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IN PROCESS: Inferno (Dan Brown), The Dark Tower III: The Wastelands (Stephen King)

BOOKS

1. Building Stories (Chris Ware)
2. Batman: Year One (Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli)
3. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, Lynn Varley)
4. When David Lost His Voice (Judith Vanistendael)
5. Francona: The Red Sox Years (Terry Francona, Dan Shaughnessy)
6. Point Your Face at This (Demetri Martin)
7. The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
8. Under the Dome (Stephen King)
9. Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise (Gene Luen Yang, Michael Dante DiMartino)
10. 11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11. The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
12. The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three (Stephen King)

MOVIES

1. Looper
2. VHS
3. Argo
4. Brave
5. Beasts of the Southern Wild
6. Indie Game: The Movie
7. Wreck it Ralph
8. The Place Beyond the Pines
9. Django Unchained
10. The Master
11. Iron Man 3
12. Silver Linings Playbook
13. Star Trek (2009)
14. Star Trek: Into Darkness
15. Fast and Furious 6
16. The Kings of Summer
17. This is the End
18. Bottle Rocket
19. Pelotero (Ballplayer)
20. Knuckleball!
21. Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview
22. The People vs. George Lucas
23. Death of a Superhero

TV

1. The Office (Seasons 1-9)
2. Game of Thrones (Season 1)
3. Arrested Development (Seasons 1-4)
4. Scrubs (Season 1-3)

 

[AndyD]

I think I am stepping out of the challenge this year. The twins were born a few weeks ago and I won't have time to read or watch movies for a while.

Congrats!

I think I may try to step back into the challenge. I am way way behind, but that's just extra motivation to do my best. The twins are doing well and recently sleeping through the night, so I can read at night! And I am not keeping track of movies because we watched a lot while home on paternity leave and we still watch a lot now that we can't go out much, so I am probably near or above 50 already.

AndyD - 7/50 books

Books:
The Historian, Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Gone Girl, The Physician, Baker's Daughter, Elizabeth Street, Moneyball

 

[Kud Dukan]

Update:

Kud Dukan - 13/50 Books | 16/50 Movies​

Books:

• The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches From the Front Lines by Michael E. Mann
• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
• Mortality by Christopher Hitchens
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
• The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
• The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
• The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
• The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
• Wool by Hugh Howey
• Inferno by Dan Brown
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
• Billions and Billions by Carl Sagan
• The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

Movies:

• The Perks of Being a Wallflower
• Django Unchained
• Contact
• Les Misérables
• Zero Dark Thirty
• Batman: Year One
• Mystery Men
• The Dark Knight Returns Part 1
• The Dark Knight Returns Part 2
• The Bourne Legacy
• Iron Man 3
• Children of Men
• Star Trek Into Darkness
• Insomnia
• X2: X-Men United
• Man of Steel

Absolutely loved The Ocean at the End of the Lane. I haven't read much of Gaiman, but I think I'll need to fix that problem this summer.

 

[Tragicomedy]

New book:

[*] John Green - The Fault in Our Stars ★★★★ - Loved it...a real tearjerker. Beautiful insight into love, loss, and grief.

 

[Ashes]

Ashes1396 - 00/50 Books | 00/50 Films

I'm reading Kensuki's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo.

 

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Ashes1396 - 00/50 Books | 00/50 Films

I'm reading Kensuki's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo.

love that book. good luck!

 

[Ashes]

love that book. good luck!

thank you.

 

[persongr]

June Update!

persongr: Books, 11/50 | Movies, 23/50

BOOKS: 11/50

• The Sense of an Ending, by Julian Barnes (translated in Greek by Thomas Skassis)
• A History of the World in 10½ Chapters, by Julian Barnes (translated in Greek by Thomas Skassis)
• Edgar Allan Poe: 21 Stories and "The Raven" (compiled and translated in Greek by Katerina Sxina)
• The Murderess, by Alexandros Papadiamantis
• Our Man in Havana, by Graham Greene
• Confessions of a Mask, by Yukio Mishima (translated in English by Meredith Weatherby)
• Weaveworld, by Clive Barker
• Mother, by Maxim Gorky
  [*]Slapstick or Lonesome no More!, by Kurt Vonnegut
  [*]A Night in the Galactic Railway**, by Kenji Miyazawa (translated in Greek by Maria Argyraki)
  [*]Norwegian Wood, by Haruki Murakami (translated in Greek by Argyro Mandoglou)
  

**It's a special edition in Greek that includes some short stories by Kenji Miyazawa, including "Ginga Tetsudō no Yoru", "Sero Hiki no Gōshu", "Yuki watari", "Karasu no Hokuto Shichisei", "Denshin-basira no tsukiyo", and "Hikari no Suashi"

MOVIES: 23/50

• Life of Pi
• Django Unchained
• The Master
• Sleepwalk with Me
• Tower Heist
• The Perks of being a Wallflower
• Seven Psychopaths
• Lincoln
• Argo
• Amour
• Rango
• Wreck-it Ralph
• In the Mood for Love
• De rouille et d'os
• La Mujer sin Cabeza
• Anatomy of a Crime
• Iron Man 3
• Chungking Express
• The Grandmaster
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Like Someone in Love
• The Last Samurai
  [*]Man of Steel

 

[Bright Side of Life]

Update
Books
4/50 (this is gonna take a while)
Hitchhiker's Guide: I finally finished it after constantly trying for 10 years. Starting The Road now

Movies
47/50
Dredd
Warm Bodies
Children of Men

 

[TestMonkey]

UPDATE

TestMonkey - 44/50 Books | 45/50 Movies​

Books

• The Bride Wore Black Leather by Simon R. Green
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
• A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (912 pages)
• If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell
• World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
• Monster by A. Lee Martinez
• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
• Divine Misfortune by A. Lee Martinez
• The Accidental Sorcerer by K.E. Mills (560 pages)
• Witches Incorporated by K.E. Mills (576 pages)
• The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
• Wolverine and the X-Men Vol. 2 by Jason Aaron
• Kick-Ass 2 Prelude: Hit-Girl by Mark Millar
• Rumo & His Miraculous Adventures by Walter Moers (684 pages)
• Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey
• Shadow Games by Glen Cook
• How To Analyze People On Sight by Elsie Lincoln Benedict
• The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
• Dreams of Steel by Glen Cook
• Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson
• The Te of Piglet by Benjamin Hoff
• The Penultimate Truth by Philip K. Dick
• Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Fischer, Margulies and Mosenfelder
• Superfreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
• Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
• Wolverine and the X-Men Vol. 3 by Jason Aaron
• Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder (513 pages)
• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (709 pages)
• Wool by Hugh Howey (528 pages)
• Feed by Mira Grant (571 pages)
• Deadline by Mira Grant (581 pages)
• Blackout by Mira Grant (634 pages)
• I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert

Movies

• Wing Chun
• The Warrior's Way
• Demetri Martin. Person.
• Ip Man 2
• Lisa Lampanelli: Long Live the Queen
• Lisa Lampanelli: Take It Like a Man
• Superman vs. the Elite
• Afro Samurai: Resurrection
• Pablo Francisco: Ouch!
• Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
• A Good Day to Die Hard
• The Raven
• Get Bruce!
• Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater
• Felipe Esparza: The're Not Gonna Laugh At You
• Batman: Year One
• All-Star Superman
• Doctor Strange
• Captain America: The First Avenger
• The Avengers
• Bodyguards and Assassins
• Craig Ferguson: I'm Here to Help
• Jim Jefferies: I Swear to God
• Jim Jefferies: Fully Functional
• Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007
• Evil Dead (2013)
• Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
• Debra DiGiovanni: Single Awkward Female
• The Hangover Part III
• Knuckleball
• Despicable Me 2
• Tai Chi Zero
• The Lone Ranger
• The Sorcerer and the White Snake
• Dragon (2011)
• Flash Point
• Malice in Wonderland
• The Heroic Trio
• Gary Owen: True Story
• Juston McKinney: A Middle Class Hole
• Pacific Rim
• Done the Impossible
• Don Friesen: Ask Your Mom
• Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
• Tokyo Godfathers

 

[Ephidel]

Update (1st July)

Ephidel - 31/50 Books | 70/50 Movies | 21/50 Graphic Novels​

(I haven't updated since March, so this was long overdue)

Books

1. First Channel (Sime~Gen 3) by Jean Lorrah and Jacqueline Lichtenberg ★★★½
2. Doctor Who: Devil in the Smoke by Justin Richards ★★★ (05 Jan)
3. Mahogany Trinrose (Sime~Gen 4) by Jacqueline Lichtenberg ★★★★ (10 Jan)
4. Channel's Destiny (Sime~Gen 5) by Jean Lorrah and Jacqueline Lichtenberg ★★★★ (16 Jan)
5. RenSime (Sime~Gen 6) by Jacqueline Lichtenberg ★★★★★ (19 Jan)
6. Ambrov Keon (Sime~Gen 7) by Jean Lorrah ★★★★½ (22 Jan)
7. Zelerod's Doom (Sime~Gen 8) by Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Jean Lorrah ★★★½ (26 Jan)
8. Personal Recognizance (Sime~Gen 9) by Jacqueline Lichtenberg ★★★★½ (26 Jan)
9. The Story Untold and Other Sime~Gen Stories (Sime~Gen 10) by Jean Lorrah ★★★★★ (26 Jan)
10. To Kiss or To Kill (Sime~Gen 11) by Jean Lorrah ★★★★★ (29 Jan)
11. The Farris Channel (Sime~Gen 12) by Jacqueline Lichtenberg ★★★★½ (01 Feb)
12. Pulling Up Stakes by Peter David ★★½ (02 Feb)
13. Pulling Up Stakes 2 by Peter David ★★½ (03 Feb)
14. The Drowning City (Necromancer Chronicles 1) by Amanda Downum ★★★★ (07 Feb)
15. Lady of Devices (Magnificent Devices 1) by Shelley Adina ★★★★ (09 Feb)
16. Her Own Devices (Magnificent Devices 2) by Shelley Adina ★★★½ (09 Feb)
17. Magnificent Devices (Magnificent Devices 3) by Shelley Adina ★★★★ (13 Feb)
18. Ensign Flandry by Poul Anderson ★★★ (22 Feb)
19. Boneshaker (Clockwork Century 1) by Cherie Priest ★★★½ (25 Feb)
20. Clementine (Clockwork Century Side Story) ★★★ by Cherie Priest (02 Mar)
21. Dreadnought (Clockwork Century 2) by Cherie Priest ★★★★ (18 Mar)
22. Ganymede (Clockwork Century 3) by Cherie Priest ★★★★ (25 Mar)
23. The Inexplicables (Clockwork Century 4) by Cherie Priest ★★★½ (03 Apr)
24. A Kiss of Shadows (Merry Gentry 1) by Laurell K Hamilton ★★★ (09 Apr)
25. The Dragon's Path (The Dagger and the Coin 1) by Daniel Abraham ★★★ (19 April)
26. The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard Sequence 1) by Scott Lynch ★★★½ (06 May)
27. Magic to the Bone (Allie Beckstrom 1) by Devon Monk ★★★½ (08 May)
28. Alternative Worlds in Fantasy Fiction by Peter Hunt and Millicent Lenz (13 May)
29. Desert of Souls (The Chronicle of Sword and Sand 1) by Howard Andrew Jones ★★★★ (28 May)
30. Theft of Swords (Riyria Revelations 1) by Michael J Sullivan ★★★ (Crown Conspiracy 05 Jun, Avempartha 08 Jun)
31. The Summer Tree (The Fionavar Tapestry 1) by Guy Gavriel Kay ★★★★★ (21 Jun)​

