Binge-watching! Binge-reading! Binge-playing! This ice breaker explores your recent or notable binges. What media have you enjoyed of late? OH – be mindful: NO SPOILERS!
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Michael Stephens posted an update in the tribe
Break the Ice: Binge-Worthy 1 week, 2 days agoHey all – I started Netflix’s Emily in Paris – pure escapism, fun, sweet, and filled with images of Paris – from the creator of Sex and the City.
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Kay Wolverton Ito posted an update in the tribe
Break the Ice: Binge-Worthy 3 weeks agoI thought about posting this in self-care because it is currently helping me, but I’ve just started watching (okay bingeing) The Mindy Project. I like that it’s escapist and funny and has interesting and almost over the top characters. I watch it while I fill out postcards to urge folks to vote, so it feels doubly therapeutic.
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@kayzdaze2020 I need to dive into TMP! I do enjoy escapist type shows these days…
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I love The Mindy Project! Such a great show to binge.
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Molly Pearlman (she/her) posted an update in the tribe
Break the Ice: Binge-Worthy 3 weeks, 5 days agoAnyone watching Great British Bake Off? The new season started last week and the first episode is on Netflix. I watched it last night and almost cried laughing a couple of times. They had to bake a cake in the shape of their “celebrity hero.” Here’s a link to a tweet that shows one baker’s Freddie Mercury cake…[Read more]
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Oh, my @mollyp — my son loves watching this show, but we haven’t started the new season yet. I think this is a reason to start it soon.
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@jrblibrarian they’re releasing the new episode each Friday, just days after it airs in the UK, so only episode 1 is available now. But it’s most definitely worth the watch!
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That’s good to know, @mollyp. We probably wouldn’t have much time to watch an hour-long show with him during the week after school. I think he’ll like watching that on Saturdays or Sundays. Thanks!
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@mollyp We started it Friday. So good. It is yet another thing that soothes me during this time. Baking show, narrowboat videos, and tiny house tours.
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@michael I LOVE TINY HOUSES.
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@mollyp Me too- my favorite channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/livingbigtinyhouse
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@mollyp I love the Great British Bake Off! I will have to check out the new season!!! It’s amazing the kinds of foods they can make! Can’t wait!
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@jlford0209 this season has been much fun so far! Makes me hungry too 🙂
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Molly G. posted an update in the tribe
Break the Ice: Binge-Worthy 1 month, 3 weeks agoI miss old-fashioned appointment TV… all of those genre-transcending HBO shows that I spent all Sunday looking forward to watching. The Sopranos, True Blood, Flight of the Conchords… I’ve been seeking that experience since the SIP started in March. Some of the shows I’ve enjoyed in this strange year are Watchmen; Perry Mason; Dead Like Me…[Read more]
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@mollygee I do enjoy those shows as well – the excitement of Sunday nights. In 2017, Twin Peaks was on all summer on Showtime. It was wonderful and strange!
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@michael I’m a little bit embarrassed to admit that I’ve never seen Twin Peaks, despite knowing many fans and remembering how beloved it was when it first appeared… That was true appointment television, in the day when a missed episode couldn’t be easily recorded or streamed and was just gone, into the ether… I’m going to give it a try. The…[Read more]
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@mollygee Give it a try! Season 1 is stellar… 2 has ups and downs… 3 is amazing.
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Twin Peaks was a weekly date for my brothers and me when it originally aired. We would gather at my older brother’s house, and he, his wife, my younger brother, and I would devour it. If my boyfriend (now husband) came, it was only irregularly because our mania was annoying to him. Plus, we would watch infomercials afterward just for laughs, none…[Read more]
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Sarah Christmas posted an update in the tribe
Break the Ice: Binge-Worthy 1 month, 4 weeks agoI’m a bit embarrassed to mention it, but lately I’ve been obsessed with Selling Sunset on Netflix. I watch it in part for the escapism element. There are a lot of great LA and Southern California shots, and it’s fun to get a look inside the obscenely expensive homes featured on the show. I also find watching the confrontations these ladies have to…[Read more]
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Yes! We just started this, and we have become obsessed. I’ve tried a few of the housewives shows, and they just drive me crazy, but these women are smart and successful. Add in those amazing homes, and we’ve been hooked.
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I’m so glad I’m not alone! I agree, I don’t think I could handle any of the housewives shows so I like that this is a mix of trashy reality tv and real estate.
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Exactly.
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megant posted an update in the tribe
Break the Ice: Binge-Worthy 2 months agoI haven’t had something on Netflix strike my fancy in a while–and I am RESISTING getting Disney+ because I HAVE to actually do things! But I am currently in the middle of re-reading the I Am Number Four series (saga at this point?). It’s as good as I remember it being in high school. But the author has excellent cliff-hangers and fun characters,…[Read more]
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Melissa A. posted an update in the tribe
Break the Ice: Binge-Worthy 2 months agoHi All!
