June 2015 Monthly Media

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 Anime/Cartoons

• My Love Story 8-11 
• Sailor Moon Crystal 1.13
• Steven Universe 58-62 

Books

• Lady Catherine’s Necklace by Joan Aiken 
• The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
• Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli  
• A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan
• The Tropic of Serpents: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan 
• A Book of Tongues by Gemma Files 
• The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame 
• The Silver Metal Lover by Tanith Lee
• The Automatic Detective by A. Lee Martinez
• The Monkey’s Mask by Dorothy Porter 
• Dragons at Crumbling Castle and Other Tales by Terry Pratchett
• The Blank Wall by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding  
• The Innocent Mrs. Duff by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding 
• Old Man’s War by John Scalzi 
• The Book of Lost Tales Parts 1-2 by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Lays of Beleriand Part 3 by J.R.R. Tolkien 

Manga/Comics

• Amulet: Book One by Kazu Kibuishi 
• Gunka no Baltzar 1-6 by Nakajima Michitsune 
• Rurouni Kenshin 19-28 by Nobuhiro Watsuki 

Movies

• Annie (2014) 
• And Then There Were None (1945) 
• D.O.A. (1950) 
• Galaxy Quest (1999) 

Theater 

• Jumpers for Goalposts (Studio Theatre) 
• Newsies (The National Theatre) 
• Potted Potter (Lansburgh Theatre)
• Tartuffe (Sidney Harman Hall)

TV Shows/Web Series

• Chopped 8.2
• Hell’s Kitchen 14.14
• The March Family Letters 42-48
• Masterchef 6.03-6.06  
• New Tricks 1.04-1.07
• Rosemary and Thyme (entire show) 
• The Taste 1.01-1.09 
• Top Chef 2.01-2.15

Comments

[skygiants]

oh my god, you read Lady Catherine's Necklace? PLEASE TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS BIZARRE FANFIC GEM OF A BOOK. (Also about Elisabeth Sanxay Holding!)

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Lady Catherine's Necklace was such a head trip, oh my goodness! I was sad about the fate of the one elderly artist, and also uh may have spent A GOOD CHUNK OF THE BOOK thinking Anne's father had had an affair with the older painter before older painter hooked up with his current boyfriend (instead of uh the married woman Anne's father actually had the affair with).

But so many amazing shenanigans! SO MANY. I loved Lady Catherine's argument with the sailor over whose life was the worst, and her conceding that yep, his life sucks the most.

And that ending! Like nope, none of those ladies need a man, they're all going to go off to Wales and live together with the lovely housekeeper and GET EDUCATED. (Well, Maria Lucas might want to get married later on, to someone who's not a wet rag like Fitzwilliam.) Also SURPRISE CROSSDRESSING, thank you Joan Aiken.

And the one bad guy's subtle crisis of faith like "oh my god I was just trying to smarm my way into fortune and accidentally caused this guy's death, I am the WORST" and his deciding to live with the painter. Delightful.

And actually I saw your recommendation for Elisabeth Sanxay Holding and went looking for her work. Thanks for the rec, because she's amazing! I love her characters and also how she pokes at societal restrictions and sexism and also how much she loves lady friendships as much as I do!

(I...actually want fic about the ladies in The Innocent Mrs. Duff because I loved all the hints of friendship we got despite Duff's self-absorbed stupidity.)