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50 Movies. 50 Books. 1 year. - 2013 Edition

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Nezumi

Member
Update:

Nezumi - 34/50 books | 58/50 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
  • Deadly Qicksilver Lies - Glen Cook
  • Yendi - Steven Brust
  • Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
  • Slaughterhouse 5 or The children's crusade - Kurt Vonnegut
  • Theft of Swords - Michael J. Sullivan
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 ♥ 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
  • The Thief of Bagdad (1939)
  • Django Unchained
  • Fraktus - Das letzte Kapitel der Musikgeschichte
  • Ace Attorney
  • OZ - The Great and Powerful
  • Mother
  • King Arthur
  • Four Rooms
  • Life of Pi
  • Lincoln
  • Despicable Me
  • Cloud Atlas

I really need to pick up my reading speed again...

I liked Licoln though it didn't really help me with understanding American Politics any better... then again I don't get German politics either...

Despicable Me was actually quite funny. I was sceptical since the friend who recommended it to me normally has a really different taste in movies than I do. But I laughed quite a bit and think that the funny moments make up for the sometimes overly cute and predictable story.

As for Cloud Atlas I haven't read the book and hope that I have not ruined it for me, but the movie was quite good. I did think though that I would have liked it better if the single stories would have been told in larger portions instead of constantly switching.
 
N

Nymerio

Member
Nymerio - 54/50 Books | 11/50 Movies​

Books
  • Pattern Recognition (William Gibson)
  • The Emperor's Soul (Brandon Sanderson)
  • Ship of Fools (Richard Russo)
  • Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (Philip K. Dick)
  • I Suck at Girls (Justin Halpern)
  • Heart-Shaped Box (Joe Hill)
  • Game of Cages: A Twenty Palaces Novel (Harry Connolly)
  • Circle of Enemies: A Twenty Palaces Novel (Harry Connolly)
  • Stormfront (Jim Butcher)
  • Fool Moon (Jim Butcher)
  • Grave Peril (Jim Butcher)
  • Summer Knight (Jim Butcher)
  • Death Masks (Jim Butcher)
  • Blood Rites (Jim Butcher)
  • Dead Beat (Jim Butcher)
  • Proven Guilty (Jim Butcher)
  • White Night (Jim Butcher)
  • Small Favor (Jim Butcher)
  • Turn Coat (Jim Butcher)
  • Changes (Jim Butcher)
  • Ghost Story (Jim Butcher)
  • Cold Days (Jim Butcher)
  • Legion (Brandon Sanderson)
  • The House on the Borderlands (William Hope Hodgson)
  • Sweet Silver Blues (Glenn Cook)
  • Redshirts (John Scalzi)
  • Bitter Gold Hearts (Glenn Cook)
  • Cold Copper Tears (Glenn Cook)
  • Old Tin Sorrows (Glenn Cook)
  • Dread Brass Shadows (Glenn Cook)
  • Red Iron Nights (Glenn Cook)
  • Deadly Quicksilver Lies (Glenn Cook)
  • Petty Pewter Gods (Glenn Cook)
  • Faded Steel Heat (Glenn Cook)
  • Angry Lead Skies (Glenn Cook)
  • Whispering Nickel Idols (Glenn Cook)
  • Cruel Zinc Melodies (Glenn Cook)
  • Gilded Latten Bones (Glenn Cook)
  • Gardens of the Moon (Steven Erikson)
  • The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield)
  • Deadhouse Gates (Steven Erikson)
  • Memories of Ice (Steven Erikson)
  • House of Chains (Steven Erikson)
  • Midnight Tides (Steven Erikson)
  • The Bonehunters (Steven Erikson)
  • Reaper's Gale (Steven Erikson)
  • Dust of Dreams (Steven Erikson)
  • The Crippled God (Steven Erikson)
  • Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
  • The Last Unicorn (Peter S. Beagle)
  • I'm not a Serial Killer (Dan Wells)
  • Mr. Monster (Dan Wells)
  • I Don't Want To Kill You (Dan Wells)
Movies
  • Stardust
  • A Scanner Darkly
  • Savages
  • Sinister
  • Skyfall
  • The Hobbit
  • Oz the Great and Powerful
  • Wreckit Ralph
  • Man with the Iron Fists
  • Gran Torino
  • Evil Dead
 
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LuffyZoro

Member
LuffyZoro - 34/50 Books | 37/50 Movies

Books
  1. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (A-)
  2. Shadow Show (B+)
  3. The Rapture of the Nerds (A)
  4. Wool - Part One (A-)
  5. Nebula Awards Showcase 2012 (A-)
  6. Ready Player One (A++)
  7. The Windup Girl (A)
  8. Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea (B)
  9. Deathworld (B)
  10. Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2012 (B+)
  11. Stuff White People Like (B-)
  12. The Eyre Affair (A-)
  13. Across The Universe (A-)
  14. The Sacrifice and Other Steam-Powered Stories (A-)
  15. Superman: Red Sun (A)
  16. Secret Identity (A-)
  17. Marvel 1602 (A-)
  18. Life of Pi (B+)
  19. Wool - Part Two (B+)
  20. Wool - Part Three (A-)
  21. Wool - Part Four (A)
  22. Wool - Part Five (A+)
  23. Shift - Part One (A-)
  24. Shift - Part Two (A+)
  25. Shift - Part Three (A)
  26. The Leaky Establishment (A-)
  27. Othello (B+)
  28. Pump Six and Other Stories (A-)
  29. Poor Yorick (A)

    [*]Hawkeye - Volume 1 (A)
    [*]Hawkeye - Volume 2 (A-)
    [*]Invincible - Volume 1 (B)
    [*]My Little Pony - Volume 1 (A)
    [*]Adventure Time - Volume 3 (A-)

Movies
  1. Brave (A-)
  2. Bruce Almighty (A)
  3. Chronicle (B)
  4. Dr. Strangelove (B)
  5. Minority Report (B+)
  6. Paranorman (A-)
  7. American Pop (C+)
  8. The Color of Magic: Night 1 (B+)
  9. The Color of Magic: Night 2 (B)
  10. Limitless (A)
  11. Stardust (A+)
  12. All Star Superman (A)
  13. Batman: Year One (B)
  14. The Muppet Movie (Atlantis
  15. Atlantis: The Lost Empire (B+)
  16. The Pirates! Band of Misfits (A+)
  17. Lilo & Stich (A-)
  18. High School Musical 2 (C-)
  19. Les Miserables (B+)
  20. Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (A)
  21. The Princess and the Frog (A-)
  22. Pitch Perfect (A-)
  23. Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (B+)
  24. Iron Man 3 (A)
  25. The Great Gatsby (B)
  26. Star Trek (A+)
  27. The Nightmare Before Christmas (A-)
  28. Stargate (A)
  29. Hotel Transylvania (A-)
  30. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (B+)
  31. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (B)
  32. Safety Not Guaranteed (B+)
  33. Planet Hulk (A)
  34. The Wolverine (A-)

    [*]Star Trek Into Darkness (B)
    [*]Stargate: Ark of Truth (B+)
    [*]Stargate: Continuum (A)
 
E

Ermac

Proudly debt free. If you need a couple bucks, just ask.
Man, I haven't been doing well at all in this endeavor. How do you guys focus on reading more? Any strats?

Movies:

The Last Stand
Dredd
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Ghost Protocol
Side By Side
Speed
Generation Um
Cloud Atlas
Fearless
Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey
Iron Man 3
Fast Six
Teddy Bear
Generation Um
Man of Steel
Pacific Rim
Before Midnight
Man of Tai Chi
The Lake House

Books

Cloud Atlas
Post Office
Vagabonding
Siddartha
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
 
T

Tragicomedy

Member
Ermac said:
Man, I haven't been doing well at all in this endeavor. How do you guys focus on reading more? Any strats?
Click to expand...

Just do it. An hour or so every night before you go to bed, more during the day if you have down time. I read more on the weekends.

If you're into digital reading, having a Kindle or a tablet with the Kindle app makes a big difference for some of us. I read way faster that way, as weird as it sounds.
 
