 00:41:39.599
Like device?
00:41:39.840 --> 00:41:40.400
Yeah.
00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:54.000
Maybe if I don't know, like maybe if it had happened to her, like Ronan had a father who was also a director, he was a Nepo baby, and the father is the one that did it to Violet.
00:41:54.239 --> 00:41:55.679
So then why are you killing the son?
00:41:56.000 --> 00:41:57.280
Take it out on him.
00:41:58.400 --> 00:41:59.199
Revenge.
00:41:59.519 --> 00:42:00.880
Just take them out one at a time.
00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:09.760
Maybe the father died from some unknown illness, and she had killed him, and then she was coming for his his next heir so they can reproduce no more.
00:42:10.320 --> 00:42:10.639
Okay.
00:42:11.119 --> 00:42:11.519
Sure.
00:42:11.760 --> 00:42:12.000
Sure.
00:42:12.159 --> 00:42:12.639
There you go.
00:42:12.719 --> 00:42:13.199
I'll take it.
00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:13.840
Whatever you want.
00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:16.239
The daughter was probably a better plot device.
00:42:16.880 --> 00:42:23.920
Would you have done what Marin did and been like, yeah, just make me famous, or would you have turned her in?
00:42:24.239 --> 00:42:28.000
Would I have had morals or gone for fame?
00:42:28.159 --> 00:42:28.719
I don't know.
00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:29.840
I don't either.
00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:32.159
I d I I like the route she chose.
00:42:32.400 --> 00:42:34.079
Would I have been brave enough to do that route?
00:42:34.239 --> 00:42:35.039
I don't know.
00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:39.760
I I think I would have been more chicken to turn her in.
00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:41.679
I think that would make me like that.
00:42:41.760 --> 00:42:43.039
It's braver to turn her in.
00:42:43.119 --> 00:42:44.719
So I'd be like, okay, sure, fine.
00:42:44.960 --> 00:42:45.280
Yeah.
00:42:45.599 --> 00:42:46.320
Make me famous.
00:42:46.480 --> 00:42:47.440
I'll shut my mouth.
00:42:47.599 --> 00:42:48.719
And also, like, okay, it's a good idea.
00:42:48.880 --> 00:42:49.760
It's a greater good.
00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:51.199
It that's what I was gonna say.
00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:53.599
It's not like they killed like a good child.
00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:54.239
Yeah.
00:42:54.400 --> 00:42:57.119
They killed a awful yucky human being.
00:42:57.280 --> 00:42:58.239
Like, great, good.
00:42:58.480 --> 00:42:58.639
Yeah.
00:42:58.880 --> 00:43:02.320
And he but he probably wouldn't have gotten what was coming to him.
00:43:02.480 --> 00:43:03.039
Do you know what I mean?
00:43:03.280 --> 00:43:04.880
Like if they went through the law.
00:43:05.119 --> 00:43:05.440
For sure.
00:43:05.760 --> 00:43:06.239
He's a man.
00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:06.400
Yeah.
00:43:06.800 --> 00:43:07.599
And he's got money.
00:43:07.840 --> 00:43:08.960
Yeah, he's famous.
00:43:09.280 --> 00:43:10.639
He's got connections.
00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:11.760
I'm glad they killed him.
00:43:12.159 --> 00:43:12.880
Attractive.
00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:13.440
Yeah.
00:43:13.519 --> 00:43:16.320
He's I agree.
00:43:16.480 --> 00:43:20.000
You know, maybe I would have wanted to become famous, leave my morals.
00:43:20.079 --> 00:43:20.960
Nah, I wouldn't have.
00:43:21.280 --> 00:43:22.559
I probably would have turned him in.
00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:26.480
I wouldn't have, but I don't know if I like maybe give me the money.
00:43:26.559 --> 00:43:29.519
Like, I maybe just because like I don't have a desire to be famous.
00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:30.960
Yeah, that might be it too.
00:43:31.280 --> 00:43:31.760
That might be worse.
00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:34.639
Maybe I would be like, give me money and I'll shut up.
00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:35.519
That's even worse.
00:43:36.239 --> 00:43:37.679
It's like blackmail.
00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:40.239
I'm gonna exploit you.
00:43:40.719 --> 00:43:41.840
Yeah, I don't know.
00:43:42.400 --> 00:43:42.719
Okay.
00:43:42.880 --> 00:43:56.320
Uh yeah, I think that it shows too that Marin is just as I don't know, that she's not as better off than anyone else in the than these other women.
00:43:56.559 --> 00:43:56.880
Oh, yeah.
00:43:57.280 --> 00:44:01.119
Because she's just as like down and dirty as I'll blackmail you.
