Review Day

There are no major spoilers in these reviews.

Kindle Oasis:
I was perfectly happy with my 9-year-old Kindle Paperwhite, but the Oasis was my prize for coming in 2nd place in our company's Advent of Code competition (The Meta Quest 3 was already claimed and I didn't really want a Playstation 5). In terms of features, Oasis has two dedicated forward / back buttons (in addition to its touch screen) which I end up using maybe half the time. It also flips from left-to-right-handedness by turning it upside which I really like. The last new feature is that it's supposed to be submersible in the bathtub which I obviously don't plan on testing. The reading experience is as good as the Paperwhite. If you're reading with the Kindle on a flat table, the uneven back turns into an annoying rattly seesaw every time you turn a page. Overall, some good things and some bad things that don't make this a must-have device if you like your previous generation Kindle.

Final Grade: B

Penith (The Dave Soundtrack) by Lil Dicky:
This album mainly stands upon the novelty of hearing full-versions of the song excerpts from the FX show, Dave. However, you probably won't want to listen to it after the novelty has worn off.

Final Grade: C+

Fargo, Season 5:
We really wanted to like this season as Juno Temple fans, but it's just not good. It lacks all of flourishes that made seasons 1 - 3 of Fargo so engrossing and comes off as just another dark crime show. We went back to watch Season One after this and the differences were striking.

Final Grade: C-

I'm a Virgo:
I love that Amazon is funding weird stuff, but this limited series was a complete miss. It's about a giant teen who has been hidden by his parents all his life. It never quite figures out its tone, starting as a coming-of-age story and devolving into a muddy, boring diatribe about communism. I liked the fantastic elements, which reminded me of the movie Big Fish, but only one or two episodes retained my interest. Walton Goggins was criminally underused. On Amazon Video.

Final Grade: D