I'd never read anything by Guy Gavriel Kay before, and I'm not really sure why, but that's definitely going to change now. The Summer Tree was fantastic, leagues better than most else I've read lately, and it surprised me how easily it grabbed me. I was tempted to re-evaluate my previous reads as a result, but decided the scores were true enough at the time - it will doubtless influence my opinions from now on though.

Currently Reading: The Wandering Fire (Guy Gavriel Kay)
On Hold: The Count of Monte-Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)

Movies

1. Blue Streak (1999) ★
2. Knowing (2009) ★★★½
3. Point of Entry (2007) ★★ (11 Jan)
4. Ghostquake (2012) ★★½ (11 Jan)
5. Stripes (1981) ★★★½ (13 Jan)
6. 12 Disasters (2012) ★★ (13 Jan)
7. Wild Hearts (2006) ★★★½ (13 Jan)
8. Accused at 17 (2010) ★★★ (17 Jan)
9. The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007) ★★★★ (19 Jan)
10. Because I Said So (2007) ★★★ (19 Jan)
11. Dream House (1998) ★★ (20 Jan)
12. Recreator (2012) ★★ (20 Jan)
13. It's Complicated (2009) ★★★½ (21 Jan)
14. Wreck it Ralph (2012) ★★★★★ (27 Jan)
15. Absolute Zero (2005) ★★½ (30 Jan)
16. The TV Set (2006) ★★★★ (30 Jan)
17. The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008) ★★★½ (02 Feb)
18. The A-Team ★★★½ (2010) (02 Feb)
19. Mary Higgins Clarke's Try To Remember (2004) ★★★ (07 Feb)
20. Predators (2010) ★★★★ (09 Feb)
21. Dark Storm (2006) ★★★ (10 Feb)
22. Die Hard 4.0 (2007) ★★★★★ (10 Feb)
23. Changing Lanes (2002) ★★½ (11 Feb)
24. Premonition (2007) ★ (11 Feb)
25. Maternal Instinct (2008) ★★½ (14 Feb)
26. Knight and Day (2010) ★★★½ (16 Feb)
27. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) ★★★½ (21 Feb)
28. Playing House (2006) ★★½ (23 Feb)
29. Leprechaun (1993) ★ (25 Feb)
30. Tenth Circle (2008) ★★½ (27 Feb)
31. Unknown Title 1 ★★½ (27 Feb) (A woman's career is destroyed by the woman her husband was flirting with online).
32. Walled In (2009) ★ (27 Feb)
33. Undercover Bridesmaid (2012) ★★★ (04 Mar)
34. Another Man's Wife (2011) ★★½ (06 Mar)
35. Where are my children? (1994) ★★½ (09 Mar)
36. Love is a Four Letter Word (2007) ★★★½ (10 Mar)
37. Unstable (2009) ★★ (12 Mar)
38. P.S. I Love You (2007) ★★★★ (13 Mar)
39. Starship Troopers 2 (2004) ★★★ (22 Mar)
40. Life's a Trip (2006) ★★ (23 Mar)
41. It Had To Be You (2000) ★★★½ (24 Mar)
42. Creep Van (2011) ☆ (13 Apr) (I DONT KNOW WHY I PUT MYSELF THROUGH THIS!)
43. Trapped (2002) ★★★★ (21 Apr)
44. Ba'al the Storm God (2008) ★½ (23 Apr)
45. Final Justice (1998) ★★ (27 Apr)
46. Blades of Glory (2007) ★★★★½ (27 Apr)
47. Family Rescue (1997) ★★★ (28 Apr)
48. Along Came Polly (2004) ★★★ (28 Apr)
49. The Innocent (2001) ★★★½ (29 Apr)
50. Confined (2010) ★★★ (02 May)
51. Dark Floors (2008) Rank Undecided (07 May)
52. Vacancy (2007) ★★★½ (15 May)
53. Rumour Has It (2005) ★★★★ (18 May)
54. Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995) ★★★ (19 May)
55. Silver Bells (2005) ★★★ (19 May)
56. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) ★★★★ (25 May)
55. Cursed (2005) ★★★½ (01 Jun)
56. Absolute Fear (2012) ★½ (02 Jun)
57. I Give It A Year (2013) ★★★★ (05 Jun)
58. Take The Lead (2006) ★★★★★ (05 Jun)
57. A Teacher's Crime (2008) ★★★★ (15 Jun)
58. The Switch (1993) ★★★★★ (15 Jun)
59. Puppy Love (2012) ★★★½ (16 Jun)
60. Don't Let Him In (2011) ★★ (16 Jun)
61. Blue Demon (2004) ★★½ (18 Jun)
62. Love's Kitchen (2011) ★★★★ (22 Jun)
63. Scents and Sensibility (2011) ★½ (23 Jun)
64. Between Love and Hate (1993) ★ (23Jun)
65. At the Midnight Hour (1995) ★★★½ (23 Jun)
66. Something Beneath (2007) ★★ (24 Jun)
67. Die Hard With A Vengeance (1995) ★★★★★ (29 Jun)
68. National Security (2003) ★★★ (30 Jun)
69. Lost In Space (1998) ★★★½ (30 Jun)
70. End Of The World (2013) ★★★½ (30 Jun)
​

Graphic Novels

1. Girl Friends Vol.1 by Milk Morinaga ★★★★ (13 Jan)
2. Girl Friends Vol.2 by Milk Morinaga ★★★★ (13 Jan)
3. A Bride's Story Vol.4 by Kaoru Mori ★★★★★ (07 Feb)
4. Soulless Vol.2 by Gail Carriger and Rem ★★★★ (08 Feb)
5. Ampney Crucis Investigates: Vile Bodies by Ian Edginton and Simon Davis ★★★★★ (11 Feb)
6. Ikigami Vol.8 by Motoro Mase ★★★ (12 Feb)
7. Dawn of the Arcana Vol.7 by Rei Toma ★★★ (15 Feb)
8. Durarara!! Vol.1 by Ryohgo Narita and Akiyo Satorigi ★★★★ (15 Feb)
9. Durarara!! Vol.2 by Ryohgo Narita and Akiyo Satorigi ★★★★ (15 Feb)
10. Durarara!! Vol.3 by Ryohgo Narita and Akiyo Satorigi ★★★★ (15 Feb)
11. Durarara!! Vol.4 by Ryohgo Narita and Akiyo Satorigi ★★★★ (15 Feb)
12. Dawn of the Arcana Vol.8 by Rei Toma ★★★½ (16 Feb)
13. One Piece: Baroque Works 13-14-15 Omnibus by Eiichiro Oda ★★★½ (16 Feb)
14. Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro Vol.3 by by Satoko Kiyuduki ★★★★★ (17 Feb)
15. The Books of Magic by Neil Gaiman et al. ★★★★ (19 Feb)
16. Super Spy by Matt Kindt ★★★★★ (24 Feb)
17. Ravine Vol.1 by Stjepan Sejic and Ron Marz ★★★★ (01 Mar)
18. X-Factor Visionaries Vol.1 by Peter David ★★★★ (21 Mar)
19. X-Men Legacy Prodigal by Simon Spurier, Tan Eng Huat, and Jorge Molina ★★★★½ (14 Apr)
20. Grey Is... Vol.1 by dee Juusan ★★ (21 Apr)
21. The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame by Gengoroh Tagame ★★★ (28 Apr)​

 

[Maklershed]

Maklershed - 31/50 books | 46/50 movies | 8 games

New stuff in bold...

Books
1. The Heroes
2. The Dispossessed
3. In the Garden of Beasts
4. Foundation
5. Foundation and Empire
6. Second Foundation
7. Wilderness: A Novel
8. Foundation's Edge
9. Foundation and Earth
10. Make Room! Make Room!
11. Dune Messiah
12. Raised Eyebrows
13. Red Country
14. L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories
15. The Big Sleep
16. Farewell, My Lovely
---END Q1---
17. The Black Dahlia
18. The Big Nowhere
19. Masters of Doom
20. L.A. Confidential
21. White Jazz
22. Escape from Camp 14
23. A Clash of Kings (re-read)
24. Mistborn: The Well of Ascension
25. The Martian
26. The Chase
27. Joyland
28. The Maltese Falcon
29. American Tabloid
30. Caliban's War
31. Abaddon's Gate
---END Q2---


Movies
1. Dredd
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. Headhunters
4. Chronicle
5. The Hunger Games
6. Wrath of the Titans
7. Quantum of Solace
8. The Immortals
9. Skyfall
10. Margin Call
11. Shooter
12. The Naked City
13. The Maltese Falcon
14. Reservoir Dogs
15. The Warriors
16. Double Indemnity
17. Lawless
18. Once Upon a Time in the West
19. A Night in Casablanca
20. Go West
21. In the Name of the King
22. Duck Soup
23. Murder, My Sweet
24. They Drive By Night
25. Gun Crazy
26. Gigli
27. Season of the Witch
28. Trespass
29. Drive Angry
---END Q1---
30. Born to Kill
31. End of Watch
32. The Asphalt Jungle
33. Street Fighter
34. Godzilla 1998
35. Oblivion
36. Green Lantern
37. The Campaign
38. The Rundown
39. Gone in 60 Seconds
40. Django Unchained
41. Fast and the Furious
42. 2 Fast 2 Furious
43. Man of Steel
44. The Glass Key
45. Nocturne
46. Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift
---END Q2---


