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Watch Read Listen: Best of 2024!

Our favorites this year.

Watch

Agatha All Along (Disney+)
Gothic horror is my favorite genre of anything, and Agatha surprisingly delivered. Not since Buffy has a show captivated me so emotionally. Full of intentional metaphor and themes, it’s a delicious treat for anyone who enjoys shows with depth. It’s also incredibly rewatchable, once you finish and figure out what’s really going on, you’ll want to start it all over again because there is always something new to discover. (Ash)
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The Fall Guy
Ryan Gosling, non-stop action, great music, and a cameo by Lee Majors! I *may* have stood [in my living room] and applauded when this was over. (Amber)

The Great British Baking Show (Netflix)
Every season it’s a classic. I loved waiting for the new episode every week while trying to avoid spoilers. It’s my ideal comfort show. (Hazel)

Read

All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
An enthralling 600+ pages. I would have happily spent 600 more with these characters and the writing. (Amber)

The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly
I love anything by this author. Plus this time she included time travel in such a cool and goofy yet serious way. It’s about being afraid of the future and the past but also much more. (Hazel)

The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste
This was my lone five star read of the year. It’s haunting and sad, and just what i wanted to read. There are several scenes that have stayed with me long after finishing. (Ash)

The It Girl by Ruth Ware
This book ticked so many boxes for me – mystery/thriller; twists; a whodunit that had me fooled; and set in Oxford. I wish I could read it for the first time again. (Dana)

The Secret Place by Tana French
Set in a private Catholic girls’ boarding school in the early 00’s, this detective novel follows the lives of a tight-knit group of teen girls leading up to the death of a boy at a neighboring school a year earlier, while in the present day the case has been brought back to the forefront by an anonymous note from someone claiming to know who killed him. Tana French’s prose is masterful and lyrical, and she really digs into the inner worlds of the girls and their complicated relationship politics as well as those of the detectives. She brings a magic into the nuances that make even the subtlest of things feel precious, and keeps you on the edge of your seat the whole time. (Christie)

10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall
The very Britishness of the cover is what drew me to the book, but the characters and plot kept me enthralled throughout. I’m not a big romance reader, but I really fell in love with Jonathan and Sam and their enemies-to-lovers story. (Dana)

Listen

All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson
I had been meaning to read the physical book sitting on my shelf for years, but the audio version read by the author is way better. What a powerful and inspirational stories for both kids and adults.

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhorn
This was one of my five 5-star reviews of 2024. 1789. Maine. Midwife Martha Ballard gets called to examine the body of a man found dead in the icy Kennebec River. What ensues is part mystery, part small-town early America in all its gossipy glory, but also stories of sexual assault and feminism. Martha Ballard suffers no fools. She and her husband are more tolerant & liberal than my imagination assumes of people in the 18th century. And the ending! Whew! (Deb)

Noah Kahan
Kahan, a Vermont native, was everywhere this year so it feels slightly redundant to include him here, but Noah was my top played artist this year and is likely to retain that title in the coming year. (Amber)

This Ain’t the Way I Go Out by Lucy Rose
Lucy Rose wrote this album after recovering from pregnancy-induced osteoporosis. It’s a gorgeous jazz-influenced indie pop album with bittersweet music and lyrics. Brings me to tears in a satisfying, cathartic way. There’s also an album of remixes of the songs that add some spunk and funk! (Christie)

Wild Dreams by Westlife
This album was in heavy rotation for probably two-thirds of my 2024. Westlife played their first-ever US shows this year, and I just couldn’t stop listening to this and the rest of their back catalogue. (Dana)

The Women by Kristin Hannah
This is one of my five 5-star reviews of 2024. Gritty, brutal, heart-wrenching, difficult, honest. (Deb)

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