Are we all just here because You’ve Got Mail is in our top movies? Seems like it!
1. My favorite movies are Dirty Dancing, You’ve Got Mail, Grease, and Now and Then.
2. My favorite book is Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. Every time I finish it, I just want to start it over. The first time I read it, I felt like it had always been a part of me.
3. BIG BIG BIG recommendation for Taskmaster on YouTube. Family friendly! Truly hilarious. Start with season 2, just because the first episode of that season is a perfect hook/example of what the show is like.
1. I'm really bad at watching movies and one of my goals this year is to watch more, but right now, I'd say When Harry Met Sally, Knives Out, Legally Blonde and Spotlight. That feels like a strange list, so I might have to think about this more and watch more movies.
2. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender. It's very grounded magical realism appeals to me in the sense of what is possible in a novel, but Aimee Bender portrays every character so empathetically and tenderly. I return to it every few years when I need a boost. I also just finished The Last Devil to Die, the most recent installment of the Thursday Murder Club books and while I cannot pick a favorite of those, they are just so delightfully funny and so warm that I want to curl up inside every single one. This more recent one will stick with me for a while.
3. I am bouncing around quite a bit in my TV watching these days, but I have to say, Kerry, if you have a way to watch CBS' Ghosts, you really must! I think it would be right up your alley. I hear that the British version is also very good, but I haven't seen it yet myself.
Love this idea! Love to see what other people are reading and watching!
1. Movies: Princess Brides (also maybe a favorite book) Emma Thompson’s Sense and Sensibility (everyone in that movie flawless) Sixteen Candles (if only my 16th birthday has been like that) and finally the all time favorite You’ve Got Mail - I’m not sure what I love most about the movie, Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks, Manhattan, Dave Chappell???
2. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. This series is just a love letter to readers
3. Finishing the latest season of All Creatures Great and Small and starting on the new season of Vera.
What are your four favorite movies (your Letterboxd top four, in other words)?
A Room With a View (Merchant/Ivory FOREVER), The Goonies, Moonstruck, The Princess Bride
What is your favorite book of all time? I’d love to hear why if you’re so inclined.
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. This has become my comfort novel. I am not religious and they way it satirizes religion really tickles me. I love every character. They feel like family.
What TV show are you currently watching? I'm re-watching Northern Exposure on Prime and it is bringing me so much joy. This show is so quirky and fun and hilarious and thoughtful and I love it.
1. The current situation on my Letterboxd (@emsaf98) is in no particular order: Coyote Ugly, Black Swan, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Pulp Fiction, but four is never enough!! (Honestly Little Women (2019) is probably a close 5th if not one I'd swap to put on there)
2. Secret History by Donna Tartt!!
3. Currently living for new season of Vanderpump Rules, Love Island Allstars and The Traitors season 2! On the non-reality tv side, I have been working my way through American Horror Story for the first time.
1. Sense and Sensibility, The Big Lebowski, The Departed, and of course You've Got Mail!
2. The Idiot by Elif Batuman because it's the most I've ever been able to relate to a main character. It also perfectly describes that feeling of being lost and awkward and on your own for the first time.
3. Homeland: It's not a great show! It's cheesy and has too many plot twists, many that are infuriating and make no sense! But I love the Carrie/Saul characters and storyline. And there's so much wonderful "Claire Danes cry face."
1. Movies: Clueless, Pride and Prejudice (2005!), Crazy Rich Asians, and White Christmas
2. how to choose???? If forced into a single choice, I'd say HOPE WAS HERE by Joan Bauer - but if I could toss a series in there, it's the Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace, always.
3. Just finished the Percy Jackson series on Disney+ and had an amazing time! I'm a touch too old to have grown up with the books, but I read them all this year as part of a dive into middle grade and the series is a perfect adaptation of it.
1. Four favorite movies as of right now, this moment: Juliet, Naked; My Cousin Vinnie; Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael; This Is Spinal Tap
2. Favorite book of all time again is Anne Frank's diary. It has just always been a very meaningful book to me. Another book I would name as of right now, this very moment, would be I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella. I have probably listened to that audiobook 18x.
