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[Weekend Read](https://quoteunquoteapps.com/weekendread/), our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week.

This week, we look at movies that use the confines of a single day to their advantage, keeping characters constantly pushing against time and towards their goals.

Our collection includes:

– **All is Lost** by J.C. Chandor
– **American Graffiti** by George Lucas, Gloria Katz & Willard Huyck
– **Before Midnight** by Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
– **Before Sunrise** by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan
– **Bodies Bodies Bodies** by Kristen Roupenian
– **Booksmart** by Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins
– **Dazed and Confused** by Richard Linklater
– **Die Hard** by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza
– **Dog Day Afternoon** by Frank Pierson
– **Ferris Bueller’s Day Off** by John Hughes
– **Gravity** by Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón
– **Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle** by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg
– **Locke** by Steven Knight
– **Margin Call** by J.C. Chandor
– **Snowpiercer** by Bong Joon-ho
– **Superbad** by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg
– **Tangerine** by Sean Baker & Chris Bergoch
– **Malcolm and Marie** by Sam Levinson

Read these and other featured collections only on Weekend Read 2, available on all Mac and iOS devices. [Download for free](https://apps.apple.com/in/app/weekend-read-2/id1534798355)!

Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week.

This week, it’s back to school! We look at stories that articulate the excitement and ease the pain of starting another academic year.

Our collection includes:

• 10 Things I Hate About You by Karen McCullah Lutz & Kirsten Smith
• Big Little Lies – “Somebody’s Dead” by David E. Kelley
• Bottoms by Rachel Sennott & Emma Seligman
• Clueless by Amy Heckerling
• Dead Poets Society by Tom Schulman
• Dear White People by Justin Simien
• Easy A by Bert V. Royal
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High by Cameron Crowe
• Friday Night Lights – “Its Different For Girls” by Andy Miller
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by Steve Kloves
• Lady Bird by Greta Gerwig
• Mean Girls by Tina Fey
• Napoleon Dynamite by Jared Hess & Jerusha Hess
• Never Have I Ever – “Pilot” by Mindy Kaling & Lang Fisher
• Rushmore by Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson
• School Daze by Spike Lee
• Sex Education – “Episode One” by Laurie Nunn
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
• Wednesday – “Wednesday’s Child Is Full Of Woe” by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar

Read these and other featured collections only on Weekend Read 2, available on all Mac and iOS devices. Download for free!

Back in 2017, friends and I came up with a fun little game called AlphaBirds. ((Originally it was called Sparrow, but AlphaBirds was a better name.)) We’ve been playing it in the office nearly every Friday since then.

It’s a word game like Scrabble or Wordle, but faster and more fun. And it’s ridiculously simple to learn.

1. On your turn, draw two cards.
2. Play one card in front of you, and one in front of any other player.
3. Make words if you can. Longer words are worth more points.

Yes: there are [more rules](http://alphabirdsgame.com). But that’s the gist. Most players pick it up in 30 seconds or less.

It’s the perfect game for lunchtime or beer o’clock. You can carry on a conversation while playing, and don’t have to keep things in your hand. You draw; you play; you’re finished until it’s your turn again. Most games last about 10 minutes.

We printed 100 copies of the game and shared them with friends. Then we got busy doing other things.

This spring, we decided to officially launch the game. We registered the official trademark, locked down the barcode, and [redesigned the box](https://johnaugust.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Alpha-Birds-Game-Box_Draft.pdf) for our new American manufacturer.

We also made a short [how-to-play video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jZufbvkvac).

Starting today, you can buy AlphaBirds for yourself! The game is now available both on [our site](http://alphabirdsgame.com) and on [Amazon](https://amzn.to/3WmV3Vw). This isn’t a pre-order. It’s in stock and shipping today.

Because we’re a brand-new game, we currently have zero online reviews. So if you’ve played AlphaBirds and love it, please leave a review so others can see it’s an actual game humans enjoy.