00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:02.880
And you held held hostage.
00:44:03.119 --> 00:44:04.480
Because that's essentially what she's doing.
00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:06.400
Is Violet probably can't stand her.
00:44:06.559 --> 00:44:06.880
Oh no.
00:44:07.199 --> 00:44:16.239
She's like, Yeah, you will be my like in the putty in my hand for the rest of my life.
00:44:16.880 --> 00:44:17.119
Yeah.
00:44:17.360 --> 00:44:18.800
Well, she's old, so go for it.
00:44:18.960 --> 00:44:19.119
True.
00:44:19.199 --> 00:44:19.519
Yeah.
00:44:19.760 --> 00:44:20.159
True.
00:44:20.400 --> 00:44:23.920
Do you guys have any other lingering questions at the end of the book?
00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:26.800
Was there anything you felt like didn't tie it up for you?
00:44:27.199 --> 00:44:27.679
I don't know.
00:44:27.760 --> 00:44:29.599
I actually think I'm going up to a four-star.
00:44:30.559 --> 00:44:31.039
I love that.
00:44:31.360 --> 00:44:32.159
Have you ever done that?
00:44:32.480 --> 00:44:32.800
No.
00:44:33.199 --> 00:44:35.199
I've liked it more the more that we've talked about it.
00:44:35.440 --> 00:44:35.840
Yeah.
00:44:36.079 --> 00:44:37.440
I think it's smart.
00:44:37.679 --> 00:44:38.159
It is.
00:44:38.320 --> 00:44:39.119
Yeah, it was.
00:44:39.199 --> 00:44:42.960
It was just, I I like the unique, more unique premise.
00:44:43.199 --> 00:44:45.360
When it was all wrapping up, I was like, okay, there's another one.
00:44:45.760 --> 00:44:49.360
Well, that's how I felt when I remember I said, I just finished this.
00:44:49.440 --> 00:44:50.480
I need to process it.
00:44:50.639 --> 00:44:52.159
Was it too much or was it not?
00:44:52.320 --> 00:44:53.840
And then when I sat on it, it's not.
00:44:54.159 --> 00:45:01.599
Do you think the downfall of the book is that it's crammed, like so much is crammed in the last 15%?
00:45:02.719 --> 00:45:13.440
Where there is
parts where you're kind of like, okay, can we girl women are girls are dying on both sides, like past and present.
00:45:13.599 --> 00:45:18.320
So you're having like these deaths, but there is a lot of like kind of sitting around.
00:45:18.480 --> 00:45:23.119
I mean, I guess every book might have a lull, but I'm like, we could have spread out some of this stuff.
00:45:23.840 --> 00:45:26.159
They're just happened.
00:45:27.360 --> 00:45:32.320
I like the or like recognizing, hey, we're all in on this, yeah, except for you.
00:45:32.800 --> 00:45:34.639
And there were still like 50 pages.
00:45:34.880 --> 00:45:35.440
So many pages.
00:45:35.599 --> 00:45:37.119
And I'm like, how?
00:45:37.440 --> 00:45:37.599
Yeah.
00:45:37.840 --> 00:45:41.280
So that means to just that last 50 pages, so much happened.
00:45:41.360 --> 00:45:41.519
Yeah.
00:45:41.679 --> 00:45:42.880
There was a lot to wrap up though.
00:45:43.039 --> 00:45:47.119
There were so many characters and so many like holes that could have happened.
00:45:47.440 --> 00:45:48.800
Especially because they added layers.
00:45:48.960 --> 00:45:49.119
Yeah.
00:45:49.280 --> 00:45:52.000
Like it wasn't just a gotcha moment.
00:45:52.159 --> 00:45:52.400
Yes.
00:45:52.559 --> 00:45:54.400
Audrey, is this your first Riley Sager book?
00:45:54.559 --> 00:45:55.280
Yes, this is my first.
00:45:55.440 --> 00:45:57.360
Because I haven't read what's this famous one?
00:45:57.920 --> 00:45:58.480
The last one left.
00:45:58.719 --> 00:45:59.519
What is it?
00:46:00.159 --> 00:46:00.800
The only one left.
00:46:00.880 --> 00:46:02.480
I don't know if that's the most famous one.
00:46:02.559 --> 00:46:03.039
That's just my thing.
00:46:03.840 --> 00:46:06.800
Yeah, I don't know what his most famous would be.
00:46:08.000 --> 00:46:09.599
I don't like thrillers.
00:46:09.840 --> 00:46:13.440
And I liked this one, so that shows you something.
00:46:13.599 --> 00:46:17.519
But I think it's because it had a horror element, even though it wasn't the type of horror I like.
