This year I’m going to update these periodically. Here goes:
Books
All the Colors of the Dark, Chris Whitaker, ☆☆☆
Between River and Sea, Dervla Murphy, ☆☆☆
The Dictionary People, Sarah Ogilvie, ☆☆☆
Leonard and Hungry Paul, Ronan Hession, ☆☆☆☆
Bel Canto, Ann Patchett ☆☆☆☆
107 Days, Kamala Harris, ☆☆☆
1000 Ideas: Big Book of TEFL worksheets, Sam Raven, ☆
We Are Made, John Ludlam ☆☆☆☆
There are Rivers in the Sky, Elif Shafak ☆☆☆
Los Aventuras de Valeria y Luciano, Spanish Readers, ☆☆☆
The Secret Hours, Mick Herron ☆☆☆☆
Dirt, Sarah Sulton ☆☆☆
No One Would Do What The Lamberts Have Done, Sophie Hannah ☆☆
The Seduction, Joanna Briscoe, ☆☆
Another Country, Anjali Joseph, ☆☆☆☆
Strangeland, Tracey Emin, ☆☆
Americanah, Chimamanda Ngzoi Adichie, ☆☆☆☆
The Godless Gospel, Julian Baggini, ☆☆☆☆
Into Thin Air, Jon Krakaeur ☆☆☆☆☆
Orbital, Samantha Harvey ☆☆☆☆
The Unexpected Genius of Pigs, Matt Whytman ☆☆☆
The Running Grave, Robert Galbraith ☆☆☆☆
My Father’s House, Joseph O’Connor ☆☆☆
Reading like a Writer, Francine Prose ☆☆☆
Audiobooks
Yellowface, Rebecca F Kuang, ☆☆☆
Big Questions in ELT, Scott Thornbury, ☆☆☆
The Palestine-Israel Conflict, Dan Cohn-Sherbok, Dawoud El-Alami, ☆☆☆
Carrie Soto is Back, Taylor Jenkins-Reid, ☆☆
It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way, Lysa Terkheurst, ☆☆
Unexplained, Richard Maclean Smith ☆☆☆
The Creative Act, Rick Rubin, ☆☆☆
Into the Uncanny, Danny Robins ☆☆☆☆
Let Them, Mel Robbins ☆☆☆☆
Film
The Thursday Murder Club ☆☆☆
Conclave ☆☆☆☆
Wicked ☆☆☆☆
Wicked: For Good ☆☆☆
TV
Murder in Monaco, ☆☆☆☆, Netflix
Criminal: Spain, ☆☆☆, Netflix
Keep Sweet, Pray and Obey (only part), ☆☆☆, Netflix
Beauty and the Bester, ☆☆☆, Netflix
The Truth about Jussie Smollett, ☆☆☆☆, Netflix
Unknown Number: The High School Catfish, ☆☆☆☆☆, Netflix
Louise Letby: Who to Believe? ☆☆☆, BBC
The Murder of Louise Kam, ☆☆☆, Netflix
Attack on London: Hunt for the 7/7 Bombers ☆☆☆☆, Netflix
Louise Letby: Beyond Reasonable Doubt?, ☆☆☆☆, ITV
Grenfell ☆☆☆☆ (Netflix)
Amy Bradley is Missing ☆☆☆☆ (Netflix)
Black Mirror, season 7 ☆☆☆☆ (Netflix)
Netflix documentary about Las Ramblas terrorist attack ☆☆☆ (Netflix)
Depp vs Heard ☆☆(Netflix)
A Deadly American Marriage ☆☆☆☆ (Netflix)
Netflix Encounters ☆☆☆
Pilgrimage ☆☆☆ (BBC)
The Fall – only part, ☆☆☆, Netflix
Adolescence, ☆☆☆☆ (Netflix)
Monsters: The Lyle and Eric Menendex Story, ☆☆☆☆ (Netflix)
Hauntings (BBC) ☆☆
Paranormal ☆☆☆☆ (BBC)
American Murder: Gabbi Petito ☆☆☆ (Netflix)
American Manhunt: O J Simpson ☆☆☆☆ (Netflix)
Uncanny Seasons 1 and 2 ☆☆☆☆ (BBC)
Apple Cider Vinegar ☆☆☆☆☆ (Netflix)
Am I Being Unreasonable? Season 1 ☆☆☆☆ (BBC)
Love is Blind, Habibi ☆☆☆ (Netflix)
The Thief, His Wife, and the Canoe ☆☆ (ITV)
Squid Game 1 (again) ☆☆☆☆☆ (Netflix)
Squid Game 2 ☆☆ (Netflix)
The Walk-In ☆☆☆ (Netflix)
Podcasts
Lucky Boy, ☆☆☆, Tortoise, Spotify
Dangerous Memories, ☆☆☆, Tortoise, Spotify
The Lab Detective, ☆☆☆☆, Tortoise, Spotify
The Other Side of Lucy Letby (in part), ☆☆☆☆, Spotify
Was There Ever a Crime? The Trials of Lucy Letby, ☆☆☆☆, Spotify
Lucy Letby: The Public Enquiry, ☆☆☆, BBC Sounds
TEFL Training Institute Podcast, ☆☆☆☆, Spotify
Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen, ☆☆☆☆, Spotify
Chameleon: Wild Boys, ☆☆☆, Spotify
The Confident Christian Woman ☆☆☆ Spotify
Your Own Backyard [Kristin Smart] ☆☆☆☆, Spotify
Uncanny ☆☆☆☆(Spotify)
The Lucan Obsession ☆☆☆☆ (Spotify)
Extrasensory ☆☆☆☆ (Spotify)
Theatre
Austentatious ☆☆☆☆
Emma ☆☆☆☆
A Scientific Approach to the Paranormal, Dr David Luke, ☆☆
Earnest? ☆☆☆☆
Six ☆☆☆☆☆
Pride and Prejudice sort of ☆☆☆☆☆