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[00:00:00] Speaker A: We get sent so many book ideas by authors that we can't possibly read them all. So Sarah came up with an excellent idea. She is interviewing some of those authors in mini episodes called Author Spotlight, where we showcase those authors and let them tell us about their books and why we should read them. You can find them on our book interrupted channel. Wherever you get your podcasts. Parental guidance is recommended because this episode has mature topics and strong language.
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[00:00:33] Speaker B: My parents were actually aliens and they had human suits that they zipped up.
[00:00:39] Speaker A: Yes, reading it out loud was bullshit. Yeah, it was just bullshit.
[00:00:44] Speaker C: The way that she talks about things. Sometimes I'm like, mmm, mushrooms regularly. Like, are you low dosing or I.
[00:00:51] Speaker A: Found a Buzzfeed game of what road dog character we are. Do you want to do it?
[00:00:56] Speaker B: It is a childhood trauma movie.
[00:00:59] Speaker C: Never ending story.
[00:01:00] Speaker B: When that horse dies, someone's internal rage is getting bad. When the sarcasm starts to for me.
[00:01:07] Speaker C: To look up to people.
My body has soul.
The inflammation is the mold.
Try to learn something new.
My body is home without being disrupted.
Mind, body, and soul inspiration is with us and we're gonna talk it out.
[00:01:45] Speaker A: Welcome to Book Interrupted, a book club for busy people to connect and one that celebrates life's interruptions. During this book cycle were reading caras book the BFG by Roald Dahl. This book was made into a movie in 2016 and stars Mark Riles, Ruby Barnhill, Bill Hader, and Jermaine Clement. Every night when the world is asleep, big gruesome giants guzzle up whoopsie wolfing human beings. And there's only one giant that can stop them. The big friendly giant. He's the kindest giant that there is. And with his friend Sophie in his top pocket, he sets out to rid the world of them forever. Let's listen in to this episode's group discussion. I just read the lessons in chemistry and the big friendly giant because I've read them before. Both those books I've read before, so I find it hard rereading books. I know Kim feels the same way, so I literally finished them today.
[00:02:42] Speaker C: Oh, wow. No way. Oh, fresh.
[00:02:44] Speaker B: I still haven't finished BFG because it's just like, I almost don't want to rush through the rereading because I was a little one when I first read it, but now I'm an adult and I just. Yeah.
[00:02:56] Speaker C: So let's start.
[00:02:57] Speaker A: So let's get you to. Yeah, Kara, you introduce it.
[00:03:00] Speaker B: Alrighty. Welcome. We are here discussing the BFG by Roald Dahl. And thank you for joining us as we start to unpack what happened in between the pages of this wonderful read. Sarah Kim, thoughts?
[00:03:18] Speaker C: I think we should start with a spoiler alert.
[00:03:21] Speaker B: Does BFG stand for good one? BFG stands for the big friendly giant.
[00:03:30] Speaker C: Oh, how interesting.
[00:03:32] Speaker B: Isn't it? Isn't it?
[00:03:34] Speaker C: So you're not going to be okay, Kara, at the end of this?
[00:03:38] Speaker B: No, I'm not. And I think this is what's so weird. I actually. I can remember the book when I read it when I was younger, and having seen the movie, I don't remember the ending. And so part of me actually was, for all seriousness, I was like, oh, I wonder if I'm not wanting to remember the ending.
[00:03:58] Speaker C: No, I think you'll be okay with that. I think that you're not gonna like that. I don't like it.
[00:04:05] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. Let's get into that. Tell me all the reasons why.
[00:04:09] Speaker C: Well, listen, I was thinking today, because I obviously don't want to be mean to someone because they picked a book I don't like, but I was so I was trying to think about, like, why does she like it? And then I guessed that you had a positive childhood memory attached to it because you've read it as a child.
[00:04:25] Speaker B: I did. I was also obsessed with the idea of the orphan. That was a long standing theme for a lot of my youth, just playing around and toying around with that idea of. I don't even know if I was aware of what I was doing at the time, but I would always, upon reflection, gravitate towards stories and narratives that were around an orphan. That was me trying to make sense of how I was perceiving my world at the time.
[00:04:56] Speaker C: Now I'm like, did you wish you were adopted? Did you think you were adopted?
[00:05:00] Speaker B: Absolutely.
[00:05:02] Speaker C: You were like, I don't fit in here. I must.
[00:05:04] Speaker B: All I did was invent storylines. Yes. About how I actually was adopted. I remember one phase of my childhood. Guys, this is so weird. I was 1000% convinced my parents were actually aliens and they had human suits that they zipped up. Like, convinced of it.
[00:05:26] Speaker C: What behaviors sealed the deal for you? Like, what were they doing that made you be like, these guys aren't from this planet?
[00:05:33] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. I actually think it was just being an impressionable young person who spent a lot of time disassociating and imagining and would consume materials that were past my level of maturity. So the movie cocoon that came out in the eighties, oh, my God, I love that movie.
[00:05:55] Speaker A: I love it.
[00:05:56] Speaker B: Made a lasting impression on me, and I wonder if that's what fed this invented story of it's a possibility. So we're back to possibilities. Kim, I don't even think that it was necessarily anything my parents were doing. I think because of the cocoon storyline, it all of a sudden became an option. Well, you know, I don't feel like I relate to my parents. Therefore, the only logical solution is that.
[00:06:27] Speaker C: They'Re wearing zip up human suits.
[00:06:29] Speaker B: They were in zip up human suits, and it only happened at nighttime. I was convinced this zipping and unzipping. Happy evening.
[00:06:38] Speaker C: Oh, my God.
[00:06:38] Speaker B: I'm such a weirdo.
[00:06:40] Speaker C: I know. Listen, I considered. Hold on. I got a cough because I got a. Some kind of coffee kernel, if you can believe it, in my throat.
[00:06:47] Speaker B: So hold on. Oh, wow, that looks aggressive.
And following it up with another sip of coffee.
[00:06:54] Speaker C: I know sometimes the coffee has bits at the bottom.
[00:06:58] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:06:59] Speaker C: I think I got some bits on my punching bag and had to wash it with some more coffee. It was risky, I know, but we're okay. We're okay. I'm back. Anyway, I have considered the fact that my mom secretly did mushrooms because that's how crazy she is. I mean, really, you must be tripping for real, the way that she talks about things. Sometimes I'm like, mushrooms regularly? Like, are you low dosing or just when you said that, when you're, like, the possibilities and we didn't relate or whatever, just made me have a flashback to be like, I seriously considered, wouldn't that be wild if when I'm, you know, whatever age, she finally reveals to me that half the time we were talking about stuff, she was on mushrooms.
[00:07:39] Speaker B: Yeah. She invented microdosing.
[00:07:43] Speaker C: She's a real square, actually.
[00:07:45] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:07:46] Speaker A: I could never imagine your mom doing any drugs ever, by the way, ever. But it would be wild.
[00:07:53] Speaker B: It would be very wild. What are your thoughts?
[00:07:55] Speaker A: I'll tell you. Yeah.
I didn't read it as a kid. I only read it as an adult when I got a series, like a box set of roald for mattie when she was little. Me and the kids have readdez almost, like, tons of Rodolph, I think. The box that had ten books or something.
