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Balibee146
Making It So: A Memoir | Patrick Stewart
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BAIL.... Only managed 55 tedious self congratulatory pages. This gave me the ick before I even got to the icky parts of his story. Will stick to enjoying his acting only.

Switching to a #kindle read for evening and getting my inner trekkie on

RamsFan1963 Great book, but Stewart does come off as a cad for his infidelities 3w
Balibee146 @RamsFan1963 thanks yeah I had an inkling this was part of the story 2w
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Pedrocamacho
Making It So: A Memoir | Patrick Stewart
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This made for delightful listening while walking my dog over the last 8-9 days. Enjoyed learning about Stewart‘s young life and career. Overall, it was a fun listen 🙂

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ImperfectCJ
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It took me a couple of chapters to get into this one. I watched Star Trek when I was younger, and I've read a decent amount of sci-fi (Heinlein, Asimov, Bradbury, Tchaikovsky, PK Dick, Adams, Eggers, Chiang---TheStorygraph says I've read 101 sci-fi books), but I'm not really a sci-fi fan, per se. I do not cosplay, for example. However, I'm glad I persevered because this novel is funny, smart, and emotionally truthful.

AmyG I loved Starter Villain so much. Stacked as I need to read more of his books. 1mo
ImperfectCJ @AmyG It seems to me that Starter Villain would have been good to have on hand for my current situation (done with Redshirts but still covered in cats). 1mo
rretzler I‘m a huge sci-fi fan (don‘t cosplay either, I feel like that‘s an entirely different thing) and Scalzi is one of my favorite authors. I bought Red Shirts many years ago for my husband, who likes sci-fi, but he never read it. Finally, I did and I was hooked. I‘ve read all of Scalzi‘s books now. And if you like audiobooks, the combination of a Scalzi book with Wil Wheaton narrating is hard to beat. I recommend Starter Villain and Lock In! 1mo
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ImperfectCJ @rretzler It's interesting that you see cosplay as totally different from being a sci-fi fan. I feel like everyone I know who's into sci-fi is into cosplay, too. I thought maybe it's bc I live in San Diego where we have the big Comic-Con, but even friends in New England and Utah are into both. The only exception I know of is my dad...and now you! :-) Maybe the sci-fi fans not into cosplay are just not as visible because they're not in costume. 1mo
rretzler @imperfectCJ I distinguish sci-fi fandom from sci-fi literature. I think of cosplay as being part of the fandom, which I would say is Star Trek, Star Wars, Dr Who, the MCU, etc (all of which I am a fan of, as well). I don't think of books related to fandoms as being part of sci-fi literature, which I equate with books like 1984, Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451; or authors like Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein; or the Hugo and Nebula awards. 1mo
rretzler @imperfectCJ I am older though, and did some cosplay at sci-fi cons back in the day, too. And there are some books that I think cross-over, like Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogies, but basically, I just think of the fandoms/cons, etc as being separate from the great sci-fi novels, even though I am a fan of both. 1mo
ImperfectCJ @rretzler That makes total sense. Now that I think of it, I know a lot of sci-fi TV and movie fans who are not familiar with Heinlein, Asimov, Huxley, etc. I hadn't thought about being a fan of one but not the other, but it makes sense. And since I actually like both, I wonder if I might be a sci-fi fan after all. Anne Morrow Lindbergh wrote that midlife can be a time of self-discovery much like adolescence...maybe this is one of my discoveries 🙂 1mo
CatLass007 Being covered in cats sounds like a great time. I was raised on Star Trek and science fiction. I never went to a con or did cos-play. 1mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
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ImperfectCJ
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Camille and Silo say that my top priority this afternoon is sitting still and finishing my book. If I don't fall asleep under the warmth and purring of two cats.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awww 😽🫶🏻 1mo
Ruthiella They‘re making a cat Yin Yang symbol ☯️ 1mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🐾🖤 1mo
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ImperfectCJ
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I finally got into the tagged book and all I want to do is read it, but instead I have to read and give feedback on informational articles written by 5th graders. I mean, they're awesome 5th graders, but it's not really the same. Photo of yesterday's sunset and waxing moon to illustrate my wistfulness.