00:46:17.760 --> 00:46:18.079
Yeah.
00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:18.639
Yeah.
00:46:19.280 --> 00:46:19.519
Okay.
00:46:19.760 --> 00:46:22.000
Anything else before we get into the casting corner?
00:46:22.320 --> 00:46:23.280
No, I'm ready though.
00:46:23.360 --> 00:46:24.559
I feel like my picks are good.
00:46:24.800 --> 00:46:25.119
Okay.
00:46:25.519 --> 00:46:26.639
Mine are not.
00:46:27.119 --> 00:46:28.480
Who are we casting?
00:46:28.800 --> 00:46:31.119
Marin, Violet, and Ronan.
00:46:31.360 --> 00:46:32.719
Okay, who are we starting with?
00:46:32.960 --> 00:46:34.400
Let's start with Marin and Adrian.
00:46:34.639 --> 00:46:35.280
Adrian, go for it.
00:46:35.519 --> 00:46:35.920
Adrian, yeah.
00:46:36.079 --> 00:46:36.400
Okay.
00:46:36.559 --> 00:46:38.559
I feel like we're all gonna pick the same person.
00:46:38.719 --> 00:46:39.360
No, we're not.
00:46:39.519 --> 00:46:39.679
Okay.
00:46:40.400 --> 00:46:41.280
Miley Cyrus.
00:46:41.360 --> 00:46:41.599
Oh no.
00:46:41.920 --> 00:46:42.800
Sydney Sweeney.
00:46:43.039 --> 00:46:44.320
No, not again.
00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:45.360
Who'd you pick?
00:46:45.519 --> 00:46:46.400
Sydney Sweeney?
00:46:46.559 --> 00:46:47.119
No, no.
00:46:47.360 --> 00:46:48.000
For Marin?
00:46:48.400 --> 00:46:49.760
I don't know what you're choosing.
00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:51.519
She's supposed to be like a little homely.
00:46:51.840 --> 00:46:53.039
Okay, so yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:46:53.119 --> 00:46:53.599
I chose.
00:46:54.400 --> 00:46:55.280
How do you say her name?
00:46:55.360 --> 00:46:55.920
I really don't know.
00:46:56.079 --> 00:46:57.199
Okay, not mine then.
00:46:58.960 --> 00:47:00.239
Sydney Sweeney.
00:47:01.360 --> 00:47:02.320
Sydney.
00:47:02.880 --> 00:47:03.599
I'll help you.
00:47:03.840 --> 00:47:04.639
Sayorcy.
00:47:05.440 --> 00:47:05.840
Sersha.
00:47:06.079 --> 00:47:07.119
Oh, Sersha Ronin.
00:47:07.360 --> 00:47:08.559
Sersha Ronin.
00:47:08.880 --> 00:47:09.840
Ronan.
00:47:10.159 --> 00:47:10.559
I know.
00:47:11.360 --> 00:47:11.760
Perfect.
00:47:12.159 --> 00:47:13.280
I do love Sersha.
00:47:13.679 --> 00:47:20.719
I feel like like her, she can be dolled up, but she in a lot of movies are like little women.
00:47:20.880 --> 00:47:21.840
Isn't she in little women?
00:47:22.000 --> 00:47:22.159
She is.
00:47:22.559 --> 00:47:23.840
She's in Ladybird.
00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:26.719
Like, she's very average looking.
00:47:26.880 --> 00:47:27.199
Yeah.
00:47:27.679 --> 00:47:30.639
With a little bit of unique features, but not.
00:47:31.039 --> 00:47:35.360
Anyway, I feel like I was like, when I I that is exactly who I thought of.
00:47:35.440 --> 00:47:35.840
Yeah.
00:47:36.079 --> 00:47:37.920
The whole, the whole time I was reading.
00:47:38.079 --> 00:47:38.159
Okay.
00:47:38.480 --> 00:47:39.119
Oh, interesting.
00:47:39.360 --> 00:47:40.000
Who is yours?
00:47:40.239 --> 00:47:41.679
Mine is Mikey Madison.
00:47:42.079 --> 00:47:42.719
Do y'all know her?
00:47:42.800 --> 00:47:44.960
She won the Oscar two years ago for Best Actress.
00:47:45.440 --> 00:47:46.639
Upset Demi Moore.
00:47:46.960 --> 00:47:47.599
In what though?
00:47:47.840 --> 00:47:51.920
Honora, which also won Best Picture that year, and everybody was like, what the heck?
00:47:52.079 --> 00:47:53.679
I think she is perfect.