Games
1. Borderlands 2
2. Heavy Rain
3. Far Cry 3
4. Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
---END Q1---
5. Tomb Raider
6. Dishonored
7. Bioshock Infinite
8. Spec Ops
---END Q2---

 

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update

Empty - 39/50 Books | 49/50 Movies

1. never let me go by kazuo ishiguro
2. the left hand of darkness by ursula k. le guin
3+4. middlesex by jeffrey eugidenes (533 pages)
5. nothing to envy: real lives in north korea by barbara demick
6. a life too short: the tragedy of robert enke by ronald reng
7. sputnik sweetheart by haruki murakami
8. good omens by terry pratchett & neil gaiman
9. pale blue dot by carl sagan
10 + 11. a feast for crows by george r. r martin (684 pages)
12. lolita by vladimir nabokov
13. eating animals by jonathon safron foer
14. neverwhere by neil gaiman
15. the complete maus by art spiegelman
16. night falls fast by kay redfield jamison
17. what i talk about when i talk about running by haruki murakami
18. scorsese by ebert
19. a tree grows in brooklyn by betty smith
20. breakfast of champions by kurt vonnegut
21. the orphan masters son by adam johnson
22. cold spring harbour by richard yates
23. outliers by malcom gladwell
24. slaugherhose v by kurt vonnegut
25 + 26. the art of fielding by chad harbuch (515 pages)
27. the easter parade by richard yates
28. where angels fear to tread by e.m forster
29. pnin by vladamir nabokov
30. the real life of sebastian knight by vladamir nabokov
31. thirst for love by yukio mishima
32. nine stories by j.d salinger
33. the spy who came in from the cold by john le carre
34. johnson's life of london by boris johnson
35+36. white teeth by zadie smith (542 pages)
37. the hobbit by j.r.r tolkein
38. consider the lobster by david foster wallace
39. sandman vol.1: preludes and nocturnes by neil gaiman

Films -

1. the bicycle thief
2. brokeback mountain
3. the thin blue line
4. mission: impossible
5. life of pi 3d
6. the girl who leapt through time
7. les miserables
8. mean streets
9. ocean waves
10. kill bill vol. 1 & 2
11. jiro dreams of sushi
12. mission: impossible 2
13. a separation
14. tangled
15. queen of versailles
16. django unchained
17. searching for sugarman
18. cache (hidden)
19. prometheus
20. the lives of others
21. wreck it ralph
22. amour
23. argo
24. paris, texas
25. to the wonder
26. wings
27. the passion of joan of arc
28. cloud atlas
29. sunrise a song of two humans
30. the general
31. safety last
32. nosferatu
33. the triplets of bellville
34. grizzly man
35. pitch perfect
36. the terminator
37. election
38. mishima a life in four chapters
39. three colours red
40. iron man 3
41. flesh and the devil
42. fish tank
43. paris is burning
44. monsters university
45. groundhog day
46. la strada
47. passport to pimlico
48. synecdoche, new york
49. alan partidge: alpha papa

 

[Ashes]

Ashes1396 - 01/50 Books | 01/50 Films

Books

1, Kensuki's Kingdom

Films

1. Dredd.

 

[Tragicomedy]

Another quarter has come and gone. It's inspiring to see some of you guys already nearing or passing the challenge. I'm sitting well above pace on books, but the movies have been the real challenge like I thought they would. In a few weeks when we settle into our new home (hopefully), the wife and I are going to have to go on a film spree.

My top book for the second quarter was Glen Cook's The Black Company, well deserving of the ★★★★★ rating I gave it. Cook is an amazing writer, and his characters are so dang fun. This book is heavy on dark military fiction, gray lines between good and evil, and humor among comrades in arms. Highly recommended.

My top movie for the second quarter was Chasing Ice (★★★★&#9733, a fascinating documentary on our rapidly waning glaciers. The science has been in on global warming for some time now, but with this movie you can actually visualize the massive impact that humans and our carbon footprint is causing.

 

[Tragicomedy]

Ashes1396 - 01/50 Books | 01/50 Films

Books

1, Kensuki's Kingdom

Films

1. Dredd.

Better late than never, Ashes. You've got this.

 

[markhimself46]

IN PROCESS: Inferno (Dan Brown), The Dark Tower III: The Wastelands (Stephen King)

BOOKS

1. Building Stories (Chris Ware)
2. Batman: Year One (Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli)
3. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, Lynn Varley)
4. When David Lost His Voice (Judith Vanistendael)
5. Francona: The Red Sox Years (Terry Francona, Dan Shaughnessy)
6. Point Your Face at This (Demetri Martin)
7. The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
8. Under the Dome (Stephen King)
9. Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise (Gene Luen Yang, Michael Dante DiMartino)
10. 11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11. The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
12. The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three (Stephen King)

MOVIES

1. Looper
2. VHS
3. Argo
4. Brave
5. Beasts of the Southern Wild
6. Indie Game: The Movie
7. Wreck it Ralph
8. The Place Beyond the Pines
9. Django Unchained
10. The Master
11. Iron Man 3
12. Silver Linings Playbook
13. Star Trek (2009)
14. Star Trek: Into Darkness
15. Fast and Furious 6
16. The Kings of Summer
17. This is the End
18. Bottle Rocket
19. Pelotero (Ballplayer)
20. Knuckleball!
21. Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview
22. The People vs. George Lucas
23. Death of a Superhero
24. Pacific Rim

TV

1. The Office (Seasons 1-9)
2. Game of Thrones (Season 1)
3. Arrested Development (Seasons 1-4)
4. Scrubs (Season 1-3)

 

[Ashes]

Better late than never, Ashes. You've got this.

Thanks tragi.

Op is out of date. I suppose now that I'm here I might as well do half year update at the end of July.

Good luck everyone. It's nice to see so many familiar faces.

 

[Tragicomedy]

Thanks tragi.

Op is out of date. I suppose now that I'm here I might as well do half year update at the end of July.

Good luck everyone. It's nice to see so many familiar faces.

Yeah, xyla popped in a few posts back and said he was going to get it caught up to date. It's a lot of work tracking so many people's lists.

One thing I'd like to see is organizing the initial list based on completion numbers...maybe most total completed, then most books, then most movies. Several different ways to visualize it. There are also lots of folks who signed up but went totally inactive.

I'll PM him to see if he wants help, since I really enjoy doing that sort of thing. If anyone has other ideas, that would be great.

 

[Ashes]

Normally, we just go back a couple of months. But if someone wants to go back six months, it would obviously be the superior list of records. By all means go for it, if you think you are able to. Or anyone else for that matter. ha ha!

I just watched another film, and I started a second book. Will update in the standardised format asap.

 

[Tragicomedy]

Okay, with the first half of the year wrapped up, I wanted to do an update to help Xyla out. I set everything up on Excel file to track overall progress, statistics, etc. Xyla is free to place this in the OP at his earliest convenience. If there's anything else you want to see tracked, let me know.


SORTED BY OVERALL TOTAL (BOOKS + MOVIES):

