Advanced Organic Chemistry By Jagdamba Singh: ^hot^
Open Chapter 16 (Elimination Reactions). Solve Problem 16.12 (predicting E2 product stereochemistry). If you get it wrong, re-read the section on "Anti-periplanar requirement." That single concept is worth the price of the book. Have you found a typo or a particularly difficult mechanism in Jagdamba Singh? Share your question in the comments below.
Unlike Clayden (which is narrative-driven) or March (which is an encyclopedia), Jagdamba Singh strikes a unique balance: advanced organic chemistry by jagdamba singh
If you are a Master’s student (M.Sc.), a CSIR-NET/JAM/GATE aspirant, or a first-year PhD scholar in India, you have likely encountered the iconic red-covered textbook: Advanced Organic Chemistry by Jagdamba Singh and L.D.S. Yadav. Open Chapter 16 (Elimination Reactions)

If anything, I would have been more open to an expanded role for Beorn, rather than the Legolas/Tauriel arc.
I think we've come to a place where movies are so bad (lame propaganda written by adults who cry a lot) that yesterday's bad movies seem kind of fun by comparison.
I don't think I'll get past the fact that *The Hobbit* has the wrong tone in nearly every single scene: dramatic and scary where it should be adventurous, or silly where it should be miserable (as when they enter Mirkwood). Not to mention about half of it is an advertisement for a trilogy I've already watched.
But hey, at least it isn't about Trump.