My Year in Pop Culture, 2020
(Presented in rough chronological order. * indicates rewatch. Please note, I don't actually recommend all of these.)
Movies
- Flavors of Youth (2018)
- Hell or High Water (2016)
- Uncut Gems (2019)
- To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (2020)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
- Onward (2020)
- Trolls World Tour (2020)
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
- Little Women (2019)
- Tigertail (2020)
- Howl's Moving Castle* (2004)
- The Half of It (2020)
- Scoob! (2020)
- The Little Vampire 3D (2017)
- 13th (2016)
- Spirited Away* (2001)
- Hamilton (2020)
- Palm Springs (2020)
- The Lovebirds (2020)
- The Old Guard (2020)
- The Truth (2019)
- Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
- Magic Mike (2012)
- What We Did On Our Holiday (2014)
- The Addams Family* (2019)
- The Witches* (1990)
- Over the Moon (2020)
- My Octopus Teacher (2020)
- Groundhog Day* (1993)
- Blinded By the Light (2019)
- Happiest Season (2020)
- Rio* (2011)
- Gremlins* (1984)
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch* (1990)
- The Santa Clause 2* (2002)
- Soul (2020)
- Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
Television
- The Witcher (S1, 2019)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995)
- Shirobako (2014)
- The Good Place (S4, 2019)
- Dr. Who (S12, 2020)
- Steven Universe Future (2019)
- Star Trek: Picard (S1, 2020)
- My Hero Academia (S4, 2019)
- Schitt's Creek (S6, 2020)
- The Ancient Magus' Bride (2017)
- Free! (S1, 2013)
- Little Fires Everywhere (2020)
- Free! (S2, 2014)
- Free! (S3, 2018)
- Normal People (2020)
- Kim's Convenience (S4, 2020)
- Never Have I Ever (S1, 2020)
- Parks & Rec (S1, 2009)
- Natsume Yuujin-cho (S1–S3, 2008–2011)
- Haikyu!! (S1, 2014)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender* (S1, 2005)
- Parks & Rec (S2, 2010)
- Haikyu!! (S2, 2015)
- Haikyu!! (S3, 2016)
- Parks & Rec (S3, 2011)
- Haikyu!! To the Top! (S4.0, 2020)
- Dr. Stone (S1, 2019)
- Log Horizon* (S1, 2013)
- Mob Psycho 100 (S1, 2016)
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Avatar: The Last Airbender* (S2, 2006)
- Mob Psycho 100 (S2, 2019)
- Log Horizon* (S2, 2014)
- One Punch Man* (S1, 2015)
- One Punch Man (S2, 2019)
- Watchmen (2019)
- Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun* (2014)
- Tsurune (S1, 2018)
- Silver Spoon* (S1, 2013)
- Silver Spoon* (S2, 2014)
- Chihayafuru (S1, 2011)
- Last Tango In Halifax (S1, 2012)
- Chihayafuru (S2, 2013)
- Chihayafuru (S3, 2019)
- Star Trek: Lower Decks (S1, 2020)
- Ted Lasso (S1, 2020)
- The Queen's Gambit (2020)
- The Undoing (2020)
- Haikyu!! To the Top! (S4.5, 2020)
- Inuyasha (S1, eps. 1–24, 2000)
- Star Trek: Discovery (S3, eps. 1-11, 2020)
- Space Brothers (eps. 1–13, 2012)
Games
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Final Fantasy VII Remake
- Night in the Woods
- A Short Hike
My Year in Books, 2020
(Alphabetical by author. * indicates re-read.)
Novels
- The Immortals of Tehran (2020), by Ali Araghi
- Starling Days (2020), by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
- Upright Women Wanted (2020), by Sarah Gailey
- When We Were Magic (2020), by Sarah Gailey
- The True Deceiver (1982), by Tove Jansson
- The Leavers (2017), by Lisa Ko
- Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear (2020), by Matthew Salesses
- The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea (2020), by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
Story Collections
- Love and Other Criminal Behaviors (2020), by Nikki Dolson
- Dark Corners (2019), by Reuben Tihi Hayslett
- Everyone on the Moon Is Essential Personnel (2020), by Julian K. Jarboe
- Tender (2017), by Sofia Samatar
Poetry
- Inquisition (2018), by Kazim Ali
- The Voice of Sheila Chandra (2020), by Kazim Ali
- Travesty Generator (2019), by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram
- Postcolonial Love Poem (2020), by Natalie Diaz
- Boom Box (2019), by Amorak Huey
- Inland Empire (2019), by Leah Huizar
- Claim Your Space (2020), by Minyoung Lee
- It's Not Magic (2019), by Jon Sands
- Homie (2020), by Danez Smith
- Cadence* (2018), by Hannah Stephenson
- Emergency Window (2012), by Ross Sutherland
- Things To Do Before You Leave Town (2009), by Ross Sutherland
- The Slip (2020), by Kary Wayson
Graphic Novels
- The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal (2020), by the McElroys and Carey Pietsch
Nonfiction, Memoir, and Other
- Lot Six (2020), by David Adjmi
- Human Archipelago (2018), by Teju Cole and Fazal Sheikh
- Stamped From the Beginning (2016), by Ibram X. Kendi
- Keep Moving (2020), by Maggie Smith
Read Aloud With My Kids
- Silver on the Tree* (1977), by Susan Cooper
- Howl's Moving Castle (1986), by Diana Wynne Jones
- The Titan's Curse (2007), by Rick Riordan
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban* (1999), by J. K. Rowling