So, before starting the lists of favorites, here’s my tally for books and Book Reviews for 2019:

• Total books read: 16
• Total Book Reviews: 16
• First published Book Review of 2019: Book Review #68: “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City” (Published January 4, 2019)
• Last published Book Review of 2019: Book Review #83: “The Stolen Sapphire: A Samantha Mystery” (Published December 9, 2019)
• ARC Reviews: 0

Ratings Tally

• 5 stars: 4
• 4 1/2 stars: 5
• 4 stars: 5
• 3 1/2 stars: 2
• 3 stars: 0
• 2 1/2 stars: 0
• 2 stars: 0
• 1 1/2 stars: 0
• 1 star: 0

ARC Reviews – Zero this year. Here’s to more in 2020.

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Now, on to my favorites!

Favorite Books

• Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
• Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone (Re-Read)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Re-Read)
• Janesville: An American Story
• Mosquitoland

Favorite Movies

• Avengers: Endgame
• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
• A Girl Like Her
• Blinded by the Light
• Captain Marvel
• Dolemite Is My Name
• Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
• Frozen II
• Long Shot
• Midway
• Shazam!
• Spider-Man: Far From Home
• The Devil We Know
• Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Favorite TV Shows

• The Act (Hulu)
• Cold Case (Netflix)
• Emergence (Hulu)
• Flint Town (Netflix)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit – Seasons 2 – 6 (Hulu)
• Mindhunter (Netflix)
• Stranger Things – Seasons 1, 2, and 3 (Netflix)
• Sesame Street 50th Anniversary Special (PBS)
• The Orville – Seasons 1 and 2 (Hulu)
• The Passage – Season 1 (Hulu)

Favorite Podcasts

• Aftermath
• American Girls
• Bag Man
• Cold
• Dateline NBC
• Forensic Files
• Not Guilty
• The City
• The Dream
• The Thing About Pam
• Today in True Crime
• Visitations

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Well, that wraps up my favorite things for 2019!

What about you? What were some of your favorite things of the year?

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Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