kspenmoll The life of a teacher!😉😟 1mo
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Chittavrtti
Shell Game | Melissa Crandall
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RamsFan1963
First Strike | Diane Carey
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I am posting one book per day from my extensive, and ever growing, TBR shelves. Some are old and some are new, some were gifts and some I don't remember why I bought them.
#ABookADay2024

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Robotswithpersonality
Making It So: A Memoir | Patrick Stewart
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A truly delightful listening experience. Stewart is honest about his flaws, vulnerable in his insecurities and the dark moments he experienced as a child, but the majority of this book reads as a rose-coloured glance back over a life well-lived. He manages both gratitude for the opportunities, and calm statements of where his hard work contributed to his success. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? While there are a slew of names dropped, they feel like the billing required to tell his life story and how staggering some new experiences were. Didn't love hearing about the infidelity, but I am so happy he seems to have got love and marriage right the third time. 2mo
Robotswithpersonality 3/4 Most obvious in the scant coverage of moments with his children of his first marriage, and the subsuming of moments with the previous two wives for relating moments with the current, the book makes it clear that Stewart is an actor before anything else. It may be hard to relate to that choice of career or that level of dedication, but he likely wouldn't be among the most vivid media moments of my childhood without that drive. 2mo
Robotswithpersonality 4/4 And he seems to be such a gentle soul in his relationships with fellow actors. I'll admit to being pleasantly surprised that a man in his eighties is as enlightened (dare I say lefty) in his views.
Definitely go for the audiobook on this one.
⚠️Spousal abuse, child abuse
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Texreader I‘ve always loved him as an actor. Not sure I have the courage to see the less than lovely bad side 2mo
Robotswithpersonality @Texreader Honestly, compared to the Hollywood scandals over the years, Stewart's 'bad side' is really mild. [The warnings refer to what he suffered, rather than inflicted]. 2mo
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Bookwomble
Star Trek: The Next Generation 365 | Terry J. Erdmann, Paula M. Block
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Me and Worf's mum sharing a cup of tea in the same glass 🍵🖖😊 (though hers was lapsang souchong from a replicator and mine was cinnamon and plum from a pot 🫖).
Worf's having family problems with his son, Alexander, this episode, and the subplot with the soliton wave propulsion system seems like an ill-conceived technology!

Ruthiella Amazing! 😂 2mo
Aimeesue Worf tries, but as a dad, he really struggles! 😏 2mo
SpellboundReader What a fun photo! Sometimes I wish for a replicator, especially when I'm not in the mood to cook or crave a chocolate dessert. 🖖 (Sorry, I know that's Vulcan, not Klingon. 😁) 2mo
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Bookwomble @Ruthiella My son bought me a couple of the tea cups as a Trek-related Christmas gift a couple of years ago. I see them in the show a fair bit, but this is, I think, the first time I've coincidentally synchronised with a character 😄 2mo
Bookwomble @Aimeesue Yeah, he really has a good go at it in this episode, which with multiple-viewing foreknowledge of how it turns out, makes it all the more poignant 😢 2mo
Bookwomble @BeeCurious Oven chips or instant noodles are the nearest thing we have to a replicator, I guess 😏 And I think the Vulcan salute is universally accepted as a Trek-fan identifier, so you're safe 😊. I'm pretty sure any Klingon hand gestures would be hideously offensive, anyway 😄 2mo
SpellboundReader 😂 😁 2mo
LeahBergen “Earl Grey, hot” for me, please. 😉 2mo
Bookwomble @LeahBergen That is canonically and traditionally correct, and mainly what I do drink from these glasses, but I've got more than one kind of TBR, in this case Tea Brews in Reserve, which I need to drink my way through 😄 2mo
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Sharpeipup
Making It So: A Memoir | Patrick Stewart
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Engage. 🎧

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