The Very Best of 2016

[jesse_the_k]

Other things have happened, but following sasha_feather's example, I'm focusing on the best stuff

MyGuy

events

• new mexico road trip
• best WisCon ever
• three deepened friendships
• movie night (four friends, monthly, for potluck & a show)

canines

• Bella! The sweetest, easiest dog ever.

mental health

• new therapist, massive improvements using a non-cognitive approach based on EMDR
• new psychiatrist, lower doses, clearer head

stuff

• iPad mini 4
• great teva sandals
• three spiffy new hats

movies & shows

• Arrival
• Reaching for the Moon
  https://www.autostraddle.com/movie-review-reaching-for-the-moon-227537/
• Underground
• Scott & Bailey BBC
  http://www.bigissue.com/reviews/tv-reviews/4401/scott-and-bailey-review
• Brøn/Broen
• Show me a hero
• The Big C
• Nurse Jackie

comics

• Red Rosa : Evans, Kate
• Lost and found : Tan, Shaun
• Tetris : the games people play : Brown, Box
• Rules of summer : Tan, Shaun
• A silent voice. : Ōima, Yoshitoki,
• The Shadow Hero : Yang, Gene Luen,
• Becoming Unbecoming : Una
• Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur : Montclare, Hadley, Bustos
• Faith. Vol. 1 & 2 by Houser, Jody,
• The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage : Padua, Sydney,
• We stand on guard : Vaughan, Brian K.
• A silent voice. Vol. 1-7 : Ōima, Yoshitoki
• Yo, Miss : Wilde, Lisa
• French milk : Knisley, Lucy
• Heart : Knisley, Lucy
• An age of license : Knisley, Lucy
• Displacement : Knisley, Lucy
• Something new : Knisley, Lucy

nonfiction

• Patient H.M. : Luke Dittrich (audio)
• Lafayette in the Somewhat United States : Sarah Vowell (audio)
• The partly cloudy patriot : Vowell, Sarah (audio)
• Being Mortal by Atul Gawande (audio)
• The body keeps the score : Van der Kolk, Bessel A.,
• Makeshift metropolis : Rybczynski, Witold.
• Annie Sullivan and the trials of Helen Keller : Lambert, Joseph,
• Fic : Jamison, Anne Elizabeth
• Book : Agard, John
• Hatching Twitter : Bilton, Nick
• Rewind, replay, repeat : Bell, Jeff
• Haldol and hyacinths : Moezzi, Melody
• Making a point : Crystal, David

fiction

• A thin bright line : Bledsoe, Lucy Jane,
• All the birds in the sky : Anders, Charlie
• Arcadia : Lauren Groff (audio)

fanwork

more than ~1200 fanfics, these pop up today:

• Wild About Harry by PlaidAdder http://archiveofourown.org/series/94898
• Operation Baby Girl Watson by earlgreytea68
  http://archiveofourown.org/works/1142031
  and its fab remix
  3:07 am by azriona
  http://archiveofourown.org/works/1271983
  
• "Something Good Can Come from That" vid by sanguinity
  https://archiveofourown.org/works/7286698

Comments

[firecat]

I love this year in review idea!

[jesse_the_k]

It's handy for me and for readers! That Sandy is smart.

forget the ones I bought

[jesse_the_k]

Okay, then I totally forgot about some wonderful books:

Fiction:

Everfair by Nisi Shawl

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Non:

Between the world & us by Ta-Nehisi Coates -- audio reading, TNC reading made me cry every time.

[sanguinity]

Aw! I'm very pleased that vid was one of the good things about the year for you. :-)