Books Read in Winter 2017
- Heart of the Fae by Emma Hamm
- Veins of Magic (#2) by Emma Hamm [series rating 4/5]
- Circe by Madeline Miller [4/5]
- Flux by Orion Vanessa [3/5]
- The Sun & her Flowers by Rupi Kaur [5/5]
- Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett [4/5]
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott [3/5]
- Cry of the Firebird by Amy Kuivalainen
- Ashes of the Firebird (#2) by Amy Kuivalainen
- Rise of the Firebird (#3) by Amy Kuivalainen [series rating 3.5/5]
- Shadowsong (#2) by S. Jae-Jones [3.5/5]
- The Faerie Queen by Edmund Spenser [5/5]
- Stolen Songbird by Danielle L. Jensen [3/5]
- The Changeling Sea by Patricia A. McKillip [5/5]
- A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson [4/5]
—All in total, I’d say winter 2017 was a decent reading season. I tried to read some books I’ve never heard of before I stumbled upon them, and even a few sequels here and there. The Faerie Queen was thrust upon me in my Renaissance Literature class, but I loved it enough (and the book is large enough) to warrant a place on this list! Flux and The Sun & Her Flowers are both poetry, while Pond is an autobiography. The rest are fiction, and I believe out of all of them I enjoyed Circe the most, no matter the 4 star rating. I hope spring brings just as many positive reads as winter did! (You can find reviews for all of these books on the homepage.)
Movies Seen
- It, (dir.) Andy Muschietti
- Mother! (dir.) Darren Aronofsky
- Captain Fantastic (dir.) Matt Ross
- The Lure (dir.) Agnieszka Smoczynska
- Lady Bird (dir.) Greta Gerwig
- Very Good Girls (dir.) Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal
- Call Me by Your Name (dir.) Luca Guadagnino
—I’ve been watching reruns of my favorite show, Vikings, for the most part of winter, but in the meantime these amazing movies found their ways into my heart…especially Captain Fantastic. Lady Bird and Call Me by Your Name were amazing as well, and I cried during both. I’m going to see Black Panther this weekend and I have a feeling it’ll be another winter hit to add to the list! The Lure is a Polish rock-opera type film with mermaids who work in a strip club. Yeah, you just read that.
New Favorite Music
- gun shy / widowspeak
- portuguese knife fight / cage the elephant
- fountain of youth / local natives
- sure as spring / la luz
- in the aeroplane over the sea / neutral milk hotel
- i’m writing a novel / father john misty
- the spell / naomi punk
- deer creek canyon / sera cahoone
- always forever / cults
- so says i / the shins
- all apologies / nirvana
- ancient names (part 1) / lord huron
- sister / the black keys
- miracle mile / cold war kids
- congratulations / MGMT
- tangible intangible / fly golden eagle
- happiest man on earth / broken back
- ruby carol / dan sartain
- silver lining / guards
- fire in the sky / palace
- st.walker / young the giant
- black beak / young blood hawke
- so what / the mowgli’s
- the deep end / hurricane bells
—A bunch of these are fairly old but it’s my first time really getting into the vibe of them. The rest are all recent hits that I’ve been subjected to listen to while working at Free People… and needless to say they’ve grown on me. I really love Widowspeak and Cage the Elephant. You can listen to this playlist here on my Spotify.
Anthology of V. 