Thanks Naomi. Yeah After the Flood was engaging and visual. A good debut.

Hey Deb — just saw your note. So glad you liked Goldfinch & American Wolf too. I think we do have similar tastes! I haven’t found another blogger who read American Wolf so I’m really pleased you read and liked it as well. It was definitely a highlight of my nonfiction this year. But a sad ending on that book!

Wow your daughter is busy … and you too. These shows sound very good. I hope she gets all three! It’s great she has parts in these. I agree the news this January is crazy, and I’m fearful of war for no reason. Who knows what’ll happen tomorrow. Each day is a new disaster by this Administration. & Yes I still have the head cold. It’s been 2 weeks now, but I’m hopeful it’ll be over soon. Grrrrr. Stay clear of anyone sick!

Are you still suffering from your cold? Everyone here at work is battling something. I am trying to stay away from it.

January is already flying by. All the politics and heated political tweets are bringing me down and frankly, making me angry. I try to avoid but the social media part of my job has be on there all the time. Can’t help but see it.

I am a little anxious for next week because production week begins. Three weeks, two different shows (Annie and Macbeth) and an audition for Godspell in between.

Wow that’s great your word about The Two Popes and Marriage Story. I’ll definitely see both. I have liked Noah Baumbach’s other movies. I haven’t seen The Irishman either / 3 hours is too much! We no longer get Netflix but do get HBO … so we miss some things. Hmm.

I haven’t seen 1917, Once Upon A Time, or The Irishman yet, the last two mostly due to length, but I watched most of the other competing ones. I was very impressed with The Two Popes and Marriage Story. The latter is, for me, the best movie of the year, and so are the performances of Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson. I think Scarlett was better than Renee Zellweger in Judy. Be sure to read A Good Neighborhood. It’s extremely good, timely, and it’s a fast pace read. Hope you like it if you give it a try.

Hey Carmen, great hearing from you! You read some good ones that I haven’t gotten to. I’ll have to look for A Good Neighborhood — seems like you really liked it. I’m off to a slow start in 2020, yikes. What was your take away from the Golden Globes? It appears 1917 and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood had a big night, and The Irishman and The Marriage Story not so much. I saw the Tarantino movie … and Judy and Little Women. I still have much to see before the Oscars.

Hey thanks JoAnn! I find we often read & like the same books, so you often give me great choices to read too. For instance, I still want to read Forty Autumns which you talked about. My husband liked it a lot too. I’m always a bit surprised about my findings in the year-end posts … that’s what makes them sort of fun for me. Still there is much I could improve upon!