00:47:53.840 --> 00:47:59.519
She's got that sort of, I don't know, it almost feels like a supernatural look to her.
00:47:59.599 --> 00:48:00.880
She's got the dark hair.
00:48:01.199 --> 00:48:03.360
Oh, I should have picked my girl with the weird eyes.
00:48:03.599 --> 00:48:03.840
Yeah.
00:48:03.920 --> 00:48:04.159
Oh, yeah.
00:48:04.239 --> 00:48:06.000
The weird eyes don't like all the time.
00:48:06.400 --> 00:48:11.360
And I but I feel like that she's also she's kind of different looking, but also attractive.
00:48:11.519 --> 00:48:18.639
So it would make sense, even though Ronan was hitting on anything
with legs, it would make sense that like people were drawn to her.
00:48:18.960 --> 00:48:20.719
She's a great actress, obviously.
00:48:20.880 --> 00:48:24.239
She won, despite many people saying she didn't deserve it.
00:48:24.559 --> 00:48:29.199
She's up and coming, so it's not like she's a face that everybody's seen.
00:48:29.760 --> 00:48:31.039
I think she's perfect.
00:48:31.440 --> 00:48:35.280
And she's the right age, because she's like 20, what, 25?
00:48:35.519 --> 00:48:35.840
27.
00:48:36.239 --> 00:48:36.559
27.
00:48:37.119 --> 00:48:39.760
Only because I looked her up I to see her face.
00:48:40.159 --> 00:48:41.280
I think she would be perfect.
00:48:41.440 --> 00:48:42.480
She has the chops.
00:48:43.119 --> 00:48:43.360
Okay.
00:48:44.159 --> 00:48:47.920
I chose Daisy Edgar Jones because I couldn't think of anybody else.
00:48:48.400 --> 00:48:48.960
I love her.
00:48:49.119 --> 00:48:49.920
She can look homely.
00:48:50.159 --> 00:48:50.800
She could see her.
00:48:50.960 --> 00:48:52.559
She did it since sensibility.
00:48:52.880 --> 00:48:53.599
I could see her.
00:48:53.920 --> 00:48:54.800
Oh, she's in it?
00:48:55.199 --> 00:48:55.360
Yeah.
00:48:55.840 --> 00:48:57.599
Oh, I thought Florence P was in it.
00:48:57.760 --> 00:48:58.800
No, that's East of Eden.
00:48:59.199 --> 00:49:00.159
Oh my god.
00:49:00.960 --> 00:49:02.000
I can't keep track.
00:49:02.320 --> 00:49:04.559
I could go with Daisy, but I like Mikey better.
00:49:04.719 --> 00:49:05.199
Sorry.
00:49:06.079 --> 00:49:08.159
I think Mikey's too striking.
00:49:08.880 --> 00:49:11.119
Mikey's not pretty.
00:49:11.840 --> 00:49:12.639
I don't think so.
00:49:13.199 --> 00:49:14.559
She's striking because she's different?
00:49:14.800 --> 00:49:15.119
Yeah.
00:49:15.760 --> 00:49:17.599
I think she like sharp?
00:49:18.079 --> 00:49:18.559
Yeah.
00:49:18.960 --> 00:49:19.920
I can see that.
00:49:21.360 --> 00:49:22.320
I like her.
00:49:22.880 --> 00:49:24.719
Okay, wait, let's do Violet.
00:49:25.199 --> 00:49:25.519
Okay.
00:49:25.920 --> 00:49:27.280
I struggle with Violet.
00:49:27.440 --> 00:49:36.559
I will say when the first introduction of her, when she was when Marion is like describing who Violet is.
00:49:36.719 --> 00:49:37.039
Uh-huh.
00:49:37.440 --> 00:49:40.400
I hadn't gotten the age down yet.
00:49:40.880 --> 00:49:46.320
But the first person that this is not it, but this is my first impression was Natalie Portman.
00:49:46.480 --> 00:49:48.800
Because she was like, she's way too young.
00:49:49.119 --> 00:49:51.119
Yeah, but this was like first impression.
00:49:51.199 --> 00:49:53.280
Yeah, I didn't realize she's intelligent.
00:49:53.519 --> 00:49:55.280
She was like very poised.
00:49:55.679 --> 00:49:57.119
She's very private.
00:49:57.840 --> 00:50:03.280
She is this like really creative actor.
00:50:03.440 --> 00:50:05.360
I was like, oh, that sounds like Natalie Portman.
00:50:05.519 --> 00:50:08.320
And then as it was going on, I
was like, oh no, never mind.
00:50:08.480 --> 00:50:11.199
Bummer, because I love Natalie Portman.