[00:08:14] Speaker B: Nice.
[00:08:15] Speaker A: So I read it years ago with the kids. I reread it this time for the show to the kids, and I hate reading it out loud. I forgot how much I hate reading it out loud. Because the giant doesn't speak properly.
[00:08:30] Speaker B: No, he doesn't. That part is frustrating.
[00:08:33] Speaker A: It's so frustrating to read out loud and I had forgotten. So I was like, I'll read this to you at night, kids and ghibli.
[00:08:41] Speaker B: Googly gops to bops. And then you're just like, I think that's what he's saying.
[00:08:46] Speaker A: Yeah. And so he's saying things and meaning other things. So then the kids are like, what is that? And then I'll have to explain to them that it's not a real word, that he just made it up. And what he actually means is this. So it stops me from reading, which I also dislike. Like, I like to read to the kids without being, like, stopped, like, 20 times over words. And then I eventually, by halfway through, just started reading them the book, just making the words what they're supposed to be for the giant. Like, I know what he's trying to say, so I'm going to say the correct words so we can just move on from that.
[00:09:18] Speaker B: So that it's a bit of a process.
[00:09:20] Speaker A: I think if I just read it, it would have been fine, because just like Kim was saying before in the Hunger Games with all the weird names, you just kind of skim over them and move on. But if you're reading aloud, you can. You have to say all these crazy things. So I did not enjoy reading it.
[00:09:37] Speaker B: Out loud at all.
[00:09:37] Speaker A: I was like, this fucking book. I was so annoyed because the kids were like, are we going to read the book? I'm like, great.
[00:09:44] Speaker C: Sure.
[00:09:46] Speaker A: Can't wait. I'd love to.
Can't wait. Because I was wondering why this specific roald all book you picked? Because my favorite is Matilda, but there's so many other ones I really enjoy. And I was like, I wonder why this is the one, but it's because of the orphan. I was like, I don't get it. Like, what is so special about this one compared to all the rest of it?
[00:10:07] Speaker B: Know either. That's the thing. Like, I could have chosen any book within the confines of, what do we say? It has to have been made into a movie. So, yeah, I don't know. It was only as I started to get back into it, I was like, oh, right.
I probably loved that period of time when I originally read it. I'm attracted to the archetype of the orphan, but everything you're sharing, isn't that so interesting how reading it quietly to ourselves is a very different experience from reciting a reading in front of others. Because I already found it when I was reading it to myself. It did interrupt the flow, the giant's words. Because you just want to keep getting into the story, getting into the story. But you also want to understand meaning. You're, like, sounding out all the jumbled up letters that interrupted. But I could only imagine how much worse it would have been if I was reciting it to someone.
[00:11:04] Speaker A: Yes, reading it out loud was bullshit. Yeah, it was just bullshit.
And also, every time he said right or left, I eventually just stopped the left. I was like, right, because the kids are like, what do they mean by right and left? And also because my kids are bilingual. So, like, what do they mean by right and left? I'm like, he means nothing. It's just nonsense. Nonsense talking.
[00:11:27] Speaker B: Mm hmm.
[00:11:28] Speaker C: Yeah. So also, that was my experience. Whenever it's a book that I can have with Fred, I just make him read it with me. And so I was reading it aloud to Fred, too. I mean, it was okay, but, like, I just found it tedious to read all those words. It just required some major mental, like, focus on, like, how do you even say this word that doesn't exist? But the thing that was good about it, I was trying to think of, like, the positive or whatever. Fred seemed to enjoy it and used funny words moving forward afterwards. Like, he's like, oh, what a smalls honker.
[00:11:59] Speaker A: Whatever.
[00:11:59] Speaker C: Like, he did like it. I just. Yeah, I'm just trying to think about it. So she, like, gets picked up by a giant and then goes back to giant land, hangs out there, for fuck's sake. I just am annoyed because why did I set up a half an hour early to see if it would work? And did it work for the whole time that we weren't recording? Sure did.
[00:12:23] Speaker B: It sure did.
[00:12:24] Speaker C: The tech rage is real.
[00:12:26] Speaker B: To be serious, I actually. Full stress response. Sometimes I'll be, like, sweating in my armpits, like, heart palpitations, and I'm like, I think I'm having a stress response.
[00:12:39] Speaker C: Yeah, I'm definitely having a rage response.
[00:12:41] Speaker A: I have to clear people out.
[00:12:42] Speaker C: Clear people out?
[00:12:43] Speaker A: Yeah, I have to clear people out. Once I start with, if the kids are like, can you fix my tablet or get this thing on? I'm like, once I start, I have to be like, everyone needs to leave me immediately because I'm so enraged. Mom, would you be like, I think we need to leave your mom.
[00:12:57] Speaker C: My word finally opened. It only took 75 minutes. Isn't that fucking convenient? Hey, Kara. Making things so much faster.
[00:13:07] Speaker B: So much faster.
[00:13:08] Speaker C: I'm choosing a blank document now, so I'll be back in a half an hour when that one opens.
[00:13:13] Speaker B: Okay, good.
[00:13:14] Speaker C: I think that you should just do it for this moment, Sarah. Oh, it's open, but I'm closing it because I don't want to overload the poor little computer. Yeah, it's trying to do a zoom and an audio.
[00:13:27] Speaker B: Wow.
[00:13:27] Speaker A: Yeah, just close it. That's fine.
[00:13:29] Speaker B: I got this.
I got it. You know, it's getting bad. Someone's internal rage is getting bad. When the sarcasm starts to.
[00:13:38] Speaker C: I just feel like it's personal. I literally feel like my computer is gaslighting me. It does shit that people are like, what? That doesn't happen. And I'm like, happened to me.
[00:13:47] Speaker B: Yeah, absolutely.
[00:13:49] Speaker C: And then everyone thinks that I'm, like, crazy. I'm not the most computer savvy, but I'm also not computer illiterate either. And my computer does shit that they're not supposed to do.
[00:13:59] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:14:00] Speaker C: And then I tell people about it, and people think I'm computer crazy. Like some old lady that just doesn't know how things work. But it's like, no. My computer literally changed its font size for no reason. I opened an inbra, all of a sudden it was 48.
[00:14:15] Speaker B: I know, but whenever you try to raise that with people, they do. They look at you as if you're geriatric and you're one of those people that doesn't have big enough letters on your cell phone that you have to bring it into Best Buy and get the part timer to help you, and you're like, no, I have some competency. I swear I do.
[00:14:35] Speaker C: Yeah.
Anyway, back to the BFG.
So you don't remember the ending, huh?
[00:14:45] Speaker B: Yeah. I don't know.
[00:14:46] Speaker C: Do you want us to tell you?
[00:14:47] Speaker B: Of course, yes. I don't like surprises in life. I like to be well prepared for this.
[00:14:53] Speaker A: How far do you remember? Do you remember him meeting the queen?
[00:14:56] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:14:57] Speaker A: You remember the plan they had so they can meet the queen?
[00:15:00] Speaker B: No.
[00:15:01] Speaker A: Okay, so they plan to give the queen a dream.
[00:15:05] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. Dream about the giants.
