Here’s my 2024 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
- Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa (8.5)
- The Cat Who Saved Books: A Novel by Sosuke Natsukawa (8)
- Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Novel by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (8.5)
- Days at the Morisaki Bookshop: A Novel by Satoshi Yagisawa (8.5)
- The Easy Life in Kamusari by Shion Miura (8.5)
- A Tale for the Time Being: A Novel by Ruth Ozeki (9)
- Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments by Joe Posnanski (7)
- Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration by Sara Dykman (7)
- Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng (9)
- The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki (9)
- Waiting by Ha Jin (7)
- Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree (8)
- Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (8)
- Realm of the Blue Mist by Amy Kim Kibuishi (7)
- Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods by Grace Lin (8)
- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, 1) by Becky Chambers (9)
- Dear Wendy by Ann Zhou (9)
- Bedsit Disco Queen by Tracey Thorn (7.5)
- This Disaster Loves You by Richard Roper (7)
- The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai (7)
- Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig (7)
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (7.5)
- The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See (8.5)
- Flower Net by Lisa See (6.5)
- The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl (8)
- And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer: A Novella by Fredrik Backman (8)
See my current reading list at GoodReads, or my 2024 Year in Books.
Movies and Dorama
- Mental Tsuyome Bijo Shirakawa-san (7.5)
- Sweet Bean / あん (9)
- John Wick: Chapter 2 (7)
- Blue Eye Samurai (S01) (7.5)
- Dusty Slay: Workin’ Man (8)
- Koisenu Futari / 恋せぬふたり (8.5)
- Elemental (7.5)
- Past Lives (9)
- Cafe Funiculi Funicula /コーヒーが冷めないうちに (7)
- The Dragon Tamer (7)
- Perfect Days (9)
- Nai Nai and Wai Po (7)
- Dune: Part 1 (7.5)
- Morisaki Shoten no Hibi / 森崎書店の日々 (7.5)
- Silent Parade / 沈黙のパレード (8)
- Baby Driver (7)
- Wish (6)
- Shortcomings (8)
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (8)
- Meditation Park (8)
- Why We Ride (6.5)
- The Marvels (7)
- Star Wars: Tales of the Empire (7)
- Jimmy O. Yang: Good Deal (8)
- Jimmy O. Yang: Guess How Much? (8)
- The Big Year (8)
- Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi (8)
- Nimona (7)
- Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (7)
- When Marnie Was There (9)
- Don’t Make Me Go (6)
- Hundreds of Beavers (7)
- Kamogawa Shokudo / 鴨川食堂 (8)
- Tokyo Godfathers (7.5)
- Whisper of the Heart (9)
- The Acolyte (S01) (6.5)
- Yu Yu Hakusho / 幽☆遊☆白書 (6.5)
- Mio on the Shore / わたしは光をにぎっている (7)
- Tokyo Godfathers (7.5)
- The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House (8)
- Dune: Part 2 (7)
- Quiz Lady (7)
- My Happy Ending (5)
- The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (8.5)
- Love Hard (7)
- River / リバー、流れないでよ (7)
