Disclaimer: I only rank shows that I watch and I'm not a TV critic. Also, there are some spoilers. Read at your own risk…

Last year I watched 13 shows from 2021. This year I watched 11 shows that aired new episodes in 2023--a little less but not too bad consider last year I had three months off from work and this year I was busy with more writing ( Read more... )

Last year, I read 11 books! This year I read 15. Well over my usual goal of 10 books per year thanks to four audio books. I also listened to a lot of podcasts, which I have included at the end of this list. This was the first year I listened to audiobooks! I'm not the best listener, but I realized that if the book is non-fiction and similar in ( Read more... )

Last year I saw 30 movies, all at home or on a plane, and this year I also saw 30. I saw 4 new movies (last year it was 2), and 26 older movies streaming/on a plane. I saw 2 of the new movies either in the theater, and 2 streaming.
Notable movie moments this year were seeing two movies in a movie theater again, being introduced to Rian Johnson's ( Read more... )

Last year I saw 36 shows. This year I saw 34, so a little drop from last year, but not too bad. 24 of those were in person, 10 were streaming, on Zoom, or in a movie theater. I saw two more in-person show than last year, and slightly fewer streaming shows.

I performed/read in the 2 Thornton Wilder Society readings, and one was a reading of my ( Read more... )

Disclaimer: I only rank shows that I watch and I'm not a TV critic. Also, there are some spoilers. Read at your own risk…

Last year I watched 12 shows from 2021. This year I watched 13 shows from 2022--doing well! Last year I also watched 11 seasons from previous years. This year I watched 14, as well as a entire series rewatches of The Good Place ( Read more... )

Last year, I read 10 books! This year I read 11. I am a little over my usual goal of 10 books per year. I also listened to a lot of podcasts, which I have included at the end of this list.

Overall, I read 4 fiction books (2 contemporary, 1 classic, 1 romance--I also read 4 fiction books last year), 4 non-fiction books (1 theater book, 2 books of ( Read more... )

Last year I saw 31 movies, all at home, and this year I saw 30, also all at home or on a plane. I saw 2 new movies (last year it was 7), and 28 older movies streaming/on a plane (same as last year).

I saw 2 new feature-length movies either in the theater, from theaters, or new movies streaming that would have been shown in theaters this year. Both ( Read more... )

Last year I saw 36 shows. This year I also saw 36, so the same as last year's drop. 22 of those were in person, 2 outdoors. While I did see more in person shows than streaming this year, I was very thankful for the opportunities to watch streaming shows.

I performed/read in the 3 Thornton Wilder Society readings. 1 show was connected to an article ( Read more... )

Last year, I read 11 books! This year I read 10. I just made my usual goal of 10 books per year. I also listened to a lot of podcast and have started including those at the end of this list.

Overall, I read 4 fiction books (3 contemporary, and 1 classic of short stories--same number of fiction books as last year), 5 non-fiction books (1 design/ ( Read more... )

Disclaimer: I only rank shows that I watch and I'm not a TV critic. Also, there are some spoilers. Read at your own risk…

Last year I watched 11 shows from 2020. This year I watched 12 shows from 2021--doing well! I technically didn't finish all of Dickinson because they put out two seasons this year, but since I watched the bulk of it I am ( Read more... )