Should I add everything or just the good stuff? Just the mostly good stuff I suppose. Started this section in May so it’s incomplete, maybe I’ll add things as they’re remembered.

Last updated: Oct 11


Reading in 2024

Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution (1989) Simon Schama

Outline (2014) Rachel Cusk

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War (2024) Erik Larson

North Woods (2023) Daniel Mason

Parasol Against the Axe (2024) Helen Oyeyemi

Killing Commendatore (2017) Haruki Murakami – Reread

Chenneville (2023) Paulette Jiles

Martyr! (2024) Kaveh Akbar

The Saint of Bright Doors (2023) Vajra Chandrasekera

Children of Ruin (2019) Adrian Tchaikovsky

When We Cease to Understand the World (2020) Benjamín Labatut

Fates and Furies (2015) Lauren Groff

Children of Time (2015) Adrian Tchaikovsky

The Vaster Wilds (2023) Lauren Groff

All Systems Red (2017) Martha Wells

The Fraud (2023) Zadie Smith


Watching in 2024

Kinds of Kindness (2024) Yorgos Lanthimos

The Penguin (2024) Season One

Uzumaki (2024) Season One

My Brilliant Friend (2024) Season Four

Industry (2024) Season Three

Only Murders in the Building (2024) Season Four

Will & Harper (2024) Josh Greenbaum

Marie Antoinette (2006) Sofia Coppola

WISE GUY David Chase and The Sopranos (2024) Alex Gibney

Licorice Pizza (2021) Paul Thomas Anderson

Wolf Hall (2015) Rewatch of Season One

Carol (2015) Todd Haynes

Punch-Drunk Love (1984) Paul Thomas Anderson

Yojimbo (1961) Akira Kurosawa

House of the Dragon (2024) Season Two – Obviously 😉

The Lonely Guy (1984) Arthur Hiller

Vagabond (1985) Agnès Varda

The Taste of Things (2023) Anh Hung Tran

À nos amours (1984) Maurice Pialat

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) Wes Anderson

Three Colors: Red (1994) Krzysztof Kieślowski

Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die (2024) HBO Comedy Special

Hacks (2024) Season Three

Shōgun (2024) Season One

Tampopo (1985) Juzo Itami

Certified Copy (2010) Abbas Kiarostami

Three Colors: White (1994) Krzysztof Kieślowski

John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A. (2024) Limited Series

Three Colors: Blue (1993) Krzysztof Kieślowski

L.A. Story (1991) Written by Steve Martin, directed by Mick Jackson

Au hasard Balthazar (1966) Robert Bresson

L’avventura (1960) Michelangelo Antonioni

Ripley (2024) Limited Series

Three Body Problem (2024) Season One

Fleabag (2016) Rewatch of Seasons One and Two – Holds up!

Showing Up (2022) Kelly Reichardt

Godzilla Minus One (2023) Takashi Yamazaki

All of Us Strangers (2023) Andrew Haigh

Past Lives (2023) Celine Song

Fallen Leaves (2023) Aki Kaurismäki

Anatonmy of a Fall (2023) Justine Triet


Video Gaming in 2024

Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree PS5

Stellar Blade PS5

Splatoon 3 Switch

Hogwarts Legacy PS5