00:50:11.760 --> 00:50:14.320
So then I decided to go with like, I don't know.
00:50:14.480 --> 00:50:24.800
I really, really struggled with capturing who I think Violet was personality-wise and this renowned actress.
00:50:25.039 --> 00:50:27.199
So I choose chose Julianne Moore.
00:50:27.840 --> 00:50:28.559
She's not bad.
00:50:28.719 --> 00:50:29.199
Yeah, she's good.
00:50:29.280 --> 00:50:29.599
She's good.
00:50:29.840 --> 00:50:30.639
I like her.
00:50:31.280 --> 00:50:35.280
I think that it was very clear whenever he was writing her credentials.
00:50:35.440 --> 00:50:40.480
The fact that like she got so consumed into a role that people, she like won all these Oscars.
00:50:40.559 --> 00:50:42.079
She had been nominated a hundred times.
00:50:42.159 --> 00:50:43.280
I mean, that's Meryl Street.
00:50:43.440 --> 00:50:45.280
He was describing Meryl Street.
00:50:45.679 --> 00:50:48.000
But that is the Violet is not Meryl Street.
00:50:48.159 --> 00:50:48.960
No, correct.
00:50:49.119 --> 00:50:50.880
But that's like her career when he's talking about the first time.
00:50:51.199 --> 00:50:56.239
That's where I was like struggling, like the Violet we were reading about versus like what they told us.
00:50:56.480 --> 00:50:59.840
And like I'm really struggling marrying those two things.
00:51:00.000 --> 00:51:08.480
Yeah, like she could conform herself into anybody and she won all the awards and she was a media darling, and everybody that was he he was describing Meryl Street to me.
00:51:08.639 --> 00:51:09.760
So is that who you no cat?
00:51:10.000 --> 00:51:12.159
Oh because I think that's too on the nose.
00:51:12.320 --> 00:51:14.719
Yeah, I think I chose Kate Blanchett.
00:51:15.280 --> 00:51:17.280
Well, we could see that she can go crazy.
00:51:17.599 --> 00:51:22.719
Because that's what, like, well, I do think she we're seeing her go crazy.
00:51:23.039 --> 00:51:31.199
And I think that she's poised and she's a strong figure, and I think she could play an actress playing an actress.
00:51:31.360 --> 00:51:31.920
You know what I mean?
00:51:32.000 --> 00:51:32.400
She's great.
00:51:32.480 --> 00:51:33.440
I think she would be perfect.
00:51:33.599 --> 00:51:33.840
Yeah.
00:51:34.000 --> 00:51:34.239
Okay.
00:51:34.480 --> 00:51:35.119
Who'd you choose?
00:51:35.280 --> 00:51:41.920
I chose Michelle Pfeiffer because she looks like she could kill you.
00:51:42.159 --> 00:51:44.239
She does have looks that would kill.
00:51:45.360 --> 00:51:45.840
Yeah.
00:51:46.079 --> 00:51:48.159
I almost chose Michelle Pfeiffer.
00:51:48.480 --> 00:51:51.440
I but she's a little too severe.
00:51:51.679 --> 00:51:51.840
Yeah.
00:51:52.239 --> 00:51:53.280
I feel like Violet should have some.
00:51:53.840 --> 00:51:58.000
I think Michelle Pfeiffer in What Lies Beneath.
00:51:58.320 --> 00:51:58.400
Oh.
00:51:58.639 --> 00:51:59.199
I love that movie.
00:51:59.519 --> 00:52:00.000
God, I love that.
00:52:00.320 --> 00:52:02.000
Okay, that's No, it's not.
00:52:02.320 --> 00:52:03.119
Who's in the end?
00:52:03.280 --> 00:52:04.559
It's the okay, this is we're spoiling.
00:52:04.800 --> 00:52:06.239
We're spoiling so many movies.
00:52:06.559 --> 00:52:06.880
We have to stop.
00:52:07.760 --> 00:52:08.559
They're all old.
00:52:08.719 --> 00:52:09.199
It's fine.
00:52:09.599 --> 00:52:10.320
Such a good movie.
00:52:10.480 --> 00:52:13.039
If you haven't seen that movie, I watch it every couple of days.
00:52:13.599 --> 00:52:19.440
When I thought I was like, oh, Michelle Pfeiffer, that like that version of her would be great, Violet.
00:52:19.920 --> 00:52:21.360
Yeah, I love that movie.
00:52:22.079 --> 00:52:25.519
Okay, the Michelle Pfeiffer in like how she is now, nothing.
00:52:26.000 --> 00:52:26.880
You know who wouldn't be bad?
00:52:26.960 --> 00:52:27.920
Nicole Kidman.