• • TJ Bennett - 1/50 books | 145/50 movies
  • Glaurungr - 115/50 books | 29/50 movies
  • BrokenEchelon - 30/50 books | 84/50 movies
  • Azrael - 21/50 books | 83/50 movies
  • Ephidel - 31/50 books | 70/50 movies
  • kinoki - 11/50 books | 67/50 movies
  • Maklershed - 31/50 books | 46/50 movies
  • Empty - 26/50 books | 43/50 movies
  • Nezumi - 27/50 books | 42/50 movies
  • Illithid Dude - 5/50 books | 62/50 movies
  • DieUnbekannte - 24/50 books | 40/50 movies
  • TestMonkey - 33/50 books | 31/50 movies
  • RatskyWatsky - 9/50 books | 49/50 movies
  • Tragicomedy - 34/50 books | 23/50 movies
  • Squirrel Killer - 3/50 books | 50/50 movies
  • Nymerio - 43/50 books | 10/50 movies
  • SlowRevolution - 14/50 books | 38/50 movies
  • LuffyZoro - 25/50 books | 27/50 movies
  • March14th - 4/50 books | 47/50 movies
  • mu cephei - 9/50 books | 42/50 movies
  • Don - 5/50 books | 43/50 movies
  • Forsaken82 - 5/50 books | 41/50 movies
  • choodi - 8/50 books | 37/50 movies
  • Mumei - 32/50 books | 12/50 movies
  • smiggyRT - 2/50 books | 41/50 movies
  • Baconsaurus Rex - 10/50 books | 33/50 movies
  • guest1321 - 9/50 books | 33/50 movies
  • Bonethug - 21/50 books | 20/50 movies
  • latinlikeaviolin - 22/50 books | 19/50 movies
  • SirFisher - 23/50 books |17/50 movies
  • Cyan - 24/50 books | 15/50 movies
  • Teptom - 20/50 books | 18/50 movies
  • VegaNine - 5/50 books | 32/50 movies
  • grumpy - 17/50 books | 20/50 movies
  • Atrophis - 5/50 books | 31/50 movies
  • Markhimself46 - 12/50 books | 24/50 movies
  • SaltyDoughnut - 13/50 books | 22/50 movies
  • Setre - 6/50 books | 28/50 movies
  • persongr - 11/50 books | 23/50 movies
  • Tarius1210 - 4/50 books | 28/50 movies
  • foomfoom415 - 13/50 books | 19/50 movies
  • -Stranger- - 0/50 books | 31/50 movies
  • McCloud? - 14/50 books | 16/50 movies
  • Kud Dukan - 13/50 books | 16/50 movies
  • ReiGun - 7/50 books | 21/50 movies
  • W1SSY - 8/50 books | 20/50 movies
  • cashman - 12/50 books | 16/50 movies
  • bggrthnjsus - 20/50 books | 6/50 movies
  • gloomy - 3/50 books | 22/50 movies
  • xyla - 4/50 books | 21/50 movies
  • Manik - 9/50 books | 16/50 movies
  • sammyCYBORG - 3/50 books | 21/50 movies
  • Leopold - 5/50 books | 19/50 movies
  • Jimothy - 3/50 books | 19/50 movies
  • O.DOGG - 4/50 books | 18/50 movies
  • kaztar - 9/50 books | 12/50 movies
  • Crunched - 3/50 books | 17/50 movies
  • desu - 11/50 books | 9/50 movies
  • Rokal - 3/50 books | 16/50 movies
  • Wok - 7/50 books | 12/50 movies
  • AndyD - 7/50 books | 11/50 movies
  • MajorGravy - 0/50 books | 17/50 movies
  • cacophony - 7/50 books | 10/50 movies
  • RichardAM - 2/50 books | 14/50 movies
  • Yobalt - 2/50 books | 14/50 movies
  • IamMattFox - 5/50 books | 11/50 movies
  • tim_south - 5/50 books | 11/50 movies
  • Kelpie - 3/50 books | 12/50 movies
  • tris - 4/50 books | 11/50 movies
  • SolKane - 5/50 books | 10/50 movies
  • EvaristeG - 5/50 books | 10/50 movies
  • Cartman86 - 1/50 books | 13/50 movies
  • Gila - 3/50 books | 11/50 movies
  • d_escudero - 6/50 books | 7/50 movies
  • white dynamite - 3/50 books | 9/50 movies
  • Somnia - 4/50 books | 8/50 movies
  • bryan12112 - 1/50 books | 10/50 movies
  • Madridy - 1/50 books | 10/50 movies
  • dvolovets - 5/50 books | 6/50 movies
  • KuwabaraTheMan - 8/50 books | 3/50 movies
  • Kingslunk - 2/50 books | 8/50 movies
  • Yager - 2/50 books | 8/50 movies
  • BenjaminBirdie - 3/50 books | 7/50 movies
  • taoofjord - 4/50 books | 6/50 movies
  • Cookie18 - 1/50 books | 8/50 movies
  • Maximilian E. - 2/50 books | 7/50 movies
  • TheSchwab_7 - 2/50 books | 7/50 movies
  • Petit Melon - 2/50 books | 7/50 movies
  • Kwixotik - 3/50 books | 6/50 movies
  • AlexM - 4/50 books | 5/50 movies
  • TetraxShards - 4/50 books | 5/50 movies
  • Chuck - 0/50 books | 8/50 movies
  • Frustrated_Grunt - 1/50 books | 7/50 movies
  • Nub - 1/50 books | 7/50 movies
  • Larsa - 2/50 books | 6/50 movies
  • AdrianWerner - 3/50 books | 5/50 movies
  • FUBAR McDangles - 3/50 books | 5/50 movies
  • EVOL 100% - 6/50 books | 2/50 movies
  • xena - 1/50 books | 6/50 movies
  • Mastadon - 1/50 books | 5/50 movies
  • Chaset - 1/50 books | 5/50 movies
  • Mr. Sandman - 2/50 books | 4/50 movies
  • Thomaser - 3/50 books | 3/50 movies
  • Aggrotek - 0/50 books | 5/50 movies
  • SourCinnamon - 0/50 books | 5/50 movies
  • Fari - 0/50 books | 5/50 movies
  • Plywood - 1/50 books | 4/50 movies
  • TronLight - 1/50 books | 4/50 movies
  • GasProblem - 2/50 books | 3/50 movies
  • Zippedpinhead - 2/50 books | 3/50 movies
  • Tater Tot - 5/50 books | 0/50 movies
  • Kerrinck - 0/50 books | 4/50 movies
  • Pnn - 0/50 books | 4/50 movies
  • HampsterPampster - 0/50 books | 4/50 movies
  • Luiztfc - 0/50 books | 4/50 movies
  • GqueB - 0/50 books | 4/50 movies
  • Schattenjäger - 0/50 books | 4/50 movies
  • TriangleOfCorruption - 0/50 books | 4/50 movies
  • Jedeye Sniv - 1/50 books | 3/50 movies
  • doogles - 1/50 books | 3/50 movies
  • Kiraly - 2/50 books | 2/50 movies
  • Daebo - 2/50 books | 2/50 movies
  • Stravinsky - 2/50 books | 2/50 movies
  • Yamamoto - 0/50 books | 3/50 movies
  • Mr. F - 0/50 books | 3/50 movies
  • Son1x - 0/50 books | 3/50 movies
  • Laekon - 0/50 books | 3/50 movies
  • Gambit61 - 0/50 books | 3/50 movies
  • BuddyJoeHooker - 0/50 books | 3/50 movies
  • Wilsham - 0/50 books | 3/50 movies
  • Danielsan - 0/50 books | 3/50 movies
  • Rukland - 1/50 books | 2/50 movies
  • FillerB - 1/50 books | 2/50 movies
  • Vincent Alexander - 1/50 books | 2/50 movies
  • Hazmat - 1/50 books | 2/50 movies
  • Ashes1396 - 1/50 books | 2/50 movies
  • C.Dark.DN - 3/50 books | 0/50 movies
  • Spider from mars - 0/50 books | 2/50 movies
  • bloodbeard - 0/50 books | 2/50 movies
  • t-ramp - 0/50 books | 2/50 movies
  • Jerbol - 0/50 books | 2/50 movies
  • Cronosblade - 0/50 books | 2/50 movies
  • Fixed1979 - 0/50 books | 2/50 movies
  • carpediemdp - 0/50 books | 2/50 movies
  • Suariyu - 1/50 books | 1/50 movies
  • Percephone - 1/50 books | 1/50 movies
  • iirate - 1/50 books | 1/50 movies
  • Baller, PhD - 1/50 books | 1/50 movies
  • BlazingDarkness - 2/50 books | 0/50 movies
  • Crewnh - 2/50 books | 0/50 movies
  • pete_townshend - 0/50 books | 1/50 movies
  • LoneTraveler - 0/50 books | 1/50 movies
  • Absoludacrous - 0/50 books | 1/50 movies
  • Mindcollizion - 0/50 books | 1/50 movies
  • Nateeasy - 0/50 books | 1/50 movies
  • ColtraineGF - 0/50 books | 1/50 movies
  • Vicktormerv - 0/50 books | 1/50 movies
  • Sai-kun - 0/50 books | 1/50 movies
  • Cindres - 0/50 books | 1/50 movies
  • lunch - 0/50 books | 1/50 movies
  • Technomancer - 1/50 books | 0/50 movies
  • Mutantcyborg - 1/50 books | 0/50 movies

TOP 20 READERS:

• • Glaurungr - 115
  • Nymerio - 43
  • Tragicomedy - 34
  • TestMonkey - 33
  • Mumei - 32
  • Ephidel - 31
  • Maklershed - 31
  • BrokenEchelon - 30
  • Nezumi - 27
  • Empty - 26
  • LuffyZoro - 25
  • DieUnbekannte - 24
  • Cyan - 24
  • SirFisher - 23
  • latinlikeaviolin - 22
  • Azrael - 21
  • Bonethug - 21
  • Teptom - 20
  • bggrthnjsus - 20
  • grumpy - 17

TOP 20 FILM BUFFS:

• • TJ Bennett - 145
  • BrokenEchelon - 84
  • Azrael - 83
  • Ephidel - 70
  • kinoki - 67
  • Illithid Dude - 62
  • Squirrel Killer - 50
  • RatskyWatsky - 49
  • March14th - 47
  • Maklershed - 46
  • Empty - 43
  • Don - 43
  • Nezumi - 42
  • mu cephei - 42
  • Forsaken82 - 41
  • smiggyRT - 41
  • DieUnbekannte - 40
  • SlowRevolution - 38
  • choodi - 37
  • Baconsaurus Rex / guest1321 (tied) – 33

MOST BALANCED WITH THE FORCE:

• • TestMonkey - 33 books, 31 movies

LEAST BALANCED WITH THE FORCE:

• • TJ Bennett - 1 book, 145 movies

GAF TOTALS:

• • 1,068 Books
  • 2,388 Movies

 

[Tragicomedy]

Nice work! Which reminds me... I need to update!

You would have been sitting pretty in third place on the books but you blew it! I'll get you updated on the next pass over. I'll probably stick to monthly updates, since that's will prevent it from being as overwhelming as this one was.

---

New book:

[*] Chad Johnston - Nightmarriage ★★★★ - Written by an old college friend, it's a humorous look at marriage and becoming a parent. Plenty of humor throughout.

 

[Mumei]

TOP 20 READERS:

• Glaurungr - 115

Goddamn.

 

[Ashes]

Awesome Tragi.

Goddamn.

Looks like I'm going to read some agatha christie novels.

 

[Empty]

wow. amazing stuff tragicomedy.

 

[BrokenEchelon]

Thanks for posting those totals, we've done work GAF.

 

[Tragicomedy]

No worries...I love all things stats and number crunching. Xyla may have had the data in an easily digestible format, but pulling everything off the OP and then updating manually was a giant pain in the butt. I've got it all saved in Excel now, so it will be easy to do future updates.

And yes, some folks on here are absolute beasts. I'm most impressed with the 115 books, though. Makes me wonder if someone on here could hit 365 in a year. A Slate contributor did it, but that was his full time job. His method was to juggle 5-6 books at any given time then cross them all off the same day. Seems more difficult that way, but I guess it breaks up the monotony.

Looking into my crystal ball, I'm predicting 11 people are going to complete the challenge. If you weigh the books more heavily than the movies (and it makes sense to do so), that number jumps to 14. I hope lots more prove me wrong.

 

[Ashes]

Some people don't update regularly enough till the end. And some people speed up towards the end. I can't remember how many finished last year, but hopefully we beat last year's total.

