media update: February

Asterisks denote something I particularly enjoyed or found especially worthy of my time; double asterisks are reserved for the creme de la creme. As always, your mileage may vary.

FICTION

1. Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu:  A sweeping novel that follows three generations of a Chinese family.  

2. City of the Dead by Jonathan Kellerman:  Alex Delaware and his police detective friend Milo Sturgis investigate the murder of a woman who had been fraudulently posing as a psychologist.

3. Like Me by Hayley Phelan:  Model Mickey Jones is obsessed with Instagram influencer Gemma and does her best to copy Gemma's every move, but when Mickey unexpectedly becomes famous after an explicit photo of her goes viral, she finds the lines between real life and Insta-life blurring.  

2022 TOTAL SO FAR:  9

NONFICTION

Nothing this month.

2022 TOTAL SO FAR:  1

MANGA/GRAPHIC NOVELS

1. My Dress-Up Darling by Shinichi Fukuda vol. 4

2. Yotsuba&! vol. 15 by Kiyohiko Azuma

3. I Don't Know How to Give Birth! by Ayami Kazama

4. Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?* by Harold Schecter and Eric Powell

5. The Way of the Househusband* vol. 7 by Kousuke Oono

6. My Body in Pieces by Marie-Noelle Hebert

2022 TOTAL SO FAR:  10 graphic novels and 7 volumes of manga

MOVIES

1. Last Night in Soho*:  An aspiring fashion designer (Thomasin McKenzie) begins seeing visions of a beautiful woman (Anya Taylor-Joy) whose swinging life in the sixties turns into a nightmare.  Cleverly done.

2. Nightmare Alley:  A carny (Bradley Cooper) becomes rich and famous by pretending to have psychic powers, but he bites off much more than he can chew.  Absolutely gorgeous to look at, and the cast is great, but I'm not sure why this got a Best Picture Oscar nomination.

3. The King's Man:  The origin story of the Kingsman organization.  Not as exciting or as wacky as its predecessors.

2022 TOTAL SO FAR:  7