00:52:28.079 --> 00:52:29.280
That was my first person.
00:52:29.519 --> 00:52:31.440
But then I was like, I think she's too young.
00:52:31.679 --> 00:52:35.119
I also think Nicole, when I see Nicole Kidman now, I'm like, oh look, Nicole Kidman.
00:52:35.199 --> 00:52:37.760
I can't like see her as who really's acting.
00:52:37.840 --> 00:52:39.119
I'm like, there's Nicole Kidman.
00:52:39.199 --> 00:52:39.360
Yeah.
00:52:39.519 --> 00:52:40.000
Do you know what I mean?
00:52:40.159 --> 00:52:40.400
Yeah.
00:52:40.559 --> 00:52:40.880
Mm-hmm.
00:52:41.039 --> 00:52:41.440
Anyways.
00:52:41.599 --> 00:52:45.440
But yeah, we have no idea who Nicole Kidman is outside of like her poised.
00:52:45.840 --> 00:52:46.480
Yeah.
00:52:46.719 --> 00:52:47.679
Okay, Ronan.
00:52:47.840 --> 00:52:53.440
I've seen her in practical magic, and she I'm just saying like personality-wise.
00:52:53.679 --> 00:52:54.159
Yeah, I know.
00:52:54.239 --> 00:52:57.360
I'm saying like she plays not poised in practical magic.
00:52:57.599 --> 00:52:58.800
So she could totally do it.
00:52:59.039 --> 00:52:59.840
She's great.
00:53:00.320 --> 00:53:01.440
Okay, who do Ronan?
00:53:01.519 --> 00:53:03.440
Who'd you cast for Ronan?
00:53:04.079 --> 00:53:04.400
Oh.
00:53:04.880 --> 00:53:06.639
Oh my gosh, your face.
00:53:07.519 --> 00:53:08.719
I don't even wise her.
00:53:09.119 --> 00:53:10.480
This is just who came to my head.
00:53:10.639 --> 00:53:13.519
And I was with me the whole time was Oliver Hudson.
00:53:14.320 --> 00:53:14.880
Really?
00:53:15.039 --> 00:53:15.679
Yeah.
00:53:16.400 --> 00:53:17.199
Interesting.
00:53:17.360 --> 00:53:18.159
He needs work.
00:53:18.400 --> 00:53:19.599
He hasn't been in the game.
00:53:21.199 --> 00:53:22.320
He hasn't been in the game.
00:53:22.639 --> 00:53:24.800
Oliver Hudson is 50.
00:53:25.760 --> 00:53:28.000
Oh, Kate Hudson's brother.
00:53:28.320 --> 00:53:31.039
He's on special force.
00:53:31.280 --> 00:53:32.159
This is what I'm saying.
00:53:32.320 --> 00:53:33.360
He needs work.
00:53:34.000 --> 00:53:34.719
This would be good.
00:53:35.199 --> 00:53:36.159
This revitalizes his own.
00:53:36.320 --> 00:53:39.840
Yeah, he needs a good revitalization.
00:53:40.079 --> 00:53:41.119
I don't think he's right for this.
00:53:41.440 --> 00:53:43.360
Has he ever had like a stellar career?
00:53:43.840 --> 00:53:44.239
No, never.
00:53:46.639 --> 00:53:49.519
Can you revitalize something that's never been revital?
00:53:49.920 --> 00:53:50.639
He's cute.
00:53:50.880 --> 00:53:55.360
He's cute, but he can play sleazy weasel.
00:53:55.599 --> 00:53:56.480
Yes, yes, yes.
00:53:56.639 --> 00:53:57.280
Oh, good.
00:53:58.239 --> 00:54:01.360
I chose James McAvoy.
00:54:02.000 --> 00:54:05.039
I had him first and then I thought he was a little too scary.
00:54:05.360 --> 00:54:05.599
No.
00:54:06.239 --> 00:54:06.800
Oh my gosh.
00:54:06.880 --> 00:54:08.239
He does have the striking blue eyes.
00:54:08.320 --> 00:54:12.639
I think that he is if you've seen him charm in movies, he's so charming.
00:54:12.880 --> 00:54:19.679
He has that director look where he would take himself too seriously, but then but behind closed doors, he's really sort of a creep.
00:54:20.000 --> 00:54:25.199
I don't know him, but when I was looking for people, I stopped and I actually put him down first.
00:54:25.360 --> 00:54:32.400
But I thought he looked a little so funny scary and like he would murder like you would think he's the bad guy watching the movie.
00:54:32.480 --> 00:54:32.960
Does that make sense?
00:54:33.119 --> 00:54:35.360
I'm glad you get to see him and stuff though, because I don't know.
