Geeking-Out December 9, 2025
The songs, movies, books, and LEGO builds that brought me the most joy in 2025
Curated by Adrian Ruiz
For my last Too Dope Not To Share Tuesday installment of 2025 I would like to share with you songs, movies, books, and LEGO builds that brought me the most joy in 2025. Check them out this Holiday Season if you get the chance and please share your favorites with me as well!
Books:
The pages from these books taught me so much about life and its ups and downs, victories, and defeats.
- BALDWIN: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs
- SONNY BOY: A MEMOIR by Al Pacino
- The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
- The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More by Jefferson Fisher
- Defectors: the Rise of The Latino Far Right and What It Means for America by Paola Ramos
Movies: Trailer included
These blew me away. Art and great movies are not dead!
- One Batlle After Another Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
- Frankenstein Directed by Guillermo del Toro
- The Phoenician Scheme Directed by Wes Anderson
- It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley Directed by Amy Berg
- John Candy: I Like Me Directed by Colin Hanks
LEGO Builds:
Never knew that these building bricks would become such a happy part of my life but here we are… brick by brick.