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Watched this tonight. Heart breaking. Katya was faliwd by so many.

Colombia beat Germany 2 - 1 :cheer:

And you’re leading! The Colombian girls played well and beat Korea 2-0 🙂

It was also my least favorite Emily Henry and the bit in the end made absolutely no sense at all, and I absolutely hated it.

Their father is quite upset that politicians and media are showing pictures of his children without (allegedly) his consent.

Their father is alive - he was not on the plane.

Very glad they were found! That area is very rough terrain and very sparsely populated. Many others would not have survived.

I’m so glad they caught it early! Truly a bronze that feels like gold.

My books so far this year: Great Circle, by Maggie Shipstead: The story of a female aviator and the actress who later plays her, going back and forth in time. This was really good. The characters were really well drawn and everything tied together so well; it felt so sprawling and epic...

I’ve been making Confetti cookies every year for a few years now (with Christmas sprinkles) but this year little Oleada helped me make them and he was so excited. We also made these M&M cookie bars for a cookie exchange with some friends. I’ve also made chocolate crinkle, these monster cookies...

I feel like I should root for Argentina and Messi but it just feels…wrong. Sorry @beepbeep . I was rooting for you guys.

Not sure who had worse penalties, Japan or Spain!

I’m loving Fleishman is in Trouble.

I guess it seemed so…unrealistic while being realistic at the same time. She was always right, everyone else wrong. Of course her and her husband and kid are brilliant and everyone else is an idiot. I just found it so tedious. I like the idea, but not the execution.

Everyone in my book club was raving about it and meanwhile I was :shuffle: too. I’ve been in a book rut, until I got into This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub, which I loved. The main character travels back on time on her 40th birthday to her 16th, and sees how different choices affect her future...