3. We are currently watching The Expanse as a family, and I just finished up For All Mankind! We're all about space over here apparently. I am also watching My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
Very late to this game as I'm catching up on all my newsletters today but I love this idea!
1. Favorite movies will always and forever be Mamma Mia and Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again; I think they are perfect and everything media should be. Honorable mentions go to The Sound of Music (a childhood favorite) and Crazy Rich Asians (A++ rom-com).
2. I always annoy myself trying to answer this because I'm incapable of declaring an all-time favorite book, but The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan comes to mind as one that kind of changed my life?? I read it my senior year of college when I'd just gotten back into reading for fun for the first time in years and was immediately obsessed/deeply emotionally invested, and it's what got me thinking (in a very naive and honestly kind of bonkers way) that maybe I could try to write a romance novel. My first attempt was basically Royal We fanfiction, then I got a more original idea, etc etc the rest is history, so I'll always have a soft spot for that one!
3. I'm almost caught up on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City and it's been enjoyable in a totally detached from reality way, but what I really want is ten more seasons of Vanderpump Rules, the existing ten of which I watched in a fever dream two months at the end of last year!
What are your four favorite movies (your Letterboxd top four, in other words)?
Lady Bird, 500 Days of Summer, Cool Hand Luke, Little Women
What is your favorite book of all time? I’d love to hear why if you’re so inclined.
This is too hard to answer -- my favorite book I read last year was Stay True by Hua Hsu. I love male-male friendship! I think it is really important and also an an area of life I have no experience in!
What TV show are you currently watching?
Loudermilk on Netflix! It's like Netflix's version of Shrinking!
1. Favorite movies are: 10 Things I Hate About You, Good Will Hunting, Beauty & The Beast (Disney animated) and Little Women (2019). I feel like that is a wide range, but I can always sit down and watch these movies which I think make them favorites. I'm *gasp* not a big movie watcher. But you inspire me, Kerry! :)
2. Favorite book of all time is HARD. I feel like every life season I have a new favorite. For a long time (age 15 - 25) I would have told you Catcher in the Rye. I, like Holden, felt my HS was full of "Phonies". I haven't read that book since my mid-20s so I should go back! Now I think my favorite book is either Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese , Bel Canto by Ann Patchett, or The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai. All three have sweeping stories and beautiful writing.
3. Currently watching Season 4 of True Detective on HBO MAX. It's a bit creepy, but I'm so intrigued! I'm also rewatching Never Have I Ever on Netflix. I think its such a smart show set in High School.
1. Casablanca, It’s a Wonderful Life, E.T., Harold and Maude, (4 is impossible) Royal Tennenbaums, Top Hat, Jaws
2. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater--it’s a perfect book, one I’ve read & listened to (omg the audio book is so good) at least 20 times and I still find more to delight in every time
3. Shows are so mood based for me! But I’m obsessed with All Creatures Great and Small, will always stop everything to watch Project Runway, recently obsessively watched Halt and Catch Fire, and super enjoyed The Morning Show
Movies: The Holiday, Walk Don't Run, The Fifth Element, Penelope (and probably a lot more but those are the first that came to mind!)
Book: Jane Eyre, with a close second being The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde, which only adds to my love of the classic
TV: I just finished Miranda on Britbox and it's really delightful and funny! Loved seeing a quirky female character who wasn't a manic pixie dream girl. I've been on a Hallmark movie kick so rather than TV I'll be watching all the new Jane Austen-inspired movies premiering this month, for better or for worse.
The Worst Person in the World runs through my mind often and Early Morning Riser is just the best!
1. About a Boy, Happy Thank You More Please, Groundhog Day, The Goonies
2. Joyful, Ingrid Fetell Lee - I'm much more of a fiction reader but this book helped me prioritize small things in my everyday to create joy (like a disco ball planter)
3. Just starting the new season of Queer Eye, it's the only reality type show I watch and I know I'll cry at least one episode.
Are we all just here because You’ve Got Mail is in our top movies? Seems like it!
1. My favorite movies are Dirty Dancing, You’ve Got Mail, Grease, and Now and Then.
2. My favorite book is Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. Every time I finish it, I just want to start it over. The first time I read it, I felt like it had always been a part of me.
