Welcome to the lists of books, shows, movies, and music I’ve been enjoying this year, and a timeline of when I finished them. Click the Table of Contents below for links to jump to different months.
January
BOOKS:
- How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches 1), James S.A. Corey
- Void (The Far Reaches 2), Veronica Roth
- Falling Bodies (The Far Reaches 3), Rebecca Roanhorse
- The Long Game (The Far Reaches 4), Ann Leckie
- Just Out of Jupiter’s Reach (The Far Reaches 5), Nnedi Okorafor
- Sleeping with Friends (Friends and Enemies 1), Emily Schultz
- Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches 6), John Scalzi
- The Last Wish: Introducing the Witcher (The Witcher 1), Andrzej Sapkowski
- The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez, Rudy Ruiz
- Ashes, Iona Wayland
- Light from Uncommon Stars, Ryka Aoki
- A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan 1), Arkady Martine
SHOWS:
- The Longest Promise [C-drama]
- The Untamed (Special Edition on YouTube) [C-drama, BL]
- I Cannot Reach You [J-drama, BL]
- Tale of the Nine-Tailed [K-drama]
JANUARY SPOTIFY PLAYLIST:
February
BOOKS:
- We Ate the Dark, Mallory Pearson
- We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice (Emergent Strategy 3), adrienne maree brown
- Gideon the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir
SHOWS:
- Word of Honor [C-drama, BL]
- Love Between Fairy and Devil [C-drama]
- Miss the Dragon [C-drama]
FEBRUARY SPOTIFY PLAYLIST:
March
BOOKS:
(reading, nothing finished)
SHOWS:
- Back From the Brink [C-drama]
- The Princess and the Werewolf [C-drama]
- Lost You Forever (season one) [C-drama]
MARCH SPOTIFY PLAYLIST:
April
BOOKS:
(reading, nothing finished)
SHOWS:
- Till the End of the Moon [C-drama]
- Love Better Than Immortality [C-drama]
MOVIES:
- Show Me the Ghost [Korean horror comedy]
APRIL SPOTIFY PLAYLIST:
May
BOOKS:
- Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- The Visit (Black Stars 1), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- The Colour of Magic (Discworld 1), Terry Pratchett
- Hell Followed with Us, Andrew Joseph White
SHOWS:
- Falling Into Your Smile [C-drama]
- Sword and Fairy 6 [C-drama]
- My Demon [K-drama]
- My Beautiful Man [J-drama, BL]
- Guardian: The Lonely and Great God [K-drama]
MAY SPOTIFY PLAYLIST:
June
BOOKS:
- An Unkindness of Ghosts, Rivers Solomon
SHOWS:
- Doom At Your Service [K-drama]
- Warm on a Cold Night [C-drama]
- Hotel Del Luna [K-drama]
- My Journey to You [C-drama]
- Love Behind the Melody [C-drama]
JUNE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST:
July
BOOKS:
- the premonition, banana yoshimoto, translated from the Japanese by Asa Yoneda
SHOWS:
- The Inextricable Destiny [C-drama]
- Master Devil Do Not Kiss Me (season one) [C-drama]
JULY SPOTIFY PLAYLIST:
(in progress)
Notes
Early in the year, reading books was like finally drinking cool water after being thirsty for a decade. Finishing books has slowed down now that I am also enraptured by watching Asian dramas.
I’ve tracked my reading progress for the year at StoryGraph, and if you want to see some of what I’m variously in the midst of watching, you can look at my Viki ‘Currently Watching’ collection. I am also watching on Netflix, iQiyi, YouTube, and sometimes Prime.
— Nix Kelley