Social distancing? Working from home? We've got a plethora of recommendations to help you pass the time–mostly for free! ACCESS Find out where you can stream a show/movie on JustWatch.com: Stream/Rent/Buy Library Options (Apps) Library card options * eBooks: OverDrive (kids/teen sites, too), hoopla (COMICS! See below), RBdigital (some), Freading * Comics: hoopla - (Dark Horse, DC, Marvel, Image, Titan, Fantagraphics, etc.) Witcher Omnibus, Lock & Key, Star Wars, Parable of the Sower (Butler), Saga, Star Trek, Walking Dead /// Kids: Big Nate, Minecraft, Garfield, Zelda, Percy Jackson, Avatar the Last Airbender * eAudio: OverDrive, hoopla, RBdigital * Streaming Video: OverDrive, hoopla (For the Love of Spock, Ex Machina, ST movies, Stargate SG-1 movies, Beyond a Year in Space [scott kelly doc],BBC), RBdigital (some offer Acorn), Kanopy (Patrick Stewart’s Macbeth, Dear Mr Watterson, includes Kids options & Criterion Collection titles) * Magazines: Flipster, OverDrive, RBdigital * Take advantage of some of the free public domain ebook sites: * https://ebookfriendly.com/free-public-domain-books-sources/ * Set a couple of reading goals. Sitting home and wallowing in your quarantine isn’t productive. Read through a series, classic or otherwise. * Get into some Jane Austen or look for some of the classic thrillers like Agatha Christie (not all of hers are in public domain, but several are) * Tor.com has a ton of free novellas and short stories, so does Baen (a SF/F publisher)** Other Free Options imdbTV, Tubi tubitv.com (Minority Report, Relic, Donnie Darko, Memento), Crackle (Gattaca, Close Encounters, Crouching Tiger, Starship Troopers), Pluto Get Your Nerd On! * CrashCourse YouTube Channel * Khan Academy * NASA TV * Great Courses (video & audio options) -- on OverDrive and hoopla for some libraries * Universal Class and Lynda.com READING RECS * Start a book series! * Great time to 1st read/reread DUNE * Brandon Sanderson: Stormlight 1-3 in time for 4 in November: Rhythm of War * Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time VIEWING RECS Find yourself some Bingeable TV/Film Series Netflix * The Office * Parks & Rec * Derry Girls * Cheers * New Girl * The IT Crowd * That 70s Show * Star Trek * The West Wing * Gilmore Girls * Supernatural * Breaking Bad * Longmire * Person of Interest * Broadchurch * The Big Family Cooking Showdown * Ugly Delicious * Queer Eye Hulu * Top Chef * Fargo * Justified * It’s Always Sunny Disney+ * ALL THE MARVEL MOVIES * Star Wars: The Clone Wars * Classic Disney Animation: DuckTales, Chip & Dale, Darkwing Duck, TaleSpin, Gummi Bears * The Rescuers & Rescuers Down Under * The Love Bug movies * The Muppet Movie * The Witch Mountain Movie * X-Men The Animated Series * Boy Meets World * Gargoyles * Gravity Falls * Brain Games * Shop Class * Frozen 2 * The. Whole. Vault. Prime * The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel * Hellier * Grand Tour * Newsroom * Honey Boy * Downton Abbey * Good Omens * Stargate SG-1 (the movie’s on Hulu) * Jane Austen Miniseries * The Boys * The Man in the High Castle * The Expanse * Troop Zero (delightful, adorable, yes) Fringe: all 5 seasons on imdbTV Board Games * Harry Potter Clue * Ice Cool * Operation Escape Room Apps * Super Mega Mini Party Subscribe: iTunes (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-geek-card-check/id1279475061) | Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/0ED7vkMhKwZeiOZd3fIHH0) Social: Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/GeekCardCheck/) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/geekcardcheck) | Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/geekcardcheck/)