These Are A Few Of My Favourite Things

Jul 4, 2022 | My Favourite Things

A list of 22 recommendations from my favourite books, movies, shows, and music for anyone that enjoys fantasy, historical/period pieces, dry humour, or soundtrack music.

 

Contents
  1. ✦ A few of my favorite books
  2. ✦ Movies
  3. ✦ Shows
  4. ✦ Music

✦ A few of my favorite books

  • The Lord Of The Rings and The Silmarillion – J.R.R Tolkien
  • Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell – Susanna Clarke
  • The Picture Of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde
  • The Song Of Achilles – Madeline Miller

✦ Movies

  • Loving Vincent
  • The Lord Of The Rings
  • Becoming Jane
  • What We Do In The Shadows
  • Call Me By Your Name

✦ Shows

  • Peaky Blinders
  • Black Mirror
  • Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (BBC)
  • The Mighty Boosh
  • Breaking Bad
  • Black Books

✦ Music

  • Flutterings – Laurent Dury
  • La Vie – Ichon
  • Summerside – Marika Hackman
  • anything by Methyl Ethyl
  • Wicked Games – Ramin Djawadi
  • Solar Sailor – Daft Punk
  • anything by Alice Phoebe Lou (especially the Paper Castles album)

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Preschool teacher and aspiring author living in Japan. I love the art of fiction storytelling and the weaving together of ideas and themes, in various genres-especially fantasy.

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