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2. Day 05 – A book that makes you happy
Back in the 1990s, when I desperately needed to read something light and fluffy, or rather a "happy book" - I'd just read A Confederacy of Dunces - which is NOT a happy book, along with Don Delillo's Underworld amongst others. So my pal, CW, suggested PD Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster series. She loaned me the first book in the series. Then I was hooked. It was sort of the literary equivalent of Abbott and Costello or a French farce. Bernie Wooster was a somewhat hair-brained playboy, albeit well-intentioned one, while Jeeves his valet, was clever and sardonically patient. Wooster invariably got himself into trouble with one of his hairbrained schemes, which Jeeves found a way to extricate him from. It was witty, absurd comedy - and made me laugh my head off. I could not make it through five pages without chuckling.
So in no time at all, I collected the entire series. And devoured them. So, for my happy book?
I choose a series PD Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster or The Imitable Jeeves by PD Wodehouse.
Day 06 – A book that makes you sad
Day 07 – Most underrated book
Day 08 – Most overrated book
Day 09 – A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 10 – Favorite classic book
Day 11 – A book you hated
Day 12 – A book you used to love but don’t anymore
Day 13 – Your favorite writer
Day 14 – Favorite book of your favorite writer
Day 15 – Favorite male character
Day 16 – Favorite female character
Day 17 – Favorite quote from your favorite book
Day 18 – A book that disappointed you
Day 19 – Favorite book turned into a movie
Day 20 – Favorite romance book
Day 21 – Favorite book from your childhood
Day 22 – Favorite book you own
Day 23 – A book you wanted to read for a long time but still haven’t
Day 24 – A book that you wish more people have read
Day 25 – A character who you can relate to the most
Day 26 – A book that changed your opinion about something
Day 27 – The most surprising plot twist or ending
Day 28 – Favorite title
Day 29 – A book everyone hated but you liked
Day 30 – Your favorite book of all time
3. Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
The Wire by David Simon and various other award-winning writers. This series is possibly the best television series that I've seen to date. It provides a deft and insightful sociological analysis of the challenges facing urban areas in the 21st century and how criminal and drugs increase and affect those challenges. It also depicts institutional racism, sexism, and classicism, and how society breaks down under the weight of all three - what causes people to turn to crime and violence to solve their problems. The failings of our system.
While it can get preachy at times...particularly in the second and fifth seasons...the show has a brilliant sense of humor, black and crunchy, often of the absurd. It depicts the insanity of bureaucratic systems and organizations. The writers, Simon and his cronies, clearly are speaking from experience. One of the writers was an ex-Baltimore Cop (Detective McNulty is based on a real-life character that this writer personally knew, as was OMAR - in fact Omar is based on the writer's former informant) who became for a while a teacher in the Baltimore school district.
Simon, a former journalist in Baltimore, also writes from experience. It proves that writing what you know can have its advantages.
From narrative structure perspective? It is a work of beauty. Flawed in places, but all tv series are. The drug dealing bits go on a bit too long and can drag down the momentum. But its ensemble cast and depiction of a cop who goes to extremes to fight bureaucracy....while at the same time depicting why that bureaucracy is in place and the futility of how he is fighting it...is necessary viewing.
If you didn't watch because you don't like procedurals, or hate cop shows, or drug dealing series annoy you - this show isn't what you'd expect. It's not your typical cop show or show about drug dealers. It's possibly the most realistic series about cops and drug dealing that I've seen, but it delves into more than that - various other systems are examined. And all of it is connected.
All the pieces fit together.
A work of television brilliance that should be required viewing for anyone who wants to write for television or has studied sociology and/or urban planning and political reform.
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death.
2. Day 05 – A book that makes you happy
Back in the 1990s, when I desperately needed to read something light and fluffy, or rather a "happy book" - I'd just read A Confederacy of Dunces - which is NOT a happy book, along with Don Delillo's Underworld amongst others. So my pal, CW, suggested PD Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster series. She loaned me the first book in the series. Then I was hooked. It was sort of the literary equivalent of Abbott and Costello or a French farce. Bernie Wooster was a somewhat hair-brained playboy, albeit well-intentioned one, while Jeeves his valet, was clever and sardonically patient. Wooster invariably got himself into trouble with one of his hairbrained schemes, which Jeeves found a way to extricate him from. It was witty, absurd comedy - and made me laugh my head off. I could not make it through five pages without chuckling.
So in no time at all, I collected the entire series. And devoured them. So, for my happy book?
I choose a series PD Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster or The Imitable Jeeves by PD Wodehouse.
Day 06 – A book that makes you sad
Day 07 – Most underrated book
Day 08 – Most overrated book
Day 09 – A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 10 – Favorite classic book
Day 11 – A book you hated
Day 12 – A book you used to love but don’t anymore
Day 13 – Your favorite writer
Day 14 – Favorite book of your favorite writer
Day 15 – Favorite male character
Day 16 – Favorite female character
Day 17 – Favorite quote from your favorite book
Day 18 – A book that disappointed you
Day 19 – Favorite book turned into a movie
Day 20 – Favorite romance book
Day 21 – Favorite book from your childhood
Day 22 – Favorite book you own
Day 23 – A book you wanted to read for a long time but still haven’t
Day 24 – A book that you wish more people have read
Day 25 – A character who you can relate to the most
Day 26 – A book that changed your opinion about something
Day 27 – The most surprising plot twist or ending
Day 28 – Favorite title
Day 29 – A book everyone hated but you liked
Day 30 – Your favorite book of all time
3. Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
The Wire by David Simon and various other award-winning writers. This series is possibly the best television series that I've seen to date. It provides a deft and insightful sociological analysis of the challenges facing urban areas in the 21st century and how criminal and drugs increase and affect those challenges. It also depicts institutional racism, sexism, and classicism, and how society breaks down under the weight of all three - what causes people to turn to crime and violence to solve their problems. The failings of our system.
While it can get preachy at times...particularly in the second and fifth seasons...the show has a brilliant sense of humor, black and crunchy, often of the absurd. It depicts the insanity of bureaucratic systems and organizations. The writers, Simon and his cronies, clearly are speaking from experience. One of the writers was an ex-Baltimore Cop (Detective McNulty is based on a real-life character that this writer personally knew, as was OMAR - in fact Omar is based on the writer's former informant) who became for a while a teacher in the Baltimore school district.
Simon, a former journalist in Baltimore, also writes from experience. It proves that writing what you know can have its advantages.
From narrative structure perspective? It is a work of beauty. Flawed in places, but all tv series are. The drug dealing bits go on a bit too long and can drag down the momentum. But its ensemble cast and depiction of a cop who goes to extremes to fight bureaucracy....while at the same time depicting why that bureaucracy is in place and the futility of how he is fighting it...is necessary viewing.
If you didn't watch because you don't like procedurals, or hate cop shows, or drug dealing series annoy you - this show isn't what you'd expect. It's not your typical cop show or show about drug dealers. It's possibly the most realistic series about cops and drug dealing that I've seen, but it delves into more than that - various other systems are examined. And all of it is connected.
All the pieces fit together.
A work of television brilliance that should be required viewing for anyone who wants to write for television or has studied sociology and/or urban planning and political reform.
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death.