[00:15:07] Speaker A: About the giants, the bad ones. And how they eat little kids. And they did it after they knew the giants were going to England to snatch kids from a boarding school. So they made it that dream that these nine giants and ate these children from England from this boarding school. And then a little girl named Sophie would be sitting on her windowsill, and then she would introduce her to the big, friendly giant. And then when the queen woke up from her nightmare, Sophie was on the windowsill and she was like, maybe my dream is real. And then she introduced her to the big, friendly giant. And then they confirmed that the kids had been eaten or disappeared.
[00:15:45] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:15:46] Speaker C: They made a plan.
[00:15:47] Speaker A: They made the plan. They went to got the giants from the giant country. In the movie, they made it a different how. They got them. In the book, they just got there while they're sleeping and tied all their arms and then carried them off and put them in a giant pit.
[00:16:01] Speaker C: With helicopters, I think.
[00:16:02] Speaker A: Yeah, with helicopters. And in the movie, they gave them bad dreams to feel bad about what they do. Oh, yeah. In the movie, they make it so the giants are feeling guilty. They have a dream of feeling guilty about eating people and that they'll never be redeemed. And then when they wake up, they're kind of groggy and feeling bad about themselves, and that's why they're able to tie them up.
[00:16:25] Speaker C: Oh.
[00:16:26] Speaker A: And conquer them because they're not at their strength. Because they're mentally kind of discombobulated.
[00:16:32] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:16:34] Speaker A: And then they drop them off at their own private island and then give them seeds to grow snozcumbers. But in the book, they just throw Snow's cumbers every day into the pita.
[00:16:46] Speaker C: Into the hole. Oh, it's dumb. So roald Dahl, the thing that's good about him is that he does a little bit dark stuff, right? Like, giants are eating kids and, like, whatever, right. But it's still, like, fun. And so I don't like that the movie changed because I thought you were gonna say because I didn't finish the movie because I'm not into it. And so neither is Fred. I'm not gonna watch the movie by myself. That one. Anyway. So, like, I don't think even we made it to England. Like, we were just in the giant's house while she was, like, checking it out. Right. I thought you going to say, sarah, that they felt bad, and then they changed their ways and everybody was big, friendly giants. And I was like, okay, that makes sense, Holly. Well, none of it is. They felt bad, and then they were able to be tied. Like, why change it? Why not just why? It was probably easier to film. Well, did they still fly them with helicopters to the island?
[00:17:34] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:17:35] Speaker C: Yeah. So I don't understand why they would change it to them feeling bad. Just get.
[00:17:39] Speaker A: I have no idea. Just get them.
[00:17:41] Speaker B: They wanted to introduce some sort of, like, moral consequence or something. But I like Roald Dahl's take in that some people aren't going to have those reflections. So get on with it.
[00:17:54] Speaker C: Yeah. Throw them in a hole and give them those stupid.
[00:17:58] Speaker A: Gross.
And then people visit them like a tourist attraction. And then in the movie also, which was different than the book. When they go to the palace, in the book, the big friendly giant asks if they have that fizzy drink that he likes to drink that makes you fart. In the book, she's like, no, she doesn't know about. He's like, oh, but I could basically saying he could. I can't remember what he calls farting. Like fuzz.
[00:18:22] Speaker B: Yeah, it's something. Whatever. Yes.
[00:18:24] Speaker A: He's like, oh, but I could do that. And she's like, do not do that. She does not want to hear that. And the queen's like, oh, he wants to sing. He wants music. And she's like, no, he doesn't want. He's not talking about music. And she's like, no, no, don't do it. And he's like, I could do one without the pop, basically. And she's like, and then he, like, barks loudly. That's what happens in the book. And everyone was like, oh, wow, thanks. Okay. But in the movie, they make it that he brings that pop with him and then shares it with everyone. And the queen farts, which I kind of like more, but Sophie doesn't even care that he's giving them all pops to fart, which in the book, she's mortified. Like, dunk biz wizards. Biz wizards. Yes.
[00:19:08] Speaker B: That's what it is. You know what's interesting is sometimes when I would struggle reading how the giant speaks, I would ask my husband for help. Bob is an interesting giant translator. He didn't struggle with the reading of the giant's words, the interpretation or meaning, not once. And I was like, that's.
That's interesting.
[00:19:36] Speaker C: He, like, literally speaks it.
[00:19:38] Speaker A: I know.
[00:19:38] Speaker C: He was like, oh, yes, blah, blah, blah.
[00:19:40] Speaker B: And I was like, okay. I really started to enjoy the book more when I finally switched over to audio, because I was getting worried that I wasn't going to finish the book in time, which I still haven't finished the book, but it's been way more enjoyable because the voice actor does not struggle with sounding out those words, so there's no interruption in flow. It's a really nice constructed storyline.
[00:20:03] Speaker C: Yeah, that was what the movie was good for, right? Because then you see the giant. The giant's talking his own words, and it's like, now I can just watch this and listen to him. Babylon.
[00:20:14] Speaker A: That's what I thought, too. Like, that was better for me than reading it aloud to my children. But I had the same problem with the movie. So I got the movie a month ago or something, thinking, we'll have a movie night, and then if we're gonna have a movie night, I'm gonna buy a movie. I'm gonna buy this one because I have to watch it anyway. So I got it, and the kids watched half, and then they didn't want to watch it anymore. And I was like, oh, yeah. And I was like, that's kind of annoying because I have to watch this movie. So last night, I finished the movie by myself.
[00:20:45] Speaker B: I'm gonna have to do that because the kids don't care. They're not interested.
[00:20:50] Speaker A: I almost did it, but I was like, I have to know if it's the same as the book. And it isn't. Like, the end of the movie isn't the same of the book at all. So I was kind of glad I did that. But. But I think it, because the beginning is too slow and boring. And, like, Kim, my kids love listening to the book. They really like me reading the book to them, and they thought it was silly, and they liked asking about the crazy words, even though I was really annoyed. Like I said before, by the end of it, I was just saying what the giant actually meant, because I get annoyed. Like, I don't want this bedtime to last for, like an hour for one chapter because I'm explaining everything he's saying, being like, it's nothing.
[00:21:26] Speaker C: It means nothing.
[00:21:26] Speaker A: Just move on to not even a word. Let's move on. It's horrible, but, uh, they love that. But they did not like that movie. And I thought that the actor that played the giant, I think he did a good job and stuff, but I think it's too boring for kids. And I don't see adults wanting to watch a kid's movie. No, I mean, like, I wouldn't watch a kid movie on my own. Like, there's kids movies I've watched that I think are funny and I enjoy while I'm watching it with my kids.
[00:21:54] Speaker C: Emperor's new groove.
[00:21:55] Speaker A: Yeah. That person who grew. Right?
[00:21:57] Speaker B: Yeah, right.
[00:21:58] Speaker C: That's a great one.
[00:21:59] Speaker B: Wall e. I would watch Wall e 1 million times.
Love it. Oh, I just adore it.
[00:22:08] Speaker A: I'm trying to think what that I'd watch. We love all the kung fu pandas. I'll watch that with the kids, like, a million times, for sure. Kung fu panda. Love it. But I would watch it on my own.
