Half-Year Lists 2020

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Favorite 2020 albums so far, in no particular order, but roughly chronological.

The Innocence Mission - See You Tomorrow

Sammy Miller & The Congregation - Leaving Egypt

Kat Edmonson - Dreamers Do

The Cleaners From Venus - Dolly Birds & Spies

Lisa Loeb - A Simple Trick to Happiness

Mandy Moore - Silver Landings

Pokey Lefarge - Rock Bottom Rhapsody

Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters

Bye Bye Blackbirds - Boxer At Rest

Georgia Ruth - Mai

Lavinia Blackwall - Muggington Lane End

Brandi Ediss - Bees and Bees and Bees

Spygenius - Man on the Sea

Anton Barbeau - Oh The Joys We Live For

Call Me Ace - Working From Home

The Explorer's Club - The Explorer's Club

Garden of Earthly Delights, an XTC Celebration

Dolph Chaney - Rebuilding Permit

Fireproof Sam and the Selfsame Four - To Keep You Vultures Happy

The Corner Laughers - Temescal Telegraph

Favorite 2020 Movies, TV, etc. in no particular order:

Miss Americana (2020)

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)

Becoming (II) (2020)

The Half of It (I) (2020)

You (2018- )

The Good Place (2016-2020)

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020- )

Encore! (2019- )

Spinning Out (2020)

Schitt's Creek (2015-2020)

The Stranger (I) (2020- )

Hillary (2020)

Little Fires Everywhere (2020)

Tiger King (2020)

Hilda (2018-2020)

Unorthodox (2020)

After Life (2019- )

Dead to Me (2019- )

Workin' Moms (2017- )

Fuller House (2016-2020)

13 Reasons Why (2017-2020)

Marcella (2016- )

Favorite Books read in 2020 so far, from all years, in no particular order:

Uncanny Valley: A Memoir - Wiener, Anna



The Infinite Future - Wirkus, Tim

The Greatest Living Englishman - Newell, Martin

The Future of Another Timeline - Newitz, Annalee

Here and Now and Then - Chen, Mike

The Enchanted Life: Unlocking the Magic of the Everyday - Blackie, Sharon

Middle England (Rotters' Club, #3) - Coe, Jonathan

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1) - Sloan, Robin

The Forgotten Garden - Morton, Kate

Tell the Wolves I'm Home - Brunt, Carol Rifka

A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons - Folds, Ben

Healing Politics: A Doctor’s Journey into the Heart of Our Political Epidemic - El-Sayed, Abdul

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures - Sheldrake, Merlin

The Wonder - Donoghue, Emma *

Edie on the Green Screen - Lisick, Beth