Here’s my 2019 list of books I’ve read and movies I’ve watched, with my rating of how much I liked it, in parentheses (out of 10).
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Books
- Calypso by David Sedaris (9)
- Goodbye Things by Fumio Sasaki (7.5)
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo (8)
- The Lost Temple of Ssis’sythyss (The Dungeoneers Book 3) by Jeffery Russell (8.5)
- The Mind-Gut Connection: How the Hidden Conversation Within Our Bodies Impacts Our Mood, Our Choices, and Our Overall Health by Emeran Mayer (7)
- When Strangers Meet: How People You Don’t Know Can Transform You by Kio Stark (6.5)
- The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang (7)
- Men Without Women: Stories by Haruki Murakami (8)
- Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up by Marie Kondo (8)
- Kokoro by Soseki Natsume (9)
- Dungeoneers: Mazerynth (The Dungeoneers Book 4) by Jefferey Russell (9)
- Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (8.5)
- A Minimalist Life: Make Space for the Good and the Extraordinary by Regina Wong (7.5)
- The View from Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America by Sarah Kendzior (9)
- Nimona by Noelle Stevenson (7.5)
- China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan (9)
- Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan (8)
- Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, Book 1) by Lee Child (9)
- Balancing on Blue: A Thru-Hiking Adventure on the Appalachian Trail by Keith Foskett (8)
- See my current reading list at GoodReads, or my 2019 Year in Books.
Movies and Dorama
- The Meg (5)
- Roma (9) 😭😭
- Tremble All You Want / 勝手にふるえてろ (7) 😭 review
- The Brand New Testament (6)
- Tidying Up with Marie Kondo (7)
- Boy Erased (7.5)
- Shirkers (8)
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (9)
- Pedal the World (6)
- The Miracles of the Namiya General Store / ナミヤ雑貨店の奇蹟 (8) 😭😭
- After Life – Season 1 (9) 😭
- Captain Marvel (8.5) review
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (8)
- Ip Man (7)
- The 8-Year Engagement (7.5)
- My Amazing Boyfriend (6.5)
- Room for Let (6.5)
- Chihayafuru: Shimo no Ku / ちはやふる 下の句 (8)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (7)
- Chihayafuru: Musubi / ちはやふる 結び (8.5)
- Shoplifters / 万引き家族 (8.5)
- Unicorn Store (6)
- Chennai Express (8)
- A Suitable Girl (7)
- Okko’s Inn (9) review
- Good Morning / お早よう (8.5)
- Perfect Blue / パーフェクトブルー (8)
- Early Summer / 麦秋 (8.5)
- Avengers: Endgame (7.5)
- Detective Pikachu (8.5)
- The Imitation Game (8)
- Brené Brown: The Call to Courage (8.5)
- When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to be Dead / 家に帰ると妻が必ず死んだふりをしています (7) review
- Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife (8)
- Shino Can’t Say Her Own Name / 志乃ちゃんは自分の名前が言えない (7.5)
- Ramen Heads (6.5)
- Laplace’s Witch / ラプラスの魔女 (6)
- Fireworks / 打ち上げ花火、下から見るか? 横から見るか? (6.5) review
- A Silent Voice (8.5) review
- Always Be My Maybe (8.5)
- Train to Busan / 부산행 (7)
- The Farewell (8.5) 😭 review
- Love Live! Sunshine!! / ラブライブ! サンシャイン!! (7.5)
- The Third Murder / 三度目の殺人 (6.5)
- Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow (7) review
- Kids on the Slope / 坂道のアポロン (7)
- American Factory (7)
- Ramen Teh (7.5)
- Survival Family (8)
- Aladdin (2019) (6.5)
- Late Spring / 晩春 (8.5)
- The End of Summer / 小早川家の秋 (8)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (8.5)
- Frozen II (8)