[00:22:17] Speaker B: But again, we know that the writers or the actors are going to be targeting that adult level audience as well as the kids. Whereas with BFG, we're like, nope, it.
[00:22:29] Speaker C: Was just telling that story.
[00:22:30] Speaker A: And for, yeah, another movie, I will watch with the kids that I really liked is the original Matilda movie. It is a really good movie.
[00:22:39] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:22:40] Speaker C: And that's Roald Dahl, right?
[00:22:41] Speaker A: Yes. And that's my favorite Roald Dahl book. The best one, I think. Yeah.
[00:22:46] Speaker B: Matilda is just perfect. Yeah. Why didn't I choose Matilda?
[00:22:50] Speaker A: Because she was an orphan.
[00:22:51] Speaker C: A happy memory attached to your BFG.
[00:22:54] Speaker A: She wasn't more a moron.
[00:22:57] Speaker C: She wasn't an orphan. She wasn't a moron.
[00:23:01] Speaker A: She was an orphan. She wasn't an orphan. And that's why that makes me feel like I was wondering, because there's so many other roald Dahl books I think are much better.
[00:23:11] Speaker B: Yeah, totally. It took me forever to be like, why? Why was my mouth chiming off? Like, what's with. It's almost like the mouth made the selection of. Of the book before the rest of me was like, why did I go with that?
[00:23:25] Speaker C: You know, maybe you were like, oh, I know that it's a movie. Like, you just.
[00:23:29] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:23:29] Speaker A: And I love that.
[00:23:30] Speaker B: I know that Matilda and the witches are. Yeah. But I think it must have been, as I was getting into the book, all of it started to come back, and I was like, oh, it was the orphan idea for sure.
[00:23:42] Speaker A: Sorry.
[00:23:43] Speaker B: That my psyche was, like, come into this boring read. That's gonna stump you with the words.
[00:23:52] Speaker C: It makes for good conversation, right?
[00:23:54] Speaker B: There you go.
[00:23:55] Speaker C: If we all loved it, it might be a boring conversation. You know what I mean? We need a little bit of conflict among our experiences.
[00:24:02] Speaker A: Did you like Annie? Do you like that? Was Annie one of the books you liked, Kara?
[00:24:06] Speaker C: Or a movie or play Annie because she's an orphan?
[00:24:09] Speaker B: Oh, my gosh.
Watched it. I don't even think you understand.
[00:24:14] Speaker C: A million times, like, lolly and over.
[00:24:17] Speaker B: And then I would perform it for the family, and I would play all the different characters. It was just. It was a bit much.
[00:24:27] Speaker C: What about Pete's dragon?
[00:24:29] Speaker A: Oh, yeah.
[00:24:30] Speaker B: There wasn't as much of a hook, but I do remember it, and I did watch it, but it was, like.
[00:24:35] Speaker C: My favorite kid movie.
[00:24:36] Speaker B: Really.
[00:24:37] Speaker C: I love Pete's dragon. And then they remade it, and I was so excited.
[00:24:41] Speaker B: And it's.
[00:24:41] Speaker C: And it's dark and different.
[00:24:43] Speaker B: Yeah. I think the last unicorn, I think that was one of my most favorites movie. It's a sad. There's something wrong with needle.
[00:24:53] Speaker A: I don't know it.
[00:24:54] Speaker C: Oh, my God, Sarah. And it's so sad. Is it the bull?
[00:24:59] Speaker B: Is there a. Oh, my God, Sarah, you have to be in a good. Make sure things are going well in your life.
[00:25:04] Speaker A: The no. Out already.
[00:25:06] Speaker C: Don't watch it, Sarah.
[00:25:08] Speaker A: I'm out.
[00:25:08] Speaker C: It's like a childhood trauma movie.
[00:25:10] Speaker B: It is a childhood trauma movie.
[00:25:13] Speaker C: Like, never ending story when that horse dies.
[00:25:16] Speaker A: I would just say that there's a. This new little real going through Instagram about Gen Xers, and they're like, the reason we are so tough or whatever is because our childhood movies, and they. They showed a lot of horrible things, and one of them was a horse dying. And this is our childhood movies.
[00:25:35] Speaker C: This was our go to.
[00:25:37] Speaker B: So true.
[00:25:39] Speaker A: True. That was so. I would be so traumatized every time we'd watch that movie. Like, no.
[00:25:44] Speaker B: Yeah, we would watch it again. Don't give up.
[00:25:47] Speaker C: I think that's important, though. Don't give up. Get out of the mud. Get out of the mud.
[00:25:52] Speaker A: Don't let the darkness in.
[00:25:54] Speaker B: Can't even talk. It's so sad.
[00:25:57] Speaker C: For sure. For the last unicorn, it's the same devastating. Yes.
[00:26:02] Speaker B: Like, I recommend it, but I also am like, maybe you shouldn't watch it.
[00:26:07] Speaker C: Just watch out. Watch it and watch out.
[00:26:11] Speaker B: You know, you remind me of Kim is I'm getting into. Have you guys seen the series yet? Only murders in this building?
[00:26:20] Speaker C: Uh, no, not yet, but I've heard, dude, it's a really good show.
[00:26:23] Speaker B: It's a really good show. So it's like this whole idea of how a real murder happens, and then it spins off into turning into a podcast. But there's one character that comes on every few scenes just to give the verbal, like, zingers. So it just reminded me when you were like, watch it and watch out. There's the one character in the series who. She'll just appear, and she'll just say, like, the. But, um. Bum.
[00:26:49] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:26:50] Speaker B: I'm like, oh, that's like, you just say the zinger. I love it.
[00:26:54] Speaker C: I'll be the Zing king.
[00:26:56] Speaker B: The Zing king.
So, yeah, the book was okay. I didn't hate it. I like that I was reading it to myself and not out loud, because.
[00:27:07] Speaker C: Those words, it doesn't matter.
[00:27:09] Speaker B: Interrupted. And then it didn't allow me to get into the world as quickly because of the giant's language. And it was much more enjoyable from an audio book perspective.
[00:27:22] Speaker C: Oh, where's the kitty?
[00:27:24] Speaker B: The kitty.
[00:27:28] Speaker A: I found a Buzzfeed game of what Rodolph character we are. Do you want to do it?
[00:27:33] Speaker C: Yeah. Yes.
[00:27:34] Speaker A: Check your text. I sent you it.
[00:27:37] Speaker C: Okay. How are you doing it? How are we doing?
[00:27:39] Speaker B: Which roald all character are you from? Buzzfeed. Okay, so for the first question in this quiz, it's which of these critters do you find adorable? And you can select from grasshoppers, rats, newts, geese, fishies, fireflies, ants, duckies and bees.
[00:28:00] Speaker C: I would just like to say that I feel like calling them fishies or calling them duckies is manipulative. I think fishies are more adorable than fish.
[00:28:10] Speaker B: Absolutely. And duckies.
[00:28:12] Speaker C: Yeah. But I'm not picking either.
[00:28:13] Speaker B: Neither am I. Just in protest.
[00:28:15] Speaker A: I'm gonna pick fireflies. I don't think any of these are.
[00:28:19] Speaker B: Oh, I think I'm gonna pick newts.
