Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing well and doing your best to enjoy the holidays. I wanted to put out one more book review before the end of the year but, unfortunately, I am under the weather. Instead, I thought I would out out my annual list of favorites. It was nice being able to get out a little bit this year. That being said, 2021 was still not a fun year by any means. I did just apply for some PhD programs so I have my fingers crossed that 2022 will finally yield something even better. Anyway, I hope you enjoy my list. I wish you only the best for next year. Call me an optimist but I think we all deserve better for another year.

Books:

• If We Were Villians by M.L Rio
• Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
• Devolution by Max Brooks
• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno – Garcia
• The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
• The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
• The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
• Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
• It Devours! by Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor
• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
• Heir to the Empire and Dark Force Rising by Timothy Zahn

Movies:

• The Green Knight (dir. David Lowery)
• The Suicide Squad (dir. James Gunn)
• In the Heights ( dir. Jon M. Chu)
• Venom: Let There Be Carnage (dir. Andy Serkis)
• Shang – Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (dir. Destin Daniel Cretton)
• Black Widow (dir. Cate Shortland)
• Eternals (dir. Chloe Zhao)
• Spider – Man: No Way Home (dir. Jon Watts)

TV Shows:

• WandaVision (Disney+)
• The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Disney+)
• Loki: Season 1 (Disney+)
• Marvel’s What If?: Season 1 (Disney+)
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch: Season 1 (Disney+)
• Hawkeye (Disney+)
• The Witcher: Season 2 (Netflix)
• Midnight Mass (Netflix)
• Castlevania: Seasons 1 – 4 (Netflix)
• Squid Game: Season 1 (Netflix)
• Only Murders in the Building: Season 1 (Hulu)
• Ghosts (UK Version): Seasons 1 – 3 (HBO Max)
• Doom Patrol: Season 3 (HBO Max)

Music:

• Flowers for Vases/Descanos by Hayley Williams (album)
• Death by Rock and Roll by The Pretty Reckless (album)
• Chemtrails Over the Country Club by Lana Del Rey (album)
• Fearless (Taylor’s Version) by Taylor Swift (album)
• Cry Forever by Amy Shark (album)
• If I Could Make it Go Quiet by girl in red (album)
• SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo (album)
• Scaled and Icy by Twenty One Pilots (album)
• Blue Weekend by Wolf Alice (album)
• Distorted Light Beam by Bastille (single)
• Who Hurt You? by Jensen McRae (EP)
• Cure for Me by AURORA (single)
• Happier than Ever by Billie Eilish (album)
• Solar Power by Lorde (album)
• Soundtrack to an Existential Crisis by au/ra (album)
• Screen Violence by CHVRCHES (album)
• If I can’t have love, I want power by Halsey (album)
• Mercury – Act 1 by Imagine Dragons (album)
• Blue Banisters by Lana Del Rey (album)
• Ruin by The Amazing Devil (album)
• 30 by Adele (album)
• Red (Taylor’s Version) by Taylor Swift (album)
• = by Ed Sheeran (album)
• Planet Her by Doja Cat (album)
• Renegade (feat. Taylor Swift) by Big Red Machine (album)