00:54:35.440 --> 00:54:35.920
I don't know him.
00:54:36.079 --> 00:54:36.960
I just know him from pictures.
00:54:37.280 --> 00:54:40.000
He can be very, very charming.
00:54:40.639 --> 00:54:41.360
Yeah, I don't know him.
00:54:41.599 --> 00:54:45.760
I just from a picture, I thought he was perfect until I was like, oh, you know what?
00:54:45.920 --> 00:54:47.599
I would think you it would be you.
00:54:48.320 --> 00:54:49.039
He's the bad guy.
00:54:49.199 --> 00:54:50.000
Okay, who did you choose?
00:54:50.159 --> 00:54:51.840
I went for someone way younger than you guys did.
00:54:51.920 --> 00:54:54.559
Mine is he's turning 40 in a couple of days.
00:54:54.880 --> 00:54:56.320
Penn Badgley.
00:54:57.760 --> 00:54:58.079
Oh.
00:54:58.719 --> 00:55:00.960
I love him, but I don't think I love him.
00:55:01.360 --> 00:55:02.800
Mediocrely handsome.
00:55:02.960 --> 00:55:03.280
Yes.
00:55:03.519 --> 00:55:04.480
Not too handsome.
00:55:04.719 --> 00:55:05.039
Yes.
00:55:05.360 --> 00:55:07.280
Um, and if you've seen you.
00:55:07.679 --> 00:55:08.320
Yeah, I have.
00:55:08.480 --> 00:55:10.559
Yeah, he's He can be sinister.
00:55:10.719 --> 00:55:11.519
He can be sinister.
00:55:11.679 --> 00:55:12.079
He's good.
00:55:12.159 --> 00:55:12.559
I like him.
00:55:12.639 --> 00:55:12.880
Yeah.
00:55:13.039 --> 00:55:16.400
He seems like he would be the
type that could take himself too seriously too as a director.
00:55:16.480 --> 00:55:22.079
Like, I'm gonna take you to an island and force you to live like one of the people lived in 1926.
00:55:22.320 --> 00:55:25.920
I don't think I've seen him in anything except Gossip Girl or You.
00:55:26.480 --> 00:55:27.599
Has he been in anything else?
00:55:28.400 --> 00:55:30.559
Oh, he was in that Amanda Bines, not Amanda Mines.
00:55:31.119 --> 00:55:33.840
He was in the Emma Stone movie, Easy A.
00:55:34.800 --> 00:55:35.360
Oh, I've seen.
00:55:35.679 --> 00:55:36.559
John Tucker must die.
00:55:36.880 --> 00:55:39.199
Oh, I've seen both of those, but he doesn't stick out.
00:55:40.079 --> 00:55:40.719
Doesn't stick out to me.
00:55:40.880 --> 00:55:41.760
Sorry, Penn.
00:55:42.000 --> 00:55:43.280
And also, what a name.
00:55:43.679 --> 00:55:44.079
Pen.
00:55:44.239 --> 00:55:44.559
I know.
00:55:44.800 --> 00:55:45.119
Interesting.
00:55:45.440 --> 00:55:47.199
I wonder if it's a pen name.
00:55:48.079 --> 00:55:48.960
Is that what they call it?
00:55:49.519 --> 00:55:50.480
Pennington.
00:55:51.360 --> 00:55:51.599
Oh.
00:55:52.239 --> 00:55:52.480
Yeah.
00:55:52.719 --> 00:55:53.360
I don't know what it is.
00:55:53.679 --> 00:55:54.000
Oh.
00:55:54.239 --> 00:55:55.119
That's gotta be something.
00:55:55.199 --> 00:55:56.480
Nobody names their kid Penn.
00:55:56.960 --> 00:55:57.920
I don't know, maybe.
00:55:59.519 --> 00:56:02.960
Yeah, I I'm people name Penn.
00:56:03.199 --> 00:56:05.039
His name is Penn.
00:56:05.920 --> 00:56:07.599
Penn Dayton Badgley.
00:56:08.320 --> 00:56:09.280
Pendulum.
00:56:09.760 --> 00:56:10.400
Pendulum?
00:56:10.480 --> 00:56:11.360
I like that better.
00:56:12.239 --> 00:56:12.639
Penn.
00:56:13.199 --> 00:56:13.840
Penjamin?
00:56:14.000 --> 00:56:14.960
Wait, what is Pendulum?
00:56:15.519 --> 00:56:16.400
That's a good one.
00:56:16.639 --> 00:56:17.519
Penjamin.
00:56:17.840 --> 00:56:20.079
Penjamin Penn State.
