Thanks! And now, on to the discussion topic. — SDB]
It’s a long weekend, and you know what that means. Three glorious days of catching up: on pollen-dusted books, teetering stacks of magazines, DVRs bulging with Philly DA-isodes, podcast seasons that hope you need to clean the oven manually…
At least, that’s me on the Friday of a long weekend: good intentions, and an officiously neat to-do Post-It. By the Monday afternoon, I’m like, why, WHY did I let myself nap in front of SVU reruns again instead of finally finishing that Mary Rogers book?!
What’s on your holiday-weekend catch-up list?Empire of Pain? A Netflix three-parter you swore you’d watch after your second shot? Or are you consciously uncoupling from true crime for a few days with the NBA playoffs or a music bio?
(And hey, if you saved a specific true-crime property to enjoy at your leisure this weekend, and it ends up laying an egg, we’re here for you. Come on by and lament.)
I am going to clean and listen to some podcasts that I haven't had the bandwidth to start: Janis Joplin edition of the 27 Club; Confronting: Columbine; CounterClock season 2; and Memory Lane.
It's a long weekend over here in the cursed British Isles too! I'm reading Stasiland by Anna Funder, which isn't true crime but has a sinister, mystery-uncovering vibe, and need to catch up on the similarly-vibed Mare of Easttown. True crime-wise, I thought I might give Quinones' Dreamland a go, that Son of Sam Netflix doc, and the NYer stack recommended by our gracious editors.
True Crime Obsessed (podcast) is covering This Is A Robbery next, so that’s at the top of my list now. I’ve also got The Missing Cryptoqueen and Hollywood Con Queen on my list. It’s supposed to rain tomorrow and Sunday, so I think I can get through it all.
I’d forget about Death on Ocean Boulevard if I were you, SDB. At a minimum, move it to the bottom of your pile. My TBR list is out of control and I’ve made a semi-flexible vow not to watch television this weekend, but read or listen until my eyes and ears cross!
I'm looking forward to catching up on Top Chef and the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions and am also quite excited for the Mare of Easttown finale. I'm also behind on the current season of You Must Remember This, but I'm kind of saving those for my beach vacation in a couple of weeks. True crime wise, going to try to get into some of these stockpiled New Yorkers sitting around and for a poolside read (crossing my fingers it doesn't rain here all weekend!), I might dip into (soon to be a major motion picture!) The House of Gucci by Sara Gay Forden.
I am going to clean and listen to some podcasts that I haven't had the bandwidth to start: Janis Joplin edition of the 27 Club; Confronting: Columbine; CounterClock season 2; and Memory Lane.
It's a long weekend over here in the cursed British Isles too! I'm reading Stasiland by Anna Funder, which isn't true crime but has a sinister, mystery-uncovering vibe, and need to catch up on the similarly-vibed Mare of Easttown. True crime-wise, I thought I might give Quinones' Dreamland a go, that Son of Sam Netflix doc, and the NYer stack recommended by our gracious editors.
True Crime Obsessed (podcast) is covering This Is A Robbery next, so that’s at the top of my list now. I’ve also got The Missing Cryptoqueen and Hollywood Con Queen on my list. It’s supposed to rain tomorrow and Sunday, so I think I can get through it all.
I’d forget about Death on Ocean Boulevard if I were you, SDB. At a minimum, move it to the bottom of your pile. My TBR list is out of control and I’ve made a semi-flexible vow not to watch television this weekend, but read or listen until my eyes and ears cross!
I'm looking forward to catching up on Top Chef and the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions and am also quite excited for the Mare of Easttown finale. I'm also behind on the current season of You Must Remember This, but I'm kind of saving those for my beach vacation in a couple of weeks. True crime wise, going to try to get into some of these stockpiled New Yorkers sitting around and for a poolside read (crossing my fingers it doesn't rain here all weekend!), I might dip into (soon to be a major motion picture!) The House of Gucci by Sara Gay Forden.