SEASON 3 EPISODE 2: PURPOSE
This week we’re reading chapters 7-13 through the theme of purpose. What does it all mean? What is the point? Is there a point? Do you even need a point? (Don’t worry, we only spend about twelve seconds being philosophical before getting to the actual book.)
Lazlo is sad, Thyon is a jerk, and visitors to the city turn Lazlo’s life upside down. We also meet the Godspawn: a group of half-human, half-god children who have been surviving in the Citadel since the day the Godslayer left them for dead.
This episode was recorded on 24 April 2021.
Show notes
Jen V would like to invite any local-ish Harry Potter fans to drop into the Harry Potter & the Sacred Text Reading Group she’s started up in Wellington… Wellington’s Wizard Wheezes! (Jenn D is extremely jealous she can’t go.)
Regarding ADHD - yep, Jenn D asks lots of stupid questions. Crippling embarrassment is much easier to bear than feeling lost all the time. If you’re also struggling with executive dysfunction, you are definitely not alone. Some resources Jenn D really likes:
Smart but Scattered for Success - Peg Dawson
Organization Solutions for People with ADHD - Susan C Pinsky
Unf*ck Your Habitat - Rachel Hoffman
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying - Marie Kondo
Check out The Hobbit hardcover.
Jen V is lowkey obsessed with Weta Workshop.
Shout out to the Wellington Central Library.
Regarding the library closures in rural southern Oregon.
The Power of Ritual by Casper Ter Kuile.
More on Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy.
“Which came first, the music or the misery?” is from High Fidelity (the book and the film).
We also mentioned The BFG by Roald Dahl.
Eternal children - Claudia in Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice (the book and the film) and Baby Doll from Batman.
And, of course, the JD Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye.
We also talk about The Smiths (for the teen years).
We would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land where this episode was recorded - the Guringai and Darug people, and tangata whenua of Te Whanganui-a-Tara.
Our intro and outro music is by the excellent Scott Buckley. Check him out here.
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Thanks for listening! Next week we’ll be reading Chapters 14-20 through the theme of neglect.