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Nezumi

Member
Update:

Nezumi - 35/50 books | 60/50 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
  • Deadly Qicksilver Lies - Glen Cook
  • Yendi - Steven Brust
  • Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
  • Slaughterhouse 5 or The children's crusade - Kurt Vonnegut
  • Theft of Swords - Michael J. Sullivan
  • Petty Pewter Gods - 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 ♥ 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
  • The Thief of Bagdad (1939)
  • Django Unchained
  • Fraktus - Das letzte Kapitel der Musikgeschichte
  • Ace Attorney
  • OZ - The Great and Powerful
  • Mother
  • King Arthur
  • Four Rooms
  • Life of Pi
  • Lincoln
  • Despicable Me
  • Cloud Atlas
  • A field in England
  • Blancanieves

Finally a new book for my list. Not my favorite of the Garret P.I. novels but still a fun and fast-paced read. Got confused in the ending a bit.

There is movie festival in town which means I get to watch strange movies I'd normally never heard of :)

A field in England is a black and white movie about a bunch of people in mid 17th century England that try to dig up a treasure, the only problem is that the mushrooms they had for dinner were hallucinogenic. And though this movie had some fun moments one should not expect a slapsticky comedy about people on drugs doing stupid stuff. I couldn't say for sure what the hell that movie actually wanted to tell me but whatever it was it was told in beautiful and eerie pictures underlined with atmoshperic sounds and music.

Blancanieves was also a black and white movie and a silent one to boot. As the title suggests it is a retelling of Snow White, this time set in spain of the early 20th century. I loved how the movie managed to conveys the look and feel of the old silent movies of that era. Only the camera-work betrays that illusion by using shots that wouldn't have been possible at that time, which isn't a bad thing though. The story itself is told differently enough to not become predictable, which is a surprise given the well known source. And the evil stepmother is just beautifully evil.
 
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Forsaken82

Member
Forsaken82 – 7/50 Books | 70/50 Movies

Books:
1. A Dance with Dragons
2. The Road
3. Gone Girl
4. Wool Book 1
5. Wool Book 2
6. Bioshock: Infinite – Mind in Revolt
7. Wool Book 3

Movies:
1. Looper
2. V/H/S
3. American Reunion
4. Dredd
5. This Means War
6. Wrath of the Titans
7. Mindhunters
8. Dream House
9. Thats My Boy
10. The Ring 2
11. The Thing (2011)
12. Project X (2012)
13. Paranormal Activity 3
14. Men In Black 3
15. Wanderlust
16. Rock of Ages
17. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
18. Silent Hill: Revelations
19. Snow White and the Huntsman
20. Paranormal Activity 4
21. The Campaign
22. Resident Evil: Retribution
23. Zero Dark Thirty
24. Compliance
25. Django Unchained
26. Premium Rush
27. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
28. Chernobyl Diaries
29. Sinister
30. Silent Night
31. Moonrise Kingdom
32. Hostel: Part 3
33. Brave
34. Deadfall
35. Evil Dead 2
36. Mama
37. Below
38. Dark Shadows
39. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
40. Scoop
41. Man of Steel
42. Pitch Perfect
43. A Good Day to Die Hard
44. The Watch
45. Battleship
46. Restraint
47. The Three Stooges
48. Red Eye
49. Evil Dead (2012)
50. The Switch
51. Savages
52. Bad Girls of Valley High
53. Rise of the Guardians
54. The Apparition
55. Clear History
56. American Psycho 2
57. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
58. The Beach
59. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
60. Ninja
61. Iron Man 3
62. The Conjuring
63. Oblivion
64. Star Trek: Into Darkness
65. Now You See Me
66. Pain and Gain
67. Furious 6
68. the Descendants
69. Oz the Great and Powerful
70. Bullet to the Head

as I said, updated with a book! :p I swear though ill try to get to 10 by the end of the month!
 
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Tragicomedy

Member
New book :

James S.A. Corey - Caliban's War. ★★★★½ - Brilliant sequel that keeps the momentum of the previous book flowing perfectly. The original crew is as great as ever, but the new introductions (particularly Avasarala and Bobbie) really stole the show. The cliffhanger ending has me anxious to dive in to the next book in the series.
 
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Mumei

Member
Italicized entries in the un-counted list were updates. I started the Vennard book waaaay back in January, and after I read Bel Canto: A History of Vocal Pedagogy, I just couldn't get the motivation to finish it. The latter was so much newer and made the latter almost irrelevant for my purposes. I finally decided to get it off my Goodreads Currently Reading this weekend, though. :)

Books​
  1. Tarzan of the Apes, by Edward Rice Burroughs (271)
  2. Bel Canto: A History of Vocal Pedagogy, by James Stark (258) [529]
  3. The Mark of Athena, by Rick Riordan (586) [1115]
  4. Challenging Casanova, by Andrew Smiler (204) [1319]
  5. Great Singers on Great Singing, by Jerome Hines (358) [1677]
  6. Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin, by Timothy Snyder (417) [2094]
  7. Invisible Cities, by Italo Calvino (165) [2259]
  8. Sonnets: From Dante to the Present, edited by John Hollander (256) [2515]
  9. A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, by Alexander Solhenitsyn (178) [2693]
  10. The Complete Dinosaur, Second Edition, edited by Michael K. Brett-Surman, Thomas R. Holtz Jr., and James O. Farlow (1181) [3874]
  11. The Rhinoceros Who Quoted Nietzsche and Other Odd Acquaintances, by Peter S. Beagle (180) [4054]
  12. Unearthing the Dragon: The Great Feathered Dinosaur Discovery, by Mark Norell (244) [4298]
  13. A Canticle for Liebowitz, by Walter M. Miller (334) [4632]
  14. Maria Callas: A Musical Biography (224) [4856]
  15. "Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?": A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity, by Beverly Tatum Daniels (220) [5076]
  16. The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien (388) [5464]
  17. Oddly Normal: One Family's Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality, by John Schwartz (271) [5684]
  18. Miles, Mystery & Mayhem, by Lois McMaster Bujold (556) [6240]
  19. Reading Without Limits: Teaching Strategies to Build Independent Reading for Life, by Maddie Witter (361) [6601]
  20. Hyperion, by Dan Simmons (482) [7083]
  21. Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert (356) [7439]
  22. Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real About Race in School, edited by Mica Pollock (361) [7800]
  23. The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison (224) [8024]
  24. What's Wrong with Fat?, by Abigail C. Saguy (182) [8206]
  25. The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There, by Catherynne M. Valente (258) [8464]
  26. What's Wrong with Homosexuality?, by John Corvino (154) [8618]
  27. The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter Than You Think, by Brian hare (286) [8904]
  28. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, by Michael Lewis (290) [9194]
  29. The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, by Michael Lewis (335) [9529]
  30. A History of Opera, by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker (548) [10077]
  31. The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English, by Roy Peter Clark (300) [10377]
  32. The Reformation: A History, by Diarmaid MacCulloch (684) [11061]
  33. Men and Feminism: Seal Studies, by Shira Tarrant (163) [11224]
  34. The Master of Go, by Yasunari Kawabata (185) [11409]
  35. Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference, by Cordelia Fine (287) [11696]
  36. Metamorphoses, by Ovid (598) [12294]
  37. Rape Is Rape: How Denial, Distortion, and Victim Blaming are Fueling a Hidden Acquaintance Rape Crisis, by Jody Raphael (250) [12544]
  38. The Story of the Stone, by Cao Xueqin (2559) [15103]
  39. Troilus and Criseyde, by Geoffrey Chaucer (322) [15425]
  40. I Am Not A Serial Killer, by Dan Wells (271) [15696]
  41. The Annotated Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov (457) [16153]
  42. Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945, by Tony Judt (835) [16988]
  43. Barabbas, by Pär Lagerkvist (144) [17132]
  44. Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal, by Michael D'Antonio (378) [17510]
    [*]Singing: The Mechanism And The Technical, by William Vennard (275) [17785]
    [*]Superman: The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero, by Larry Tye (308) [18093]
  • Batman & Robin: Batman Reborn (Vol 1), by Grant Morrison
  • The Annotated Hobbit: The Hobbit, or, There And Back Again, by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • To What Miserable Wretches Have I Been Born: Revenge Poetry for Babies and Toddlers, by Suzanne Weber
  • T. rex: Hunter or Scavenger?, by Thomas Holtz
  • Akira (Vol 1 - 6)
  • The Lord of the Rings
  • Sharaz-de, by Sergio Toppi
  • Captain America: Winter Soldier Ultimate Collection, by Ed Brubaker
  • X-Men: Days of Future Past, by Chris Claremont
  • Hulk WWH: World War Hulk, by Greg Pak
  • The Books of Magic, by Neil Gaiman
  • Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (Vol 1 - 3), by Naoto Takeuchi
    [*]Ultimate Comics Spider-Man (Vol.1 - 2), by Brian Michael Bendis
  • Lucifer (Vol. 1 - 4), by Mike Carey
  • The Flash: Rebirth, by Geoff Johns
  • Green Lantern: Rebirth, by Geoff Johns
  • Gotham Central: In the Line of Duty (Vol. 1, #1 - 5)), by Ed Brubaker & Greg Rucka
  • Gotham Central: Jokers and Madmen (Book 2, #11 - 22), by Ed Brubaker & Greg Rucka
  • Gotham Central: On the Freak Beat (Book 3, #23 - 31), by Ed Brubaker & Greg Rucka
  • Wonder Woman: Gods and Mortals, by George Pérez
  • Hawkeye: My Life As A Weapon, by Matt Fraction (#1 - 5, YA #6)
  • reMIND (Vol. 2), by Jason Brubaker
  • Daredevil (Vol 1. - 4, #1 - 21), by Mark Waid
  • Chew (Vol. 1 - 2), by John Layman
  • Green Lantern: No Fear (#1 - 6), by Geoff Johns
  • Wonder Woman: Down to Earth, by Greg Rucka
  • Green Lantern: Wanted, Hal Jordan, by Geoff Johns
  • Green Lantern: Revenge of the Green Lanterns, by Geoff Johns
  • Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War (Vol. 1 - 2), by Geoff Johns
  • Green Lantern: Rage of the Red Lanterns, by Geoff Johns
  • Green Lantern: Agent Orange, by Geoff Johns
    [*]Runaways (Vol. 1 - 5), by Brian K. Vaughan
  • Planetary (Vol. 1 - 4), by Warren Ellis
    [*]The Unwritten (Vol. 1 - 4), by Mike Carey
  • Green Lantern Corps: Sins of the Star Sapphires (Vol 4), by Peter J. Tomasi
  • JLA: A League of One, by Christopher Moeller
  • Saga (Vol. 1), by Brian K Vaughan
  • I Kill Giants, by Joe Kelly
  • Ireland: Land of the Poets, by David Lyons

