an ordered list of things i really really loved this year.

see my scrapbook 2020 for all the stories i consumed.

top picks

  • tv shows (twenty-eight): never have i ever
  • films (thirty-three): to all the boys p.s. i still love you
  • books (> twenty-five book goal):
  • audio (“2014 cottagecore”): folklore by taylor swift
  • guilty pleasures (a few here and there): dash & lily
  • lukewarm disappointments (too many to count): mulan

tv shows

twenty-eight tv shows
  1. never have i ever (may 2020)
  2. love life (june 2020)
  3. the queen’s gambit (oct 2020)

very honorable mentions because i didn’t pay enough attention in fall 2019

  • when they see us (june 2020), euphoria (aug 2020), looking for alaska (july 2020), high school musical tm : ts (jan 2020), the end of the fucking world (feb 2020), the good place (aug 2020)

films

thirty-three films
  1. to all the boys: p.s. i still love you (feb 2020)
  2. emma. (april 2020)
  3. hamilton (july 2020)
  4. soul (dec 2020)
  5. enola holmes (sept 2020)

i was late to the party, but also really enjoyed

  • parasite (may 2019), knives out (july 2020), the portrait of a lady on fire (may 2020), get out (oct 2020), hustlers (jan 2020)


guilty pleasures

things i can’t believe i watched but i’m not surprised
  • dash & lily (nov 2020)
  • spinning out (jan 2020)
  • emily in paris (oct 2020)


lukewarm disappointments

things i wanted to love but really couldn’t (like this year)
  • mulan (sept 2020)
  • survivor 40: winners at war (feb - apr 2020)
  • subpar netflix christmas films