[00:28:20] Speaker C: So I'm picking bees. But I was torn between bees and newts.
[00:28:24] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:28:24] Speaker A: Oh, I was torn between fireflies and bees. So there you go.
[00:28:27] Speaker B: Okay, interesting. Okay, next question. Who is your role model? You.
[00:28:34] Speaker C: For me to look up to people.
[00:28:38] Speaker A: Oh, my God, you're hilarious.
[00:28:41] Speaker C: That's one of the answers, not me.
[00:28:43] Speaker A: Isn't that what you put?
[00:28:44] Speaker B: It.
[00:28:47] Speaker C: Is.
[00:28:48] Speaker B: One of the selections is it's hard.
[00:28:49] Speaker C: For me to look up to people. Everyone's so disappointing.
[00:28:53] Speaker B: Oh, my God. The other selection, I really want to choose the. It's hard for me to look up to people. Just for shits and giggles. The other options are my grandfather, a celebrity, my mother, a younger family member, my teacher. I'm my own role model, my father or a family friend.
[00:29:12] Speaker C: Okay, this isn't personal unless you're a celebrity. I'm going to go with my mother because I hope I, too, can present as if I'm on mushrooms all the time without taking them one day.
[00:29:24] Speaker B: Absolutely.
[00:29:25] Speaker A: I'm going to pick my grandfather.
[00:29:27] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, that's a no brainer. I think I'm going to choose a family friend. Okay, there we go. Next one.
[00:29:35] Speaker C: Ooh.
[00:29:36] Speaker B: What are you most afraid of? So we can choose. Oh, look at this, guys. Running out of books to read.
[00:29:43] Speaker C: It's a good one for book interrupted people.
[00:29:46] Speaker B: Other ones could be death, boredom, disappointing. My friends, getting old, heights, failure, loneliness or violence.
[00:29:59] Speaker C: I'm choosing death.
[00:30:00] Speaker A: Yeah, I knew you would.
[00:30:02] Speaker C: I'm quite vocal about my fears of death.
[00:30:04] Speaker A: Yeah, totally.
I. I'm torn between violence because I'm like, I shouldn't be afraid of that. But really, I need to put failure.
[00:30:13] Speaker C: Yeah, good.
[00:30:14] Speaker B: Yeah. For you, failure. I think I'm gonna go with violence, though. Okay.
[00:30:17] Speaker A: Yeah, you should.
[00:30:18] Speaker B: Yeah. I really.
Sarah is familiar with how I just go in to freeze.
It leaves you open to a lot of things.
[00:30:28] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:30:30] Speaker B: Hey, what is your dream profession?
[00:30:34] Speaker C: Sorry? I read ahead and then I think some of them are funny.
[00:30:37] Speaker B: I know. Well, what were you giggling at is.
[00:30:39] Speaker C: A captain of a ship.
[00:30:41] Speaker B: Yeah, that's your dream profession, obviously. How did this game know?
If you don't want to be a captain of a ship, you could also select the owner and CEO. Or I just want to be happy. A chef, an athlete. As long as I make good money, I'll be a okay. A college professor, a landscaper, and I'm going to be famous.
[00:31:08] Speaker C: I'm going to be famous.
[00:31:09] Speaker B: Yeah, you are.
[00:31:10] Speaker C: Or as long as I make money, I'll be a okay. But I'm picking famous because I feel like by picking that, it somehow helps my chances of becoming famous. I can't not pick it or I'll be cursed in my journey to fame.
[00:31:21] Speaker B: Okay, perfect. I'm going to do the same. Line of reasoning is you.
[00:31:25] Speaker C: Perfect.
[00:31:25] Speaker B: What about you, Sarah?
[00:31:26] Speaker A: Oh, I'm going to put, I just want to be happy.
[00:31:29] Speaker B: Of course you are. Of course.
You're so good. I love it. Next question is, sorry, I didn't you read it?
[00:31:39] Speaker C: I'll tell you the funny answer.
[00:31:40] Speaker B: Okay, ready? How do you like to travel?
[00:31:43] Speaker C: Piggyback rides.
[00:31:46] Speaker B: All day, all night.
[00:31:48] Speaker A: My youngest, actually, she does. She's like, I want to be your backpack. She calls it being your backpack. She's like, come on, I want to be your backpack. I'm like, can we just walk down the stairs? Carry you around all the time. You're six now.
[00:32:00] Speaker C: Okay, you're heavy.
[00:32:03] Speaker B: And then they look at you so insulted because of their growth that you're saying, like, you can't carry them anymore. And they're like, it's over between. How dare you?
[00:32:12] Speaker C: That was all you were good for.
[00:32:14] Speaker B: That was the only thing. I think I'm going to go with the. Can I just stay here?
[00:32:19] Speaker C: I know I was kind of torn with that, but I'm picking limo. Let's arrive in style.
[00:32:24] Speaker B: Nice. What are you going to do, Sarah?
[00:32:26] Speaker A: Okay, I'm going to read the other one. So it's plane, bike, boat, classic car, taxi. I like to walk piggyback. We didn't pick back rides. Can I just stay here? I guess I prefer planes.
[00:32:37] Speaker B: Okay, plane. Let's do it.
[00:32:39] Speaker C: Look ahead. Because I keep on disrupt.
[00:32:42] Speaker B: What is your preferred method of communication? Is it text messages, face to face convos, secret codes, poetry, phone, official paperwork, smoke signals, short notes, and I don't talk much.
[00:33:02] Speaker A: I want to put poetry.
[00:33:04] Speaker C: I know.
[00:33:05] Speaker B: I want to do secret codes so bad.
[00:33:07] Speaker C: I know. I'm drawn to secret so badly. And smoke signals, of course, Sarah, do the poetry.
[00:33:13] Speaker B: Do it.
[00:33:15] Speaker C: I'm choosing face to face convos.
[00:33:17] Speaker A: Me, too.
[00:33:17] Speaker C: Because it's true.
[00:33:18] Speaker B: Yeah. I'm going to choose that as well.
[00:33:20] Speaker A: But I'm going to start sending you guys poems by text.
[00:33:23] Speaker B: Okay.
There's nothing I like more than a confusing, non rhyming haiku.
[00:33:31] Speaker C: Yeah, that'll be great.
[00:33:33] Speaker B: Yeah. Thank you.
I get cryptic messages from my mom all the time anyways, because she likes to invent her own abbreviations, like BRB. She doesn't use weird emojis. She doesn't like using the common ones because she says the other ones don't get utilized enough. So I'm constantly. I'm like, what is she saying?
[00:33:55] Speaker C: Another candidate for mushrooms. I'm telling you. Yes. I think there's a whole un elderly mushroom population that they're. Yes.
[00:34:05] Speaker B: Yeah, they're tripping out. Yes.
Okay, so which is your favorite treat? Is it licorice? Anything chocolate, fruit snacks, soda pop, cupcakes. Anything I can get my hands on. Graham crackers, jelly beans, and then this option. I'm not really a sweets person. Good grief.
[00:34:29] Speaker C: I know. I judge that person.
[00:34:30] Speaker B: I do.
[00:34:31] Speaker C: Like, stop being so miserable and pick one.
[00:34:33] Speaker B: Yeah.
