flamebyrd | Entries tagged with annual review

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Books
New Times, New Hell - 林知落
Winter's Orbit - Everina Maxwell
The King's Avatar - Butterfly Blue
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 - P. Djèlí Clark
A Dead Djinn in Cairo - P. Djèlí Clark
Any Way the Wind Blows - Rainbow Rowell
Copper Coins - Musuli
One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston
Fugitive Telemetry - Martha Wells
First-Class Lawyer - Musuli [in progress]

Games
Ikenfell (2021)
Donut County (2018)
Tetris Effect (2018)
Chicory: A Colorful Tale (2021)
Mini Metro (2015)
Unpacking (2021)

TV
The King's Avatar (2019) [in progress]

Music
Tetris Effect Original Soundtrack
Ikenfell (Original Game Soundtrack)
Chicory: A Colorful Tale (Original Soundtrack)
Moonglow Bay (Original Soundtrack)

Not an especially productive year, but this list is definitely longer than last year's.

Edit: Just corrected the subject line from 2021 to 2020, marking probably the first time in life I've ever written the new year instead of the old year (and not the other way around).

Books
魔道祖师 | Mo Dao Zu Shi | The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation - 墨香铜臭 | Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
人渣反派自救系统 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - 墨香铜臭 | Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
重生之朗朗星空 | Rebirth of a Movie Star - j112233
梦溪石 | Peerless - Meng Xi Shi
网恋翻车指南 | Guide on How to Fail at Online Dating - 酱子贝
Network Effect - Martha Wells
Edge of Nowhere - Felicia Davin
The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins (audio, read by Phoebe Judge)
The Leavenworth Case - Anna Katharine Green (audio, read by Phoebe Judge)
The Place Between - Kit Oliver
Red, White and Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall
The Thief - Megan Whalen Turner
Sunshine - Robin McKinley
Conventionally Yours - Annabeth Albert
The Princess and the Fangirl - Ashley Poston

Comics/Manga/Graphic Novels
Tonari no Robot - Nishi Uko

Video Games
Completed games (to the end credits, not necessarily 100%) are marked with *
Stardew Valley*
Child of Light*
Animal Crossing: New Horizons*[1]
Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice*
Katamari Damarcy Reroll
Spiritfarer

Movies
封神榜 | League of Gods (2016)

TV
(At what point do I admit that I don't watch scripted serialised video content anymore and remove this heading from the list?)

Audio
(I only list narrative audio here)
The Far Meridian - Seasons 1 & 2

Music
Child of Light (OST) - Beatrice Martin / Coeur de Pirate

Live Events
Ha. Ha. Ha.

Recorded Theatre and Opera
Aida (Met Opera, 1984)
Hamlet (Globe)
Rigoletto (Met Opera, 2016?)
Jesus Christ Superstar (2012?)
Cats (1997)

[1]: Hey, it has end credits!

Movies
Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Captain Marvel (2018)
Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (2019)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

Books
Lies Sleeping - Ben Aaronovitch (Read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith)
A Memory Called Empire - Arkady Martine
Thornfruit - Felicia Davin
Wayward Son - Rainbow Rowell
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet - Becky Chambers
Strange Practice - Vivian Shaw

Graphic Novels
On a Sunbeam - Tillie Walden
The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited

Games
Completed games (at least to the end credits, not 100%) are marked with *
Baba Is You (2019)
Wandersong (2018)*
Celeste (2018)*
Ori and the Blind Forest (2015)
Pokemon SoulSilver (2010)
Fez (2013)
Gris (2019)*
Gorogoa (2017)*
A Short Hike (2019)*
Wilmot's Warehouse (2019)*
Untitled Goose Game (2019)*
What the Golf? (2019)

TV
Good Omens (Amazon)
The Planets (BBC)

Audio
(I only list narrative audio here.)
The Adventure Zone: Amnesty (13-Final)
The Adventure Zone: Graduation (1-3)
The Lord of the Rings - 1981 BBC radio, 2002 re-release (1-8)

Music
(AKA the year I rediscovered video game soundtracks.)
Celeste (OST) - Lena Raine
Celeste B-Sides (OST) - Lena Raine & Friends
Celeste: Farewell (OST) - Lena Raine
Gris (OST) - Berlinist
Wandersong (OST) - A Shell in the Pit
I Am Easy to Find - The National
A Short Hike (OST) - Mark Sparling

Places
Canada: Vancouver

Live Events
OVERFLOW #007 (Lena Raine, Danimal Cannon)

Fanfic (Written)
Find Your Way (Wandersong, Miriam, gen, 3608 words)
Begin Again (Wandersong, Bard, gen, 5107 words)

Anniversaries
Relationship: 16 years dating, 11 years married
Return to Australia: 3 years
AO3 Account: 11 years
Twitter Account: 11 years
(2008 was apparently a big year!)