Movies​
  1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
  2. 2001: A Space Odyssey
  3. Aliens
  4. Django Unchained
  5. The Abyss
  6. The Animatrix
  7. The Amazing Spider-Man
  8. Iron Man 3
  9. How To Train Your Dragon
  10. Despicable Me
  11. Rise of the Guardians
  12. Star Trek: Into Darkness
    Man of Steel
    [*]Green Lantern
    [*]Pacific Rim
    [*]Green Lantern: First Flight
    [*]Wonder Woman
    [*]Despicable Me 2
    [*]Blackfish
    [*]Kansas vs Darwin
    [*]Misery

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Extended Edition
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Extended Edition

Video Games​
  1. Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
  2. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
  3. StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm

Bonus:

Television Shows​
  1. Breaking Bad, Seasons 1 - 4
    [*]Justified, Seasons 1 - 3
  2. The X-Files, Season 1
  3. Spartacus, Season 1
  4. Dexter, Seasons 6 - 7
  5. Hannibal, Season 1
    [*]Fringe, Season 1 - 4
    [*]Ben 10, Season 1
 
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thomaser

Member
Update:

Thomaser: 11 books - 3 movies

Books:

Read:
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
10: Literary Theory - Clare Connors
11: The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

Currently reading:
(12): Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour - Richard Gross (almost done)
(13): The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, Volume II: Since 1865 - Nash et.al.
(14): First Person Part: American Autobiographies, Volume II - Morton & Duncan (eds.)
(15): Major American Short Stories, third edition - Litz (ed.)

Read partway, didn't finish:
(16): Sociolinguistics. A Reader and Coursebook - Nicolas Coupland and Adam Jaworski
(17): World Englishes - Gunnel Melchers and Philip Shaw

Movies:
1: Frankenweenie
2: Inception
3: Shutter Island
 
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Mumei said:
  • Batman & Robin: Batman Reborn (Vol 1), by Grant Morrison
  • The Annotated Hobbit: The Hobbit, or, There And Back Again, by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • To What Miserable Wretches Have I Been Born: Revenge Poetry for Babies and Toddlers, by Suzanne Weber
  • T. rex: Hunter or Scavenger?, by Thomas Holtz
  • Akira (Vol 1 - 6)
  • The Lord of the Rings
  • Sharaz-de, by Sergio Toppi
  • Captain America: Winter Soldier Ultimate Collection, by Ed Brubaker
  • X-Men: Days of Future Past, by Chris Claremont
  • Hulk WWH: World War Hulk, by Greg Pak
  • The Books of Magic, by Neil Gaiman
  • Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (Vol 1 - 3), by Naoto Takeuchi
    [*]Ultimate Comics Spider-Man (Vol.1 - 2), by Brian Michael Bendis
  • Lucifer (Vol. 1 - 4), by Mike Carey
  • The Flash: Rebirth, by Geoff Johns
  • Green Lantern: Rebirth, by Geoff Johns
  • Gotham Central: In the Line of Duty (Vol. 1, #1 - 5)), by Ed Brubaker & Greg Rucka
  • Gotham Central: Jokers and Madmen (Book 2, #11 - 22), by Ed Brubaker & Greg Rucka
  • Gotham Central: On the Freak Beat (Book 3, #23 - 31), by Ed Brubaker & Greg Rucka
  • Wonder Woman: Gods and Mortals, by George Pérez
  • Hawkeye: My Life As A Weapon, by Matt Fraction (#1 - 5, YA #6)
  • reMIND (Vol. 2), by Jason Brubaker
  • Daredevil (Vol 1. - 4, #1 - 21), by Mark Waid
  • Chew (Vol. 1 - 2), by John Layman
  • Green Lantern: No Fear (#1 - 6), by Geoff Johns
  • Wonder Woman: Down to Earth, by Greg Rucka
  • Green Lantern: Wanted, Hal Jordan, by Geoff Johns
  • Green Lantern: Revenge of the Green Lanterns, by Geoff Johns
  • Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War (Vol. 1 - 2), by Geoff Johns
  • Green Lantern: Rage of the Red Lanterns, by Geoff Johns
  • Green Lantern: Agent Orange, by Geoff Johns
    [*]Runaways (Vol. 1 - 5), by Brian K. Vaughan
  • Planetary (Vol. 1 - 4), by Warren Ellis
    [*]The Unwritten (Vol. 1 - 4), by Mike Carey
  • Green Lantern Corps: Sins of the Star Sapphires (Vol 4), by Peter J. Tomasi
  • JLA: A League of One, by Christopher Moeller
  • Saga (Vol. 1), by Brian K Vaughan
  • I Kill Giants, by Joe Kelly
  • Ireland: Land of the Poets, by David Lyons
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You're not counting graphic novels? I'm sooo counting From Hell, which I'm reading right now. It's 500+ pages!!!!
 
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Mumei said:
Tsk, tsk. I didn't count Akira, and that is ~2000-ish pages. You can resist the temptation~
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I started half a year late though. :(

It was my plan to get me through nanowrimo in November. I really don't think I can write fifty thousand words and read ten books without some pictures.*

Well I guess... Oh alright... :/


* well that and an incentive to get me reading more graphic novels.
 
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Tragicomedy

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Graphic novels are interesting to figure out. I'm not counting single TPBs, but I've definitely counted all complete series that I finish. Whether that ends up being 30 issues or 100, I'm counting them. I might revisit that rule in the future depending on where I end up.

I plan to read the complete run of Invincible (approximately 104 issues and counting) in the coming months and I'm counting the hell out of it. That's 2,000+ pages, and while the correlation isn't nearly 1:1 it will still take me forever to get through it all.

If I had Mumei's reading prowess it would probably be a non-issue.

