The Red Palace by June Hur

Reading:
(yummy yummy books…)

  • Lady Odelia’s Secret (Scott-DeQuincy #2) by Jane Steen
  • Tell Me An Ending by Jo Harkin
  • The First Robot President by Robert Carlyle Taylor
  • The Red Palace by June Hur
  • The Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi
  • The Carnival of Ash by Tom Beckerlegge
  • When Blood Lies (Sebastian St. Cyr #17) by C.S. Harris
  • A Perilous Perspective (Lady Darby #10) by Anna Lee Huber
  • Murder on Madison Square (Gaslight Mysteries #25) by Victoria Thompson
  • Fierce Poison (Barker & Llewelyn #13) by Will Thomas
  • Like Flames in the Night (Cities of Refuge #4) by Connilyn Cossette
  • Carved in Stone (Blackstone Legacy #1) by Elizabeth Camden
  • Quicksilver (Baroque Cycle Series #1) by Neal Stephenson
  • Murder in the Place of Anubis by Lynda S. Robinson
  • Hush of Storm and Sorrow (Earthsinger novella #2) by L. Penelope
  • Current fanfic obsessions: Avengers and Captain America (movieverse) fic…. See my fanfic recommendations page for favorites.

Recently finished reading ~ see also Reading List

  • Cleopatra’s Dagger by Carole Lawrence
  • The Time of the Dark by Barbara Hambley
  • Skyward Inn by Aliya Whiteley
  • Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Board
  • The Empress of Salt and Fortune (novella) by Nghi Vo
  • Brand of Light (Droseran Saga #1) by Ronie Kendig
  • Scorpica (Five Queendoms #1) by G.R. McCallister
  • The Symmetry of Stars by Alex Myers
  • Together We Will Go by J. Michael Stracynski
  • Clean Air by Sarah Blake
  • An Impossible Imposter (Veronica Speedwell #7) by Deanna Raybourn
  • The Mask of Mirrors (Rook and Rose #1) by M.A. Carrick
  • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas
  • Innate Magic by Shannon Fay
  • Abandoned in Death (In Death #54) by J.D. Robb
  • Liaden Universe Constellation #5 by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
  • Death on the Sapphire (Lady Frances Ffolkes #1) by R.J. Koreto
  • Marion Lane and the Deadly Rose (Marion Lane #2) by T.A. Willberg
  • Into the Dying Light (Age of Darkness #3) by Katy Rose Pool
  • Seven Mercies by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May
  • The Night Burns Bright by Ross Barkan
  • The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath
  • The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings #1) by Mackenzi Lee
  • Thronebreakers (Crownchasers #2)  by Rebecca Coffindaffer
  • The Maid by Nita Prose
  • The Atlas Six (Atlas #1) by Olivie Blake
  • The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
  • Firefly: Carnival by Una McCormack
  • The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig
  • Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
  • The Untold Story (Invisible Library #8) by Genevieve Cogman
  • The Case of the Wandering Scholar (Leticia Rodd #2) by Kate Saunders
  • City of the Uncommon Thief by Lynn Bertrand
  • How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith
  • The World Gives Way by Marissa Levien
  • All the Whys of Delilah’s Demise by Neve Maslakovic
  • The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
  • Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
  • The Excalibur Curse (Camelot Rising #3) by Kiersten White
  • Boundaries (Valdemar anthology) by Mercedes Lackey
  • The Secrets of Wishtide (Leticia Rodd #1) by Kate Saunders
  • Star Trek Coda 1: Moments Asunder by Dayton Ward
  • Star Trek Coda 2: The Ashes of Tomorrow by James Swallow
  • Star Trek Coda 3: Oblivion’s Gate by David Mack
  • Buried Memories (Ishmael Jones #10) by Simon R. Green
  • The Sin of Certainty by Peter Enns
  • The Fictional Man by Al Ewing
  • Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
  • Jade Fire Gold by June C.L. Tan
  • The Fall of Babel (Books of Babel #4) by Josiah Bancroft
  • Paradigm 2045: Humanity’s Promise by Robert W. Ross
  • The Forgotten Jesus by Robby Gallaty
  • A Marvellous Light (Last Binding #1) by Freya Marske
  • Miss Moriarty, I Presume (Lady Sherlock #6) by Sherry Thomas
