Year In Review: Entertainment (2024)

Movies

• Bad Boys: Ride or Die 
• Deadpool and Wolverine 
• Die Hart 
• Eternals
• The Fall Guy 
• The Fire Inside
• Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire 
• Hocus Pocus 2
• Lift (with Kevin Hart)
• Mortal Kombat  
• Pom Poko (Studio Ghibli) 
• Twisters
• The Union
• Wicked
• Wynonna Earp: Vengeance 

TV Shows

• A Discovery of Witches
• Anne Rice's Interview with a Vampire (2022-Present)
• Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches (2023-Present)
• Tracker (2023-Present) 
• Van Helsing (2016-2021)
• Wu Assassins and Fistful of Vengeance (2019-2022)
• Wynonna Earp (2016-2021)

American Animation

• Blood of Zeus
• Castlevania: Nocturne 
• Dota: Dragon's Blood 
• Tom Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft 

Japanese Anime

• The Apothecary Diaries (2023-2024)
• Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga (2017)
• Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga (2024)
• Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga / The Blue Night Saga (2024-2025)
• Eternal Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie (Parts 1 and 2) 
• The Grimm Variations (2024)
• Terminator: Zero (2024)
• Vampire Dormitory (2024) 
• Wistoria: Wand and Sword (2024)
• Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii (2024) 

Korean Dramas

• Love Song for Illusion (2024)
• Missing Crown Prince (2024)

Chinese Dramas

• Love Is Sweet (2020)
• Sweet Bite Marks (2022) - Chinese animation 
• The Princess and the Werewolf (2023)
• Till the End of the Moon (2023) 

2024 went by so fast! I look forward to discovering new shows and movies in 2025! 

Year in Review: Entertainment (2023)

Movies

• 6 Underground (2019)
• Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
• Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom 
• Barbie
• Creed III
• Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
• Extraction
• Extraction 2
• Fast X (The Fast and the Furious #10)
  
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
• Hidden Strike 
• John Wick: Chapter 4
• Knights of the Zodiac
• Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, Part One
• Resident Evil: Death Island
• The Color Purple (musical adaptation) 
• The Curse of Bridge Hollow (2022)
• The Equalizer 3
• The Flash
• The Little Mermaid (live-action version) 
• The Marvels
• Shazam! Fury of the Gods

Japanese Anime

• Castlevania (2017-2021) 
• Marmalade Boy (1994-1995)
• Aquarion Logos (2015) 
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Entertainment District Arc (3rd Season, 2021-2022)
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Swordsmith Village Arc (4th Season, 2023) 
• My Happy Marriage (2023) 
• Onimusha (2023) 
• Onmyoji (2023) 
• Ōoku: The Inner Chambers (2023)
• Sirius the Jaeger (2018)
• Suzume (2023)
• The Boy and the Heron (2023)

Korean Dramas

• Hotel del Luna (2019)
• Bossam: Steal the Fate (2021)
• The King's Affection (2021)
• Lovers of the Red Sky (2021)
• Business Proposal (2022) 
• Island (2022)
• Alchemy of Souls (2022-2023)
• The Forbidden Marriage (2022-2023)
• Black Knight (2023)
• Destined with You (2023)
• Joseon Attorney: A Morality (2023)
• King the Land (2023)
• Our Blooming Youth (2023)
• Strong Girl Namsoon (2023)
• Tale of the Nine-Tailed: 1938 (2023)
• A Good Day to Be a Dog (2023-2024)

Stay warm and positive as this year comes to an end. I look forward to discovering new shows and movies in 2024! 

Year In Review: YA Urban Fantasy and Dystopian Novels (2023)

What an incredibly busy year! I continue to read novels, but I have less free time. Below is the list of books that I read in 2023. The list is arranged in alphabetical order by author's last name.

Jenna Barwin

• Hill Vampires
• Dark Wine at Dawn (Book 9)
• Dark Wine at Christmas (Book 10)

Patricia Briggs

• Mercy Thompson
• Soul Taken (Book 12)

Rachel Caine (1962 - 2020)

• The Great Library
• Ash and Quill (Book 3)
• Smoke and Mirrors (Book 4)
• Sword and Pen (Book 5)

G. K. DeRosa

• Hybrid Trilogy
• Magic Bound (Book 1)
• Immortal Magic (Book 2)
• Beyond Magic (Book 3)
• The Vampire Trilogy (with J.N. Colon)
• Dark Fates (Book 1)
• Dark Divide (Book 2)
• Dark Oblivion (Book 3)
• Supernatural Prison Squad 
• Demon on a Dime (Book 1)
• Double Demon-Agent (Book 2)
• Demon at Large (Book 3)
• Demon Dark Lord (Book 4)
• Wolfish
• Moonborne (Book 1)
• Curseborne (Book 2)
• Mateborne (Book 3)
• Fateborne (Book 4)

Bella Forrest

• The Child Thief 
• Ghost Towns (Book 5)
• Zero Hour (Book 6)

McKenzie Hunter

• Raven Cursed 
• Ironclad (Book 6)

Michelle Madow

• Elemental Academy 
• The Discovery of Magic (Book 1)
• The Secrets of Magic (Book 2)
• The Queen of Magic (Book 3)
• The Goddess of Magic (Book 4)
• Star Touched: Wolf Born
• Blood Moon (Book 1)
• Shadow Moon (Book 2)
• Cursed Moon (Book 3)
• Rising Moon (Book 4)

Chloe Neill 

• Heirs of Chicagoland 
• Devouring Darkness (Book 4)

K.A. Riley

• The Cure Chronicles
• The Cure (Book 1)
• Awaken (Book 2)
• Ascend (Book 3)
• Fallen (Book 4)
• Reign (Book 5)