Media - January 2016

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Does time speed up when you get older? Is that a thing? How are we a month into 2016 already, I'm PRETTY SURE there's got to be some kind of time magic involved.

Books

1. Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente -- 3 stars (sff)
2. Benighted by Kit Whitfield -- 3.5 stars (sff)
3. Think of England by K. J. Charles -- 4 stars (rom)
4. A Fashionable Indulgence by K. J. Charles -- 4 stars (rom)
5. Another Place in Time edited by Tamara Allen -- 3 stars (rom)
6. Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rift by Gene Luen Yang, Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Gurihiru -- 3.5 stars
7. The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic -- 3 stars (ya sports)
8. Avatar: The Last Airbender: Smoke and Shadow Volume 1 by Gene Luen Yang, Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Gurihiru -- 4 stars
9. George Washington Is Cash Money: A No-Bullshit Guide to the United Myths of America by Cory O'Brien -- 4 stars (humour)
10. The Raven King by Nora Sakavic -- 3 stars (ya sports)
11. The King's Men by Nora Sakavic -- 4 stars (ya sports)
12. Star Wars: Shattered Empire by Greg Rucka et al -- 3 stars
13. A Seditious Affair by K. J. Charles -- 3.5 stars (rom)
14. The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Volume 2: Squirrel You Know It's True by Ryan North and Erica Henderson -- 4 stars
14. A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev -- 3 stars (rom) (50books_poc: Book 1)
15. Assassination Classroom Volume 1 by Yusei Matsui -- 4 stars
16. Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes: A No-Bullshit Guide to World Mythology by Cory O'Brien -- 3 stars (humour)
17. The Ancient Magus' Bride Volume 2 by Kore Yamazaki -- 3 stars
18. She Whom I Love by Tess Bowery -- 3.5 stars (rom)
19. Fables Volume 21: Happily Ever After by Bill Willingham -- 2.5 stars
20. Fables Volume 22: Farewell by Bill Willingham -- 2 stars
21. The Second Mango by Shira Glassman -- 3.5 stars (sff)
22. A Boy Called Cin by Cecil Wilde -- 3 stars (rom)
23. So Cute It Hurts!! Volume 2 by Gō Ikeyamada -- 2 stars
24. Cam Girl by Leah Raeder -- 3.5 stars (na)
25. Lumberjanes Volume 2: Friendship to the Max by Noelle Stevenson -- 4 stars
26. Avatar: The Last Airbender: Smoke and Shadow Volume 2 by Gene Luen Yang, Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Gurihiru -- 3 stars
27. Engraved on the Eye by Saladin Ahmed -- 3 stars (sff) (50books_poc: Book 2)
28. Toad Words and Other Stories by T. Kingfisher -- 4 stars (sff)
29. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo -- 5 stars (ya sff)
30. Ōoku: The Inner Chambers Volume 11 by Fumi Yoshinaga -- 4 stars
31. Alias Volume 1 by Brian Michael Bendis -- 3.5 stars
32. Alias Volume 2 by Brian Michael Bendis -- 4 stars
33. Alias Volume 3 by Brian Michael Bendis -- 4 stars
34. Alias Volume 4 by Brian Michael Bendis -- 2.5 stars
35. More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera -- 4.5 stars (ya spec) (50books_poc: Book 3)

Books: 19
  sff: 5
  romance: 7
  ya: 4
  na: 1
  humour: 2
Manga/Comics: 16
50books_poc: 3

Movies

1. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (January 11) -- 3 stars

What's the equivalent of 'literary' for films? Because this felt like a very literary film. Its' strong points are style and mood -- the cinematic equivalent of pretty writing -- but it's very quiet, not much happens in it. I've seen it described as a vampire western but it doesn't feel like it's engaging very heavily with western tropes. Vampire, yes, but mostly because vampires have been used as metaphors for just about everything under the sun; so as long as you have a vampire character you're set to go for that particular genre conversation. 3 stars

2. Mad Max: Fury Road (January 30) -- 3 stars

Very pretty colouring but I suspect the Internet hyped this up a smidge too much for me. I did think it got better as it went; that first half hour or so I was mostly in a state of 'what am I watching?' And then characters started getting dialogue and I started grasping what was going on so. Better! 3 stars

Television

Galavant 2.01, 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08
Shadowhunters 1.01, 1.02