I think that salt is the only way to go.
[00:34:38] Speaker C: I choose cupcakes.
[00:34:40] Speaker B: Oh, nice.
[00:34:41] Speaker A: What do you choose, Kara?
[00:34:43] Speaker B: Oh, anything chocolate. That's like. I didn't even have to think I was like, anything chocolate right there. Yeah, me, too. It worries me sometimes how I can literally accept anything as long as it's in the form of chocolate. Yeah.
Okay. This one. Which sushi rule do you usually go for? I can't choose. I want all of them. Is it the crunch root, the caterpillar roll? The California roll? What's sushi? I'd rather have chicken tempura, veggie roll, spider roll, rainbow roll, dynamite roll.
[00:35:17] Speaker A: But is spider roll and grasshopper roll a real thing or are they.
[00:35:20] Speaker B: I don't think that they are.
[00:35:22] Speaker A: I think they have grasshoppers in them and spider.
[00:35:24] Speaker B: I think they do.
[00:35:25] Speaker C: I don't. No, no, no. There's not even a grasshopper roll on here, so. Why are you talking about that? Well, the caterpillar.
Slightly wrong, but no caterpillar. I think the caterpillar roll is a real.
[00:35:38] Speaker B: Oh, okay.
[00:35:39] Speaker C: I think.
I think that a spider roll would look like spider legs off it, but I feel like they're real things.
[00:35:47] Speaker B: I think I'm gonna go for a dynamite roll.
[00:35:49] Speaker A: Me, too.
[00:35:50] Speaker C: I'm gonna go rainbow.
[00:35:52] Speaker B: Nice.
I really want some sushi right now. Wouldn't that be so good?
[00:35:57] Speaker C: I like dragon rolls.
[00:35:59] Speaker A: That's what I like.
[00:36:01] Speaker C: Anyway.
[00:36:02] Speaker A: With the crunchy.
[00:36:03] Speaker B: Yeah. Anyway, whatever. Not an option, but they're great. Yeah. Okay. What about this one? Which HBO show are you addicted to right now? Is it girls? Boardwalk empire. That's actually a really good show. I would recommend Boardwalk empire. A true detective. I'm not big on tv. Really looking. What's this one?
[00:36:25] Speaker C: Maybe treme.
[00:36:26] Speaker B: Tremendous.
[00:36:28] Speaker C: I don't know what it is.
[00:36:28] Speaker B: I don't know.
Game of Thrones. That was delightful. True blood or eastbound and down?
[00:36:36] Speaker C: This is hard because I am not addicted to any of these shows, so.
[00:36:40] Speaker A: I don't know any of these shows well.
[00:36:42] Speaker B: Wow.
[00:36:43] Speaker C: Really? Game of Thrones is good. I think you would like it.
[00:36:45] Speaker B: Game of Thrones is great until the last season. Absolutely.
[00:36:49] Speaker C: That's true.
[00:36:50] Speaker B: It's like, Sarah, it is so good.
[00:36:53] Speaker A: Oh, no, I don't even.
[00:36:54] Speaker C: No, I think you'd like it, Sarah. It's kind of like mists of Avalon, which I haven't read, but someone told me about. You know what I mean? Like King Arthur, like that kind of stuff and all made up characters. Not actually King Arthur.
I'm choosing Game of Thrones because that's the only one of these. Well, I've also seen true detective, and actually, the last true detective was really good. So I'm actually changing to true detective.
[00:37:18] Speaker B: Okay. I never saw true detective.
[00:37:21] Speaker C: True detective has, I think, three seasons. The first one, it was exciting because it was Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey. So I was like, yes. But then it was really complicated and hard to follow and slow and, like, it actually wasn't. Josh loved it, but I was just, like. I lost it halfway through, like, the storyline, and then I lost interest, and then the second one was more of the same and had Colin Farrell in it, and. But the third one was Jodie Foster, and it was actually good again, so. And you don't have to, like, know season one to get season two, so if you're going to watch it, I'd recommend season three.
[00:37:54] Speaker B: Okay. I'm going to try that out.
[00:37:56] Speaker C: Yeah, that one was pretty good.
[00:37:57] Speaker A: I think it looks big. How are you? Burg empire? I mean, I'm not really big on tv.
[00:38:04] Speaker B: Yeah, that makes sense for you, for sure.
[00:38:06] Speaker A: I don't know. And I'm. Yeah.
[00:38:08] Speaker B: Oh, no. What happened? Mine just did a weird update.
[00:38:12] Speaker C: An update?
[00:38:13] Speaker B: You know, when, like, the screen all of a sudden does, like, a. And then it resets.
[00:38:18] Speaker C: Nope. That one has not happened to me yet.
Okay.
[00:38:22] Speaker B: I think you want pick your favorite boy band.
[00:38:25] Speaker C: Yes.
[00:38:26] Speaker A: Yeah. That's where we are. We are great.
[00:38:28] Speaker B: Wow. Where do we start, ladies? So we o town. We got 98 degrees.
[00:38:34] Speaker A: Hanson, do you remember. Oh, my gosh.
[00:38:37] Speaker B: New edition.
Do the Beatles count? Nkotb? One direction, nsync, and backstreet boys.
[00:38:47] Speaker C: So originally, I felt like I should pick NKOtB because that's from my erade. But I want to pick Backstreet boys because I kind of like Justin Timberlake better than all of the NKOTV that's in sync.
[00:38:59] Speaker A: Justin?
[00:38:59] Speaker B: Yeah, he's in nSync. Yeah, yeah.
[00:39:01] Speaker C: But I'm picking NkOtv. I feel like I have to.
[00:39:05] Speaker A: I was thinking the same thing. I was obsessed with new kids on the block. I was. But I kind of want to pick the Beatles because I'm not obsessed with them anymore.
[00:39:13] Speaker C: Well, I loved Joe Joey McIntyre.
[00:39:16] Speaker B: How could you not?
[00:39:17] Speaker C: Yeah, I remember.
[00:39:18] Speaker B: No, I think I wanted beatles, too. Not that I don't have the nostalgia and respect for NTB.
[00:39:26] Speaker A: Respect.
[00:39:31] Speaker C: Do it, then. Be your beetle. Guys.
[00:39:34] Speaker B: So what now we're on to?
[00:39:36] Speaker C: Is it the last question? Thank goodness. I was like, how many questions?
[00:39:39] Speaker A: I know. I was like, longer than I thought.
[00:39:42] Speaker B: Where do you go for new threads do you go to. I never know how to pronounce the aeropostale.
H and M. Barney's thrift shop, target, Zara, Rosara Express, big and tall stores, and american eagle.
[00:40:04] Speaker C: Ooh, I'm torn between h and m, american eagle and thrift shop. And honestly, these days it's probably thrift shop.
[00:40:12] Speaker B: I'm going to go thrift shop. Absolutely.
[00:40:15] Speaker A: I'm gonna do what?
[00:40:17] Speaker C: I got my results. Because when I picked my last answer, so I found. Sorry.
[00:40:20] Speaker A: That's okay.
[00:40:21] Speaker B: Oh, cool.
[00:40:22] Speaker A: Because there's.
Here, there's a shop. Kind of like a winner, but for Zara.