At the end of the day this whole challenge is to get us reading and watching more stuff this year. It's entirely on the honor system. Some folks are counting each TPB as a book, or counting books with 500+ pages twice, etc. Follow your conscience for what works for you. :)
 
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Mumei

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Tragicomedy said:
I plan to read the complete run of Invincible (approximately 104 issues and counting) in the coming months and I'm counting the hell out of it. That's 2,000+ pages, and while the correlation isn't nearly 1:1 it will still take me forever to get through it all.
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I read 1 - 84 of Invincible last year, and my copy of the second compendium came last month and I read through 96. Unfortunately my library only seems to get the Ultimate Editions so it'll probably be awhile before I can read through 104. :(

And honestly, the reason I don't count graphic novels is a) I end up reading a lot (and I read a lot more this year than I did last year), and b) it kind of throws off my page count.
 
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Tragicomedy

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New book:

[*] James S.A. Corey - Gods of Risk ★★★ - Probably overrating this by a star or two because of how great the series is. Totally non-essential side story here that doesn't add to anything that has come before. Bobbie Draper is still interesting, but the other characters are stale.
 
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Nezumi

Member
I counted the first volume of the Calvin and Hobbes books and once I finish the second one I will count that as well. It says 50 books not 50 novels.
 
choodi

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Banned
I'm counting graphic novels.

Since I'm not counting the 500+ page books as two books, I figure that it balances itself out that way.
 
i_am_ben

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So I don't think I've made a post here but I'm up to 42 books (if you count 500+ page books as two)

or 32 if they just count as one.
 
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Mumei

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Cyan said:
Don't listen to Mumei, totally count your graphic novels.

Who made him the graphic novel police, anyway? :p
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Tragicomedy said:
If I had Mumei's reading prowess it would probably be a non-issue.

At the end of the day this whole challenge is to get us reading and watching more stuff this year. It's entirely on the honor system. Some folks are counting each TPB as a book, or counting books with 500+ pages twice, etc. Follow your conscience for what works for you. :)
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I counted a volume last year as a single entry. Just to say I'd read at least one. The conscience thing is correct though. The challenge is entirely for yourself. Come to think of it, I counted entire series as a single piece of film too.
Cyan said:
Don't listen to Mumei, totally count your graphic novels.

Who made him the graphic novel police, anyway? :p
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Ohh yeahhh! Sorry mumei. I think you just got over-ruled!

Nezumi said:
I counted the first volume of the Calvin and Hobbes books and once I finish the second one I will count that as well. It says 50 books not 50 novels.
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*nods*
There are plenty books I'm not counting, such as companion guides and chapters here and there from literary books on the subjects. Not to say I'm not reading short novels, but what I've listed here is just the tip of the iceberg. Admiring writers means that I trawl through author BIOS, wiki entries, literary commentaries and criticism. I forget most of this stuff come writing, but many a boring afternoon is spent following the trail of books. I wish had a week for each book, but hey needs must.

choodi said:
I'm counting graphic novels.

Since I'm not counting the 500+ page books as two books, I figure that it balances itself out that way.
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Looks like we're good amigo.

Mumei said:
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:)

Cheat codes are a go!

that page count is a good idea; a good reference guide for folks looking for short books!!

Fine. I'll add Akira, if I can find a copy, and *not* have it count towards 50 books. It'll just be my 51st bonus book. Let it be on your conscience, if I only read 49 books in half a year!!!

BTW, I'm planning to read Arthur Miller plays too. Really neglected plays over the years. *runs*
 
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* pops head in *

i_am_ben said:
So I don't think I've made a post here but I'm up to 42 books (if you count 500+ page books as two)

or 32 if they just count as one.
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Up to you. But I would count them as two [if I read any!], whereas some didn't last year, and are not this year.

*dashes out again*
*like a ninja*
 
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TestMonkey

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Mumei said:
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Objection! There are rules set up in the first post that clearly states the 500+ page counting as 2 and has a ruling about graphic novels. You sir or madam are not the police but a vigilante. A vigilante I say! In the end though any additional restrictions you put on yourself is up to you.

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Tragicomedy

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New movies:

[*] Elysium ★★★ - As much as I like Blomkamp, with this movie and District 9 he's two for two on technically brilliant but politically heavy handed stories. Elysium beat the 99% message over my head to the point of distraction. The wealthy living in their own luxurious satellite system complete with advanced homeland defense measures to combat Spanish-speaking illegal immigrants...okay. Matt Damon was very solid, and the world building elements were extremely interesting.


[*] Mike Birbiglia: My Girlfriend's Boyfriend ★★★★ - Great comedian, with a very personal set about love, failed relationships, and finally finding the right person. He's a lot more subtle than most stand up comedians, and his sets are better for it. Hilarious and touching.
 
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Kud Dukan

Member
Update:
Kud Dukan - 15/50 Books | 21/50 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
  • The Cuckoo's Calling by "Robert Galbraith" (aka J.K. Rowling)
  • Hyperion by Dan Simmons

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
  • Pacific Rim
  • The Wolverine
  • V for Vendetta
  • Elysium
  • Oblivion
 
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BrokenEchelon

Banned
BrokenEchelon - 35/50 Books | 118/50 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
  • Carrie
  • The Shining
  • Rage
  • Night Shift
  • Moonraker

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
  • Dial M for Murder
  • The Night of the Hunter
  • Notorious (1946)
  • Ip Man 2
  • High Noon
  • The Best Years of Our Lives
  • Strangers on a Train
  • My Neighbor Totoro
  • The Secret in Their Eyes
  • The Deer Hunter
  • Fargo
  • Cool Hand Luke
  • It Happened One Night
  • Super
  • Starship Troopers 2
  • Event Horizon
  • The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
  • The Guard
  • The Great Gatsby (2013)
  • Evil Dead (2013)
  • Oz: The Great and Powerful

Haven't posted in a while but progress is slowly being made!
 
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How should I count anthologies and complete works? I realize this is something I can decide for myself, but I just want some input :)

Right now I'm reading Oscar Wilde's complete works. Figured I could count The Picture of Dorian Gray as one book since it's his only novel, but what about all the other texts? Could the short stories be counted one by one, or should they be lumped together?

Same with anthologies. I'm taking a uni course called "The American Short Story before 1941". Can each story be counted, or should I just count the anthologies themselves (which would mean that they wouldn't be counted at all, since I only read a few stories in each anthology)?
 
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thomaser said:
How should I count anthologies and complete works? I realize this is something I can decide for myself, but I just want some input :)

Right now I'm reading Oscar Wilde's complete works. Figured I could count The Picture of Dorian Gray as one book since it's his only novel, but what about all the other texts? Could the short stories be counted one by one, or should they be lumped together?

Same with anthologies. I'm taking a uni course called "The American Short Story before 1941". Can each story be counted, or should I just count the anthologies themselves (which would mean that they wouldn't be counted at all, since I only read a few stories in each anthology)?
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I've personally been using 100 pages as my bare minimum. So for me, a single short story would be too, er, short to count, but an anthology of short stories would count as one. And if in that anthology there was, say, a novella that was long enough, I might count that separately.

I don't think you need to read every word in a book to count it; I often skip dozens of pages by not reading endnotes, citations, bibliographies, indices, and blah blah blah. If you're reading enough of it to feel like you aren't "cheating" by counting it, I say feel free.
 
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thomaser said:
How should I count anthologies and complete works? I realize this is something I can decide for myself, but I just want some input :)

Right now I'm reading Oscar Wilde's complete works. Figured I could count The Picture of Dorian Gray as one book since it's his only novel, but what about all the other texts? Could the short stories be counted one by one, or should they be lumped together?

Same with anthologies. I'm taking a uni course called "The American Short Story before 1941". Can each story be counted, or should I just count the anthologies themselves (which would mean that they wouldn't be counted at all, since I only read a few stories in each anthology)?
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It's as much dependent on the Author as it is on me. Oscar Wilde wrote one novel, so I'd find that one book on Good Read. The Canterville Ghost is a short story, longer than the others, but I'd lump it in as his collected works. So in total, that would be Two books (one novel and one collected anthology).

I think, I or somebody else, counted, Dubliners, by James Joyce as one, even if it contains the novella: the dead. that's because that is how it is generally printed.

Anthologies of novels, I'd list each novel separately. But Short story collections, I would try and find their original collections.

