Reading:
(yummy yummy books...)

• Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear
  
• Mark of the Raven by Morgan L. Busse
  
• Fury From the Tomb by S.A. Sidor
• How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler by Ryan North
• A Daring Venture (Empire State #2) by Elizabeth Camden
• Current fanfic obsessions: Avengers and Captain America (movieverse) fic.... See my fanfic recommendations page for favorites.

Recently finished reading ~ see also Reading List

• The Unbound Empire (Swords and Fire #3) by Melissa Caruso
  
• Murder on Trinity Place (Gaslight Mysteries #22) by Victoria Thompson
• Nest of the Monarch (Dark Talents #3) by Kay Kenyon
• The Red Scrolls of Magic (Eldest Curses #1) by Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu
• The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters
• Who Slays the Wicked (Sebastian St. Cyr #14) by C.S. Harris
• A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
  
• A Symposium in Space by K.S. Trenten
  
• Vigilance by Robert Jackson Bennett
• Black Wings Beating (Skybound Saga #1) by Alex London
  
• Invisible Planets (Chinese scifi anthology) edited by Ken Liu
• How the Bible Actually Works by Peter Enns
  
• Keep It Shut by Karen Ehman
  
• Plague Land (Somershill Manor #1) by S.D. Sykes
  
• Firefly: The Magnificent Nine by James Lovegrove
• A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell #4) by Deanna Raybourn
• Dragon Shadow by Elle Katharine White
• The Beast's Heart by Leif Shallcross
  
• The Vanishing Stair (Truly Devious #2) by Maureen Johnson
• Mist, Metal, and Ash (Iron, Ink, and Glass #2) by Gwendolyn Clare
• Honor Bound by Rachel Caine and Anne Aguirre
• A Question of Holmes (Charlotte Holmes #4) by Brittany Cavallaro
• Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
• The Silent Corner (Jane Hawk #1) by Dean Koontz
• Fog Season (Port Saint Frey #2) by Patrice Sarath
• Scandal Above Stairs by Jennifer Ashley
• King of Scars (Nikolai #1) by Leigh Bardugo
• Firestarter (Timekeeper #3) by Tara Sim
• Connections in Death (In Death series #48) by J.D. Robb
• The Hod King (Books of Babel #3) by Josiah Bancroft
  
• Theft of Life (Crowther &Westerman #5) by Imogen Robertson
• Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christoper Columbus by Orson Scott Card
• Circle of Shadows (Crowther &Westerman #4) by Imogen Robertson
• When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt by Kara Cooney
• Island of Bones (Crowther &Westerman #3) by Imogen Robertson
• The Meaning of Night: A Confession by Michael Cox
• Anatomy of Murder (Crowther &Westerman #2) by Imogen Robertson
• Cici and the Curator by S.J. Wynde
• A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy (Salvagers #2) by Alex White
• Instruments of Darkness (Crowther &Westerman #1) by Imogen Robertson
• The Seclusion by Jacqui Castle
• Choices (Valdemar anthology #12) by Mercedes Lackey
• Arch Enemies (Renegades #2) by Marissa Meyer
• The Mortal Word (Invisible Library #5) by Genevieve Cogman
• Queen of Air and Darkness (Dark Artifices #3) by Cassandra Clare
• City of Secrets (Counterfeit Lady #2) by Victoria Thompson
• Blood is Blood (Barker & Llewelyn #10) by Will Thomas
  
• The Dark Days Deceit (Lady Helen #3) by Alison Goodman
• Firefly: Big Damn Hero by James Lovegrove
• A Holiday by Gaslight (novella) by Mimi Mathews
  