  • The God of Lost Words (Hell’s Library #3) by A.J. Hackwith
  • The Prophet of Akhran (Rose of the Prophet #3) by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (reread)
  • The Paladin of the Night (Rose of the Prophet #2) by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (reread)
  • The Will of the Wanderer (Rose of the Prophet #1) by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (reread)
  • Nightfall and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov (reread)
  • Briar Heart by Mercedes Lackey
  • Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell
  • An Elderly Lady is up to No Good by Helene Tursten
  • Suncatcher: Seven Days in the Sky by Alia Gee
  • The Killer on the Bell Tower by Issy Brooke
  • Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens (Wrexford and Sloan #5) by Andrea Penrose
  • Oaths of Legacy (Bloodright Trilogy #2) by Emily Skrutskie
  • Steel Guardian by Cameron Coral
  • Model Exposure (Haven Investigations #4) by Lissa Kasey
  • Model Investigator (Haven Investigations #3) by Lissa Kasey
  • Model Bodyguard (Haven Investigations #2) by Lissa Kasey
  • The Hawthorne Legacy (Inheritance Games #2) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
  • Forgotten in Death (In Death Series #53) by J.D. Robb
  • The Future Library (novella) by Peng Shepherd
  • Sword Stone Table (anthology) edited by Swapna Krishna
  • Constance by Matthew FitzSimmons
  • Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee
  • The Freedom Race by Lucinda Roy
  • Suns Will Rise (Systems Divine #3) by Jessica Brody and Joanna Rendell
  • Model Citizen (Haven Investigations #1) by Lissa Kasey
  • The Second Rebel (The First Sister #2) by Linden A. Lewis
  • Her Smoke Goes Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.
  • Silence in the Library (Lily Adler #2) by Katharine Schellman
  • A Desert Torn Asunder by Bradley Beaulieu
  • The Female Man by Joanna Russ
  • No Darkness as Like Death by Nancy Herriman
  • Grand Theft Astro by Scott Meyer
  • The Menopause Manifesto by Jennifer Gunter
  • We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
  • We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
  • The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious #4) by Maureen Johnson
  • The Impossible Girl by Lydia Kang
  • Death at the Crystal Palace (Below Stairs #5) by Jennifer Ashley
  • Jesus: A Theography by Leonard Sweet
  • The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton
  • A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
  • Beyond: The Founding of Valdemar by Mercedes Lackey
  • The Prince of Spies (Hope and Glory Book #3) by Elizabeth Camden
  • Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston
  • A Gilded Lady (Hope and Glory #2) by Elizabeth Camden
  • Until the Mountains Fall (Cities of Refuge #3) by Connilyn Cossette
  • The Widow Queen (The Bold #1) by Elzbieta Cherezinska
  • Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder by T.A. Willberg
  • Yokohama Station SF by Yuba Isukari and Tatsuyuki Tanaka
  • Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
  • Dark Star Rising (Blackwood & Virtue #2) by Bennett R. Coles
  • The Vela (space anthology)
  • Vicarious by Rhett C. Bruno
  • The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird
  • Goldilocks by Laura Lam
  • Defending the Galaxy (Sentinels of the Galaxy #3) by Maria V. Snyder
  • Murder on Wall Street (Gaslight Mysteries #24) by Victoria Thompson
  • The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers #4) by Becky Chambers
  • Fugitive Telemetry (Murderbot #6) by Martha Wells
  • Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (Murderbot novella) by Martha Wells
  • Chasing the Shadows (Sentinels of the Galaxy #2) by Maria V. Snyder
  • Dance With Death (Barker & Llewelyn #12) by Will Thomas
  • Navigating the Stars (Sentinels of the Galaxy #1) by Maria V. Snyder
  • The Three Locks (Sherlock Holmes #4) by Bonnie MacBird
  • Whispers of Shadow and Flame (Earthsinger #2) by L. Penelope