00:56:20.480 --> 00:56:20.719
Yeah.
00:56:20.960 --> 00:56:22.079
We can go one in one.
00:56:22.159 --> 00:56:24.639
I wonder if it must be a family name.
00:56:25.039 --> 00:56:27.039
Okay, anyway, we got all really off track.
00:56:27.119 --> 00:56:28.000
Sorry about that.
00:56:28.559 --> 00:56:30.239
Alright, that's all we got.
00:56:30.400 --> 00:56:34.320
Are you guys ready to announce our November book club pick?
00:56:34.480 --> 00:56:35.920
Yes, I'm so excited.
00:56:36.159 --> 00:56:43.599
If you were on our Instagram a couple of hours before we recorded, you saw that we did a poll and we have a winner.
00:56:43.840 --> 00:56:44.480
We do.
00:56:44.800 --> 00:56:51.679
So we're gonna go from creepy island mystery to a twisted story with a different kind of mystery.
00:56:51.840 --> 00:56:55.360
We will be reading Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth.
00:56:55.599 --> 00:56:59.039
Adrian, I know you read this already, so can you give us a quick summary?
00:56:59.199 --> 00:57:00.480
Tell us what it's about.
00:57:00.800 --> 00:57:05.440
I'll tell you meet Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick.
00:57:05.519 --> 00:57:06.800
She's 81 years old.
00:57:07.039 --> 00:57:13.840
She is gloriously grumpy, fiercely independent, and never without a hot cup of tea or a cutting remark.
00:57:14.000 --> 00:57:23.039
She minds her own business in her quiet Melbourne suburb until a neighbor turns up dead and the whispers start flying because Elsie hasn't always been Elsie.
00:57:23.199 --> 00:57:29.760
Once upon a headline, she was Mad Mabel Waller, Australia's youngest convicted murderer.
00:57:30.000 --> 00:57:32.559
But was she really mad or just misunderstood?
00:57:32.719 --> 00:57:35.840
Either way, she's kept her secret buried for decades.
00:57:36.239 --> 00:57:39.039
Enter seven-year-old Persephone.
00:57:39.280 --> 00:57:47.360
Persephone, a relentless little chatterbox who has just moved in across the street, armed with stickers, questions, and no sense of personal boundaries.
00:57:47.679 --> 00:57:52.000
Joan, who seems to have it in for Elsie, and a healthy dose of public interest.
00:57:52.159 --> 00:57:56.559
The cops are sniffing around and the media is circling like seagulls at a picnic.
00:57:56.719 --> 00:57:58.800
So Mabel does what she's always done best.
00:57:58.960 --> 00:58:01.119
She takes matters into her own hands.
00:58:01.360 --> 00:58:02.480
That sounds so good.
00:58:02.559 --> 00:58:03.519
I'm very excited about that.
00:58:03.679 --> 00:58:04.559
That sounds like a Lindsay book.
00:58:05.440 --> 00:58:06.239
It sounds like a Lindsay book.
00:58:06.480 --> 00:58:09.360
I loved this book, so I'm excited for you guys to read.
00:58:10.000 --> 00:58:12.800
I've heard a lot of people say it's good on audio as well.
00:58:12.960 --> 00:58:14.079
I don't know if it is, but.
00:58:14.320 --> 00:58:19.920
Well, if it has a little child, you ain't gonna like it because you already told us you could like it in Hello, everybody.
00:58:20.079 --> 00:58:20.800
No, thank you.
00:58:20.880 --> 00:58:21.760
I can't listen to that.
00:58:21.920 --> 00:58:24.800
But maybe it's an old person talking, and I can get down with that.
00:58:25.039 --> 00:58:28.320
So you j you gotta like switch from book to audio.
00:58:28.480 --> 00:58:28.719
Maybe.
00:58:28.960 --> 00:58:29.519
Old person?
00:58:29.679 --> 00:58:30.079
Audio.
00:58:30.239 --> 00:58:30.880
Little person?
00:58:31.039 --> 00:58:31.920
We'll give it a try.
00:58:32.079 --> 00:58:32.800
We'll see.
00:58:33.119 --> 00:58:38.719
Alright, that episode drops the last Tuesday of the month, which is Tuesday, November 24th.
00:58:38.800 --> 00:58:42.559
And that's a wrap on our October Book Club episode of Books Around the Block.
00:58:42.719 --> 00:58:46.639
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00:58:48.559 --> 00:58:53.760
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00:59:01.440 --> 00:59:03.119
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00:59:03.280 --> 00:59:08.719
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00:59:09.039 --> 00:59:13.119
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00:59:13.920 --> 00:59:14.480
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