Things have been a bit hectic, and I definitely am overdue with some book reviews that’ll come out in 2020, I promise! But I wanted to do a quick end of year wrap up to go through some of the media I’ve absorbed in 2019. Everyone has a favorites of 2019 list, so why not me?
Top Ten Favorite Books
To be fair, you should go listen to the Judging Book Covers episode where Stephanie and I talk about our top five books for the year, but if you want a quick and dirty list:
- Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
- Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuinston
- Laughter at the Academy by Seanan McGuire
- The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren Jones
- Parkland by Dave Cullen
- An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
- The Colonel by Beau North
- Dating By the Book by Mary Ann Marlowe
- Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand
- Locke and Key by Joe Hill
Top Ten Movies Seen
This is definitely just movies that came out in 2019, and thanks to Alamo Drafthouse, I saw at least ten for a change??
- Little Women
- Parasite
- Knives Out
- Ready or Not
- Jojo Rabbit
- Midsommar
- Happy Death Day 2U
- Detective Pikachu
- The Lighthouse
- It Chapter Two
Top Ten TV Shows Seen
These are the tv shows that I loved this year — some I binged all the way through, some just had a really good season in an ongoing show. Also I am probably really basic for most of these?
- Evil on CBS
- Fleabag on Amazon Prime
- Outlander on Starz
- iZombie on CW
- The Good Place on NBC
- Riverdale on CW
- Umbrella Academy on Netflix
- Good Omens on Amazon Prime
- Stranger Things on Netflix
- Why Women Kill on CBS All Access