I completely forgot that I usually do this! Pardon its lateness.

Books
The Stone Sky (Broken Earth #3) - N. K. Jemisin
Daughter of Mystery (Alpennia #1) - Heather Rose Jones
Artificial Condition - Martha Wells (Murderbot #2)
Rogue Protocol - Martha Wells (Murderbot #3)
Exit Strategy - Martha Wells (Murderbot #4)
The Adventure Zone Graphic Novel #1

Television
Agatha Christie's Poirot (ITV, David Suchet) 5x03-11x02
Miss Marple (BBC, Joan Hickson), complete
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries 2x01-2x07
Rosemary & Thyme 1x01-1x09, 2x14
Guardian (镇魂) 1-21
The Man from U.N.C.L.E., assorted black and white episodes
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 1-9

Movies
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017)

Audio
The Adventure Zone: Balance 9-51, 58-69, plus live shows
The Adventure Zone: Amnesty 1-12
The Adventure Zone: Elementary (AKA Four Sherlock Holmes and a Vampire [Who Is Also One of the Aforementioned Sherlock Holmes])
The Adventure Zone: (K)Nights
The Adventure Zone: Dust
Lawful and Orderly 1-2
The Strange Case of Starship Iris 1-4
Wolf 359 1-30
Tides 1-8, mini episodes 1-4
Chicago Center for Supernatural Support, 1-12

Live Events
Pittsburgh Penguins @ Toronto Maple Leafs, October 18 2018
Skate Canada International (Laval, QC) - Exhibition Gala

Places
Canada: Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal
Singapore
Australia: Brisbane, Melbourne

Fanfic (Written)
Six years (Raven Cycle, Noah, gen, 200 words)

Well, I didn't do a lot of reading this year, but I sure listened to a lot of audio content! YouTube has basically replaced television watching in my daily routine - I mostly watch crafting and baking tutorials, so I don't feel the need to log it.

Usually I'd wait until December 31 to post this, but I'm going to be travelling, so you're getting it a few days early. I'll edit in anything I read/watch later.

These are all in reverse chronological order (most recent first).

Books
Artemis - Andy Weir
Welcome to Night Vale - Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor (audiobook read by Cecil Baldwin)*
The Obelisk Gate (Broken Earth #2) - N. K. Jemisin
Provenance - Ann Leckie
Geekerella - Ashley Poston
The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden
Timekeeper - Tara Sim
The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red - Martha Wells
The Golem and the Djinni - Helene Wecker

Television
Agatha Christie's Poirot 1x01-5x03

Anime
The Royal Tutor 1x01-1x12
Yuri!!! On Ice 1x11-1x12
Bodacious Space Pirates 1x01-1x08

Audio
The Adventure Zone 1-10

Movies
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Tales From Earthsea (2006)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 (2017)
Finding Dory (2016)
Wonder Woman (2017)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Moana (2016)

Live
Figure Skating: Winter Spectacular, featuring Jeremy Abbott and Yuka Sato
Cirque du Soleil: Kooza
Bruce Springsteen (Jan 27, 2017)
Adele (Feb 28, 2017)

Places
The Netherlands
Iceland
England
Scotland
Queensland, Australia (tomorrow)

Fanfic (Written)
Completely Transparent (Lois & Clark, gen, 200 words)
First Steps (The Raven Cycle, gen, 200 words)