  • Breath of Dust and Dawn (Earthsinger novella #1) by L. Penelope
  • Winds of Marque (Blackwood & Virtue #1) by Bennett R. Coles
  • Murder on the Orient Express (Poirot #10) by Agatha Christie
  • Before She Sleeps by Bina Shah
  • Rule of Wolves (King of Scars #2) by Leigh Bardugo
  • A Wicked Conceit (Lady Darby #9) by Anna Lee Huber
  • Ten Women Who Ruled the Renaissance (lecture series) by Joyce E. Salisbury
  • The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Poirot #1) by Agatha Christie
  • The Final Empire (Mistborn #1) by Brandon Sanderson
  • What the Devil Knows (Sebastian St. Cyr #16) by C.S. Harris
  • Powerful Women of the Medieval World (lecture series) by Dorsey Armstrong
  • You’re Going to Mars by Rob Dirsks
  • Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
  • The First Sister (The First Sister #1) by Linden A. Lewis
  • The House on Widows Hill (Ishmael Jones #9) by Simon R. Green
  • Night Train to Murder (Ishmael Jones #8) by Simon R. Green
  • The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
  • Spellmaker (Spellbreaker #2) by Charlie N. Holmberg
  • Till Sudden Death Do Us Part (Ishmael Jones #7) by Simon R. Green
  • Murder in the Dark (Ishmael Jones #6) by Simon R. Green
  • Life Signs (Firefly) by James Lovegrove
  • Song of Blood and Stone (Earthsinger #1) by L. Penelope
  • A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan #2) by Arkady Martine
  • An Unexpected Peril (Veronica Speedwell #6) by Deanna Raybourn
  • Chain of Iron (Last Hours #2) by Cassandra Clare
  • Into the Thinnest of Air (Ishmael Jones #5) by Simon R. Green
  • Daughter of the Serpentine (Dragoneer Academy #2) by E.E. Knight
  • The House on Vesper Sands by Paraic O’Donnell
  • Very Important Corpses (Ishmael Jones #3) by Simon R. Green
  • Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes by E. Randolph Richards
  • Dead Man Walking (Ishmael Jones #2) by Simon R. Green
  • City of Schemes (Counterfeit Lady #4) by Victoria Thompson
  • A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses #4) by Sarah J. Maas
  • The Silver Pigs (Falco #1) by Lindsay Davis
  • The Dark Side of the Road (Ishmael Jones #1) by Simon R. Green
  • Faithless in Death (In Death #52) by J.D. Robb
  • Wings of Ebony by J. Elle
  • Death Shall Come (Ishmael Jones #4) by Simon R. Green
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea-Devils (Cthulhu Casebooks #3) by James Lovegrove
  • Powerful Women Who Ruled the Ancient World (lecture series) by Kara Cooney
  • Earth and Air (EGN novella #2) by Janet Edwards
  • A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Mayhem (Lady’s Guide #1) by Manda Collins
  • Muse by Brittany Cavallaro
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (Cthulhu Casebooks #2) by James Lovegrove
  • Earth 2788 (EGN stories) by Janet Edwards
  • Earth and Fire (EGN novella #1) by Janet Edwards
  • The Liar’s Dictionary by Elly Williams
  • The Heiress of Linn Hagh by Karen Charlton
  • The Religious Body by Catherine Aird
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (Cthulhu Casebooks #1) by James Lovegrove
  • For the Sake of the Game (anthology) edited by Laurie King
  • Lore by Alexandra Bracken
  • The Traitor Baru Comorant by Seth Dickinson
  • Echoes of Sherlock (anthology) edited by Laurie King
  • The Ashes of London (Marwood and Lovett #1) by Andrew Taylor
  • Sherlock: The Voice of Treason by George Mann
  • Clockwork Secrets: Heavy Fire (Clockwork Heart #3) by Dru Pagliassotti
  • Clockwork Lies: Iron Wind (Clockwork Heart #2) by Dru Pagliassotti
  • Clockwork Heart (Clockwork Heart #1) by Dru Pagliassotti (reread)
  • Earth Prime by Janet Edwards
  • The Dark Archive (Invisible Library #7) by Genevieve Cogman
  • A Sky Beyond the Storm (Ember in the Ashes #4) by Sabaa Tahir
  • Trader’s Leap (Liaden #23) by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
  • The Spice King (Hope and Glory #1) by Elizabeth Camden
  • The Kingless Crown by Sarah M. Cradit
  • Bookburners: Season Five by Max Gladstone, et al.