Here is what I am currently into:
Watching: I don’t know how but I stumbled on the 90 Day Fiancé franchise but I have been watching the series and the spinoffs in chronological order. I kind of became my thing to do while being off from school in the summer. Besides that I just rewatch a bunch of old shows I’ve seen million times like…[Read more]
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Cathryne Ramirez posted an update in the tribe
Break the Ice: Binge-Worthy 2 months agoI’ve gotten into the new Ducktales show recently, and Darkwing Duck was included in the second season. This then led me to binging the Darkwing Duck series on Disney +. The show’s a bit older than I am, so I never saw it as a kid, although I think I may have seen a few episodes in reruns. After watching the original show, I’m actually pretty…[Read more]
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Molly Pearlman (she/her) posted an update in the tribe
Break the Ice: Binge-Worthy 2 months agoI decided today that I’m going to rewatch Monk! I don’t typically binge shows, but I recently watched Love on the Spectrum on Netflix and it was delightful. I took the graphic novels class this summer so I’ve been reading many of those–some favorites so far: The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang, Bingo Love by Tee Franklin, Saga by Brian K.…[Read more]
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@mollyp Bingo Love is one of my all time favorites! I really enjoyed the graphic novels class when I took it. How was it this summer with so many libraries closed? Was it difficult to get the titles you wanted? I haven’t been reading any graphic novels during the pandemic but considering I’ve had such a difficult time reading novels, maybe I…[Read more]
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@gmrickel and @mollyp Oh, I loved Bingo Love and The Prince and the Dressmaker… I bought them both for my school library collection. My graphic novels and manga circulate like crazy, or at least they do when we’re open! My reading habits have been completely remade by the pandemic… I used to read almost solely for work, YA or MG books that I…[Read more]
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@mollygee That’s awesome to hear! I’m always curious what circulates at school libraries (I only ever used mine for the printer). I totally relate about pandemic influenced reading habits.. mine have gone through so many changes since March. Reading graphic novels definitely got me out of a bit of a reading funk and I haven’t read much since. I…[Read more]
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@mollyp I *loved* Nothing To See Here. It was, I think, the last book I read before my school closed and SIP started. I managed to read The Family Fang, also by Kevin Wilson, at some point in the spring, too. I’m trying to figure out how to add audio books into my reading repertoire, but apparently my focus is lacking!
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@mollygee I haven’t read The Family Fang, but I have read Perfect Little World. Audiobooks can be tricky for me because it’s so easy to lose focus..I’ve been listening to them through hoopla while I work on pottery things or while I’m cooking/cleaning. I find that if my hands are busy, my brain can listen better haha
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@gmrickel Bingo Love was so sweet and full of joy. I read the “Jackpot Edition” that had additional stories included, which definitely fulfilled my need for more of the story! I work at a public library so I didn’t have any trouble getting the titles and lots of them are on hoopla too. Reading the GNs did get me out of a reading funk and now I’m…[Read more]
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@mollyp Let’s see… some favorites… Well, “Bitch Planet” is what made me fall in love with graphic novels, it remains a personal favorite. I read them issue by issue and the back content always included a topical essay based on the theme of that issue. I will someday get the NC tattoo! Some others I’ve really liked include: “The Deep and Dark…[Read more]
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deanau posted an update in the tribe
Break the Ice: Binge-Worthy 2 months agoHello friends,
I just have to get this off my chest in case anyone else also is a fan of Real Housewives. I’m obsessed! Over the summer I got into New York and Potomac. A few semesters ago I watched New Jersey.I watch sports too and my favorite is basketball. Today I caught the end of a WNBA game. It was so fun to watch.
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Jennie Tobler-Gaston posted an update in the tribe
Break the Ice: Binge-Worthy 2 months agoI don’t watch TV – I find I don’t want to sit through a 30 minute show let alone binge watch anything. My husband on the other hand I think has watched all of Netflix. I do find that I binge podcasts. My favorites are And That’s Why We Drink, Casefile, and Wine and Crime. I really like true crime and paranormal. I just started getting into…[Read more]
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@jennietoblergaston Big MFM fan here…Jensen and Holes: The Murder Squad too! I really appreciate the candor and honesty that Georgia and Karen share about mental health, etc.
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@michael Thank you for the recommendation, I will listen to an episode when I grocery shop tomorrow.
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@jennietoblergaston Cool. 🙂
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I’ve been enjoying it, but now it’s a little (more) bittersweet, knowing that Paris and some other large cities in France are instituting a curfew to combat climbing Coronavirus numbers. You’re right, it IS pure escapism. Thanks for the recommendation, @michael.
@kayzdaze2020 Finished season last night. Agree about the bittersweetness… I loved the shots of Paris in fast motion. Always looked for Notre Dame.