[00:40:27] Speaker B: Zara's nice.
[00:40:28] Speaker C: I like it.
[00:40:29] Speaker A: Yeah. All right, so what did you get?
[00:40:30] Speaker C: Do you want me to go first?
[00:40:32] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:40:32] Speaker C: I actually got Sophie.
[00:40:34] Speaker B: No, you didn't.
[00:40:35] Speaker C: Isn't that crazy? And look what she looks like, though. That's not what she looks like.
A young Velma, you know, from Scooby Doo.
[00:40:44] Speaker B: Totally.
[00:40:46] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:40:46] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. Read the blurb.
[00:40:47] Speaker C: Okay. Sophie, you always seem to fall into adventure. Fun follows you wherever you go. What's more is that you tend to make new buddies no matter where you end up.
[00:40:57] Speaker B: That's so true.
[00:40:59] Speaker A: Okay, Karen, what'd you get?
[00:41:00] Speaker B: No, mine should be the closer. Okay, sorry. You go.
[00:41:04] Speaker C: Are you the BFG?
[00:41:07] Speaker A: I got Charlie.
[00:41:08] Speaker C: Get out the chocolate factory. Yeah.
[00:41:10] Speaker A: It says, some may mistake your calm, quiet nature for weakness, but you have them all. Fooled. One day you'll be running the show and they will all wonder what hit them. Even if you fall on hard times, your heart of gold will get you through.
[00:41:27] Speaker C: Surprisingly accurate, that is. It's actually very weakness part, but like, all of the rest of it. Well. And if those people think you're weak because you're quiet, then poo on you.
[00:41:38] Speaker B: Who on them. You're about to get a surprise.
[00:41:41] Speaker A: We're gonna be a real surprise while I'm running the show.
[00:41:46] Speaker B: Oh, my God. It's actually.
[00:41:47] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:41:47] Speaker B: Very you. Because you won't be like the. Pay attention to me. You'll just put your head down and do the work. And then all of a sudden, you've surpassed every.
[00:41:54] Speaker C: The boss. Yeah.
[00:41:57] Speaker B: All right, are you guys ready? My answer is, I am the BFG.
[00:42:02] Speaker C: You are the BFG.
[00:42:03] Speaker B: I am.
[00:42:03] Speaker C: Could you believe it was ripped my computer off?
[00:42:06] Speaker B: I know.
[00:42:06] Speaker A: I was like, this is incredible. Great ending.
[00:42:09] Speaker C: It's like we wrote this. I know.
[00:42:13] Speaker B: So it says you regularly beat the norm and break the mold when it comes to your actions. Sometimes the results are clumsy. Uh huh. But you do hold on to your positive attitude the whole way through. And you often bring joy to all those around you.
[00:42:31] Speaker C: This is like the most accurate quiz I was, like, taken.
[00:42:35] Speaker B: Right.
[00:42:36] Speaker A: Really is. I think it is.
[00:42:38] Speaker B: I will do it clumsily.
[00:42:40] Speaker C: I will. Yes. Don't point out that part. What about the rest?
[00:42:45] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:42:46] Speaker B: I'll somehow turn it into a positive and there'll probably be moments of joy along the way.
[00:42:52] Speaker C: Okay. So crazy and crazy that it's a BFG.
[00:42:56] Speaker B: I know.
[00:42:56] Speaker A: I love that little full Sophie and the BFG.
[00:42:59] Speaker C: I know. The only thing that I think would have been better was if BFG description had some stupid word in it, like, you're a real fan, honking good time or whatever.
[00:43:09] Speaker B: That just would have made it perfection. Absolutely.
[00:43:12] Speaker C: Totally. We could have been like and seen and we're done.
[00:43:17] Speaker B: After it takes me five and a half minutes to pronounce said word.
[00:43:20] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:43:21] Speaker B: And see.
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[00:43:37] Speaker C: Book interrupted.
This interruption is brought to you by. Is my mother on mushrooms? What did you just tell me? I told you that the dogs have started smiling at me when I come. Just in case.
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[00:44:03] Speaker A: It's book report time. We're going to find out from each member their final thoughts and do they recommend the book? Let's listen.
[00:44:11] Speaker B: Hello, it's Kara Starrett. I am back. It has definitely been a while since I have left a book review and I couldn't be happier to be sharing my thoughts about the BFG by Roald Dahl. It has been just delightful to get back into this book. I read it a very long time ago when I was a child. I saw the movie also a number of years ago. I remember bits and pieces of it, but not all of it. So it's been really fun as an adult to come back to both the book and the movie. I've even started to check out recently the audio book because I noticed I am not done the book yet and yet we will be recording momentarily. So I got the audiobook because I thought it would help increase me getting through. Sorry. Kitty is joining me for this recording. It would help me get through the book much faster, and it's not, and that's okay. So as I said before, I am not done the book yet, but that's okay. I'm trying to not, like, hustle through life and go through things so quickly in this season of my life. And the BFG is the perfect book to do that, to pump the brakes, to slow down, to tap into the imagination again. It's been really lovely, like, coming off doing like some. What feels like some hardcore adulting in my life. It feels like it's like self care getting into a children's book and one with just so many fantastic ideas. I love the little character, Sophie. I adore the big, friendly giant. And he's just an interesting character all around. There's parts of me, especially as a reader, as you're getting to meet and learn more and understand the BFG and his worldview and what his life is like. There's parts of me that, you know, kind would get apprehensive or almost like, afraid of. Like, is the BFG as good guy? And he absolutely is, but he is unapologetically who he is. And that's like a little bit of a bunch of things. It's. He's not just like this exclusive, like, good guy. Like, he has an agenda. He's got things he needs to get done. Of course, all of his, like, choices and behaviors and intentions are honorable, but there's that part of. And I'm kind of curious about it, just with meeting with strangers, what are the initial impressions and ideas that we get about them? So that's been great. I'm fascinated by how Roald Dahl writes how he creates a whole world through language, but also his character development. Sophie is fantastic. And I'm just kind of, like, getting curious, you know, while I wash the dishes or change overdose the laundry, my mind will be wandering. And the archetype of Sophie, her being like, an orphan and just kind of like reading into the symbolism of that because, I mean, even if there isn't intended to be any symbolism, I'm the sort of person that wants to lean into that and explore it anyways. So, yeah, I cannot wait to finish reading the book, but there's, like, definitely an aspect of myself that almost doesn't want to finish reading it. Right. Because it's like this really special, nice time that is reminding me, you know, of just like, that childlike wonder and wildness and imagination. And it feels very refreshing. I highly recommend the book, no matter what age you are, so many lessons to be learned, and it's just. It's fun being, you know, that form of escapism, just getting swept up and going into the author's world that they created. So, yeah, I highly recommend it. I am enjoying it. I can't wait to finish it while simultaneously not wanting to finish it. And it's kind of getting me thinking about, like, what are some other children's books that I would like to revisit? What are some of your recommendations? What ones made a big impact on your life? Thanks for checking in with me. Bye.
[00:48:07] Speaker A: I'm here.
