J's Musings

I love spending my time online. And I thought; after all that preaching about media consumption, why don’t I suggest some good media? From books to music, here is a short list of, if not enriching, simply not negatively influential media.

YouTube:

• haleypham – Haley Pham
• GinnythePoooh – Ginny
• ellawng – Ella Wang
• korinabao – Korina Bao
• bewareofpity – Malissa
• somethingscarlett – Something Scarlett
• linhtruong – Linh Truong
• katieisreading – katie is reading
• jinymaeng – Jiny Maeng
• SaraCarolli – Sara Carolli

Videos: [YouTube]

• Snow, books and coffee cups – aglae
• What’s in my bag – ohnobea
• 24 hour reading challenge [book girlies] – Haley Pham
• Writing and Painting in Rural France – Claire McGory
• My kindle paperwhite – kirlao
• Romanticizing studying playlist – azelia

Shows:

• F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
• One Spring Night
• Hack my Home
• Carmen Sandiego [for younger viewers; 8-13]
• Love Next Door
• The Dragon Prince [Mystery of Aaravos]

Movies:

• Notting Hill
• The Intern
• Crazy Rich Asians
• To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before [Triology]
• Mona Lisa Smile
• Enola Holmes [Duology]
• Whisper of The Heart
• Howl’s Moving Castle
• Mean Girls
• The Devil wears Prada
• Barbie
• Rush Hour (triology)
• When Marnie was There
• Inside The Mind of a cat
• The Dolce Villa
• 20^th Century Girl

Now for the book girls…

Books:

• Before the coffee gets cold (5 book series) – Toshikazu Kawaguchi
• Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (duology) – Satoshi Yagisawa
• What you are looking for is in the library – Michiko Aoyama
• The Lantern of Lost Memories – Hiraga Sanaki
• Welcome to the Hyunam Dong bookshop – Hwang Bo – Reum
• The Inheritance Games (Triology) – Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• Nancy Drew Diaries (series for younger readers; 9-12) – Carolyn Keene
• Better Than the Movies [duology] – Lynn Painter
• You’ve reached Sam – Dustin Thao
• A Good Girl’s Guride to murder (Triology + novella) – Holly Jackson
• Five Survive – Holly Jackson
• The Reappearance of Rachel Price – Holly Jackson
• The Woman in the Window – A.J. Finn
• Convenience store woman – Sayaka Murata
• The Door-to-Door Bookstore – Carsten Sebastian
• The Healing Season of Pottery – Yeon Somin
• They Both Die at the end – Adam Silvera
• Legends and Lattes – Travis Baldree
• One of us is lying – Karen M. McManus
• The little Prince – Antoine de Saint – Exupery
• The girl who drank the moon – Kelly Barnhill
• Any Ross Welford Book [for ages 8-12]

Music Artists: [These are personal favourites, not just underrated artists]

• Men I Trust
• The Lumineers
• WILLIS
• Corner Club
• Lamp
• The Oh Hellos
• Lorde
• Olivia Rodrigo
• Conan Gray
• Hozier
• Stray Kids
• Lana Del Ray
• Taylor Swift
• Arctic Monkeys

Songs:

• What Happened to your heart – Peter Broderick, Bing & Ruth
• Vienna – Billy Joel
• Brutal – Olivia Rodrigo
• Arabella – Arctic Monkeys
• Burning Pile – Mother Mother
• Royals – Lorde
• 400 lux – Lorde
• Home – Edith
• I love you so [Acoustic] – The Walters
• Everybody wants to rule the world – Tears for Fears
• Ophelia – the Lumineers
• Gloria – the Lumineers
• Cleopatra – The Lumineers
• Ocean Eyes – Billy Eilish
• R U mine? – Arctic Monkeys
• Cardigan – Taylor Swift
• Clay pigeons – Michael cera
• I think I like when it rains – WILLIS
• Buzzcut season – Lorde
• Do I wanna Know? – Hozier
• Cigarette Daydreams – Cage TheElephant
• Are You Satisfied – MARINA
• Knee Socks – Arctic Monkeys
• Cherry Wine – Hozier
• Snap Out of it – Arctic Monkeys
• Apocalypse – CAS
• There is a light that never goes out [2011 remaster] – The Smiths

Curated by

Janhavi

[This post is not a promotional or sponsored post, rather a genuine list of media to enjoy]