To start, these were my top books of 2021:

And my second-tier favorites:

And now stepping away from books into other forms of entertainment....

WandaVision
This made me realize, "Okay, Marvel can do this."  It shattered Marvel's bounds of storytelling and set everything new in place. Elizabeth Olson deserves everything.

Loki
I still don't know what I like better, WandaVision or Loki. Loki's timey-wimey atmosphere was perfect and I somehow love Loki even more now. And thank God we get season 2.

HBO's Foster documentary
I'm not kidding that everyone should watch this to understand all walks of life. There are so many heroes.

Day of the Doctor
Adding this here because Jasmine and I waited two years to watch it in person.

Over the Garden Wall
This was everything I hoped it would be and more. Something to revisit every autumn now. And the soundtrack lives in my soul now.

Shang-Chi
Marvel has changed so much since 2008. We have men grieving onscreen and storylines that punch your heart. I loved this movie for so many reasons.

Animal Crossing

What can I say except I played for like 400 hours. Rookie number but realize I played most of it when I was extremely sick all summer.

Cinema Therapy
Our internet dads give us free therapy several times a month and we literally did nothing to deserve it.

DefunctLand
I got on the biggest kick of this back in the fall.

The Oh Hellos
I discovered them in 2020 but they carried even stronger into 2021.

Cat Stevens
That is all

Once
I'm so glad I found this outdated musical by accident. It's gorgeous. Whyyy no Broadway bootleg tho.

Weird Al
I started listening to his song obsessively thanks to work so this is really more of a work thing but there you have it