It's time for a "sound of silence" roundup of meetings industry pet peeves. Do they resonate? What am I missing?

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/meeting-industry/2023/05/sound-of-silence

#meetings #PetPeeves #AirQuality #evaluations #PayingSpeakers #eventprofs #assnchat

Season 3 Episode 2: Our Literary Unpopular Opinions

Welcome to Fake Book Club Podcast, Season three, episode two! We’re sharing our unpopular literary opinions about books, reading, and romance. Will you agree or disagree? Do we end this episode with our friendship intact? Listen and find out…

Listen Below!

Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0x1PNDmSQZApeI1zOe5oII?si=kT6Rwmp5Q6G8urOV6iAHGg

Listen on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/0U_TdlAMyMQ

Also listen at the following places:

Things Discussed In This Episode

Is It Just Me, or Are the Books Getting Fancier? A Guide to the Special Editions Trend

The Benefits of Graphic Novels: Why They Count as Reading

What’s the perfect length for a book?

Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan

Edinburgh Nights series by T. L. Huchu 

The Midnight Taxi by Yosha Gunasekera 

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Soften The Blow by Bread Tarleton

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My new blog post: just a random list of (not always) silly things I hate.

https://giuliabrazzale.eu/2026/03/22/a-random-list-of-silly-things-i-hate/

#blogging #petpeeves #pethates

I really wish people would learn how to use the word “myself” correctly.

#petpeeves

Drunks With Guns

Not Not, Friday, February 20 at 08:00 PM CST

https://chicago.askapunk.net/event/drunks-with-guns

Documentary pet peeve.

Documentaries with multiple people contributing to the discussion throughout but only identified on screen the first time is a pain for people like me who have trouble remembering who everybody is.

#Documentaries #Films #PetPeeves