I read hundreds of short-stories last year & poems and didn't count them

I've read 150+ short stories/poems this year, and I'm not counting them. I would count books like dublinners though. And Text book Anthologies.
 
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BrokenEchelon - 37/50 Books | 125/50 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
  • Carrie
  • The Shining
  • Rage
  • Night Shift
  • Moonraker
  • Diamonds are Forever
  • Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Absolute Edition

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
  • Dial M for Murder
  • The Night of the Hunter
  • Notorious (1946)
  • Ip Man 2
  • High Noon
  • The Best Years of Our Lives
  • Strangers on a Train
  • My Neighbor Totoro
  • The Secret in Their Eyes
  • The Deer Hunter
  • Fargo
  • Cool Hand Luke
  • It Happened One Night
  • Super
  • Starship Troopers 2
  • Event Horizon
  • The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
  • The Guard
  • The Great Gatsby (2013)
  • Evil Dead (2013)
  • Oz: The Great and Powerful
  • Room 237
  • World War Z
  • Oblivion (2013)
  • Warm Bodies
  • The Bling Ring
  • This is the End
 
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ColtraineGF

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ColtraineGF - 1/50 Books | 50/50 Movies​

Books
  • The Hunt For Red October
  • *tumbleweed*
Movies
  • Real Steel
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
  • Looper
  • Fight Club
  • Star Wars: A New Hope
  • Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
  • Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
  • Flight
  • The Amazing Spider-Man
  • Wreck-it Ralph
  • The Bourne Legacy
  • Total Recall (2012)
  • Wrath of the Titans
  • Casino
  • Man of Steel
  • Iron Man 3
  • Star Trek (2009)
  • Star Trek Into Darkness
  • Fast and Furious 6
  • After Earth
  • Pacific Rim
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
  • Premium Rush
  • Now You See Me
  • The Departed
  • Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
  • Apollo 18
  • Man on Fire
  • Snatch
  • Die Hard
  • Assault on Precinct 13
  • Blade
  • Die Hard 2
  • Red Eye
  • Akira
  • Con Air
  • Office Space
  • War Games
  • Identity
  • The Prestige
  • Memento
  • Django Unchained
  • The Usual Suspects
  • Black Hawk Down
  • Pleasantville
  • Outbreak
  • Lethal Weapon
  • Lethal Weapon 2
  • Lethal Weapon 3
  • Good Will Hunting
  • G R A V I T Y
 
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Member
Maklershed - 42/50 books | 61/50 movies | 10 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
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32. Altered Carbon
33. Empire Falls
34. These Is My Words
35. Neuromancer
36. The Mist
37. 600 Hours of Edward
38. The Terror
39. Shift Omnibus
40. Brown's Requiem
41. NOS4A2
42. CyberStorm


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---
47. The Postman Always Rings Twice
48. Fast & Furious
49. World War Z
50. Cowboys & Aliens
51. Pacific Rim
52. Heat
53. The Bourne Legacy
54. Jack Reacher
55. Argo
56. Over the Top
57. The Wolverine
58. Elysium
59. Gangster Squad
60. Brazil
61. Riddick

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---
9. Crysis 2
10. Gunpoint
 
M

markhimself46

Member
IN PROCESS: The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and the Glass (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)
  13. The Dark Tower III: The Wastelands (Stephen King)
  14. Inferno (Dan Brown)
  15. Hitchhiking with Larry David (Paul Samuel Dolman)
  16. MIND MGMT (Matt Kindt)
  17. Sweet Tooth Volume 1: Out of the Deep Woods (Jeff Lemire)
  18. Joyland (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
  25. Despicable Me 2
  26. Woody Allen: A Documentary
  27. Zelig
  28. Manhattan
  29. Clear History
  30. The Hunger Games
  31. The Descendants
  32. Our Idiot Brother

TV
  1. The Office (Seasons 1-9)
  2. Game of Thrones (Season 1)
  3. Arrested Development (Seasons 1-4)
  4. Scrubs (Season 1-8)
 
B

BrokenEchelon

Banned
Cyan said:
23 movies! Making progress. Slow and steady. etc etc

Been on a bit of a Miyazaki tear recently. I saw Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and Nausicaä. Favorite of these is definitely Totoro, which is an absolutely lovely movie. Very sweet, and the relationship between the sisters reminded me so much of my own siblings. Made me feel very nostalgic for childhood.

Least favorite was probably Nausicaä, which is ambitious and epic and so on, and very creative, but ultimately just feels so over the top with its environmentalism and can't-we-all-just-get-along themes. I also didn't really like the way the Giant Warrior subplot resolved.

Probably going to stop with Kiki's Delivery Service, I'm getting a little animed out.
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Have you seen Princess Mononoke? I feel like it's the revised and refined version of Nasuicaa. (Also still my first and favorite of his films).
 
T

Tragicomedy

Member
Cyan said:
Sort... of? Years ago at college my roommate was watching it while I was studying for a midterm, so I saw like 2/3 of it in bits and pieces. I didn't understand a lot of it, and basically don't remember any of it. Can't quite decide if I could watch it again and reasonably count it as a new movie for the purposes of this challenge.
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We're talking about Miyazaki's masterpiece here.

1) Watch it!
2) Count it!
3) Win!
 
B

BrokenEchelon

Banned
Just count it :p

It follows the same environmental themes, throws a bit of feminism in there, and features one of Billy Bob Thorton's better performances, as odd as that sounds.

Unrelated to that, I think Bling Ring might be one of the most pointless movies I've ever seen. "Our society is materialistic" is taken and stretched into a two hour movie that does absolutely nothing interesting with that statement.
 
A

Atrophis

Member
Atrophis - 7/50 Books | 46/50 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)
33. The Fast and The Furious (3/5, watched 22/07)
34. I Got Next (3/5, watched 25/07)
35. 2 Fast 2 Furious (3/5, watched 25/07)
36. Fast & Furious (4/5, watched 26/07)
37. The Worlds End (5/5, watched 26/07)
38. Fast Five (4/5, watched 27/07)
39. Looper (4/5, watched 30/07)
40. Fast & Furious 6 (3/5, watched 30/07)
41. Zenith (2/5, watched 31/07)
42. Pacific Rim (5 Gundams/5, watched 06/08)
43. The Hunger Games (3/5, watched 31/08)
44. Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol (3/5, watched 31/8)
45. Elysium (4/5, watched 06/09)
46. Rush (4/5, watched 15/09)

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)
7. The Secret Race - Tyler Hamilton & Daniel Coyle (4/5, started 22/07 - finished 25/07)
8. The Perfect Heresy - Stephen O'Shea (4/5, started 29/07 - finished 17/09)

Bonus Rounds

20/?? 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. In The Flesh
9. Spartacus: War of the Damned
10. Star Trek: Deep Space 9 - series 4
11. Broadchurch - series 1
12. Game of Thrones - series 3
13. The Fall - series 1
14. Defiance - series 1
15. Luther - series 3
16. Hannibal - series 1
17. Banshee - series 1
18. Southcliff
19. Bokurano
20. A Touch of Cloth 2

11/?? 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)
9. Heavy Rain (PS3)
10. Bioshock Infinite (PC)
11. Dishonored (PC)
 
