Entertainment Forum General Chat Thread • Page 2

I want to set the record straight on the first page:

Best of the Best:
1. Music
2. Books
3. Movie
4. TV
5. Games
6. Podcasts

Worst of the Medium:
1. Movies
2. TV
3. Games
4. Music
5. Podcasts
6. Books


What I consume the most:
1. Podcasts
2. Music
3. Books
4. Movies
5. Games
6. TV

2025 releases:
1. Music
2. Movies
3. Podcasts
4. TV

I haven’t read any 2025 books or played any 2025 games.

 

Youtube Premium deserves its own category

 

Youtube videos, instagram reels and social media will always be last. The only exceptions are:
Catatonicyouth(s)
Peligrososocialclub
Crisis.acting

they are better than TV

 

What are your best books of the last 5 years?

 

Released in the last 5 years or that I’ve read in the last 5 years?

I am so behind on new fiction and trying to read “classics” that I don’t have an answer for the former outside of some nonfiction texts and horror novels

 

In terms of the best books that I’ve read in the last 5 years (not including The Great Gatsby or other re-reads):
Blood Meridian
Jesus’ Son
A Portrait of An Artist as a Young Man
The Path to Paradise
The Devil’s Candy

 

I was looking for released in the last 5 years. Im in the same boat for fiction, usually end up reading classics and disappointed when I try recent releases from new authors.

 

Play Blue Prince or Split Fiction coward

 

I only play Balatro and will continue that until Tony Hawk comes out

 

I’m down the Balatro path as well now

 

Play Deus Ex.

 

No

 

I finally started reading again this year after not reading anything for a few years and I probably won’t get to any 2025 releases unless I read that Joe Abercrombie book.

 

The Actionboyz have talked about Joe Abercrombie but idk if it’s my style

 

My top books published in the past five years (fiction):

Interior Chinatown - Charles Yu
Devil House - John Darnielle
Harlem Shuffle / Crook Manifesto - Colson Whitehead
James - Percival Everett
The Passenger / Stella Maris - Cormac McCarthy

I don't do a great job keeping up with new fiction aside from a couple authors, so there has probably been a ton of good stuff that I missed.

And non-fiction:
Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist - Liz Kelly
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents - Isabel Wilkerson
Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore - Dan Ozzi
Crying In H-Mart - Michelle Zauner

 

So basically what it should have been all along? Zazlav’s genius shines through again.

 

succession ass plot line

 

I love reading but I’m super slow with it. Really enjoyed that 3 Shades of Blue book about Coltrane, Davis, and Evans. Slowly making my way through Vonnegut now

 

Vonnegut is my favorite author. Enjoy!