• Shelter of the Most High (Cities of Refuge #2) by Connilyn Cossette
• The Librarians and the Pot of Gold by Greg Cox
• Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7) by Sarah J. Maas
• Death Below Stairs by Jennifer Ashley
• Bright Ruin (Dark Gifts #3) by Vic James
• Dragon's Code (Pern) by Gigi McCaffrey
• The Game of Luck (Felicia Sevigny #3) by Catherine Cerveny
• Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
• The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal 
• The Mask of Ra (Amerotke #1) by Paul Doherty
• A Big Ship at the End of the Universe (Salvagers #1) by Alex White
• The Black God's Drums (novella) by P. Djeli Clark
• Dark Tide Rising (William Monk series #24) by Anne Perry
• At Your Service by Sandra Antonelli
• To See the Sun by Kelly Jensen 
• The Kite Maker (short story) by Brenda Peynado
• Bookburners: Season Four by Max Gladstone, et al.
• Chocolate Chip Cooke Murder (Hannah Swensen #1) by Joanna Fluke
• Leverage in Death (In Death series #47) by J.D. Robb
• The House of Closed Doors by Jane Steen
• Dance of Thieves (Remnant #4) by Mary E. Pearson
• Lady Helena Investigates (Scott-DeQuincy #1) by Jane Steen
• The Pride of the Genii (SGA-24) by Melissa Scott
• Echoes by Therin Knite
• The Flowers of Vashnoi (Vorkosigan series novella) by Lois McMaster Bujold
• Arabella The Traitor of Mars (Arabella Ashby #3) by David D. Levine
• Fawkes by Nadine Brandes
• The Lion and the Crow by Eli Easton
• The Slave Prince by Jeyna Grace
• Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers #3) by Becky Chambers
• Sherlock Holmes: The Legacy of Deeds by Nick Kyme
• City of Lies (Poison War #1) by Sam Hawke
• Sherlock Holmes: The Improbable Prisoner by Stuart Douglas
• The Traitor's Ruin (Traitor's Trilogy #2) by Erin Beaty
• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
  
• The Awkward Squad by Sophie Henaff
• The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James
• The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal
• Smoke and Iron (Great Library #4) by Rachel Caine
• The Last Sun by K.D. Edwards
• Murder Takes the High Road by Josh Lanyon
• Chaos Station by Kelly Jensen and Jenn Burke
• Dawn of Legends (Blood of Gods and Royals #4) by Eleanor Herman
• A Reaper at the Gates (Ember in the Ashes #3) by Sabaa Tahir
• Murder Half Moon Gate (Wrexford & Sloane #2) by Andrea Penrose
• Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro
  
• The Traitor's Kiss (Traitor's Trilogy #1) by Erin Beaty
• The Transference Engine by Julia Verne St. John
• The Hills Have Spies (Valdemar; Family Spies #1) by Mercedes Lackey
• Murder on Black Swan Lane (Wrexford & Sloane #1) by Andrea Penrose
• Nightfall: The Novel by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg
• Sinless by Sarah Tarkoff
• Together Forever (Orphan Train #2) by Jody Hedlund
• Brief Cases (Dresden anthology #2) by Jim Butcher
• The Diminished by Kaitlyn Sage Patterson
• The Rig by Roger Levy
• The Framingham Fiend (Colin Pendragon #6) by Gregory Harris
• A Dangerous Legacy (Empire State #1) by Elizabeth Camden
  
• A Light on the Hill (Cities of Refuge #1) by Connilyn Cossette
  
• A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses #4) by Sarah J. Maas
• Murder on Union Square (Gaslight Mysteries #21) by Victoria Thompson
• The Defiant Heir (Swords and Fire #2) by Melissa Caruso
• Murder Will Speak (Lilly Long #3) by Penny Richards
• The Fates Divide (Carve the Mark #2) by Veronica Roth
• Time Was by Ian McDonald
• Serpent in the Heather (Dark Talents #2) by Kay Kenyon
• One Way by S.J. Morden
  
• Bookburners: Season Three by Max Gladstone, et al.
• Dog Warrior (Ukiah Oregon #4) by Wen Spencer
• The Sisters Mederos by Patrice Sarath
• Why Kill the Innocent (Sebastian St. Cyr #13) by C.S. Harris
• A Veil of Spears by Bradley A. Beaulieu
• The Luxorian Fugitive by J. Alan Veerkamp
  
