Lyra’s world has a cozy, Miyazaki, my-favorite-things feeling, with its narrow lanes, gleaming clockwork, teetering stacks of books, crashing thunderstorms, and, oh God, those brown-paper packages tied up with string!
—
Lev Grossman,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
When Fuller awakes several hours later, her head has been shaved, she’s covered in antihistamine cream, and she’s tied up in a basement.
Just before the robbery, the Jeep, which didn’t have a license plate, had circled the bank.
—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
28 Oct. 2025
Skinner also gave his TikTok followers a full 360° view of their Zootopia costumes with a video of them dancing in Times Square as a camera circled them.
Bessent suggested Monday that the US may be in position to wind back its interventions.
—
Daniel Flatley,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
Missourians love their Katy Trail State Park, the former railroad track turned pancake-flat trail stretches some 240 miles across the state, skirting the river, winding through farmlands, and passing through other small towns.
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