Media Round Up
Sep. 8th, 2022 10:14 amHere's some thoughts about things I've read and watched since I last did a media round up:
Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar— This is a very cute f/f YA romance, featuring two Bangladeshi girls in Ireland. It’s very sweet. I especially like Hani’s relationship with her mother. Also I like how it mostly doesn't explain words that the characters know and I don't. I can in fact figure it out from context, and it feels true to the characters that they wouldn’t stop and explain things that they know.
Who Rules the World eps 5-38 — I’m almost done with this now, two more episodes to go! I’m enjoying it very much, I care about the characters, the romance is fun, there’s lots of swoosh and many clever schemes.
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)— I'm not sure if I've mentioned that the fic I'm working on is a Howl's Moving Castle fusion. I've been trying to figure out a big plot hole and a friend happened to mention something that happens in the movie that seemed like it might help. So I decided to rewatch the movie.
I've read the book many times but I had only seen the movie once before. I remembered it being really different from the book but not much else. The movie was great! beautifully animated of course, but also a great story. I don't think I'm going to use any plot bits in my fic but seeing it helped me think about theme and adaptation in a useful way.
Healing with Poisons: Potent Medicines in Medieval China by Yan Liu—
This was a bit jargony but interesting enough that I read the whole thing. The best part was definitely the chapter about elixirs and daoist alchemy. If you want to check this book out it's available open access here
Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth ed Isabela Oliveira and Jed Sabin—
This was a fun plant themed anthology. I liked that many of the stories focused on intergenerational relationships. I also enjoy seeing the wide variety of ways the authors chose to use plants in their stories
Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada’s Chinese Restaurants by Ann Hu—
This is a sub genre I'm very fond of: memoir and family history! This book focuses on Chinese restaurants in Canada with stories about the authors road trip across Canada to visit many "Chop Suey restaurants" and stories from her parents lives including the Chop Suey restaurant they owned (cn cancer, death, mentions of the Cultural Revolution)
Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar— This is a very cute f/f YA romance, featuring two Bangladeshi girls in Ireland. It’s very sweet. I especially like Hani’s relationship with her mother. Also I like how it mostly doesn't explain words that the characters know and I don't. I can in fact figure it out from context, and it feels true to the characters that they wouldn’t stop and explain things that they know.
Who Rules the World eps 5-38 — I’m almost done with this now, two more episodes to go! I’m enjoying it very much, I care about the characters, the romance is fun, there’s lots of swoosh and many clever schemes.
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)— I'm not sure if I've mentioned that the fic I'm working on is a Howl's Moving Castle fusion. I've been trying to figure out a big plot hole and a friend happened to mention something that happens in the movie that seemed like it might help. So I decided to rewatch the movie.
I've read the book many times but I had only seen the movie once before. I remembered it being really different from the book but not much else. The movie was great! beautifully animated of course, but also a great story. I don't think I'm going to use any plot bits in my fic but seeing it helped me think about theme and adaptation in a useful way.
Healing with Poisons: Potent Medicines in Medieval China by Yan Liu—
This was a bit jargony but interesting enough that I read the whole thing. The best part was definitely the chapter about elixirs and daoist alchemy. If you want to check this book out it's available open access here
Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth ed Isabela Oliveira and Jed Sabin—
This was a fun plant themed anthology. I liked that many of the stories focused on intergenerational relationships. I also enjoy seeing the wide variety of ways the authors chose to use plants in their stories
Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada’s Chinese Restaurants by Ann Hu—
This is a sub genre I'm very fond of: memoir and family history! This book focuses on Chinese restaurants in Canada with stories about the authors road trip across Canada to visit many "Chop Suey restaurants" and stories from her parents lives including the Chop Suey restaurant they owned (cn cancer, death, mentions of the Cultural Revolution)
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