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Batman: The Animated Series - Things Batman Doesn't Like https://kuroiyousei.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Things-Batman-Doesnt-Like.mp4 I posted this for my 37th birthday (i.e. September 2, 2017), because that was the year I discovered my love of Batman....AEL: The Collegia Magica, King Solomon’s Mines, Oz briefly, The Haunting of Hill House, Sofia the First, two O’Brians, The Outlaws of Sherwood, The Wind in the Willows, Misery, two Austens, To Kill A Mockingbird
The Collegia Magica by Carol Berg — This was my second time through these books, and I find them a very interesting experience. The world the author has created is solidly conceived, makes sense, and fascinates. The characters she populates it with are...AEL – The Wine-Dark Sea, SW I-II Novelizations, The Tin Woodman of Oz, Bambi/Bambi’s Children, Netflix, The Clone Wars, VLD, Miraculous, Castlevania
The Wine-Dark Sea by Patrick O’Brian — One thing that’s really sweet about these books is that they’re unexpectedly slice-of-lifey. The lives happen to be very unusual by the standards of the modern American reader, but we get looks into the...AEL: Under the Red Hood, The Diaries of Adam and Eve, Danger and Eggs, Post Captain, In A Heartbeat, Lion in the Valley
Under the Red Hood — Of course all the DC animated movies featuring Batman are on my Amazon watch list (excepting the ones I know do terrible, offensive things to characters I love), but a friend had recommended I watch this one firstish. And then I saw a clip...AEL: The Candle in the Wind, The Murder of Mary Russell, The Light Princess, Frances, JatH, BatB (again), The Book of Merlyn, AP 1-3, Wizard People, Justice League, Master and Commander, The Enchanted Castle, Kissing the Witch, Transparent
12 days ’til I turn 37! The Candle in the Wind by T.H. White — If the previous installment was the fanfiction leadup to the inevitable, this one is the leisurely, meaty examination of that inevitable. It’s ridiculously sad, and a brilliant dramatic...AEL: Dreaming Spies, The Tombs of Atuan, The Ill-Made Knight, The Lego Batman Movie, Batwoman, The Farthest Shore, The Marriage of Mary Russell
Dreaming Spies by Laurie R. King — This was quite a good installment of Russ, but before I make any comments on its contents I have to get this out of the way: Jenny Sterlin’s attempts at pronouncing Japanese OH MY FUCKING POE. Her “Canadian...AEL dump
Steven Universe episodes — I watched these episodes around when they came out, but then I put off writing up my thoughts about them for so long I forgot what they were about XD Finally I got brother caught up, and thereby rewatched them myself, so here are...AEL: Moana again, AtLA North and South Part 2, Will Save the Galaxy for Food, BtAS again
Moana again — So since the first time I watched it back when it came out, Moana has crept up and become possibly my favorite Disney movie of all time. When it became available to watch on Amazon, I had my parents watch it, and was pleased that mom did actually...AEL: Middlemarch, The Stepsister Scheme, BtAS eps, The Cabin in the Woods, SU Eps
Middlemarch by George Eliot — I’m tempted to start this in the same way I started my second set of Pale Fire thoughts THERE JUST AREN’T WORDS FOR HOW AMAZING THIS BOOK IS. It interests me the extent to which Eliot points out ironies in the way men...AEL: A Christmas Carol, Miranda Lambert albums, Locked Rooms, B9-9 revisited, Skyrim
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens — As I mentioned in my Christmas movie roundup, it is a family tradition to read this story aloud every Christmas Eve whilst eating a smorgasbord of eclectic snacks. It takes a few hours, and we’re all hoarse and...AEL: Final Jeopardy, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Game
Final Jeopardy by Linda Fairstein — I saw this book (and by extension this series) lauded as incredibly accurate procedural murder mystery, and I thought I’d check it out. Then I discovered it’s narrated by Barbara Rosenblatt, and became even more...AEL: The Casual Vacancy, AtLA: North and South 1, Riordanverse fic, Lady Susan/Love and Friendship, No.6 vol.3, GW fic
The Casual Vacancy — Just like the first time, the end of this book left me stunned and deep in thought. It’s so damn painful, and I love it so damn much. I’ve been trying to come up with a good old statement of theme for it, but maybe I’ve...AEL: No.6 eps 10-11/manga vol.1-2, Justice Hall, The Casual Vacancy, Kuroshitsuji ch.117-119, Saint Asonia, Justice League: Doom
No.6 episodes 10-11 — What a leaping of heart I had in episode 10 to see how deeply touched Nezumi has been by Shion’s attitude and character! A respect for Shion’s respect for life is an excellent starting point, and one I can accept in their...AEL: No.6 ep.9, FMA vol.5, JatH #18, Justice Hall, SU eps and book, Princessx2EA, Chely Wright album
No.6 episode 9 — I always appreciate when a visual story can demonstrate death and horror without making me look at too much violence and gore. There are ways of showing the intensity of a horrific scene without resorting to a visual bloodbath. This episode did...
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