Marguerite Croft

I have read Wuthering Heights.

I am diligently working on not spoiling anything.

I am also eating so much popcorn.

There are few things as fun as watching someone read Wuthering Heights for the first time, especially when they get to the juicy parts. Which is, you know, basically every page.

Husband is reading Wuthering Heights for the 1st time. He’s on Ch. 3 & Cathy just made her 1st appearance.

Husband thinks Cathy is alive. He thinks Mr. Heathcliff’s neighborhood is the opposite of Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood. He’s suspicious of Lockwood’s activities & reliability as a narrator.

just an update from when we talked to the reporter: we’ve now successfully connected over 100 families for direct, peer to peer rent adoption. we’ve collected and immediately distributed…a lot.

it is a drop in the bucket, but all of this is. everyone is just doing what they can.

What wonderful news! Congratulations!!!!

Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Printz Win: ‘Genuinely Gobsmacked’ Smith describes her delight and surprise at winning the Printz Medal for 'Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories,' a compendium written by 17 Indigenous authors, which she edited.

About my Michael L. Printz Award Call for LEGENDAY FRYBREAD DRIVE-IN (Heartdrum): www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... @epicreads.bsky.social @curtisbrownltd.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Ikogaan mikwam! = Ice out!

Ojibwe word of the day! Learning languages is fun and honors our ancestors and future generations. Follow #Ojibwe WOD: www.youtube.com/@anton.treuer Miigwech (thank you)! #ice

It's been 40 years since 7 people were killed in the Challenger space shuttle explosion It's been 40 years since the Challenger space shuttle, carrying seven people, exploded in mere minutes after take off

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I’m so very sorry. My deepest condolences.

MAHA says its new food pyramid is affordable and healthy. We asked experts How affordable are the new dietary guidelines? Economists and nutrition experts weigh in.

I feel like they legit said, “Let them eat steak.” www.statnews.com/2026/01/16/a...

Say what you like about Pamela Voorhees but she was a super-dedicated mom.

Birchbark Books is a wonderful place with lovely people

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10 years ago: the "Lazarus" video is released. Johan Renck: "I have no desire to do any more videos knowing the process never ever gets as formidable and fulfilling as this was. I’ve basically touched the sun.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-Jq...

The 'Stranger Things' Radio Station WSQK the Squawk Lives On 'Stranger Things' radio station WSQK the Squawk is a real-life pop-up online thanks to U.K.-based Global media.

www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv... The level of detail is incredible

They’re playing “Purple Rain” for Eddie Munson and Imma gonna cry.

Been listening to WSKQ’s last hours on air.

This is one of the greatest marketing campaigns, ever. Definitely one of my highlights of the year. It’s the radio of my youth and it’s been delightful.

And as the station goes off air, I deeply respect their commitment to the bit.

2025 was a rough year. We all knew this.

But I just scribbled down 100 good things and successes from 2025 and ended up with over 100, and I didn’t write them all down.

I’m so very grateful.

"Music takes what’s inside me and puts it into the world..."

MOJO celebrates Brian Wilson: the genius who hymned the American dream and its shadow flipside with raw spirituality and symphonic sophistication.

Absolutely!

Saw Ella McCay tonight. It felt both sweetly nostalgic and fresh, a film with elements from other eras talking about our now. I loved how the main storyline seemingly diverted into small stories that illustrate the film’s heart. I left the theater delighted and full of hope, which I deeply needed.

A delightful thread

I deeply resonate with this entire thread 😆😅

Turned on The X-Files and ALL the Gen Z Thanksgiving dinner attendees were immediately and totally sucked in. I’m delighted. (“Jose Chung’s ‘From Outer Space’” for the sweet potato pie, of course)

I started with the free version and used that for a few months. I liked it and wanted the extra features, so I now use the paid version.

I moved over earlier this year and I like it a lot. I’ve found it intuitive to use and I think they do a good job facilitating migration.

Husband and I both read broadly and eclectically and always have. But recent years have been rough (of course). Romcoms and horror have been key to our well-being, especially listening to romcom audiobooks together. Shared laughter and HEAs are an incredible coping tool.

Incidentally, Husband is reading ACOTAR now because he spent October falling in love with Abby Jimenez’s work. I told him he couldn’t read Say You’ll Remember Me (up next!) until he read at least the first two ACOTAR books so he’d get a running joke.

And then he got into the second book and he is ALL in. He just finished Chapter 12 and he is completely on board. He is ready for the FMC to get trained and kick major ass.

Husband is reading ACOTAR. I’m having the best time watching him take the emotional journey. He was about to DNF the series in book one when a character used physical coercion on the FMC—he said if she didn’t kill this other character as soon as she had the chance, he was done with the series.

Also, no cutting people out — no arguing if Ghost or Turnstyle are metal or not. If the Grammy’s think they’re metal, they can cover Mr. Roger’s “It’s You I Like” or “What Do You Do with the Mad that You Feel?” or Ernie’s “Rubber Duckie” or Oscar’s “Trash.”

No, wait. “Trash” goes to Alice Cooper.