 

[DieUnbekannte]

Thanks Tragicomedy for this great summary! I can't imagine how much work that must have been. I really need to update too in the next couple of days. Just started my 29th book yesterday evening. Unfortunately I haven't seen any new movies but since I already watched 40, I don't worry about that

 

[Wok]

UPDATE

Wok - 8/50 books | 12/50 movies​

Books​

1. Alessandro Baricco, Emmaüs, 2012. (144 pages, ISBN-13: 9782070131709) ★★★★½
2. Yann & Roman Surzhenko, Les Trois Soeurs Minkelsönn (T1), 2013. (48 pages, ISBN-13: 9782803631308) ★★★½
3. Denis Le Bihan, Le cerveau de cristal ; ce que nous révèle la neuro-imagerie, 2012. (220 pages, ISBN-13: 9782738125279) ★★★★
4. Yann & Roman Surzhenko, Le Royaume du chaos (T3), 2013. (48 pages, ISBN-13: 9782803631964) ★★★
5. Philippe Valette, George Clooney : Une histoire vrai[e]. La grosse épopée orthographique de qualit[é] (T1-T2-T3-T4), 2013. (300 pages, ISBN-13: 9782756041513) ½
   [*]Daniel Pennac, Cabot-Caboche, 1982. (200 pages, ISBN-13: 9782266086417) ★★★★½
   [*]Jean Dufaux & Philippe Delaby, Murena: Les épines (T9), 2013. (48 pages, ISBN-13: 9782505016526) ★★
   [*]Amin Maalouf, Les jardins de lumière, 1991. (317 pages, ISBN-13: 978-2253061779) ★★★★
   

Movies​

1. Alice Bissonnet, Aloyse Desoubries-Binet, Sandrine Han Jin Kuang, Juliette Laurent, Sophie Markatatos, In-Between, 2012. (3 min 05 s, Youtube) ★★★½
2. Simon Klose, TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard, 2013. (1 h 22 min) ★★★½
3. Claude Zidi, L'Aile ou la cuisse, 1976. (1 h 44 min) ★★★½
4. Bruno Bozzetto, Yes & No, 2001. (4 min, Youtube) ★★★
5. Malik Bendjelloul, Searching for Sugar Man, 2012. (1h 26 min) ★★★
6. Pier Paolo Pasolini, Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo, 1964. (2h 17 min) ★★★★★
7. Bernard Stora, La Dernière campagne, 2013. (1h 45 min) ★★★
8. Lars Lundström, Äkta människor, 2012. (TV, 10 x 55min) ★★★
9. Laurent Cantet, Entre les murs, 2008. (2 h 08 min) ★★★★½
10. Giulio Base, Terence Hill, Doc West, 2009. (1 h 33 min) ★½
11. Giulio Base, Terence Hill, Triggerman, 2009. (1 h 37 min) ★
12. Jakob Belaga, Baptiste Magontier, Can't we be friends?, 2011. (11 min, Youtube) ½

 

[daydream]

Reposting for the second time. Still doing ok. Need to watch some movies.

daydreaming | 32/50 Books | 27/50 Movies

Edit: New post!

 

[Tragicomedy]

New movie:

[*] Knuckleball! ★★★★ - A fascinating look at the most interesting and despised pitch in all of baseball. I was a huge fan of Charlie Hough as a young boy, and even though I no longer follow baseball very closely, the concept of a pitcher completely baffling a hitter with a 60-70 mile per hour toss still amazes me. The movie focuses mainly on Tim Wakefield and R.A. Dickey, at opposite ends of their careers. I knew next to nothing about Dickey before watching this, but I'm now a fan.

 

[thomaser]

Update:

Thomaser: 8 books - 3 movies

Books:
1: Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
2: Tunnel Vision - Sara Paretsky
3: M is for Malice - Sue Grafton
4: Volomari Volotinen's første kone og andre gamle ting - Arto Paasilinna
5: 1Q84 - Haruki Murakami
6: The Blue Riband - Peter York
7: A Dream Play - August Strindberg
8: Anya's Ghost - Vera Brosgol

(9): 2666 - Roberto Bolaño (just started)
(10): Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour - Richard Gross (halfway through)
(11): Sociolinguistics. A Reader and Coursebook - Nicolas Coupland and Adam Jaworski (didn't read all of it)
(12): World Englishes - Gunnel Melchers and Philip Shaw (didn't read all of it)

Movies:
1: Frankenweenie
2: Inception
3: Shutter Island

 

[ReiGun]

Update: 7/7

Current Books: 10

• Sula by Toni Morrison
• The Stranger by Albert Camus
• On Writing by Stephen King
• Superman: Secret Origin by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank
• Jungle Action: "Panther's Rage" and "Panther vs the Klan" by Don McGregor and Various Artists
• Superman: Secret Identity by Kurt Busiek and Stuart Immonen
• Strangers in Paradise Vol 1 and 2 by Terry Moore
• New X-Men by Grant Morrison and Various Artists
• A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
• Nine Stories by J.D Salinger
  

Current Movies: 26

• Django Unchained
• Skyfall
• Back to the Future
• Craiglist Joe
• Freakonomics
• Back to the Future 2
• Back to the Future 3
• The Goonies
• The Untouchables
• Memento
• Roger Dodger
• The Apartment
• Bad Teacher
• Waiting for Superman
• Friends with Benefits
• The Art of Rap
• Finding Forrester
• Rosewood
• Iron Man 3
• Ratatouille
• Superman Unbound
• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
• Iron Man 3
• Man of Steel
• Star Trek Into Darkness
• The Art of Getting By

 

[Tragicomedy]

New movie:

[*] Bull Runners of Pamplona ★★★ - Available on Netflix, this is an interesting look at the yearly running of the bulls in Spain. It focuses mainly on the history behind the event, the "old guard" that has participated for decades, and the dangers of the event. As it has become an even bigger tourist draw, overcrowding makes the event even more treacherous. I learned that the race ends up in the bullfighting arena, and in the evenings the bulls are fought and killed...never realized that before, and it removes some of the allure for me.

 

[Tragicomedy]

UPDATE

Tragicomedy - 43/50 Books | 37/50 Movies​

Books

• Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ★★★
• Jane Austen - Persuasion ★★★
• L. Frank Baum - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ★★★
• Peter S. Beagle - The Last Unicorn ★★★★★
• Oliver Broudy - The Convert ★★
• Jim Butcher - Storm Front ★★★
• Jim Butcher - Fool Moon ★★★
• Glen Cook - The Black Company ★★★★★
• Glen Cook - Shadows Linger ★★★
• Glen Cook - The White Rose ★★★★
• James S.A. Corey - The Butcher of Anderson Station ★★★½
• James S.A. Corey - Leviathan Wakes ★★★★★
• Andy Diggle - Shadowland (2010 series) ★★½
• Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl ★★★½
• Ben Fountain - Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk ★★★★★
• Neil Gaiman - American Gods ★★★
• Neil Gaiman - The Ocean at the End of the Lane ★★★
• John Green - The Fault in Our Stars ★★★★
• Naoki Higashida - The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism. ★★★★★
• Chad Johnston - Nightmarriage ★★★★½
• Stephen King - Guns ★★★½
• Mark Lauren - Body by You ★★★
• Jack London - The Call of the Wild ★
• Carolyn Nash - The Trunk Key ★★½
• Ellen Notbohm - Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew ★★★★
• R. J. Palacio - Wonder ★★★★★
• Chuck Palahniuk - Phoenix ★★★½
• Randy Pausch - The Last Lecture ★★★½
• Terry Pratchett - The Color of Magic ★★★½
• Terry Pratchett - The Light Fantastic ★★★★
• Terry Pratchett - Equal Rites ★★★★
• Terry Pratchett - Mort ★★★
• Terry Pratchett - Sourcery ★★★½
• Terry Pratchett - Wyrd Sisters ★★★
• Terry Pratchett - Pyramids ★★
• Rick Remender - Uncanny X-Force (issues 1-35) ★★★★½
• Rick Remender - Punisher (2008-2010 series) ★★★
• Veronica Roth - Divergent ★★★★
• Veronica Roth - Insurgent ★★★
• Brandon Sanderson - The Emperor's Soul ★★★½
• Brandon Sanderson - Legion ★★★
• Robert Louis Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde ★★★★½
• Jim Wendler - 5/3/1: The Simplest and Most Effective Training System to Increase Raw Strength ★★★★

Movies

• 48 Hours ★½
• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter ★★★½
• Bernie ★★½
• Breaking Dawn, part 2 ★
• Broke ★★★
• Bull Runners of Pamplona ★★★
• Casa de mi Padre ★
• Chasing Ice ★★★★★
• Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope ★★★½
• Contagion ★★★★
• Deadfall ★½
• Dredd ★★
• Drive ★★★★★
• Indie Game: The Movie ★★★★
• John Carter ★★★
• Knuckleball! ★★★★
• Les Miserables ★★★
• Lincoln ★★★★½
• Looper ★★★½
• Louis C.K.: Oh My God ★★★★
• Man on a Ledge ★½
• Moonrise Kingdom ★★★★
• Pulling John ★★★
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows ★★★★
• Silver Linings Playbook ★★★★
• Skyfall ★★★★½
• Sleepwalk with Me ★★★★★
• The Amazing Spider-Man ★★★½
• The Bourne Legacy ★★★
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ★★★★
• The Ides of March ★★★★
• The Queen of Versailles ★★★
• The Raid: Redemption ★★★½
• The Two Escobars ★★★½
• Undefeated ★★★★★
• You Don't Know Bo ★★★½
• Zero Dark Thirty ★★★★½

 

[Bright Side of Life]

Update

5/50 Books
Hitchhikers Guide
The Road

58/50
Argo
500 Days of Summer
Needing a Friend for the End of the World
Truman Show
This is the End
The Avengers
The Road
Man in the Iron Mask
Les Miserable

 

[Nathan Muir]

Here goes!