• Arm of the Sphinx (Books of Babel #2) by Josiah Bancroft
• Ink, Iron, and Glass by Gwendolyn Claire
• Nemesis by Brendan Reichs
• Shadow Scale (Seraphina #2) by Rachel Hartman
• Murder in Bloomsbury (Atlas Catesby #2) by D.M. Quincy
• Bitter Waters (Ukiah Oregon #3) by Wen Spencer
• Murder in Mayfair (Atlas Catesby #1) by D.M. Quincy
• Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
• Memento Mori (Medicus #8) by Ruth Downie  
• The House of Binding Thorns (Dominion of the Fallen #2) by Aliette de Bodard
• The Case for Jamie (Charlotte Holmes #3) by Brittany Cavallaro 
• Honor Among Thieves by Rachel Caine and Ann Aguirre
• The House of Shattered Wings (Dominion of the Fallen #1) by Aliette de Bodard
• Murder, Magic, and What We Wore by Kelly Jones
• Gunpowder Moon by David Pedreira
  
• From the Depths (SGX-08) by Amy Griswold
  
• Hunted by Meagan Spooner
• These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly
• Tarnished City (Dark Gifts #2) by Vic James 
• The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitch 
• Immortal Reign (Falling Kingdoms #6) by Morgan Rhodes
• Purple Hearts (Front Lines #3) by Michael Grant
• Immortal Architects by Paige Orwin
• Dark in Death (In Death series #46) by J.D. Robb
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• Bannerless by Carrie Vaughn
• They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 
  
• Chainbreaker (Timekeeper #2) by Tara Sim
• Thunderhead (Scythe #2) by Neal Shusterman
• Senlin Ascends (Books of Babel #1) by Josiah Bancroft
• A Treacherous Curse (Veronica Speedwell #3) by Deanna Raybourn
• The Lost Plot (Invisible Library #4) by Genevieve Cogman
  
• The Interminables by Paige Orwin
• The Alienist by Caleb Carr
• Neogenesis (Liaden #21) by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
• Undone by Wendy Higgins
• Future Home of the Living God by Louise Eldrich
• Of Dubious and Questionable Memory (Herringford and Watts novella ) by Rachel McMillan
• A Singular and Whimsical Problem (Herringford and Watts novella) by Rachel McMillan
• Artemis by Andy Weir
• Pathways (Valdemar anthology #11) edited by Mercedes Lackey
• Surrounded by Enemies (Breakpoint #1) by Bryce Zabel
• Year One (Chronicles of the One #1) by Nora Roberts 
• The Bachelor's Girl Guide to Murder (Herringford and Watts #1) by Rachel McMillan
• Final Fall (Lock and Mori #3) by Heather W. Petty
• The Tethered Mage (Swords and Fire #1) by Melissa Caruso
• Renegades by Marissa Meyer
• Weaver's Lament (Industrial Magic #2) by Emma Newman
• The Secret of the Stones by Ernest Dempsey

Movies (in theaters/dvd)

• Seen:
• Avengers 3: Infinity War ... OMG
  
• Justice League ... better than I'd heard
  
• Thor 3: Ragnarok
  
• Transformers (5): The Last Knight 
  
• Wonder Woman ... loved it!
  
• X-Men: Apocalypse
  
• Now You See Me: The Second Act
  
• Star Trek Beyond 
  
• Captain America 3: Civil War ... loved it as I thought I would; Cap2 is still my fave MCU movie, however
  
• Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice ... better than I expected though kinda tedious in parts
  
• Allegiant
• Hunger Games 3: The Mockingjay, Part 2 ... satisfying ending to a very entertaining movie series
  
• Avengers 2: Age of Ultron ... entertaining but didn't agree with all the character arcs
  
• Insurgent 
• Hunger Games 3: The Mockingjay, Part 1
  
• Snowpiercer ... both as expected and not as expected; glad I watched it OnDemand rather than buying since it's not something I could watch a second time
  
