RTFB

Wherein we talk about the books we read and movies we watched in our third year, we give ourselves a performance review, and we announce a special giveaway.

Wherein we unwrap our early Xmas / Mid-Hannukah gift, The Noel Diary By Richard Paul Evans and we also discuss: Age gap issues, Other Chris's notes, who are these books even for, Filler Food, if this is even a Christmas book, Road trip as seduction technique, Air BnB'ing your movie sets and connections to Dexter.

Wherein we talk about the movie, Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula and we also discuss: wedding talk, abandoned malls, favorite movie vampires, failed dark universe, the movie being all sexed up, cool costumes, getting married for real for a movie scene, and a more Dracula-y ending.

Wherein we talk about the final third of Dracula by Bram Stoker and we also discuss: Origins of Trick or Treating, other ways they could've organized the story, heavenly fair treatment for non-consenting vampires, Book-to-book connections, exciting slang from the Americas, and where Dracula messed up his escape plan.

Wherein we talk about the middle third of Dracula by Bram Stoker and we also discuss: alternate costumes for Ren Faires, taking your sweet time in telling very important news to people, mourning techniques for men, decapitation as kindness, and creative uses for communion bread.

Wherein we talk about the first third of Dracula by Bram Stoker and we also discuss: approaches to learning math, already knowing about vampires as a spoiler, extensive contemporaneous note taking and letter writing, and MLM schemes for eating flies.

Wherein we talk about our new book, Dracula by Bram Stoker and we also discuss: St Louis claims to fame, why vampires are so interesting, the 125th anniversary of the book, who is Dracula based on anyway?, the billion adaptations of the book, and the 30th anniversary of this particular adaptation.

Wherein we chat about the movie Valerian and and the City of A Thousand Planets and we also discuss: Everwood and other CW/WB shows getting shafted during mergers, hygiene implications of animal-based duplication, the lead actors and shifting character traits, Space Bono and Jell-o Rihanna and what's in a name anyway?

Wherein we chat about the first four story arcs of the comic Valerian and Laureline and we also discuss: recent travels and new kittens, the original format of the comic and how we would've coped having to read it weekly, time travel rules in this universe, specific reasons why Laureline is the best, presidential orbital escape plans, French kissing standards and things that happen off screen, and various Star Trek maneuvers.

Wherein we chat about this seasons book (RTFB's first comic book), the long-running French comic classic Valerian and Laureline, which was later adapted into the movie Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, and we also discuss: testing the validity of religions via Highlander combat, Zambian Heroes Day, Boy Scout camps, and some of our other favorite cult classics.