Books (Alphabetical, by author)
The Hanging Tree - Ben Aaronovitch (Read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith)
Sorcerer to the Crown - Zen Cho
The High King's Golden Tongue - Megan Derr
Tournament of Losers - Megan Derr
The Broken Forest - Megan Derr
The Madness Season - C. S. Friedman
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything - Chris Hadfield (Read by Chris Hadfield)
Valor's Choice - Tanya Huff
The Fifth Season - N. K. Jemisin
The Raven and the Reindeer - T. Kingfisher
The Steerswoman (Steerswoman #1) - Rosemary Kirstein
The Outskirter's Secret (Steerswoman #2) - Rosemary Kirstein
The Lost Steersman (Steerswoman #3) - Rosemary Kirstein
The Language of Power (Steerswoman #4) - Rosemary Kirstein
Fledgling - Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
Transition (Starfarers #2) - Vonda N. McIntyre
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street - Natasha Pulley
Night Sky Mine - Melissa Scott
Dreaming Metal - Melissa Scott
A Death at the Dionysus Club - Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold
The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefvater (Raven Cycle #1)
The Dream Thieves - Maggie Stiefvater (Raven Cycle #2)
Blue Lily, Lily Blue - Maggie Stiefvater (Raven Cycle #3)
The Raven King - Maggie Stiefvater (Raven Cycle #4)
Forgotten Suns - Judith Tarr
City of Bones - Martha Wells
The Element of Fire - Martha Wells
The Edge of Worlds - Martha Wells
The Genocidal Healer - James White

Movies (roughly chronological)
Le Petit Prince (2015)
Zootopia (2016)
Arrival (2016)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Music (roughly chronological)
The Little Prince (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Spirituality 1983-2008: The Consummate Compendium - Spirit of the West
No Matter Where You Are - Us the Duo
Naturaliste - The Lucksmiths
Speak Up - The Guild League

Live Shows
Rocket Man - with Chris Hadfield and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Stars on Ice Canada
Pentatonix (with Us the Duo)

Conventions
NorWesCon 2016 (in Seattle)

Places
12 USA states, 1 roadtrip
New Zealand (north island)

Anniversaries
8 years of marriage to

theducks
12 years dating

theducks
7 years in Canada
1 year as a Canadian citizen

Crossposts: http://flamebyrd.livejournal.com/406238.html

Feel free to ask me what I thought of anything on this list, or recommend things based on it.

Books (alphabetical by author)
Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch
The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
Think of England - K. J. Charles
The Magpie Lord - K. J. Charles
Seraphina / Shadow scale - Rachel Hartman
Gabriel’s City: A Tale of Fables and Fortunes - Laylah Hunter
The Inheritance Trilogy - N. K. Jemisin
Imperial Radch Trilogy (Ancillary Justice, Ancillary Sword, Ancillary Mercy) - Ann Leckie
The Three Body Problem, the Dark Forest - Cixin Liu
Rosemary and Rue - Seanan McGuire
Discount Apocalypse - Seanan McGuire
Starfarers - Vonda N. McIntyre
Uprooted - Naomi Novik
Prince Lestat - Anne Rice
Carry On - Rainbow Rowell
Dreamships - Melissa Scott
The Roads of Heaven Trilogy - Melissa Scott
Lost Things - Melissa Scott & Jo Graham
Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe - Benjamin Alire Senz
Black Widow: Forever Red - Margaret Stohl
The Martian - Andy Weir
Stories of the Raksura: The Dead City and The Dark Earth Below - Martha Wells
Wheel of the Infinite - Martha Wells
The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps - Kai Ashante Wilson

Comics / Graphic Novels
Phoebe and Her Unicorn #1 - Dana Simpson

Music (alphabetical)
We Come from the Same Place - Allo Darlin'
Coeur de pirate - Coeur de pirate
Blonde - Coeur de pirate
American Beauty / American Psycho - Fall Out Boy
The National - The National
Beneath the Skin - Of Monsters and Men
Footnotes for the Spring - Eliza Rickman
Stories & Stone - Sassafrass
Dark was the Night - Various Artists
Matilda the Musical - Broadway Cast Recording

Movies (roughly chronological)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Inside Out
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Martian
Mistaken for Strangers (on a plane)
Mr Holmes (on a plane)
Ant-Man (on a plane)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (at 10am Dec 31)

Live Shows (roughly chronological)
Welcome to Night Vale: The Investigators (in Seattle and Vancouver)
Vancouver Canucks vs. Pittsburg Penguins
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra - Yevgeny Sudbin Plays Tchaikovsky!
Stars on Ice Canada
Neil Diamond - Melody Road Tour
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra - Mahler's 5th Symphony
Live Trek (in Seattle)
Matilda: The Musical (on Broadway)

Conventions (chronological)
Worldcon 2015 (in Spokane)
GeekGirlCon 2015 (in Seattle)
World Maker Faire New York

Places (chronological)
Sint Maarten / Saint-Martin
New York City, USA (twice)
Spokane, USA
Seattle, USA
Mexico City, Mexico

Anniversaries
7 years of marriage
12 years dating
6 years in Canada
5 years in my current job
1 month as a Canadian citizen