G

Glaurungr

Member
Glaurungr - 182/50 books | 41/50 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 - Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew (2003)
  29. 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)
  30. Bart D. Ehrman - Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (and Why We Don't Know About Them) (2009)
  31. Bernard Cornwell - Sharpe's Fury (2006)
  32. Birger Sivertsen - For noen troll: Creatures and Monsters in Folklore (2000)
  33. Brandon Sanderson - Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (2007)
  34. Brandon Sanderson - Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones (2008)
  35. Brandon Sanderson - Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia (2009)
  36. Brandon Sanderson - Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens (2010)
  37. Brandon Sanderson - Legion (2012)
  38. Brandon Sanderson - The Emperor's Soul (2012)
  39. Brandon Sanderson - The Rithmatist (2013)
  40. Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist, or, The Parish Boy's Progress (1837)
  41. Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol (1843)
  42. Chris Smith - The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare (2003)
  43. Christopher Gravett - Medieval Siege Warfare (1990)
  44. Colin Evans - The Casebook of Forensic Detection: How Science Solved 100 of the World's Most Baffling Crimes (1996)
  45. C.S. Forester - Lieutenant Hornblower (1952)
  46. Dan Brown - Inferno (2013)
  47. David Brawn - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Creatures (2002)
  48. David Gemmell - Quest for Lost Heroes: Book Four of The Drenai Tales (1990)
  49. Deborah Blum - The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York (2010)
  50. Derek Collins - Magic in the Ancient Greek World (2008)
  51. Diana Wynne Jones - Charmed Life (1977)
  52. Diana Wynne Jones - Howl's Moving Castle (1986)
  53. Diana Wynne Jones - Dark Lord of Derkholm (1998)
  54. Douglas Adams - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987)
  55. Douglas Starr - The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science (2010)
  56. Edith Pargeter - A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury (1972)
  57. Edwin A. Abbott - Flatland (1884)
  58. Egil Ulateig - The Long Journey Home: The Royal Family During the Second World War (2011)
  59. E.J. Wagner - The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, the Real Forensics Behind the Great Detective's Greatest Cases (2006)
  60. Elaine Pagels - The Origin of Satan: How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans, and Heretics (1995)
  61. Frances Gies and Joseph Gies - Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages (1994)
  62. Fyodor Dostoyevsky - A Weak Heart (1848)
  63. Gary Noesner - Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator (2010)
  64. Georges Simenon - Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett (1931)
  65. Gerry Embleton - Medieval Military Costume: Recreated in Colour Photographs (2001)
  66. Gregory Daly - Cannae: The Experience of Battle in the Second Punic War (2002)
  67. Gro Steinsland (ed.) - The Dream Poem and Texts from the Nordic Middle Ages (2004)
  68. Hans Christian Andersen - The Tinderbox (1835)
  69. Helge Nordahl (ed./trans.) - The Song of Roland (1090)
  70. Henrik Ibsen - The Pillars of Society (1877)
  71. Hermann Pálsson (intr./not.) and Liv Kjørsvik Schei (trans.) - The Book of Settlements: Landnámabók (1997)
  72. Ian Mortimer - The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century (2008)
  73. Ingjerd Hoëm (ed.) and Egil Halmøy (trans.) - The Dreamtime: Myths and Legends from the Indigenous Peoples of Australia (2006)
  74. Jakob Fjalestad (trans.) - The Saga of Gunnlaug the Worm-tongue (late 1200s)
  75. James Brady - Hero of the Pacific: The Life of Marine Legend John Basilone (2010)
  76. Jan Deberitz - Iron Age: In the Moon's Sign (1983)
  77. Jan Guillou - Enemy's Enemy (1989)
  78. Jan Guillou - The Honourable Murderer (1990)
  79. Jan Guillou - Vendetta (1991)
  80. Jan Guillou - No Man's Land (1992)
  81. Jan Guillou - The Only Victory (1993)
  82. Jan Guillou - In Her Majesty's Service (1994)
  83. Jan Guillou - A Citizen Raised Above Every Suspicion (1995)
  84. Jim Butcher - Storm Front (2000)
  85. Jim Butcher - Dead Beat (2005)
  86. Jim Butcher - Proven Guilty (2006)
  87. Jim Butcher - White Night (2007)
  88. Jim Butcher - Small Favor (2008)
  89. Jim Butcher - Turn Coat (2009)
  90. Jim Butcher - Changes (2010)
  91. Jim Butcher - Side Jobs (2010)
  92. Jim Butcher - Ghost Story (2011)
  93. Jim Butcher - Cold Days (2012)
  94. Jim Butcher - Furies of Calderon: Book One of The Codex Alera (2004)
  95. Jim Butcher - Academ's Fury: Book Two of The Codex Alera (2005)
  96. Jim Butcher - Cursor's Fury: Book Three of The Codex Alera (2006)
  97. Jim Butcher - Captain's Fury: Book Four of The Codex Alera (2007)
  98. Jim Butcher - Princeps' Fury: Book Five of The Codex Alera (2008)
  99. Jim Butcher - First Lord's Fury: Book Six of The Codex Alera (2009)
  100. J.K. Rowling - The Tales of Beedle the Bard (2008)
  101. John Clements - Medieval Swordsmanship: Illustrated Methods and Techniques (1998)
  102. John Curtis (ed.) and Nigel Tallis (ed.) - Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia (2005)
  103. John Douglas and Mark Olshaker - Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit (1995)
  104. John Douglas and Mark Olshaker - Journey into Darkness (1997)
  105. Jo Nesbø - Police (2013)
  106. Jón Viðar Sigurðsson - The Norse Society: The Viking, King, Archbishop, and Farmer (2008)
  107. Joseph Campbell - The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949)
  108. Joseph P. Byrne - The Black Death (2004)
  109. J.R.R. Tolkien - Bilbo's Last Song (1990)
  110. J.R.R. Tolkien, et al. - Tolkien's World: Paintings of Middle-earth (1992)
  111. J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien (ed.) - The Book of Lost Tales, Part II: Book Two of The History of Middle-earth (1984)
  112. J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien (ed.) - The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún (2009)
  113. J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien (ed.) - The Fall of Arthur (2013)
  114. Jude Fisher - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Visual Companion (2002)
  115. Jude Fisher - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Visual Companion (2003)
  116. Jurgen Brauer and Hubert van Tuyll - Castles, Battles, & Bombs: How Economics Explains Military History (2008)
  117. Jørn Lier Horst - Key Witness (2004)
  118. Jørn Lier Horst - Disappearance of Felicia (2005)
  119. Jørn Lier Horst - When the Sea Calms (2006)
  120. Jørn Lier Horst - The Only One (2007)
  121. Jørn Lier Horst - Nocturnal Man (2009)
  122. Karen Wynn Fonstad - The Atlas of Middle-earth (1981)
  123. Katherine Ramsland - The Devil's Dozen (2009)
  124. Kelly DeVries and Robert D. Smith - Medieval Weapons: An Illustrated History of Their Impact (2007)
  125. Knut Lindh - Vikings: The Discovery of America (2004)
  126. Leif G.W. Persson - Between Summer's Longing and Winter's Cold (2002)
  127. Leif G.W. Persson - Another Time, Another Life (2003)
  128. Leif G.W. Persson - Falling Freely, as in a Dream (2007)
  129. Lill-Karin Nyland - The Malangseidet Accident 5. October 1938 (2012)
  130. Lloyd Alexander - The Book of Three: Book One of The Chronicles of Prydain (1964)
  131. Marcus Tullius Cicero - Selected Letters (1925)
  132. Melitta Weiss Adamson - Food in Medieval Times (2004)
  133. Neil Gaiman - Odd and the Frost Giants (2008)
  134. Neil Gaiman - The Graveyard Book (2008)
  135. Nicholas Hooper and Matthew Bennett - The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: The Middle Ages, 768-1487 (1996)
  136. Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe - Tyrihans who Made the Princess Laugh (1995)
  137. Peter Connolly - The Roman Fort (1991)
  138. Peter Tremayne - Absolution by Murder (1994)
  139. Philip Newth - Spook: A Ghost Story (1998)
  140. Raymond Khoury - The Last Templar (2005)
  141. Robert Bly - My Sentence Was a Thousand Years of Joy (2005)
  142. Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson - A Memory of Light: Book Fourteen of The Wheel of Time (2013)
  143. Robert Wilson - The Hidden Assassins (2006)
  144. Robert Wilson - The Ignorance of Blood (2009)
  145. Robert Wilson - Capital Punishment (2012)
  146. Roger Zelazny - Nine Princes in Amber (1970)
  147. Rolf Sagen - Steinar Foten and the Waking Man (2002)
  148. Simon Anglim, et al. - Fighting Techniques of the Ancient World 3000 BC to 500 AD: Equipment, Combat Skills, and Tactics (2002)
  149. Siri Walen Simensen - Women During the War (2009)
  150. Skjalg Bye - Without Illusions (1995)
  151. Stefan Brink (ed.) and Neil Price (ed.) - The Viking World (2008)
  152. Sverre Brandt - The Journey to the Christmas Star (1924)
  153. Sverre Sivertsen - A Demanding Watch: Notes from a Warsailor (2011)
  154. Terry Pratchett - The Dark Side of the Sun (1976)
  155. Terry Pratchett - Strata (1981)
  156. Terry Pratchett - Truckers: Book One of The Bromeliad Trilogy (1989)
  157. Terry Pratchett - Diggers: Book Two of The Bromeliad Trilogy (1990)
  158. Terry Pratchett - Wings: Book Three of The Bromeliad Trilogy (1990)
  159. Terry Pratchett - The Carpet People (1992)
  160. Terry Pratchett - Only You Can Save Mankind: Book One of The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy (1992)
  161. Terry Pratchett - Johnny and the Dead: Book Two of The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy (1993)
  162. Terry Pratchett - Johnny and the Bomb: Book Three of The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy (1996)
  163. Terry Pratchett - The Last Hero (2001)
  164. Terry Pratchett - Where's My Cow? (2005)
  165. Terry Pratchett - Nation (2008)
  166. Terry Pratchett - The World of Poo (2012)
  167. Terry Pratchett - Dodger (2012)
  168. Terry Pratchett - A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction (2012)
  169. Terry Pratchett, et al. - Nanny Ogg's Cookbook: A Useful and Improving Almanack of Information Including Astonishing Recipes from Terry Pratchett's Discworld (1999)
  170. Terry Pratchett and Jacqueline Simpson - The Folklore of Discworld (2008)
  171. Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman - Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (1990)
  172. Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter - The Long Earth (2012)
  173. Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs (ed.) - The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld (2007)
  174. Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen - The Science of Discworld (1999)
  175. Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen - The Science of Discworld II: The Globe (2002)
  176. Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen - The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch (2005)
  177. 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)
  178. Tone Hødnebø - The Storm Ladder (2002)
  179. Vālmīki and Signe Cohen (ed.) - Ramayana: A Selection from the Old Indian Epic About Prince Rama (2006)
  180. Vernor Vinge - A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)
  181. Vivien Bellamy - The Making of Shrewsbury: The History of a Border Town (2004)
  182. Øystein Wingaard Wolf - We Came Through the Desert (1997)