• Transformers 4: Age of Extinction ... long and mostly slow; no little boy humor...actually barely any humor at all
  
• X-Men: Days of Future Past
  
• Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier ... absolutely the best and my favorite of the MCU movies that I've seen
  
• Divergent
  
• Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire
  
• Thor 2: The Dark World ... loved it; action, drama, some (odd at times) humor, and a little romance
• Now You See Me ... I almost didn't watch this due to reviews, but I really enjoyed it.  Most satisfying non-hero flick I've seen in ages.
  
• The Wolverine
  
• Man of Steel (second reboot) ... after reading the novelisation, decided I would regret not seeing it in the theater...good movie, too much violence, *excellent* score
  
• Waiting to (possibly) see: 
• Captain Marvel (Mar 2019) ... maybe
  
• Avengers 4: _____ (May 2019)
• Wonder Woman (2): 1984 (Nov 2019)
  

Music

• I must confess...I'm a soundtrack junkie. If there's a series or movie out there that I love and has good music, then I probably own the soundtrack. And by soundtrack, I mean the incidental music, not the "soundtrack of pop vocal music inspired by the movie and/or series." I want the good stuff...the composed orchestral wonderful soaring music.
• Music from Thor: The Dark World by Brian Tyler
• Music from Ender's Game by Steve Jablonsky
  
• Music from Man of Steel by Hans Zimmer
  
• Music from Ironman 3 by Brian Tyler
  
• Music from Tron: Legacy by Daft Punk
  
• Music from Merlin tv series by Rob Lane and Rohan Stevenson
  
• Music from all Transformers movies by Steve Jablonsky
• Music from all seasons of Battlestar Galatica by Bear McCreary
• Music from all seasons of Doctor Who (new series) by Murray Gold
• Music from Airwolf as re-mastered and re-released from the music site
• Music from the Firefly tv series and from the Serenity movie
• Music from the Beauty & the Beast tv series by Lee Holdridge and Don Davis
• Batman Begins soundtrack by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, plus both the sequels
  
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, music by Howard Shore
• The Sentinel TV Series soundtrack
• Various Babylon 5 soundtracks by Christopher Franke
• Farscape soundtracks
• Incidental music from Buffy and Angel series
• On occasion, I have purchased vocal soundtracks:
• Buffy's Once More, With Feeling
• Xena's Bitter Suite
• Moulin Rouge
• The Phantom of the Opera (movie)
• New Age
• Atlantis by David Arkenstone
• Music Inspired by Middle Earth featuring David Arkenstone

Watching:

• Anything on the History Channel or Discovery that happens to be Egyptology-related, which just fascinates me.
• I'm a scifi/fantasy fan, so if it's scifi and/or fantasy, it'll most likely get my attention. Add great writing, likeable complex characters, and angst to that, and well, I'm hooked.
• Current series: Arrow, Dark Matter, Doctor Who, Gotham, The Librarians, Once Upon a Time, Supergirl, Timeless
  
• Past series: Angel, Agent Carter, Babylon 5, Buffy, Defiance, The Dresden Files, Farscape, Firefly/Serenity, Flash Forward, Heroes, Jericho, Merlin, Sleepy Hollow, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Enterprise, Stargate: SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis, V
• I also have an affinity for various animated series, most of which (though not all) are aimed more toward an adult/late teen audience, such as
• Avatar, the Last Airbender, Code Lyoko, Danny Phantom, Justice League/Justice League Unlimited, Teen Titans, The Batman, and Young Justice 
• Of course, watching series set in the DCAU has added another "shipper" couple to my list: Batman/Wonder Woman.
• And Avatar added Zuko/Katara, one of the few "no real on-screen evidence to support (and I don't care)" couples that I adore.
• And my old favorites from the 80s/90s: Zorro, Beauty & the Beast, Scarecrow & Mrs. King, and The Sentinel. Good stuff.