Nathan Muir - 6/50 Books - 10/50 Films

Books:

• Eugene O'Neill - Long Day's Journey Into Night (1956)
• Shakespeare - Othello
• Shakespeare - Twelfth Night
• Ernest Newman - Hugo Wolf (1907)
• Frank Walker - Hugo Wolf: A Biography (1951)
• Charles Rosen - The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven (1971)

Reading In progress:

• Shakespeare - Coriolanus
• Shakespeare - King Lear
• John Keatz - Complete Poems
• Seamus Heaney - Complete Poems

Movies:

• As Good as it Gets (1997)
• Fight Club (1999)
• Anger Management (2003)
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
• Due Date (2010)
• Drive (2011)
• Safe House (2012)
• Skyfall (2012)
• The Watch (2012)
• Jack Reacher (2012)

 

[grumpy]

UPDATED 08/07/2013

grumpy - 24/50 Books | 24/50 Movies

Books

1. Everything's Eventual (Stephen King)
2. Cell (Stephen King)
3. Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
4. The Fall of Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
5. Misery (Stephen King)
6. The Dark Half (Stephen King)
7. Lisey's Story (Stephen King)
8. Dan Simmons - Endymion
9. Dan Simmons - The Rise of Endymion
10. Terry Pratchett - The Colour of Magic
11. Terry Pratchett - The Light Fantastic
12. Terry Pratchett - Equal Rites
13. Mark Z. Danielewski - House of Leaves
14. Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games
15. Suzanne Collins - Catching Fire
16. Suzanne Collins - Mockingjay
17. Dan Simmons - Carrion Comfort
18. Frank Herbert - Dune
19. The Complete Illustrated Works of Edgar Allan Poe
20. Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist
21. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
22. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
23. Gerald's Game (Stephen King)
24. Dolores Claiborne (Stephen King)

Movies

1. Cabin in the woods
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
4. Paranormal Activity 4
5. Silent Hill Revelation
6. Bitch Slap
7. Black Swan
8. The Avengers
9. Grave Encounters
10. Grave Encounters 2
11. Twilight
12. New Moon
13. Eclipse
14. Breaking Dawn - Part 1
15. Breaking Dawn - Part 2
16. The Dark Knight Rises
17. The Hunger Games
18. Iron Man 2
19. Iron Man 3
20. Apocalypto
21. Dune
22. Superman II - The Richard Donner Cut
23. Star Trek - Into Darkness
24. Needful Things

 

[BrokenEchelon]

BrokenEchelon - 30/50 Books | 97/50 Movies​

Books

• Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented
• Dead Souls
• Les Misérables
• A Hero of Our Time
• Sense and Sensibility
• Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
• Ivanhoe
• Fathers and Children
• In Search of Lost Time
• Candide: or, Optimism
• L'Assommoir
• Steppenwolf
• Naked Lunch
• The Stranger
• The Magus
• One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
• To the Lighthouse
• The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
• One Hundred Years of Solitude
• On the Road
• 'Salem's Lot
• Nausea
• The Magic Mountain
• Brazil
• The Unbearable Lightness of Being
• World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
• Sons and Lovers
• Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha
• Casino Royale
• Live and Let Die

Movies

• Ip Man
• Nosferatu (1922)
• Rosemary's Baby
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
• Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
• Mary and Max
• Trainspotting
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
• V/H/S
• Chinatown
• The Grapes of Wrath
• Leviathan (1989)
• The Andromeda Strain
• Justice League: Doom
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower
• Seven Psychopaths
• Lockout
• Dracula 3000
• Django Unchained
• Zero Dark Thirty
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Les Misérables (2012)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
• The Girl Who Played with Fire
• The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
• Cloud Atlas
• Life of Pi
• The Master (2012)
• Wreck-It Ralph
• Vertigo
• Warrior
• Witness for the Prosecution
• Secondhand Lions
• The Fighter
• The Wrestler
• Love Actually
• Big Fish
• Papillon
• Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
• Ironclad
• Life is Beautiful (1997)
• Cinema Paradiso
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• Gangster Squad
• Brick
• Unforgiven
• Iron Man 3
• Parker
• The Last Stand
• In the Mood for Love
• Roman Holiday
• Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
• A Good Day to Die Hard
• Star Trek Into Darkness
• The Raven (2012)
• Trek Nation
• Coriolanus
• Halo: Forward Unto Dawn
• Jackie Brown
• Ju-on: The Grudge
• Harvey
• Act of Valor
• The Last House on the Left (2009)
• The Sum of All Fears
• Festen
• La Dolce Vita
• La Haine
• The Numbers Station
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
• The Bicycle Thief
• Rope
• Capote
• Infernal Affairs
• Barry Lyndon
• The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
• Sleuth (1972)
• Memories of a Murder
• Stalag 17
• The Hustler
• Incendies
• Dog Day Afternoon
• Stalker (1979)
• Fanny and Alexander
• All-Star Superman
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• The Man From Nowhere
• La Strada
• The Killing (1956)
• Howl's Moving Castle
• The Frighteners
• Network
• Rob Roy
• Hunted
• Persona
• The 400 Blows
• The Big Sleep
• The Way Back

I need to start reading again. <--- Still true. I always do that. I get these spurts where I read like a maniac and then don't want to touch a book for months.

 

[Tragicomedy]

New movies:

[*] Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;½ - Really enjoyable look at the cross-section of people who attend Comic-Con. I was a bit saddened to see that comics are becoming a bit of an afterthought in the event, but that makes perfect sense. The vast majority of the guys who work for me love the Avengers movie, but haven't read a comic in their entire life. At some point in my life I'm going to attend one of these things and drag my wife and son along. Seems like a ton of fun.


[*] Broke &#9733;&#9733;&#9733; - Fairly harrowing look at how frequently professional athletes go bankrupt after retiring from sports. As a microcosm of our debt-loving society, these guys play out a financial lifetime in 2 to 3 years and oftentimes are left with nothing to show for it. Pretty superficial documentary, but it says enjoyable enough.

 

[Nathan Muir]

Update:

6/50 Books - 12/50 Films

Books:

• Eugene O'Neill - Long Day's Journey Into Night (1956)
• Shakespeare - Othello
• Shakespeare - Twelfth Night
• Ernest Newman - Hugo Wolf (1907)
• Frank Walker - Hugo Wolf: A Biography (1951)
• Charles Rosen - The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven (1971)

Movies:

• As Good as it Gets (1997)
• Fight Club (1999)
• Anger Management (2003)
• The Machinist (2004)
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
• Inglorious Bastards (2009)
• Due Date (2010)
• Drive (2011)
• Safe House (2012)
• Skyfall (2012)
• The Watch (2012)
• Jack Reacher (2012)

Again, when time allows, I'll add a quick opinion of each new movie and book I am discovering. What I'm finding already is that I tend to enjoy the same books and movies multiple times, but I haven't spent nearly enough time selecting something I haven't picked up before. Great challenge we have here.

 

[Atrophis]

Atrophis - 5/50 Books | 32/50 Movies

Movies

1. Up (3/5, watched 01/01)
2. We Need To Talk About Kevin (4/5, watched 02/01)
3. Deadgirl (2/5, watched 03/01)
4. Jiro Dreams of Sushi (4/5, watched 03/01)
5. Stake Land (4/5, watched 04/01)
6. Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan (3/5, watched 04/01)
7. The Grey (3/5, watched 04/01)
8. Accident (3/5, watched 18/01)
9. Dreams of a Life (3/5, watched 08/02)
10. Rebecca (4/5, watched 14/02)
11. The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey (4/5, watched 06/03)
12. Velvet Goldmine (3/5, watched 09/03)
13. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (3/5, watched 16/03)
14. Indie Game: The Movie (3/5, watched 17/03)
15. Django Unchained (5/5, watched 29/03)
16. Cloud Atlas (5/5, watched 31/03)
17. The Master (5/5, watched 01/04)
18. Holy Motors (2/5, watched 05/04)
19. Dredd (3/5, watched 11/04)
20. The Raid (4/5, watched 12/04)
21. Armadillo (4/5, watched 12/04)
22. The Devil Came on Horseback (3/5, watched 13/04)
23. Immortals (2/5, watched 13/04)
24. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (3/5, watched 14/04)
25. Kill List (4/5, watched 18/04)
26. Oblivion (3/5, watched 05/05)
27. Argo (3/5, watched 12/05)
28. Star Trek Into Darkness (4/5, watched 13/05)
29. Chasing Ice (4/5, watched 17/06)
30. The Flat (4/5, watched 18/06)
31. Of Dolls and Murder (4/5, watched 21/06)
32. Man of Steel (3/5, watched 09/07)

Books

1. Haunted - James Herbert (2/5, started 04/01 - finished 06/01)
2. Perdido Street Station - China Mieville (4/5, started 06/01 - finished 12/02)
3. Starman: David Bowie - The Definitive Biography - Paul Trynka (4/5, started 13/02 - finished 06/04)
4. Generation Kill - Evan Wright (4/5, started 07/04 - finished 13/04)
5. Blind Descent - James M. Tabor (3/5, started 14/04 - finished 21/06)
6. Lancaster & York - The Wars of the Roses - Alison Weir (started 04/06)

Bonus Rounds

11/?? TV

1. Star Trek: Deep Space 9 - series 3
2. Silent Witness - series 16
3. Utopia
4. Black Mirror - series 2
5. The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret - series 1
6. Enterprise - series 2
7. The Walking Dead - series 3
8. Spartacus: War of the Damned
9. Star Trek: Deep Space 9 - series 4
10. Broadchurch - series 1
11. Game of Thrones - series 3

8/?? Games

1. Spec Ops: The Line (PC)
2. Uncharted 2 (PS3)
3. Assassins Creed 2 (PC)
4. Binary Domain (PC)
5. Thirty Flights of Loving (PC)
6. God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP)
7. Uncharted 3 (PS3)
8. Killzone 2 (PS3)

 

[Ashes]

Keeping up with films, falling behind on Books.

