Here’s my 2022 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
- She Who Became the Sun by Shelly Parker-Chan (7)
- They Called Us Enemy by Georget Takei (8)
- A Hero Born by Jin Yong (9)
- A Bond Undone by Jin Yong (9)
- A Snake Lies Waiting by Jin Yong (9)
- A Heart Divided by Jin Yong (9)
- Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne (7.5)
- Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike by Grant Petersen (7)
- The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa (8.5)
- Back on My Bike: How Cycling Transformed My Life after Sixty by Tom Eastham (8)
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson (7.5)
- Die With Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life by Bill Perkins (8)
- The Buddha and the Bee: Biking through America’s Forgotten Roadways on a Journey of Discovery (6.5)
- Social Distance by June Yi (7)
- See my current reading list at GoodReads, or my 2022 Year in Books.
Movies and Dorama
- Eternals (6)
- After Life Season 3 (8.5)
- I Care a Lot (5)
- Tabiya Okaeri / 旅屋おかえり (7.5)
- Suspect X / 容疑者Xの献身 (8.5)
- New Kung Fu Cult Master 1 (8)
- The Crimes That Bind / 祈りの幕が下りる時 (8.5)
- No Time to Die (8.5)
- Dune (8)
- A Morning of Farewell / いのちの停車場 (8)
- Turning Red (8.5)
- The Wings of the Kirin / 麒麟の翼 〜劇場版 (8)
- White Snake / 白蛇：缘起 (8.5)
- Green Snake / 青蛇 (7)
- Calling You / きみにしか聞こえない (7.5)
- The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch / 蛇娘と白髪魔 (7)
- Nemuri no Mori / 眠りの森 (8.5)
- Listen to My Heart / 引き出しの中のラブレター (7)
- La Dolce Vita (8)
- Everything Everywhere All at Once (9)
- Garden State (7.5)
- Love or Not (7)
- Pompo: The Cinéphile (8)
- The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2017) (8)
- The Half of It (7)
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train / 劇場版「鬼滅の刃」 無限列車編 (7.5)
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Season 1) (7.5)
- Laid-Back Camp / ゆるキャン△ (Season 2) (8)
- Mita the Housekeeper / 家政婦のミタ(7)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (7)
- Ms. Marvel (S1) (8)
- Long Way Up (6.5)
- Wood Job! (7)
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (7)
- Only Murders in the Building (Season 1) (8.5)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island / 機動戦士ガンダム ククルス・ドアンの島 (7)
- The Journalist / 新聞記者 (8)
- Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko / 漁港の肉子ちゃん (6)
- Top Gun: Maverick (8)
- Princess Arete / アリーテ姫 (7)
- Chelsea Handler: Uganda Be Kidding Me: Live (6)
- Ali Wong: Don Wong (7.5)
- Love Like the Falling Petals (8)
- Anjelah Johnson: Mahalo & Goodnight (7)
- Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (6.5)
- One Piece Film: Red (7.5)
- Sheng Wang: Sweet and Juicy (8.5)
- Zen – Grogu and Dust Bunnies (7)
- First Love 初恋 (9.5)
- Avatar: The Way of Water (8)
