Plotline Hotline

It’s like any other day when POOF, appears a genie. Not just one, but a room full of genies. One genie to match each person in the room. What is this you wonder? According to the genies, it’s human population control. With 8 billion wishes, many people will lose their life in the crossfires. This graphic novel unfolds as we witness a spectrum of ridiculous to strategic wishes, and follow the plotlines of a variety of characters. 

How many funerals have you crashed? Would you ever crash one? What does it really mean to lose a dear friend? In this episode, we delve into the second half of the book, examining its most thought-provoking moments and exploring the themes of grief, mortality, friendship, and the lingering questions that persist long after the final page.

If you had to write your own obituary, what would you say? How would you sum up your life? Fueled by booze and fresh rejection, Bud finds himself facing those very questions. What begins as an impulsive exercise creates a ripple effect, forever changing how he understands life and death.

We reunited in Chicago to celebrate Casinobachi for Tiff's birthday!  If this weekend taught us anything, it’s that gambling might be more our speed than smut. While the back half of Cleat Cute didn’t fully land for us, it did dive into deeper themes around ADHD, family dynamics, coming out, and finally letting go of the life you think you’re supposed to live. 

Well, well, well, we finally went smutty with this one. As lovers of women's sports, we felt this was the perfect way to break the ice... but is it? The underlying queer themes are strong, and the sex scene language is even stronger. Join us on this WLW book experience!

The latter half of the book extends quantum theory into everyday life, suggesting that reality is not fixed until it is observed in the present moment. Under the Copenhagen interpretation, all possibilities exist as “ghost” realities until observation collapses them into a single reality. In contrast, the many-worlds perspective proposes that every possible outcome already exists across branching realities, and what we experience is simply the path we observe.

Despite their differences, both views point toward a similar idea: multiple potential realities exist, and our experience is shaped by what we actualize in the present.

John Gribbon introduces quantum physics, by laying the foundation with a refresher on classical and new physics. We didn’t expect so much drama in the science community, and this book definitely delivers the tea! With quantum physics, came the revolutionary discovery that all matter and energy behave with wave-like and particle-like properties. Does the following question intrigue you? Why don’t electrons collapse into the atom’s nucleus? Then this book is for you! 

The back half of this book reveals even deeper, darker secrets. Mark considers a presidential campaign run. After all, Facebook did get Trump elected. Facebook is willing to sell their souls to countries who will use their data to persecute their citizens. Anything in the name of revenue growth. After learning the dark side to Facebook, where does the author stand?! Well, listen to find out!

On the surface, Facebook seems pretty simple: A way to connect friends globally. With this global network, comes great diplomatic responsibility. Sarah Wynn-Williams was the first to recognize the revolutionary impact Facebook would forge within global diplomacy. She fought long and hard to get Facebook at the table of key diplomatic discussions, all the while instilling sustainable and ethical policy within the company. Despite her well intentions, she was often fighting against the current as Facebook executes, specifically Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, lead with ego, greed, money, and power. Our jaws dropped at this shocking tell all. Lean in, this read is a wild one. 

After Aerius’ murder spree, we return to the narration of the Bunnies. While Aerius and the Bunnies are on their own timelines, they do have a common connection: Ursula. Ursula, the fiction cohort instructor. Turns out, she has some hidden skeletons in the closet, or should we say, Bunnies in her shed. We’d love to spoil the ending for you, but that’ll be in the next episode!