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• Fell into re-reading a couple of the Matthew Swift novels. They're a tricky one to recommend because the prose is extremely purple and it leans shamelessly into the most dramatic beats of urban fantasy, but it just scratches one of the biggest itches I've nursed regarding the genre and that makes it worthwhile. After the mountain of books that take the Dresden Files approach, I hunger for anything that makes an attempt to really dig into what city magic would be like. Less werewolf baristas, more reading the terms and conditions of an oyster card to cast a protective ward and the Bag Lady as a modern god.

• Also re-watched Wolf Children. The first half of that movie really is just pitch-perfect and it still makes me snivel by the end.

• It's been a very long time since I read Good Omens and I'm happy to see the TV adaptation seems to be resonating with people. I am tragically one of the few people to walk this earth who appreciates Terry Pratchett but never found his books to be overmuch My Thing, so while I liked GO I wasn't ferociously into it and I'm not doing excited backflips over the new series. I'll make time for it at some point though, I'm sure, and it sounds like it's been made with a lot of love so it should be a great romp.

• On the other hand, I am excitedly hoovering up every scrap of info about the impending His Dark Materials TV adaptation. All the signs so far are pointing to a faithful telling of the story, the cast is solid, and the CGI looks... well, much better than last time, anyway.

• Where Is My Animated Animorphs Television Series, Universe, It Has Been A Thousand Years.

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You are not alone re: Good Omens. AND, I am really looking forward to the HDM series. The girl from Logan is set to play Lyra? She was so, so good in the movie. I'm pretty excited about that bit of casting.

I still need to see Logan! What I've heard of her acting did make it sound like she'd make a FANTASTIC Lyra, though, so it's good to hear you're keen on her.

I'm an X-Men fan (starting with the '90s cartoon). I missed a lot of the movies, but Logan is pretty amazing. Though I was watching most of it between my fingers, laughing in disbelief/horror at the violence.

I have fond memories of dribs and drabs from the 90's cartoon and its KILLER THEMESONG, but most of my X-Men knowledge comes from the X-Men: Evolution series, heh. And oooh... I'll bet...