  • Rhythm of War (Stormlight Archive #4) by Brandon Sanderson
  • The Camelot Betrayal (Camelot Rising #2) by Kiersten White
  • Passages (Valdemar anthology) edited by Mercedes Lackey
  • The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Scavenger Blood (Scavenger Exodus #2) by Janet Edwards
  • Brightly Burning by Alexa Donne
  • Animal Farm by George Orwell
  • 1984 by George Orwell
  • The Stars We Steal by Alexa Donne
  • The Labyrinth’s Archivist (Broken Cities #1) by Day Al-Mohamed
  • Spellbreaker (Spellbreaker #1) by Charlie N. Holmberg
  • Scavenger Alliance (Scavenger Exodus #1) by Janet Edwards
  • Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
  • This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
  • As the Shadow Rises (Age of Darkness #2) by Katy Rose Pool
  • Clockwork Alchemist by Sara C. Roethle
  • The Christian Atheist by Craig Groeschel
  • The Archive of the Forgotten (Hell’s Library #2) by A.J. Hackwith
  • Murder on Cold Street (Ladyfkaty Sherlock #5) by Sherry Thomas
  • The Vanishing Sky by L. Annette Binder
  • Murder at Queen’s Landing (Wrexford and Sloan #4) by Andrea Penrose
  • The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
  • The Traitor Queen (Bridge Kingdom #2) by Danielle L. Jensen
  • Crownchasers by Rebecca Coffindaffer
  • The Body in the Garden (Lily Adler #1) by Katherine Schellman
  • The Faithless Hawk (Merciful Crow #2) by Margaret Owen
  • Summon Up the Blood by R.N. Morris
  • Battle Ground (Dresden Files #17) by Jim Butcher
  • Gold Wings Rising (Skybound #3) by Alex London
  • Future Science Fiction Digest, Issue 8
  • Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture by Emma Dabiri
  • Shadows of Death (In Death #51) by J.D. Robb
  • The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge #0) by Ken Follett
  • The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
  • The City We Became by N.K. Jemisen
  • The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
  • The Lost Book of the White (Eldest Curses #2) by Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu
  • Wolfsong (Green Creek #1) by TJ Klune
  • Drowned Country by Emily Tesh
  • The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
  • A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
  • The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
  • The Last Uncharted Sky (Risen Kingdoms #3) by Craig Craddock
  • Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh
  • Seven Devils by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May
  • Murder in the East End by Jennifer Ashley
  • The Worse of All Possible Worlds (Salvagers #3) by Alex White
  • Peace Talks (Dresden Files #16) by Jim Butcher
  • When the Jackals Storm the Walls by Bradley Beaulieu
  • The Immortal City (Magicians of Venice #1) by Amy Kuivalainen
  • A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson
  • Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr
  • My Fair Captain by J.L. Langley
  • The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden
  • Oathbringer (Stormlight Archive #3) by Brandon Sanderson
  • Between Burning Worlds (Systems Divine #2) by Jessica Brody and Joanna Rendell
  • Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
  • Edgedancer (Stormlight Archive #2.5) by Brandon Sanderson
  • Words of Radiance (Stormlight Archive #2) by Brandon Sanderson
  • Spy, Spy Again (Family Spies #3) by Mercedes Lackey
  • White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
  • The Last Astronaut by David Wellington
  • Sky Without Stars (Systems Divine #1) by Jessica Brody and Joanna Rendell
  • Defending Jacob by William Landay
  • The Unsettling Stars (new Star Trek) by Alan Dean Foster
  • The Way of Kings (Stormlight Archive #1) by Brandon Sanderson
  • Network Effect (Murderbot #5) by Martha Wells
  • Bonds of Brass (Bloodright #1) by Emily Skrutskie
  • Shorefall (Founders #2) by Robert Jackson Bennett
  • Doctor Who: At Childhood’s End by Sophie Aldred
  • Murder on Pleasant Avenue (Gaslight Mysteries #23) by Victoria Thompson
  • Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth
  • A Stroke of Malice (Lady Darby #8) by Anna Lee Huber
  • Deception on Sable Hill (Chicago World’s Fair #2) by Shelley Gray
  • Whispers in the Reading Room (Chicago World’s Fair #3) by Shelley Gray
  • Who Speaks for the Damned (Sebastian St. Cyr #15) by C.S. Harris
  • Firefly: The Ghost Machine by James Lovegrove
  • Secrets of the Sloane House (Chicago World’s Fair #1) by Shelley Gray
  • Mission Improper (London Steampunk; Blue Bloods #1) by Bec McMaster
  • The Bughouse Affair (Carpenter & Quincannon #1) by Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini
  • Hearts of Oak by Eddie Robson
  • The Electric Heir (Feverwake #2) by Victoria Lee
  • No Quiet Among the Shadows by Nancy Herriman
  • The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold
  • A Murderous Relation (Veronica Speedwell #5) by Deanna Raybourn
  • Chain of Gold (Last Hours #1) by Cassandra Clare
  • Honors Lost (Honors #3) by Rachel Caine and Ann Aguirre
  • The Dark Unwinding by Sharon Cameron
  • Everything Below the Waist by Jennifer Block
  • The War Outside by Monica Hesse
  • The Pericles Commission (Athenian Mysteries #1) by Gary Corby
  • The Day It Finally Happens by Mike Pearl
  • Aether Rising by Cecilia Dominic
  • Clockwork Phantom by Cecilia Dominic
  • Aether Spirit by Cecilia Dominic
  • The Thief (Queen’s Thief #1) by Megan Whaley Turner
  • Eros Element by Cecilia Dominic
  • Curious Toys by Elizabeth Hand
  • The Binding by Bridget Collins
  • Golden in Death (In Death #50) by J.D. Robb
  • The Hand on the Wall (Truly Devious #3) by Maureen Johnson
  • Beneath the Twisted Trees by Bradley Beaulieu
  • Murder on the Intergalatic Railway by Kate Macleod
  • The Radium Girls by Kate Moore
  • Free Chocolate by Amber Royer
  • The Hummingbird Dagger by Cindy Anstey
  • A Trace of Deceit by Karen Odden
  • The Secret Chapter (Invisible Library #6) by Genevieve Cogman
  • Lost Transmissions: The Secret History of Science Fiction and Fantasy by Desirina Boskovich
  • The Devil’s Due (Sherlock Holmes #3) by Bonnie MacBird
  • The Hanged Man (Tarot Sequence #2) by K.D. Edwards
  • Murder at the Opera (Atlas Catesby #3) by D.M. Quincy
  • Seasons (Valdemar; anthology) by Mercedes Lackey, et al.
