2023 in movies and series

This is a dump of most of what I watched this year, with brief comments/reviews. If you consumed any of these I’d enjoy it if you told me what you thought (positive or negative). If you want me to say anything more about them let me know!

Movies

20,000 species of bees
Part of Frameline queer film festival. Lucía is an eight-year-old AMAB girl. During a summer in a village house linked to beekeeping, she explores her femininity. The film and the actress who played Lucia won tons of awards. Filmed in Basque country.
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2023 in books

This is a dump of most of what I read this year via audiobook or ebook , with brief comments/reviews. If you consumed any of these I’d enjoy it if you told me what you thought (positive or negative). If you want me to say anything more about them let me know!

2023 Audiobooks & Ebooks

Jennifer Ackerman, The Bird Way
Published 2020. Narrated by the author. Natural history / pop science. I learned a great deal and I’m thinking of buying the ebook so I can look up more about the birds described. The narration was prosaic though.
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Book Bingo 2023

Nicked from kingstoken

I have a blackout — I filled all categories on the card except for one (book from my birth year). OK, you could side-eye my choice of book for the craft/hobby/cookbook category, but Moby Dick does have recipes and how-to’s in it.

Of the substitute categories, I filled all but one, Disabled Author — and I’m pretty sure I covered that category but I didn’t research which authors I read are/were disabled.


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