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2015 Favorites

I'd started doing my traditional blog posts on the various pop culture things I loved...but my heart wasn't in it. Still, I want to share what I really enjoyed reading, watching, and listening to this year...so why not just do one big post? I'm not going to comment on anything but would be happy to share why I loved anything on the list with you if you ask. I hope you all found lots to love in 2015 and I'm sure we'll find more to love in 2016.

MUSIC
Courtney Barnett/Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
Sleater-Kinney/No Cities To Love
Destroyer/Poison Season
Dawes/All Your Favorite Bands
Alabama Shakes/Sound and Color
Jason Isbell/Something More Than Free
Veruca Salt/Ghost Notes
Telekinesis/Ad Infinitum
Mac McCaughan/Non-Believers
Foals/What Went Down
El Vy/Return To The Moon
Twerps/Range Anxiety
Wilco/Star Wars
Drive-By Truckers/It's Great To Be Alive!

TV
The Flash
iZombie
Adventure Time - I'm through Season 3
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Parks and Recreation
Daredevil
Arrow
Agent Carter
The Goldbergs - I'm through Season 2
Bojack Horseman - I've only seen Season 1
Review - Same as above
Bob's Burgers
With Bob and David
Wet Hot America Summer: First Day of Camp
Jessica Jones? - I'm only 5 episodes in

BOOKS
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
Abaddon's Gate by James S.A. Corey
Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey
Nemesis Games by James S.A. Corey
Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
World of Trouble by Ben H. Winters
Near Enemy by Adam Sternbergh
Funny Girl by Nick Hornby
The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
The Killing Kind by Chris Holm
Petty by Warren Zanes
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
Finn Fancy Necromancy by Randy Henderson
The Stolen Ones by Owen Laukkanen
The Harvest Man by Alex Grecian
The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick DeWitt

COMICS
Saga
Astro City
The Fade Out
Chew
Daredevil
The Autumnlands
Black Widow
Ms. Marvel
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
Ant-Man
Sex
Birthright
Star Wars
Darth Vader
New Teen Titans - TPBs collecting the 80s series

MOVIES
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Martian
Inside Out
Spy
Trainwreck
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Ant-Man
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation

PODCASTS
Comedy Bang Bang
Spontaneanation
Dad Rock
All The Books!
iFanboy Pick of the Week
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