 

[markhimself46]

IN PROCESS: Inferno (Dan Brown),

BOOKS

1. Building Stories (Chris Ware)
2. Batman: Year One (Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli)
3. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, Lynn Varley)
4. When David Lost His Voice (Judith Vanistendael)
5. Francona: The Red Sox Years (Terry Francona, Dan Shaughnessy)
6. Point Your Face at This (Demetri Martin)
7. The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
8. Under the Dome (Stephen King)
9. Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise (Gene Luen Yang, Michael Dante DiMartino)
10. 11/22/63 (Stephen King)
11. The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
12. The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three (Stephen King)
13. The Dark Tower III: The Wastelands (Stephen King)

MOVIES

1. Looper
2. VHS
3. Argo
4. Brave
5. Beasts of the Southern Wild
6. Indie Game: The Movie
7. Wreck it Ralph
8. The Place Beyond the Pines
9. Django Unchained
10. The Master
11. Iron Man 3
12. Silver Linings Playbook
13. Star Trek (2009)
14. Star Trek: Into Darkness
15. Fast and Furious 6
16. The Kings of Summer
17. This is the End
18. Bottle Rocket
19. Pelotero (Ballplayer)
20. Knuckleball!
21. Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview
22. The People vs. George Lucas
23. Death of a Superhero
24. Pacific Rim

TV

1. The Office (Seasons 1-9)
2. Game of Thrones (Season 1)
3. Arrested Development (Seasons 1-4)
4. Scrubs (Season 1-4)

 

[RatskyWatsky]

RatskyWatsky - 19/20 TV | 14/25 Books | 83/50 Movies

TV

• Bob's Burgers (1 season so far)
• The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (2 seasons)
• Xam'd: Lost Memories (1 season)
• Crash (2 seasons)
• Sleeper Cell (2 seasons)
• Afro Samurai (1 season)
• TO (2 episode OVA)
• House of Cards (1 season)
• Lilyhammer (1 season)
• Elfen Lied (1 season)
• Lights Out (1 season)
• Terriers (1 season)
• Generation Kill (miniseries)
• From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries)
• Carnivale (2 seasons)
• Elizabeth I (miniseries)
• The Pacific (miniseries)
• Empire Falls (miniseries)
• Six Feet Under (5 seasons)

Books

• V for Vendetta (Alan Moore and David Lloyd)
• Bone (Jeff Smith)
• Maus (Art Spiegelman)
• Batwoman: Elegy (Greg Rucka and J.H. Williams III)
• Batman: Year One (Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli)
• Batman: The Killing Joke (Alan Moore and Brian Bolland)
• Batman: The Long Halloween (Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale)
• Alan's War: The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope (Emmanuel Guibert)
• The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
• The Walking Dead Volume 17 (Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard)
• The Walking Dead Volume 18 (Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard)
• The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Michael Chabon)
• The Final Solution (Michael Chabon)
• Gentlemen of the Road (Michael Chabon)

Movies

• 
  ~ January ~
• How to Steal a Million
• Crash
• Terminator 2: Judgement Day
• Jiro Dreams of Sushi
• Shakespeare in Love
• Tiny Furniture
• Arabian Nights
• Bottle Rocket
• Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
• Take Her, She's Mine
• Jackie Chan's Project A
• Dead Space: Downfall
• Dead Space: Aftermath
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• The Fighter
• A Cat in Paris
• The Grey
• Let's Make Love
• Paris is Burning
• The Thing (1982)
• Alakazam The Great
• Chris and Don: A Love Story
• Harold and Maude
• Small Town Gay Bar
• Enter The Void
• Winter's Bone
• Wasabi
• Irreversible
• The Usual Suspects
• We're Not Married
• The Ambassador's Daughter
• Chinatown
• Robocop
• Apocalypse Now Redux
• Groundhog Day
• ~ February ~
• Sexual Chronicles of a French Family
• The Workshop
• Ned Kelly
• Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
• Marriage Italian Style
• Jim Jefferies: Fully Functional
• The Graduate
• ~ March ~
• Wreck It Ralph
• The Amazing Spider-Man
• ~ May ~
• The Secret World of Arrietty
• Pitch Perfect
• ~ June ~
• Oz The Great and Powerful
• The Mexican
• ~ July ~
• The Beaver
• Fargo
• The Beast of Hollow Mountain
• Minority Report
• The King's Speech
• Mystic River
• The Queen
• Lars and the Real Girl
• X-Men: First Class
• Jack the Giant Slayer
• The Shawshank Redemption
• The Princess Bride
• Gallipoli
• Australia
• Brave
• The Squid and the Whale
• Calendar Girls
• ~ August ~
• The Astronaut's Wife
• Kind Hearts and Coronets
• Danger - Love at Work
• True Grit (2010)
• This Above All
• There's Always Tomorrow
• The Son-Daughter
• The Cat And The Fiddle
• Ziegfeld Girl
• Ex-Lady
• American Beauty
• Slander
• The Student Prince
• Made For Each Other
• The Model and the Marriage Broker
• The Great Gatsby (2013)
• ~ September ~
• The Squaw Man (1914)
• Way Down East

 

[Nathan Muir]

New Movie: Stolen (2012) - 1.5/5 Stars

Nicolas Cage plays a father with 12 hours to save his daughter who is kidnapped for a $10 million ransom. It's basically just Taken put through a dryer. The movie boasts hazardous editing, a laughable script, lukewarm performances, formulaic music, and very obvious direction. Remarkably, I feel less intelligent having seen it. After 20 minutes of watching I knew not to expect innovation or greatness, but I was deceived into believing I'd be entertained. I was not entertained. In fact, the only item which kept me from hitting stop was a unique ability for the movie to outdo itself with cheesier and cheesier dialogue. I don't really know if this movie is intended to be an action flick or a thriller, but it did serve as an almost satisftying B-grade comedy for me.

Perhaps the greatest tragedy of all is the sense that Nicholas Cage is on autopilot. Cage is one of the most innovative actors of our time, and he ought to be considered in the ranks with the best of them.

Spoiler

No, I'm not kidding.

In this movie, however, you can't help but sense that he is terribly bored. His usual relentless commitment to character is seemingly absent. Also, his performance is almost subtle. Not subtle in a I'm-exploring-another-possible-method-of-expression-in-acting sort of way, but subtle in a I-couldn't-save-this-movie-if-I-tried, but-I-desperately-need-a-paycheck, so-I'll-just-half-ass-this-one sort of way. I will remain patient with Nicholas Cage--though most others have written him off--because I've seen his better work. When he's really swinging, he's unmatched in his ability to display inner turmoil. I do hope he can get over this low point soon though, because I don't know if I'm willing to sit through another one like this.

 

[white dynamite]

Movies
1. Sleepwalk With Me
2. Moonrise Kingdom
3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
4. Argo
5. Crazy, Stupid, Love
6. Wreck It Ralph
7. High Fidelity
8. Head Over Heels
9. Ruby Sparks
10. Sleepless In Seattle
11. Trainspotting
12. Oldboy
13. The Five-Year Engagement
14. The Silence of the Lambs
15. Mama
16. Event Horizon
17. Lars and the Real Girl
18. Beginners
19. Beasts of the Southern Wild
20. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
21. Lost in Translation
22. The Conjuring
23. Antichrist
24. Bridesmaids
25. Waiting For Forever
26. Bryan Callen: Man Class
27. Dredd
28. This is the End
29. Gravity
30. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
31. Troll 2
32. Paranormal Activity 3
33. Super Brothers: Super Smash Bros. Melee Documentary
34. Best Worst Movie
35. Sharknado
36. Away We Go
37. Rushmore
38. Greenberg
39. Hunger Games
40. Silver Linings Playbook
41. Paranormal Activity 4
42. We're the Millers
43. She's the Man
44. A Good Old Fashioned Orgy


Books
1. Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain
2. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
3. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

 

[Glaurungr]

Glaurungr - 135/50 books | 30/50 movies

Update! New entries in italic.

Books:

