A person, simply trying to get from one place to another, is transformed into a reluctant star of a movie she didn’t know she was in. The dynamics are simple, and stark. The people on our screens look like characters, so we begin to treat them like characters. And characters are, ultimately, expendable; their purpose is to serve the story. When their service is no longer required, they can be written off the show.
— Megan Garber - We’ve Lost the Plot
Greenlights, by Matthew McConaughey (AB). This is how audiobooks should be narrated. The story is equally good! Wise and entertaining. 5/5
A Novel Bookstore by Laurence Cossé. Love poem to good literature and a whodannit mystery. Not bad. 3.5/5
In Praise of Slow Horses’ Old Horses. One of the better series on streaming services these days.
The Number by John Lanchester from the Washington Post series - “Who is Government”. A great explanatory article on the Consumer Price Index used by the US govenrment in various places to shape their policies. If only all articles on such important topics were so good!