Media log!
this is page to keep track of my favorite movies, books, albums, etc as well as what the recent media i've interacted with, whether i loved it, liked it, or thought it was garbage.
recents
books
7/12/2025 | the vegetarian - han kang
no rating. i liked this as a whole and the third section/ending were really great but the first two were foiled by horrible perspectives by evil evil men. they were never supposed to be likeable but it was so hard to read (also the point but ugh)
7/3/2025 | nausea - jean-paul sartre
5/5 stars. LOVED this...hit very close to home
6/26/2025 | a man's place - annie ernaux
no rating. enjoyed reading this in one sitting. my fourth or fifth of hers...not my favorite but a good read.
6/18/2025 | the haunting of hill house - shirley jackson
3/5 stars. thought this was ok. didn't go far enough!
6/11/2025 | light years - james salter
5/5 stars. fabulous! love a devastating tale of time passing mundanely.
6/9/2025 | their borders, our world: building new solidarities with palestine - mahdi sabbagh
no rating. great read. some essays stuck more than others. Free Palestine!
movies
7/9/2025 | minari - lee isaac chung
4/5 stars, so pretty and well done but ending didn't do it for me.
7/3/2025 | drop dead gorgeous - michael patrick jann
4/5 stars. fun! a good friend of mine had been telling me to watch this since i met him. glad i finally saw it. watched in theaters with my girlfriend.
6/30/2025 | titane - julia ducournau
no rating. this was really pretty and i liked parts of it a lot...still digesting. might need a rewatch
6/24/2025 | tinker bell and the legend of the neverbeast - steve loter
5/5 stars. love this movie so much. makes me cry every time
6/22/2025 | clockwatchers - jill sprecher
no rating. ugh awesome cast and cinematography but i wanted MORE! felt like they dropped the ball
6/21/2025 | jaws - steven spielberg
4/5 stars. a classic. wanted to watch on the anniversary but i was busy. a day late was just as good.
music
wet leg - tiny desk concert
never listened to much of their music but i clicked on this today and i'm so glad i did. awesome. gotta listen to the new album sooooon
impala - songs: ohia, jason molina
5/5 stars. awesome! was on his spotify page after listening to the new mj tribute cover and this was molina's artist pick and i hadn't listened before. so so good.
my dad died - justice crow
2/5 stars. really liked "unrelenting" but the rest didn't do it for me unforch
the rapture - siouxsie and the banshees
4/5 stars. not my first listen but returned to after thinking about Nowhere.
mia gargaret - gia margaret
4/5 stars. loved! had heard some of these on their own and lots of her other stuff but had never listened to it in full. really really great. "body" made me spiral
building nothing out of something - modeset mouse
4/5 stars. i always forget about MM and then remember they exist and it's awesome.
all time faves
books
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith
- The Pumpkin Eater - Penelope Mortimer
- Lucy - Jamaica Kincaid
- Lost & Found - Kathryn Schulz
- Getting Lost - Annie Ernaux
- Breath, eyes, memory - Edwidge Dandicat
- Valley of the Dolls - Jacqueline Susann
movies
- Nowhere - Gregg Araki
- Coraline - Henry Selik
- Before Sunset - Richard Linklater
- Party Girl - Daisy von Scherler Mayer
- My First Summer - Katie Found
- Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Neverbeast - Steve Loter
- Call Me By Your Mame - Luca Guadagnino
- The Fly - David Cronenberg
- Blue Valentine - Derek Cianfrance
- Basket Case - Frank Henenlotter
- Jawbreaker - Darren Stein
- Perfect Days- Wim Wenders
albums
- And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out - Yo La Tengo
- The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
- Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
- I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone - Wednesday
- Undercurrent - Bill Evans & Jim Hall
- Ghosts of the Great Highway - Sun Kil Moon
- Wild is the Wind - Nina Simone
- Turn on the Bright Lights - Interpol
- Red Apple Falls - Smog
- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco
- Are We There - Sharon van Etten
- 69 Love Songs - The Magnetic Fields
- MJ Lenderman - MJ Lenderman
- The Return of the Durutti Column - The Durutti Column
- All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
- Discovery - Daft Punk
- American Water - Silver Jews
- Something About Airplanes - Death Cab for Cutie
- Odds Against Tomorrow - Bill Orcutt