Media Round Up: A Mishmash of Things
Feb. 21st, 2022 09:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
forestofgloryI keep thinking that I haven't got quite enough for a Media Round Up post and I'll just wait until I finish one more thing, but actually I have plenty for a post. Here's some thoughts about what I've been reading and watching for the last month or so.
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki— people have been raving about this book and they were right! This is a book about three Asian American women living in the San Gabriel Valley: a young trans violinist, her teacher, and a refugee from another planet who runs a donut shop. All three were vividly drawn, and loved that the refugee was a mom! The romance between the two older women was sweet but felt grounded. The food descriptions here were also great, a sensory feast!
Windshield Wilderness: Cars, Roads, and Nature in Washington's National Parks by David Louter — For Urban planning book club. I think I would have been way more into this book if I had read it a few years ago, my interests have shifted away from 20th century US environmental history. It’s weird to feel myself changing like that. Or maybe it's just that this book was only so-so? In the book club discussion we talked a lot about places we wanted this book to dig deeper.
Lower Decks season 2, episodes 1-6— R and finally got it together to watch some Star Trek! It’s really nice to watch things together in person, and Lower Decks continues to be fun, even if there is a bit of embarrassment humor that I don’t enjoy.
Tidesongby Wendy Xu— A very sweet graphic novel about a girl who is sent to live with relatives to study magic for a school entrance exam. It’s got dragons! And cool underwater critters!
Link Click eps 6-11 + extras — Wow, this show! My group watch finished it recently and we were all blown away! The show is about people who travel back in time using photographs, and every one three episodes is a different case. Within each small story the show really brings the emotional intensity, whatever the case is about you really feel it! I really enjoyed the settings, which felt like the kind of everyday places that you don’t really see in live action. And the art is beautiful!
Good Neighbors: The Full Collection by Stephanie Burgis— This a series of four novellas that tell the rom-com style story of what happens when the witch moves in next to a necromancer. There were places where I wanted a bit more substance, the world and the characters felt a bit sketched rather than fully realized. However I don’t think that’s what this book was trying to do, instead it was a bunch of light-hearted tropey fun.
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki— people have been raving about this book and they were right! This is a book about three Asian American women living in the San Gabriel Valley: a young trans violinist, her teacher, and a refugee from another planet who runs a donut shop. All three were vividly drawn, and loved that the refugee was a mom! The romance between the two older women was sweet but felt grounded. The food descriptions here were also great, a sensory feast!
Windshield Wilderness: Cars, Roads, and Nature in Washington's National Parks by David Louter — For Urban planning book club. I think I would have been way more into this book if I had read it a few years ago, my interests have shifted away from 20th century US environmental history. It’s weird to feel myself changing like that. Or maybe it's just that this book was only so-so? In the book club discussion we talked a lot about places we wanted this book to dig deeper.
Lower Decks season 2, episodes 1-6— R and finally got it together to watch some Star Trek! It’s really nice to watch things together in person, and Lower Decks continues to be fun, even if there is a bit of embarrassment humor that I don’t enjoy.
Tidesongby Wendy Xu— A very sweet graphic novel about a girl who is sent to live with relatives to study magic for a school entrance exam. It’s got dragons! And cool underwater critters!
Link Click eps 6-11 + extras — Wow, this show! My group watch finished it recently and we were all blown away! The show is about people who travel back in time using photographs, and every one three episodes is a different case. Within each small story the show really brings the emotional intensity, whatever the case is about you really feel it! I really enjoyed the settings, which felt like the kind of everyday places that you don’t really see in live action. And the art is beautiful!
Good Neighbors: The Full Collection by Stephanie Burgis— This a series of four novellas that tell the rom-com style story of what happens when the witch moves in next to a necromancer. There were places where I wanted a bit more substance, the world and the characters felt a bit sketched rather than fully realized. However I don’t think that’s what this book was trying to do, instead it was a bunch of light-hearted tropey fun.
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Date: 2022-02-21 05:36 pm (UTC)I just googled Link Click and boy, the art that shows up when you google it sure does give a big "slash bait" energy.
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Date: 2022-02-21 06:55 pm (UTC)All the art that showed up when I tried this was very character focused, and fails to show of the really excellent background and settings in the show.