[00:48:08] Speaker D: I wasn't here for the group discussion, but I'm here for my personal journal. I was busy with family things when we met, but today we're talking about Roald Dahl, the BFG. This is a children's book, and I have to admit, I only perused it before the podcast, but I did read it as a kid, and I did read it with the kids, my kids later on. So I have read it. And, you know, especially when I was a kid, I just love Roald Dahl. His books are supposedly for kids, and yet they're dark and gruesome and they have silly words, and yet the words are perfect in the way that he uses them. You know, maybe this isn't a book for really young kids. It might be one of those things that you say for reading with the kids. You can explain things, or when the kids are old enough to read this, I think it's appropriate. I mean, we're talking about giants that are eating children. So this is totally Roald Dahl, where there's scary stuff going on, and he takes, like, the normal fears of childhood and puts into a book. Are you scared that giants are going to come to your room in the middle of the night and eat you? Well, if you are, maybe you would love this book. Maybe you'd hate it. But, I mean, in the end, kind of the good guys win is usually what happens in these books. In this case, Sophie and the BFG. It's a challenging book, I think, for some, maybe for a kid to read because there's a lot of made up words, but that's kind of the charm of it as well. Who doesn't want a little bit of a challenge? Now, let's talk about the movie. Because the first time I tried to watch the movie, it was with my kids and they're a little bit younger and the image of the giant, even though he was the friendly giant, was just too creepy for them and they didn't want to watch it. The movie itself, even since the BFG is supposed to be the nice one, the big friendly one, he still came off as a little bit creepy. So we had to put it on the shelf for a bit. We just recently watched it again, or tried to, and we got through it and they had. Kids did love it. I think it did a good job of putting the book together because, you know, we all know it's hard to put a book into a movie. Something funny that was happened while we watched the movie. One of my kids was like, why are all the soldiers men? And I said, it's because of the patriarchy. And she goes, oh, right, of course. So that is nothing to do with the book. But I thought it was funny. Anyway, I enjoyed it. I would recommend both, especially if you really like Roald Dahl and his stories. I mean, you might as well watch the movie as well. I don't think the movie took away from the book. You know, maybe I'll read it again, but maybe not. I have a lot of books on the go, so maybe I'll just peruse it from time to time. I do like how it ends. Maybe I shouldn't say I will, that the BFG is actually the author of the book in the end, which is kind of fun. I like that kind of ending in a book. That's it. See you next time.
[00:50:55] Speaker A: So what did say about this book? I've read this book before. I've read it to my kids. I had got a whole collection of Rodolphe for my kiddos and I've read all of the ones I got in this collection anyway, so I've read a lot of Rodolphe and I like his books. This is probably not my favorite, to be quite honest. And the reason it isn't is because I hate the language in it because the giant doesn't speak properly. He speaks in mixed up words. And reading that aloud to children is kind of annoying because you just want to be reading the story and you keep on having to stop to read these made up words. And then my kids stop me and be like, what does that mean? I'm like, he doesn't really understand what he's saying. And what he means is this. And when I originally read it, I think I read all the silly words, but I read it again to them because I had to read it for the book club. So we did it again, and my six year old didn't remember it the last time we read it because it was years ago, and I eventually just changed the words to what they're supposed to mean so we could just get to the story. I find it. So I found it really annoying to read the kids. I would have rather read any of the other ones, like, my favorite's Matilda, but any of them, like witches or the twits or the fabulous Mister Fogg, Charlie the chocolate Factory, any of them. Even the magic finger, like, all of them. It's the fact that he can't speak. It's awful. Anyway, so it's not the greatest book to read out loud, in my opinion. Maybe other parents like that. I think it's silly or whatever, but it just. You don't get to the story. You end up talking about what he's saying and me pausing on the words, and I just don't care for it. It's kind of like Kim when she was reading the Hunger Games. Like, she didn't like the mixed up names. She just wants to. To get over it. Like, why all these really difficult names to say. So anyway, that's how I feel about that. And I did watch the movie. I had never seen it before. I tried to watch it with my kids, and my youngest thought it was a bit too scary in the beginning. Anyway. Yeah, they changed some things in the movie, like they always do. The queen doesn't fart in the book, just the big, friendly giant farts in front of the queen. And Sophie isn't okay with him just participating in her farting. But he was fine in the movie. What else was different? Although the giants had their own private island instead of being dug in a hole. And there's some things that were different. I think they did a good job on the movie because it's a completely magical, non existent world. And I think the guy who played the big, friendly giant did a really good job. But it's not my favorite kids move either, to be quite honest. Once again, I like the original Matilda. I think the original one, that movie that was done. I know they've done a musical since. The original one was really good. So would I recommend the book to other parents to read to their kids? For sure. I mean, Rodol has a really kind of dark side to him, so just be ready for that. I had a friend borrow a couple of the books to read to their kids and she's like, I forgot how. Like, a little bit disturbing some of the things he has in the book are. And I'm like, I know, but I would recommend it because he does create a completely different world and the kids are always the victors. So I think that's kind of good for kids, but they can be a bit dark. Anyway, that's it. Can't wait to talk to everyone else. Okay, bye.
[00:54:07] Speaker C: This is my book report for BFG. I didn't like it. I don't know if it's because it's a kids book and maybe I didn't want to read a kids book, although I do. I did really like holes, which is another kind of kids book.
I don't really know what to say about it. I don't like it so much that I don't even want to talk about it. How about that? I wonder. Like, it makes me feel self conscious. Have I lost some of the curiosity and magic of childhood because I'm so irritated by the BFG?
I just don't think. I don't know. I don't like the story. Let me think about it. It's boring ish. I was intrigued in the beginning for a little bit. Then we had a lot of giant nonsense talk. So that really was like, meh. And then they went to the queen. Fine. And then they made a plan. They got the giants. Like, whatever. I feel like it was too long for what it was. I think it also is a reflection of how, like, not the book itself, but, like, my lack of enjoyment of it, as well as my son's lack of desire to want to watch the movie. Anyway, he did enjoy the book, I think, because he did like the silly words, how things have changed and how things always change. So, like, if we were to throw on. And I know some people don't feel this way, but if we were, like, to throw on a black and white movie, I'd be less interested because it looks old and I can't go into what's different. It's different and I'm less interested. And I think the same thing is true with Roald Dahl now and kids books. I think kids of today are less interested because of whatever the advancements are in their content and interests. That book is now quote unquote old and they're not interested. Like, my son did not want to watch the movie. We started watching it and he was like, can we watch something else now? He was bored, so. And then that makes me sags. It's like, have all children lost the magical mysteries of being a child? Right? Like they're all over it and into something, you know, more exciting, I guess. But people don't know how to be bored anymore. Kids especially. I'm getting off track. But all of that to say the BFG is boring and I don't like it. So do I recommend it? No, I don't recommend the book or the movie. The movie was actually supposedly because I didn't finish it different than the book, and that makes me not recommend it even harder.
I guess if it changed, I don't even know, you'd have to change like the whole entire movie. I was going to say if, like, the movie changed the book enough that I liked it, maybe I'd recommend it. But then I thought about, like, how much of the book would you have to change for me to like it? And my answer is the entire thing. It needs to be a completely different story. If the BFG was lessons in chemistry, then we'd be fine. But it's not. It's the BFG and I do not recommend.
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