My favorite book as a child

ProbablyThe Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle.

It seems to hold a special place for people who were raised very religious and are now sort of ?

At least it does for the two of us!

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My all-time favorite movie

Moonstruck.

I think part of whats holding me back is the sheer size of the book.

Its uncomfortable to hold because its so big!

Moonstruck - 1987

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I need a better book-holding system.

The TV show I think doesnt get its due

Twin Peaks: The Return.

Ive never felt more warmth towards a television character than I have towards Dougie Jones.

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But I was just stunned by how much I loved it!

I want to watch it again soon.

Like from Norse mythology?

The Mists of Avalon

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The song that always makes me feel better

Pacific Coast Highway, Hole.

But I really loathed it, and threw it across the room more than once.

Although I can scarcely remember now what my objections were!

Sweet Valley High

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Ditto Danzy SennasCaucasia, which I recently reread for the first time in 10 years.

My literary crush

Everybody!

I fall a little bit in love with everybody when I read.

The last TV series I binged

Eastenders, the long-running British soap opera.

More will be along in just a minute.

Everything that is done can be undone, even death.

Reversals of fortune can be un-reversed, or double-reversed again.

Betrayals can become sites of connection and understanding.

Uneasy friendships can move along an unending graph, becoming more and more uneasy without every actually rupturing.

What is lost can always be recovered.

Infinity never recedes; one persons choice never cancels out other possibilities.

No doors are ever closed; transition is only ever a scene change away.

The book I would use to squash a bug

Well,The Mists of Avalonis very heavy!

It reads like something cooked up in a lab to kindly me specifically.