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[Guamu]

Guamu - 33/50 books | 25/50 movies​

Books

1. AKIRA (Vols. 1-6) - Katsuhirtomo (2183) ★★★★☆
2. Arséne Lupin vs. Herlock Sholmes - Maurice Leblanc (204) ★★★★☆
3. ¡Atiende Fanfarrón! - Marcial Lafuente Estefania ★★☆☆☆
4. Banquetes de los viudos negros [Banquets of the Black Widowers] - Isaac Asimov (256) ★★★☆☆
5. Birthday - Koji Suzuki (224) ★★★☆☆
6. Ciencia Ficción Selección 2 - Varios (180) ★★★★☆
7. David Starr, ranger del espacio [David Starr, Space Ranger] - Isaac Asimov (188) ★★☆☆☆
8. El Principio De Peter: Tratado Sobre La Incompetencia O Por Qué Las Cosas Van Siempre Mal [The Peter Principle] - Laurence J. Peter & Raymond Hull (154) ★★★☆☆
9. El Yeti y otros bichos, ¡vaya timo! - Carlos Chordá (136) ★★★☆☆
10. En el Japón Fantasmal - Lafcadio Hearn (224) ★★★☆☆
11. Fraudes paranormales [Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions] - James Randy (342) ★★★☆☆
12. Full Dark, No Stars - Stephen King (368) ★★★★☆
13. Guía del mal padre 3 [ Guide du mauvais père #3] - Guy Delisle (192) ★★☆☆☆
14. How music got free - Stephen Richard Witt ★★★★☆
15. Kwaidan. Cuentos fantásticos del Japón - Lafcadio Hearn (176) ★★★☆☆
16. La conspiración lunar ¡vaya timo! - Eugenio Manuel Fernández Aguilar (176) ★★★☆☆
17. La fiesta de la insignificancia [La fête de l'insignifiance] - Milan Kundera (138) ★★★☆☆
18. Las Brujas [The Witches] - Roald Dahl (200) ★★★★☆
19. Las corrientes del espacio [The currents of space] - Isaac Asimov (251) ★★★★☆
20. Loop - Koji Suzuki (288) - ★★☆☆☆
21. Los ovnis ¡vaya timo! - Ricardo Campo (163) ★★☆☆☆
22. Los productos naturales, ¡vaya timo! - J.M. Mullet (152) ★★★☆☆
23. Luces en el cielo [Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright] - Isaac Asimov (288) ★★★☆☆
24. Lucky Starr y el gran Sol de Mercurio [Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury] - Isaac Asimov (144) ★★★★☆
25. Lucky Starr y los piratas de los asteroides [Lucky Starr and the pirates of the asteroids] - Isaac Asimov (154) ★★★☆☆
26. My Neighbor Totoro - Tsugiko Kubo (192) ★★★★☆
27. Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography - Neil Patrick Harris (7:15) ★★★☆☆
28. Pioneros del espacio [Ciencia Ficcion #12] - Anthology (192) ★★★☆☆
29. Spiral - Koji Suzuki (283) ★★★★☆
30. Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America - Jeff Ryan (292) ★★★☆☆
31. The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong to Pokemon - Steven L. Kent ★★★☆☆
32. Top of the Rock: Inside the Rise and Fall of Must See TV - Warren Littlefield & T.R. Pearson (9:01) ★★☆☆☆
33. Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination - Neal Gabler (33:24) ★★★★☆

Movies

• 30 for 30:Fernando Nation (2010, dir. Cruz Angeles)★★★☆☆
• 30 for 30: Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL? (2009, dir. Michael Tollin)★★☆☆☆
• Aliens on the Moon: The Truth Exposed (2014, dir. Robert Kiviat)☆☆☆☆☆
• Are All Men Pedophiles? (2013, dir. Jan-Willem Breure)★☆☆☆☆
• Captain America: The First Avenger (2011. dir. Joe Johnston)★★★☆☆
• Happy Feet (2006, dir. George Miller)★★★☆☆
• James y el durazno gigante
• Las aventuras de Peabody y Sherman (2014, dir. Rob Minkoff)★★★☆☆
• Lupin III - El dragón de la muerte [ルパン三世 燃えよ斬鉄剣] (1994, dir. Masaharu Okuwaki)★★★☆☆
• Lupin III - Farewell to Nostradamus [ルパン三世 くたばれ!ノストラダムス]★★★☆☆
• Sherlock Jr. (1924, dir. Buster Keaton)★★★★☆
• That Guy... Who Was in That Thing (2012, dirs. Ian Roumain, Michael Schwartz)★★★★☆
• Safe Haven ★★★☆☆
• 47 Ronin ★★☆☆☆
• Tekken 2 ★☆☆☆☆
• Death in Tombstone ★★★☆☆
• Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift ★★★☆☆
• Sin City: A dame to kill for
• Minions
• Phoenix Wright★★★☆☆
• Lupin III ★★★★☆
• Life Itself
• Back in Time
• One for the money
• Tinker Bell: hadas y piratas
• An honest liar
• Atari: Game Over
• Star wars Episode VII