  • David Howarth - We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance (1957)
  • Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island (1883)
  • 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. Epic - Chris Wedge (2013)
  8. Frankenweenie - Tim Burton (2012)
  9. Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation - Kathrine Windfeld (2012)
  10. Hamilton: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter - Tobias Falk (2012)
  11. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters - Tommy Wirkola (2013)
  12. Happy Feet Two - George Miller (2011)
  13. Immortals - Tarsem Singh Dhandwar (2011)
  14. Iron Man 3 - Shane Black (2013)
  15. Jack Reacher - Christopher McQuarrie (2012)
  16. Jack the Giant Slayer - Bryan Singer (2013)
  17. Jim Jefferies: Fully Functional - Jim Jefferies (2012)
  18. Johnny Mnemonic - Robert Longo (1995)
  19. Les Misérables - Tom Hooper (2012)
  20. Life of Pi - Ang Lee (2012)
  21. Lincoln - Steven Spielberg (2012)
  22. Louis C.K.: Chewed Up - Louis C.K. (2008)
  23. Minority Report - Steven Spielberg (2002)
  24. Olympus Has Fallen - Antoine Fuqua (2013)
  25. Oz the Great and Powerful - Sam Raimi (2013)
  26. Pale Rider - Clint Eastwood (1985)
  27. ParaNorman - Sam Fell and Chris Butler (2012)
  28. Red Dawn - Dan Bradley (2012)
  29. Rise of the Guardians - Peter Ramsey (2012)
  30. RoboCop - Paul Verhoeven (1987)
  31. Skyfall - Sam Mendes (2012)
  32. Snitch - Ric Roman Waugh (2013)
  33. Star Trek: Into Darkness - J.J. Abrams (2013)
  34. Taken 2 - Olivier Megaton (2012)
  35. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Peter Jackson (2012)
  36. The Last Stand - Kim Ji-woon (2013)
  37. The Philadelphia Experiment - Stewart Raffill (1984)
  38. Tron - Steven Lisberger (1982)
  39. War - Philip Atwell (2007)
  40. Wreck-It Ralph - Rich Moore (2012)
  41. Zero Dark Thirty - Kathryn Bigelow (2012)

Now reading:

  • Albrecht Wacker - Sniper on the Eastern Front
 
T

Tragicomedy

Member
New movie:

[*] Seeking a Friend for the End of the World ★★★★ - Tender, touching, and terrifying. The quirky premise had me wondering whether I'd find the situation more paralyzing or liberating knowing exactly when I would die. I'll forgive one massive plot hole at the end because it's really not the kind of film that concerns itself with realism. Steve Carrell was awesome.
 
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Nezumi

Member
Update:

Nezumi - 37/50 books | 60/50 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
  • Deadly Qicksilver Lies - Glen Cook
  • Yendi - Steven Brust
  • Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
  • Slaughterhouse 5 or The children's crusade - Kurt Vonnegut
  • Theft of Swords - Michael J. Sullivan
  • Petty Pewter Gods - Glen Cook
  • Retribution Falls - Chris Wooding
  • Hitsuji wo meguru bouken (A wild sheep chase) - Murakami Haruki
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 ♥ 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
  • The Thief of Bagdad (1939)
  • Django Unchained
  • Fraktus - Das letzte Kapitel der Musikgeschichte
  • Ace Attorney
  • OZ - The Great and Powerful
  • Mother
  • King Arthur
  • Four Rooms
  • Life of Pi
  • Lincoln
  • Despicable Me
  • Cloud Atlas
  • A field in England
  • Blancanieves

Retribution Falls was a very light but very fun book. Looking forward to reading the rest of the series.

I love Murakami! This was the second novel by him, after Norwegian Wood, I actually read in Japanese. I think I'll take on Kafka on the shore next.
 
T

Tragicomedy

Member
New movies:

[*] The Campaign ★★½ - This movie may have come out last year, but it feels incredibly dated and I presume it will get even worse with age. There were a few funny moments, but nothing hilarious.


[*] Star Trek Into Darkness ★★★½ - Fun film, but I found the plot a bit safe and predictable. I felt a ton of goodwill about the original reboot, but I don't feel like any characters advanced in this one. Fairly safe for a Star Trek film. Not bad, but I expected better.

New book:

[*] James S.A. Corey - Abaddon's Gate ★★★★½ - What a ride this series has been! I didn't want the book to end, and now I'll have to wait for the next one to be published. Holden, Naomi, and Amos remain my favorites, although some of the new characters (especially Bull) were very enjoyable.
Doors and corners.
 
F

Forsaken82

Member
And we have another update. I think at this point, I am hoping ill just hit 15 books ;/

Forsaken82 – 8/50 Books | 75/50 Movies

Books:
1. A Dance with Dragons
2. The Road
3. Gone Girl
4. Wool Book 1
5. Wool Book 2
6. Bioshock: Infinite – Mind in Revolt
7. Wool Book 3
8. Wool Book 4

Movies:
1. Looper
2. V/H/S
3. American Reunion
4. Dredd
5. This Means War
6. Wrath of the Titans
7. Mindhunters
8. Dream House
9. Thats My Boy
10. The Ring 2
11. The Thing (2011)
12. Project X (2012)
13. Paranormal Activity 3
14. Men In Black 3
15. Wanderlust
16. Rock of Ages
17. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
18. Silent Hill: Revelations
19. Snow White and the Huntsman
20. Paranormal Activity 4
21. The Campaign
22. Resident Evil: Retribution
23. Zero Dark Thirty
24. Compliance
25. Django Unchained
26. Premium Rush
27. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
28. Chernobyl Diaries
29. Sinister
30. Silent Night
31. Moonrise Kingdom
32. Hostel: Part 3
33. Brave
34. Deadfall
35. Evil Dead 2
36. Mama
37. Below
38. Dark Shadows
39. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
40. Scoop
41. Man of Steel
42. Pitch Perfect
43. A Good Day to Die Hard
44. The Watch
45. Battleship
46. Restraint
47. The Three Stooges
48. Red Eye
49. Evil Dead (2012)
50. The Switch
51. Savages
52. Bad Girls of Valley High
53. Rise of the Guardians
54. The Apparition
55. Clear History
56. American Psycho 2
57. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
58. The Beach
59. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
60. Ninja
61. Iron Man 3
62. The Conjuring
63. Oblivion
64. Star Trek: Into Darkness
65. Now You See Me
66. Pain and Gain
67. Furious 6
68. The Descendants
69. Oz the Great and Powerful
70. Bullet to the Head
71. The Man with the Iron Fists
72. This is the End
73. The Hangover 3
74. After Earth
75. World War Z
 