3. BIG BIG BIG recommendation for Taskmaster on YouTube. Family friendly! Truly hilarious. Start with season 2, just because the first episode of that season is a perfect hook/example of what the show is like.
Chiming in because this is fun!
1. Movies: Step-Brothers, Meet the Parents, A Christmas Story, and Klaus.
2. Book: "Watermelon" by Marian Keyes (my first introduction to the romcom)
3. What We Do in the Shadows (on Hulu). Hilarious.
1. I'm really bad at watching movies and one of my goals this year is to watch more, but right now, I'd say When Harry Met Sally, Knives Out, Legally Blonde and Spotlight. That feels like a strange list, so I might have to think about this more and watch more movies.
2. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender. It's very grounded magical realism appeals to me in the sense of what is possible in a novel, but Aimee Bender portrays every character so empathetically and tenderly. I return to it every few years when I need a boost. I also just finished The Last Devil to Die, the most recent installment of the Thursday Murder Club books and while I cannot pick a favorite of those, they are just so delightfully funny and so warm that I want to curl up inside every single one. This more recent one will stick with me for a while.
3. I am bouncing around quite a bit in my TV watching these days, but I have to say, Kerry, if you have a way to watch CBS' Ghosts, you really must! I think it would be right up your alley. I hear that the British version is also very good, but I haven't seen it yet myself.
Love this idea! Love to see what other people are reading and watching!
1. Movies: Princess Brides (also maybe a favorite book) Emma Thompson’s Sense and Sensibility (everyone in that movie flawless) Sixteen Candles (if only my 16th birthday has been like that) and finally the all time favorite You’ve Got Mail - I’m not sure what I love most about the movie, Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks, Manhattan, Dave Chappell???
2. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. This series is just a love letter to readers
3. Finishing the latest season of All Creatures Great and Small and starting on the new season of Vera.
What are your four favorite movies (your Letterboxd top four, in other words)?
A Room With a View (Merchant/Ivory FOREVER), The Goonies, Moonstruck, The Princess Bride
What is your favorite book of all time? I’d love to hear why if you’re so inclined.
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. This has become my comfort novel. I am not religious and they way it satirizes religion really tickles me. I love every character. They feel like family.
What TV show are you currently watching? I'm re-watching Northern Exposure on Prime and it is bringing me so much joy. This show is so quirky and fun and hilarious and thoughtful and I love it.
1. The current situation on my Letterboxd (@emsaf98) is in no particular order: Coyote Ugly, Black Swan, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Pulp Fiction, but four is never enough!! (Honestly Little Women (2019) is probably a close 5th if not one I'd swap to put on there)
2. Secret History by Donna Tartt!!
3. Currently living for new season of Vanderpump Rules, Love Island Allstars and The Traitors season 2! On the non-reality tv side, I have been working my way through American Horror Story for the first time.
1. When Harry Met Sally, 2. The Princess Diaries, 3. Pride and Prejudice (2005)
2. I really can't ever pick a favorite book!! It's always whatever I read most recently. But my favorite book that I read last year was The Measure.
3. Watching the new season of True Detective (but it is soooo creepy) and season 2 of The Bear
1. Sense and Sensibility, The Big Lebowski, The Departed, and of course You've Got Mail!
2. The Idiot by Elif Batuman because it's the most I've ever been able to relate to a main character. It also perfectly describes that feeling of being lost and awkward and on your own for the first time.
3. Homeland: It's not a great show! It's cheesy and has too many plot twists, many that are infuriating and make no sense! But I love the Carrie/Saul characters and storyline. And there's so much wonderful "Claire Danes cry face."
Love this!
1. Movies: Clueless, Pride and Prejudice (2005!), Crazy Rich Asians, and White Christmas
2. how to choose???? If forced into a single choice, I'd say HOPE WAS HERE by Joan Bauer - but if I could toss a series in there, it's the Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace, always.
3. Just finished the Percy Jackson series on Disney+ and had an amazing time! I'm a touch too old to have grown up with the books, but I read them all this year as part of a dive into middle grade and the series is a perfect adaptation of it.