  • Accepting the Lance (Liaden #22) by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
  • The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry
  • Lethal Pursuit (Barker & Llewelyn #11) by Will Thomas
  • The Guinevere Deception (Camelot Rising #1) by Kiersten White
  • Novice Dragoneer by E.E. Knight
  • There Will Come a Darkness (Age of Darkness #1) by Katy Rose Pool
  • Flamebringer by Elle Katharine White
  • City of Scoundrels (Counterfeit Lady #3) by Victoria Thompson
  • Gentlewoman by Enitan O. Bereola II
  • The Last Dance by Martin L. Shoemaker
  • Exit Strategy (Murderbot Diaries #4) by Martha Wells
  • The Toll (Scythe #3) by Neal Shusterman
  • Supernova (Renegades #3) by Marissa Meyer
  • Kill the Farm Boy (Tales of Pell #1) by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne
  • Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather
  • Rogue Protocol (Murderbot Diaries #3) by Martha Wells
  • Merciless Reason (Wilderstern Saga #3) by Oisin McGann
  • The Vile Desire to Scream (Wilderstern Saga novella) by Oisin McGann
  • House of Cards (Negotiator #2) by C.E. Murphy
  • Hands of Flame (Negotiator #3) by C.E. Murphy
  • The Wisdom of Dead Men (Wilderstern Saga #2) by Oisin McGann
  • The Warehouse by Rob Hart
  • The Art of Theft (Lady Sherlock #4) by Sherry Thomas
  • The Library of the Unwritten (Hell’s Library #1) by A.J. Hackwith
  • Ancient Appetites (Wilderstern Saga #1) by Oisin McGann
  • Heart of Stone (Negotiator #1) by C.E. Murphy
  • The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jenson
  • The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harlow
  • The Ultimate Guide for the Avid Indoorsman by John Driver
  • Murder at Kensington Palace (Wrexford and Sloan #3) by Andrea Penrose
  • The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen
  • The Mythic Dream (anthology)
  • Sherlock Holmes in America (anthology)
  • Red Skies Falling (Skybound Saga #2) by Alex London
  • The House of Sundering Flames (Dominion of the Fallen #3) by Aliette de Bodard
  • The Magnolia Sword by Sherry Thomas
  • Artificial Condition (Murderbot Diaries #2) by Martha Wells
  • Sword and Pen (Great Library #5) by Rachel Caine
  • To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
  • Vendetta in Death (In Death series #49) by J.D. Robb
  • I am a Cat by Soseki Natsume
  • Storm Riders (Dragon Brigade #2) by Margaret Weis and Robert Krammes
  • The Seventh Sigil (Dragon Brigade #3) by Margaret Weis and Robert Krammes
  • The Year of the Knife by G.D. Penman
  • The Zeppelin Deception (Stoker & Holmes #5) by Colleen Gleason
  • Vow of Thieves (Remnant #5) by Mary E. Pearson
  • Footsteps in the Dark (mystery anthology)
  • Shadow Raiders (Dragon Brigade #1) by Margaret Weis and Robert Krammes
  • The Butterfly Conspiracy (Merriweather and Royston #1) by Vivian Conroy
  • The Hound of Justice by Claire O’Dell
  • The Traitor’s Kingdom (Traitor’s Trilogy #3) by Erin Beaty

Movies (in theaters/dvd)

  • Seen:
    • Avengers 3: Infinity War … OMG
    • Justice League … better than I’d heard
    • Thor 3: Ragnarok
    • Transformers (5): The Last Knight
    • Wonder Woman … loved it!
