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Books

Chloe Martins 1d
Book · Open Library The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss · 2007

Kvothe is insufferable and I could not put it down anyway.

Alice Chen 2d
Book · Open Library Dune Frank Herbert · 1965

Reread this for the fourth time and it still holds up. The politics hit different as an adult.

Music

Ben Okafor 3d
Album · Spotify The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd · 1973

Side one flows into side two like it was always one song. Vinyl is the only correct format.

Mina Suzuki 4d
Album · Spotify Random Access Memories Daft Punk · 2013

Give Life Back to Music opens this perfectly. Still their best front-to-back album.

Film

Chloe Martins 1d
Film · TMDB Spirited Away Hayao Miyazaki · 2001

No Face lives in my head rent free. Rewatched this with my niece and it hit just as hard.

Alice Chen 3d
Film · TMDB Parasite Bong Joon-ho · 2019

That third act tonal shift is one of the best in modern film. Deserved every award.

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