1. Four favorite movies as of right now, this moment: Juliet, Naked; My Cousin Vinnie; Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael; This Is Spinal Tap
2. Favorite book of all time again is Anne Frank's diary. It has just always been a very meaningful book to me. Another book I would name as of right now, this very moment, would be I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella. I have probably listened to that audiobook 18x.
3. We are currently watching The Expanse as a family, and I just finished up For All Mankind! We're all about space over here apparently. I am also watching My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
Very late to this game as I'm catching up on all my newsletters today but I love this idea!
1. Favorite movies will always and forever be Mamma Mia and Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again; I think they are perfect and everything media should be. Honorable mentions go to The Sound of Music (a childhood favorite) and Crazy Rich Asians (A++ rom-com).
2. I always annoy myself trying to answer this because I'm incapable of declaring an all-time favorite book, but The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan comes to mind as one that kind of changed my life?? I read it my senior year of college when I'd just gotten back into reading for fun for the first time in years and was immediately obsessed/deeply emotionally invested, and it's what got me thinking (in a very naive and honestly kind of bonkers way) that maybe I could try to write a romance novel. My first attempt was basically Royal We fanfiction, then I got a more original idea, etc etc the rest is history, so I'll always have a soft spot for that one!
3. I'm almost caught up on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City and it's been enjoyable in a totally detached from reality way, but what I really want is ten more seasons of Vanderpump Rules, the existing ten of which I watched in a fever dream two months at the end of last year!
What are your four favorite movies (your Letterboxd top four, in other words)?
Lady Bird, 500 Days of Summer, Cool Hand Luke, Little Women
What is your favorite book of all time? I’d love to hear why if you’re so inclined.
This is too hard to answer -- my favorite book I read last year was Stay True by Hua Hsu. I love male-male friendship! I think it is really important and also an an area of life I have no experience in!
What TV show are you currently watching?
Loudermilk on Netflix! It's like Netflix's version of Shrinking!
1. Favorite movies are: 10 Things I Hate About You, Good Will Hunting, Beauty & The Beast (Disney animated) and Little Women (2019). I feel like that is a wide range, but I can always sit down and watch these movies which I think make them favorites. I'm *gasp* not a big movie watcher. But you inspire me, Kerry! :)
2. Favorite book of all time is HARD. I feel like every life season I have a new favorite. For a long time (age 15 - 25) I would have told you Catcher in the Rye. I, like Holden, felt my HS was full of "Phonies". I haven't read that book since my mid-20s so I should go back! Now I think my favorite book is either Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese , Bel Canto by Ann Patchett, or The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai. All three have sweeping stories and beautiful writing.
3. Currently watching Season 4 of True Detective on HBO MAX. It's a bit creepy, but I'm so intrigued! I'm also rewatching Never Have I Ever on Netflix. I think its such a smart show set in High School.
I love reading all of these! Fun!
1. Casablanca, It’s a Wonderful Life, E.T., Harold and Maude, (4 is impossible) Royal Tennenbaums, Top Hat, Jaws
2. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater--it’s a perfect book, one I’ve read & listened to (omg the audio book is so good) at least 20 times and I still find more to delight in every time
3. Shows are so mood based for me! But I’m obsessed with All Creatures Great and Small, will always stop everything to watch Project Runway, recently obsessively watched Halt and Catch Fire, and super enjoyed The Morning Show
Movies: The Holiday, Walk Don't Run, The Fifth Element, Penelope (and probably a lot more but those are the first that came to mind!)
Book: Jane Eyre, with a close second being The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde, which only adds to my love of the classic
TV: I just finished Miranda on Britbox and it's really delightful and funny! Loved seeing a quirky female character who wasn't a manic pixie dream girl. I've been on a Hallmark movie kick so rather than TV I'll be watching all the new Jane Austen-inspired movies premiering this month, for better or for worse.
The Worst Person in the World runs through my mind often and Early Morning Riser is just the best!
1. About a Boy, Happy Thank You More Please, Groundhog Day, The Goonies
2. Joyful, Ingrid Fetell Lee - I'm much more of a fiction reader but this book helped me prioritize small things in my everyday to create joy (like a disco ball planter)
3. Just starting the new season of Queer Eye, it's the only reality type show I watch and I know I'll cry at least one episode.