shelf

[raxeira]

this is the shelf of things read, seen, and listened to in 2018.

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GOALS
goals with an ampersand are continued from last year. goals with a star are new.

~strive for mindfullness~
&practice meditation
&keep a consistent and regular yoga practice (twice a week or more)
&give back (donate money when possible and find ways to volunteer locally)
☆consider WANTS vs NEEDS

~become an author~
&write every day
&FINISH a novel
☆get 40 rejection letters
☆get something published

~challenge myself~
&read more books in a variety of genres
☆learn a new language
☆try online dating (AGAIN)
☆let myself fail

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updated: 12/6

SHELF

★★★★★ - beautiful | ★★★★ - excellent | ★★★ - very good |
★★ - promising | ★ - completed

books
~goodreads~
Stringer by Anjan Sundaram | ★★ - my review
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest | ★★ - my review
Old Man's War by John Scalzi | ★ - my review
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin | ★★★★★ - my review
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black | ★★★ - my review
The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin | ★★★★ - my review
The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin | ★★★★★ - my review
The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson | ★★★ - my review
Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro | ★★★★ - my review
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros | ★★★★★ - my review
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi | ★★★★★ - my review
The Road by Cormac McCarthy | ★★★★ - my review
All Systems Red by Martha Wells | ★★★ - my review
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells | ★★★ - my review
Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia | ★★★ - my review
The Night Diary by Vera Hiranandani | ★★★★★ - my review
Spook by Mary Roach | ★★★★ - my review
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik | ★★★★ - my review
Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen | ★★ - my review
The Writing Life by Annie Dillard | ★★★★★ - my review
The Orphan of Salt Winds by Elizabeth Brooks | ★★★ - my review
Melmoth by Sarah Perry | ★★★★★ - my review
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by Eugene Yelchin and M. T. Anderson | ★★★★<;/font> - my review


television
Black Mirror, 402: Arkangel | ★★★★
Black Mirror, 403: Crocodile | ★★★★
Black Mirror, 404: Hang the DJ | ★★
Black Mirror, 405: Metalhead | ★★
Black Mirror, 406: Black Museum | ★★★
Black Mirror episode reviews
The Good Place, Season 2 | ★★★★
Outlander, Season 1 | ★★★★
John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous | ★★★★
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, season 3 | ★★★★
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, season 1 | ★★★★
Great British Bake-Off, Series 9 | ★★★


movies
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | ★
Burnt (2015) | ★★
Okja (2017) | ★★★
The Last Jedi | ★★
Blade Runner 2049 | ★★★★
Black Panther | ★★★★
Get Out | ★★★★
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | ★★★★★
Coco | ★★★★
Amelie | ★★★★
Tale of Tales | ★★★★
Tully | ★★★★
Ocean's 8 | ★★★
Mary and the Witch's Flower | ★★★
The Favourite | ★★★★★

music
Dr. Ford - Ramin Djawadi - Westworld Season 1 Soundtrack
Thought Contagion - MUSE
Nina Cried Power (EP) - Hozier

stories
i am writing...
--revising The Caldera, last year's NaNo novel
--various nonfiction essays based on gardening and memoirs
--various poems
--revising Princess Dreaming, last year's Camp NaNo novel
--drafting a MG novel for Camp NaNo, called Shallow Seas
--querying that Camp NaNo novel, Shallow Seas
--drafting an Adult Fantasy novel for NaNo, called Golem
--working on short stories based on fairy tales



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