1. Agatha Christie - Poirot Investigates (1924)
2. Agatha Christie - The Secret of Chimneys (1925)
3. Agatha Christie - The Big Four (1927)
4. Agatha Christie - Lord Edgware Dies (1933)
5. Agatha Christie - Murder in the Mews (1937)
6. Agatha Christie - Sad Cypress (1940)
7. Agatha Christie - The Body in the Library (1942)
8. Agatha Christie - Taken at the Flood (1948)
9. Agatha Christie - A Murder Is Announced (1950)
10. Agatha Christie - Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (1950)
11. Agatha Christie - Hickory Dickory Dock (1955)
12. Agatha Christie - 4.50 from Paddington (1957)
13. Agatha Christie - The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960)
14. Agatha Christie - The Clocks (1963)
15. Agatha Christie - At Bertram's Hotel (1965)
16. Agatha Christie - Third Girl (1966)
17. Agatha Christie - Hallowe'en Party (1969)
18. Agatha Christie - Nemesis (1971)
19. Agatha Christie - Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories (1979)
20. Agatha Christie - Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories (1991)
21. Agatha Christie - While the Light Lasts and Other Stories (1997)
22. Agatha Christie and Charles Osborne - Black Coffee (1998)
23. Alfred S. Bradford - Flying the Black Flag: A Brief History of Piracy (2007)
24. Alf R. Jacobsen - Attack at Dawn: Narvik, 9.-10. April 1940 (2012)
25. Antony Beevor and Artemis Cooper - Paris: After the Liberation 1944-1949 (1994)
26. Aristotle - The Nicomachean Ethics (1861)
27. Arthur Conan Doyle - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892)
28. Bart D. Ehrman - Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code: A Historian Reveals What We Really Know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Constantine (2004)
29. Bart D. Ehrman - Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (and Why We Don't Know About Them) (2009)
30. Bernard Cornwell - Sharpe's Fury (2006)
31. Birger Sivertsen - For noen troll: Creatures and Monsters in Folklore (2000)
32. Brandon Sanderson - Legion (2012)
33. Brandon Sanderson - The Emperor's Soul (2012)
34. Brandon Sanderson - The Rithmatist (2013)
35. Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol (1843)
36. C.S. Forester - Lieutenant Hornblower (1952)
37. Dan Brown - Inferno (2013)
38. David Brawn - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Creatures (2002)
39. David Gemmell - Quest for Lost Heroes: Book Four of The Drenai Tales (1990)
40. Derek Collins - Magic in the Ancient Greek World (2008)
41. Diana Wynne Jones - Charmed Life (1977)
42. Diana Wynne Jones - Howl's Moving Castle (1986)
43. Douglas Adams - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987)
44. Edwin A. Abbott - Flatland (1884)
45. Egil Ulateig - The Long Journey Home: The Royal Family During the Second World War (2011)
46. Fyodor Dostoyevsky - A Weak Heart (1848)
47. Georges Simenon - Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett (1931)
48. Gregory Daly - Cannae: The Experience of Battle in the Second Punic War (2002)
49. Gro Steinsland (ed.) - The Dream Poem and Texts from the Nordic Middle Ages (2004)
50. Hans Christian Andersen - The Tinderbox (1835)
51. Ian Mortimer - The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century (2008)
52. Ingjerd Hoëm (ed.) and Egil Halmøy (trans.) - The Dreamtime: Myths and Legends from the Indigenous Peoples of Australia (2006)
53. Jakob Fjalestad (trans.) - The Saga of Gunnlaug the Worm-tongue (late 1200s)
54. James Brady - Hero of the Pacific: The Life of Marine Legend John Basilone (2010)
55. Jan Deberitz - Iron Age: In the Moon's Sign (1983)
56. Jan Guillou - Enemy's Enemy (1989)
57. Jan Guillou - The Honourable Murderer (1990)
58. Jan Guillou - Vendetta (1991)
59. Jan Guillou - No Man's Land (1992)
60. Jan Guillou - The Only Victory (1993)
61. Jan Guillou - In Her Majesty's Service (1994)
62. Jan Guillou - A Citizen Raised Above Every Suspicion (1995)
63. Jim Butcher - Storm Front (2000)
64. Jim Butcher - Dead Beat (2005)
65. Jim Butcher - Proven Guilty (2006)
66. Jim Butcher - White Night (2007)
67. Jim Butcher - Small Favor (2008)
68. Jim Butcher - Turn Coat (2009)
69. Jim Butcher - Changes (2010)
70. Jim Butcher - Side Jobs (2010)
71. Jim Butcher - Ghost Story (2011)
72. Jim Butcher - Cold Days (2012)
73. Jim Butcher - Furies of Calderon: Book One of The Codex Alera (2004)
74. Jim Butcher - Academ's Fury: Book Two of The Codex Alera (2005)
75. J.K. Rowling - The Tales of Beedle the Bard (2008)
76. John Clements - Medieval Swordsmanship: Illustrated Methods and Techniques (1998)
77. John Curtis (ed.) and Nigel Tallis (ed.) - Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia (2005)
78. Jo Nesbø - Police (2013)
79. Jón Viðar Sigurðsson - The Norse Society: The Viking, King, Archbishop, and Farmer (2008)
80. Joseph Campbell - The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949)
81. Joseph P. Byrne - The Black Death (2004)
82. J.R.R. Tolkien - Bilbo's Last Song (1990)
83. J.R.R. Tolkien, et al. - Tolkien's World: Paintings of Middle-earth (1992)
84. J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien (ed.) - The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún (2009)
85. Jude Fisher - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Visual Companion (2002)
86. Jude Fisher - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Visual Companion (2003)
87. Jurgen Brauer and Hubert van Tuyll - Castles, Battles, & Bombs: How Economics Explains Military History (2008)
88. Knut Lindh - Vikings: The Discovery of America (2004)
89. Leif G.W. Persson - Between Summer's Longing and Winter's Cold (2002)
90. Leif G.W. Persson - Another Time, Another Life (2003)
91. Leif G.W. Persson - Falling Freely, as in a Dream (2007)
92. Lloyd Alexander - The Book of Three: Book One of The Chronicles of Prydain (1964)
93. Melitta Weiss Adamson - Food in Medieval Times (2004)
94. Neil Gaiman - Odd and the Frost Giants (2008)
95. Neil Gaiman - The Graveyard Book (2008)
96. Nicholas Hooper and Matthew Bennett - The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: The Middle Ages, 768-1487 (1996)
97. Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe - Tyrihans who Made the Princess Laugh (1995)
98. Peter Connolly - The Roman Fort (1991)
99. Peter Tremayne - Absolution by Murder (1994)
100. Philip Newth - Spook - A ghost story (1998)
101. Robert Bly - My Sentence Was a Thousand Years of Joy (2005)
102. Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson - A Memory of Light: Book Fourteen of The Wheel of Time (2013)
103. Robert Wilson - The Hidden Assassins (2006)
104. Robert Wilson - The Ignorance of Blood (2009)
105. Robert Wilson - Capital Punishment (2012)
106. Rolf Sagen - Steinar Foten and the Waking Man (2002)
107. Simon Anglim, et al. - Fighting Techniques of the Ancient World 3000 BC to 500 AD: Equipment, Combat Skills, and Tactics (2002)
108. Siri Walen Simensen - Women During the War (2009)
109. Skjalg Bye - Without Illusions (1995)
110. Sverre Brandt - The Journey to the Christmas Star (1924)
111. Sverre Sivertsen - A Demanding Watch: Notes from a Warsailor (2011)
112. Terry Pratchett - The Dark Side of the Sun (1976)
113. Terry Pratchett - Strata (1981)
114. Terry Pratchett - Truckers: Book One of The Bromeliad Trilogy (1989)
115. Terry Pratchett - The Carpet People (1992)
116. Terry Pratchett - Only You Can Save Mankind: Book One of The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy (1992)
117. Terry Pratchett - Johnny and the Dead: Book Two of The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy (1993)
118. Terry Pratchett - Johnny and the Bomb: Book Three of The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy (1996)
119. Terry Pratchett - The Last Hero (2001)
120. Terry Pratchett - Where's My Cow? (2005)
121. Terry Pratchett - Nation (2008)
122. Terry Pratchett - The World of Poo (2012)
123. Terry Pratchett - Dodger (2012)
124. Terry Pratchett - A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction (2012)
125. Terry Pratchett, et al. - Nanny Ogg's Cookbook: A Useful and Improving Almanack of Information Including Astonishing Recipes from Terry Pratchett's Discworld (1999)
126. Terry Pratchett and Jacqueline Simpson - The Folklore of Discworld (2008)
127. Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman - Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (1990)
128. Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen - The Science of Discworld (1999)
129. Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen - The Science of Discworld II: The Globe (2002)
130. Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen - The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch (2005)
131. Tim Taylor (ed.) - The Time Team Guide to the History of Britain: Everything You Need to Know About Our History Since 650,000 BC (2010)
132. V&#257;lm&#299;ki and Signe Cohen (ed.) - Ramayana: A Selection from the Old Indian Epic About Prince Rama (2006)
133. Vernor Vinge - A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)
134. Vivien Bellamy - The Making of Shrewsbury: The History of a Border Town (2004)
135. Øystein Wingaard Wolf - We Came Through the Desert (1997)

• David Howarth - We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance (1957)
• Terry Pratchett - The Colour of Magic (1983)

Films:

1. A Good Day to Die Hard - John Moore (2013)
2. Argo - Ben Affleck (2012)
3. Code Name Coq Rouge - Pelle Berglund (1989)
4. Darkman - Sam Raimi (1990)
5. Despicable Me - Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud (2010)
6. End of Watch - David Ayer (2012)
7. Frankenweenie - Tim Burton (2012)
8. Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation - Kathrine Windfeld (2012)
9. Hamilton: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter - Tobias Falk (2012)
10. Happy Feet Two - George Miller (2011)
11. Jack Reacher - Christopher McQuarrie (2012)
12. Jim Jefferies: Fully Functional - Jim Jefferies (2012)
13. Johnny Mnemonic - Robert Longo (1995)
14. Les Misérables - Tom Hooper (2012)
15. Louis C.K.: Chewed Up - Louis C.K. (2008)
16. Minority Report - Steven Spielberg (2002)
17. Olympus Has Fallen - Antoine Fuqua (2013)
18. Pale Rider - Clint Eastwood (1985)
19. ParaNorman - Sam Fell and Chris Butler (2012)
20. Red Dawn - Dan Bradley (2012)
21. Rise of the Guardians - Peter Ramsey (2012)
22. RoboCop - Paul Verhoeven (1987)
23. Skyfall - Sam Mendes (2012)
24. Taken 2 - Olivier Megaton (2012)
25. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Peter Jackson (2012)
26. The Last Stand - Kim Ji-woon (2013)
27. The Philadelphia Experiment - Stewart Raffill (1984)
28. War - Philip Atwell (2007)
29. Wreck-It Ralph - Rich Moore (2012)
30. Zero Dark Thirty - Kathryn Bigelow (2012)

Now reading:

• Jim Butcher - Cursor's Fury

 

[Nezumi]

Update:

Nezumi - 29/50 books | 46/50 movies​

Books:

• The novel my husband wrote for NaNoWriMo
• Before they are hanged - Joe Abercrombie
• A betrayel in winter - Daniel Abrahams
• Last Argument of Kings - Joe Abercrombie
• Shadow of the Torturer - Gene Wolfe
• The great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
• Nero Corleone kehrt zurück - Elke Heidenreich
• An Autumn War - Daniel Abraham
• Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
• The wonderful wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum
• Sabriel - Garth Nix
• The Price of Spring - Daniel Abraham
• Ensel und Krete - Walter Moers
• Solange der Haifisch schläft - Milena Agus
• Lirael - Garth Nix
• The Complete Calvin and Hobbes Book One - Bill Watterson
• Unrast - Olga Tokarczuk
• Schilf - Juli Zeh
• Sweet Silver Blues - Glen Cook
• Abhorsen - Garth Nix
• La marche du crabe (book 1) - Arthur de Pins
• Bitter Gold Hearts - Glen Cook
• Cold Copper Tears - Glen Cook
• Leviathan Wakes - James S.A. Corey
• Old Tin Sorrows - Glen Cook
• Jhereg - Steven Brust
• Dread Bass Shadows - Glen Cook
• Red Iron Nights - Glen Cook

Movies:

• Brick
• Inspector General
• Indie Game the Movie
• Ijon Tichy - Raumpilot Season 2
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Chronicle
• Prometheus
• Speed Racer
• Brave
• The Cabin in the Woods
• Fitzcarraldo
• Eraserhead
• Seven Samurai
• Fire walk with me
• Sherlock: The Great Game
• Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
• Sherlock:The Hounds of Baskerville
• Sherlock: The Reichenbach Fall
• The Intouchables
• Looper
• A town called Panic
• Road to El Dorado
• The Dark Knight Rises
• The Raid
• Stalker
• The Princess Bride
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• The 36th chamber of Shaolin
• I &#9829; Huckabees
• The Frighteners
• Ashura
• Wreck it Ralph
• Seeking a friend for the End of the World
• Silver Linings Playbook
• The Perks of being a Wallflower
• Star Trek: Into Darkness
• Iron Sky
• Conan the Barbarian
• Key of Life
• Thermae Romae
• The Kirishima Thing
• A letter to Momo
• Father Frost
• Das kalte Herz (Heart of Stone)
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Les Miserables
• Seven Psychopaths

Due to studying and a vacation there isn't much to update even though I was gone for a whole month (felt even longer). Highlights of the last quarter are, well, highlighted. As far as movies are concerned it was a close call between Key of Life, Silver Linings and Seven Psychopaths. For the books I was thinking about choosing one of the Garret P.I. books at first, but as much as I enjoy them (Old Tin Sorrows being my favorite so far) I thought that when it came to being a page-turner Leviathan Wakes won easily.
As to the other stuff I watched I have to say that I didn't really like Les Miserables. Beasts of the Southern Wild was good but the boiling hate against the father I sometimes felt dampened the enjoyment a little bit.