choodi

choodi

Banned
Update

choodi - 15/50 Books | 54/50 Movies​

Films

  1. The Man with the Iron Fists (B)
  2. The Men Who Stare at Goats (C)
  3. The Inbetweeners Movie (A)
  4. The Social Network (A)
  5. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (D)
  6. This is 40 (C)
  7. Skyfall (B)
  8. Hotel Transylvania (B)
  9. Battlestar Galactica: The Plan (C)
  10. Bachelorette (D)
  11. Pitch Perfect (D)
  12. Django Unchained (B)
  13. Lincoln (A)
  14. Here comes the boom (C)
  15. 10 Years (B)
  16. Wreck-it Ralph (C)
  17. The Secret World of Arrietty (C)
  18. Zero Dark Thirty (A)
  19. TRON: Legacy (B)
  20. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (C)
  21. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (C)
  22. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (C)
  23. The Life of Pi (B)
  24. Blonde Ambition (D)
  25. So Undercover (E)
  26. My Brother the Devil (B)
  27. Iron Man 3 (C)
  28. Jack Reacher (B)
  29. A Separation(B)
  30. Star Trek: Into Darkness (B)
  31. Role Models (B)
  32. The Last Stand (C)
  33. Not Suitable for Children (C)
  34. Balls Deep: The Gary Houseman Story (D)
  35. For a Good Time, Call... (D)
  36. Bernie (C)
  37. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (C)
  38. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (D)
  39. The Croods (C)
  40. The Heat (B)
  41. G.I. Joe: Retribution (C)
  42. Odd Thomas (D)
  43. Oblivion (C)
  44. Save Your Legs (C)
  45. The Big Wedding (B)
  46. Europa Report (B)
  47. Pacific Rim (A)
  48. Pain and Gain (C)
  49. The Great Gatsby (C)
  50. Lovelace (B)
    [*]A Teacher (D)
    [*]The Bling Ring (D)
    [*]After Earth (D)
    [*]This is the End (B)

Books

  1. Inverting the Pyramid: The history of football tactics - Jonathan Wilson (A)
  2. A Memory of Light - Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (B)
  3. Pyramids - Terry Pratchett (B)
  4. Guards! Guards! - Terry Pratchett (A)
  5. The Fall of Hyperion - Dan Simmons (A)
  6. Old Man's War - John Scalzi (A)
  7. The Zombie Survival Guide - Max Brooks (C)
  8. Before they are Hanged - Joe Abercrombie (B)
  9. How to write a sentence and how to read one - Stanley Fish (B)
  10. The Walking Dead book one - Robert Kirkman (B)
  11. 300 - Frank Miller (B)
  12. The Walking Dead book two - Robert Kirkman (B)
    [*]The Walking Dead book three - Robert Kirkman (A)
    [*]The Walking Dead book four - Robert Kirkman (A)
    [*]The Walking Dead book five - Robert Kirkman (A)
 
B

BrokenEchelon

Banned
Interesting that choodi's list has comics when I'm about to ask about them:

Did we ever figure out some sort of "rule" for comics? I've read the entirety of The Walking Dead over the year, but didn't add them as it felt weird to do single issues, but would volumes count?

Also, what about "graphic novels" (dumb term) or standalone works? I just read Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Absolute Edition which also has some 90 odd pages of supplementary written stuff, so I feel like that least has got to count.
 
T

Tragicomedy

Member
BrokenEchelon said:
Interesting that choodi's list has comics when I'm about to ask about them:

Did we ever figure out some sort of "rule" for comics? I've read the entirety of The Walking Dead over the year, but didn't add them as it felt weird to do single issues, but would volumes count?

Also, what about "graphic novels" (dumb term) or standalone works? I just read Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Absolute Edition which also has some 90 odd pages of supplementary written stuff, so I feel like that least has got to count.
Click to expand...

No clear consensus. Some people are counting individual TPBs, but those only collect 5-6 issues and can be finished in 20 minutes. I personally don't think that's book-worthy, especially if it's part of a long ongoing series.

It's all degrees and doing what you think is right.

I'd say the majority of people on here would count every individual volume, so you would have 19 "books" from it. I think that's questionable since you can finish all of it in less time than it takes to read one novel.

Personally, I'd count the entire collection you've read as one full book. I'm slowly working my way through all of Invincible (around 105 issues so far) and plan to count it as one book. I also counted the 36 issues of Remender's Uncanny X-Force as a book, since it's a finished series. By that logic, I would probably count the Crisis collection you listed.

Mumei has read a ton of comics and isn't counting them at all, so that's an even more restrictive view.
 
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LuffyZoro

Member
I'm not entirely consistent. For the most part, I'm counting things in the form they come in. IE, if I read the Walking Dead anthology, I would count that as one, but you can see that I put some individual TPBs down as well.

LuffyZoro - 38/50 Books | 41/50 Movies

Books
  1. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (A-)
  2. Shadow Show (B+)
  3. The Rapture of the Nerds (A)
  4. Wool - Part One (A-)
  5. Nebula Awards Showcase 2012 (A-)
  6. Ready Player One (A++)
  7. The Windup Girl (A)
  8. Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea (B)
  9. Deathworld (B)
  10. Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2012 (B+)
  11. Stuff White People Like (B-)
  12. The Eyre Affair (A-)
  13. Across The Universe (A-)
  14. The Sacrifice and Other Steam-Powered Stories (A-)
  15. Superman: Red Sun (A)
  16. Secret Identity (A-)
  17. Marvel 1602 (A-)
  18. Life of Pi (B+)
  19. Wool - Part Two (B+)
  20. Wool - Part Three (A-)
  21. Wool - Part Four (A)
  22. Wool - Part Five (A+)
  23. Shift - Part One (A-)
  24. Shift - Part Two (A+)
  25. Shift - Part Three (A)
  26. The Leaky Establishment (A-)
  27. Othello (B+)
  28. Pump Six and Other Stories (A-)
  29. Poor Yorick (A)
  30. Hawkeye - Volume 1 (A)
  31. Hawkeye - Volume 2 (A-)
  32. Invincible - Volume 1 (B)
  33. My Little Pony - Volume 1 (A)
  34. Adventure Time - Volume 3 (A-)

    [*]Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (A)
    [*]Ra (A+)
    [*]Time Travelers Strictly Cash (A)
    [*]Callahan's Secret (A)

Movies
  1. Brave (A-)
  2. Bruce Almighty (A)
  3. Chronicle (B)
  4. Dr. Strangelove (B)
  5. Minority Report (B+)
  6. Paranorman (A-)
  7. American Pop (C+)
  8. The Color of Magic: Night 1 (B+)
  9. The Color of Magic: Night 2 (B)
  10. Limitless (A)
  11. Stardust (A+)
  12. All Star Superman (A)
  13. Batman: Year One (B)
  14. The Muppet Movie (Atlantis
  15. Atlantis: The Lost Empire (B+)
  16. The Pirates! Band of Misfits (A+)
  17. Lilo & Stich (A-)
  18. High School Musical 2 (C-)
  19. Les Miserables (B+)
  20. Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (A)
  21. The Princess and the Frog (A-)
  22. Pitch Perfect (A-)
  23. Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (B+)
  24. Iron Man 3 (A)
  25. The Great Gatsby (B)
  26. Star Trek (A+)
  27. The Nightmare Before Christmas (A-)
  28. Stargate (A)
  29. Hotel Transylvania (A-)
  30. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (B+)
  31. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (B)
  32. Safety Not Guaranteed (B+)
  33. Planet Hulk (A)
  34. The Wolverine (A-)
  35. Star Trek Into Darkness (B)
  36. Stargate: Ark of Truth (B+)
  37. Stargate: Continuum (A)

    [*]How to Train Your Dragon (A+)
    [*]Equestria Girls (B+)
    [*]Men In Black (A-)
    [*]Oblivion (A-)
 
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