    • X-Men: Apocalypse
    • Now You See Me: The Second Act
    • Star Trek Beyond
    • Captain America 3: Civil War … loved it as I thought I would; Cap2 is still my fave MCU movie, however
    • Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice … better than I expected though kinda tedious in parts
    • Allegiant
    • Hunger Games 3: The Mockingjay, Part 2 … satisfying ending to a very entertaining movie series
    • Avengers 2: Age of Ultron … entertaining but didn’t agree with all the character arcs
    • Insurgent
    • Hunger Games 3: The Mockingjay, Part 1
    • Snowpiercer … both as expected and not as expected; glad I watched it OnDemand rather than buying since it’s not something I could watch a second time
    • Transformers 4: Age of Extinction … long and mostly slow; no little boy humor…actually barely any humor at all
    • X-Men: Days of Future Past
    • Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier … absolutely the best and my favorite of the MCU movies that I’ve seen
    • Divergent
    • Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire
    • Thor 2: The Dark World … loved it; action, drama, some (odd at times) humor, and a little romance
    • Now You See Me … I almost didn’t watch this due to reviews, but I really enjoyed it.  Most satisfying non-hero flick I’ve seen in ages.
    • The Wolverine
    • Man of Steel (second reboot) … after reading the novelisation, decided I would regret not seeing it in the theater…good movie, too much violence, *excellent* score

Music

  • I must confess…I’m a soundtrack junkie. If there’s a series or movie out there that I love and has good music, then I probably own the soundtrack. And by soundtrack, I mean the incidental music, not the “soundtrack of pop vocal music inspired by the movie and/or series.” I want the good stuff…the composed orchestral wonderful soaring music.
    • Music from Thor: The Dark World by Brian Tyler
    • Music from Ender’s Game by Steve Jablonsky
    • Music from Man of Steel by Hans Zimmer
    • Music from Ironman 3 by Brian Tyler
    • Music from Tron: Legacy by Daft Punk
    • Music from Merlin tv series by Rob Lane and Rohan Stevenson
    • Music from all Transformers movies by Steve Jablonsky
    • Music from all seasons of Battlestar Galatica by Bear McCreary
    • Music from all seasons of Doctor Who (new series) by Murray Gold
    • Music from Airwolf as re-mastered and re-released from the music site
    • Music from the Firefly tv series and from the Serenity movie
    • Music from the Beauty & the Beast tv series by Lee Holdridge and Don Davis
    • Batman Begins soundtrack by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, plus both the sequels
    • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingThe Two Towers, and The Return of the King, music by Howard Shore
    • The Sentinel TV Series soundtrack
    • Various Babylon 5 soundtracks by Christopher Franke
    • Farscape soundtracks
    • Incidental music from Buffy and Angel series
  • On occasion, I have purchased vocal soundtracks:
    • Buffy‘s Once More, With Feeling
    • Xena‘s Bitter Suite
    • Moulin Rouge
    • The Phantom of the Opera (movie)
  • New Age
    • Atlantis by David Arkenstone
    • Music Inspired by Middle Earth featuring David Arkenstone

Watching:

  • Anything on the History Channel or Discovery that happens to be Egyptology-related, which just fascinates me.
  • I’m a scifi/fantasy fan, so if it’s scifi and/or fantasy, it’ll most likely get my attention. Add great writing, likeable complex characters, and angst to that, and well, I’m hooked.
    • Current series: Arrow, Dark Matter, Doctor Who, Gotham, The Librarians, Once Upon a Time, Supergirl, Timeless
    • Past series: AngelAgent Carter, Babylon 5BuffyDefiance, The Dresden FilesFarscapeFirefly/SerenityFlash Forward, Heroes, Jericho, Merlin, Sleepy Hollow, Star Trek: Deep Space NineStar Trek: EnterpriseStargate: SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis, V
  • I also have an affinity for various animated series, most of which (though not all) are aimed more toward an adult/late teen audience, such as
    • Avatar, the Last Airbender, Code Lyoko, Danny Phantom, Justice League/Justice League UnlimitedTeen TitansThe Batman, and Young Justice 
    • Of course, watching series set in the DCAU has added another “shipper” couple to my list: Batman/Wonder Woman.
    • And Avatar added Zuko/Katara, one of the few “no real on-screen evidence to support (and I don’t care)” couples that I adore.
  • And my old favorites from the 80s/90s: Zorro, Beauty & the Beast, Scarecrow & Mrs. King, and The Sentinel. Good stuff.