Total count at the moment:
Completed Books

• 
  Pages read: 4231
  Manga pages read: 2183
  Time listened: 49:40 hrs

Completed Movies

• 
  Minutes watched: 797 (13:17 hrs)

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[orthodoxy1095]

I was too late last year, so reserving my spot. I'll update later as soon as I finish my first movie of the year!
Alright, someone tell me if I formatted this wrong...

orthodoxy1095 - 14/50 Books | 59/50 Movies​

Books

1. Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl - Jan. 5
2. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - Jan. 12
3. On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius - Jan. 24
4. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - Jan. 30
5. The Beginnings of a Life of Prayer by Archimandrite Irenei - Mar. 20
6. White Noise by Don Delilo - Apr. 19
7. Victims of a Map: A Bilingual Anthology of Arabic Poetry by Various - May 1
8. Fear's Empire by Benjamin R. Barber - May 13
9. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien - May 25
10. The Pearl by John Steinbeck - Jul. 8
11. The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis - Aug. 27
12. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes - Aug. 29
13. I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti - Oct. 5
14. The Spiritual Meadow by St. John Moschos - Oct. 28

Movies

1. The Wind Rises - Jan. 1
2. It's a Wonderful Life - Jan. 2
3. True Grit (1969) - Jan. 4
4. Big Hero 6 - Jan. 9
5. The Garden of Words - Jan. 15
6. The Place Promised in Our Early Days - Jan. 15
7. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time - Jan. 19
8. Moon - Mar. 2
9. The Big Lebowski - Mar. 14
10. Whiplash - Mar. 20
11. Foxcatcher - Mar. 20
12. Interstellar - Apr. 3
13. Redline - Apr. 18
14. Ghosts in the Shell - Apr. 18
15. Sword of the Stranger - Apr. 25
16. Avengers: Age of Ultron - May 2
17. Birdman - May 7
18. The Last Stand - May 22
19. Unbroken - May 27
20. Love & Mercy - June 15
21. Transformers: Age of Extinction - June 28
22. The Wolf of Wall Street - June 28
23. Ella Enchanted - June 29
24. The Way - June 29
25. Love Story - June 29
26. Jerry Maguire - June 29
27. World War Z - June 29
28. The Paper Chase - June 29
29. Jupiter Ascending - July 2
30. Departures - July 4
31. Sleepless in Seattle - July 5
32. How to Train Your Dragon 2 - July 6
33. Indie Game: The Movie - July 7
34. Little Witch Academia: Mahou Shikake no Parade - July 9
35. Chef - July 9
36. It's Such a Beautiful Day - July 10
37. 5 Broken Cameras - July 10
38. Jiro Dreams of Sushi - July 14
39. Ant-Man - July 16
40. Goon - July 18
41. Hitch - July 20
42. While You Were Sleeping - July 22
43. American Sniper - July 28
44. Like Father, Like Son - July 29
45. Way of the Dragon - July 30
46. Ip Man - July 31
47. Ip Man 2 - Aug. 1
48. The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness - Aug. 2
49. You've Got Mail - Aug. 20
50. Mad Max: Fury Road - Sept. 13
51. Song of the Sea - Oct. 8
52. Pitch Perfect 2 - Oct. 15
53. Wild - Oct. 16
54. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 - Oct. 30
55. Kingsman: The Secret Service - Nov. 8
56. Serendipity - Nov. 9
57. Ex Machina - Nov. 14
58. Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Dec. 17
59. Inside Out - Dec. 20

Bonus
TV

1. Steins;Gate - Jan. 02
2. Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken - Jan. 06
3. 5 Centimeters per Second (Byousoku 5 Centimeter) - Jan. 14
4. Mekakucity Actors - Feb. 21
5. Parks and Recreation Season 7 - Feb. 25
6. Mekakucity Actors - Feb. 21
7. Knights of Sidonia (Sidonia no Kishi) - Feb. 27
8. Seihou Bukyou Outlaw Star - Apr. 20
9. Nodame Cantabile - May 5
10. Top wo Nerae! Gunbuster - May 14
11. Nodame Cantabile Paris Hen - May 17
12. Nodame Cantabile Finale - May 27
13. The Tatami Galaxy - June 2
14. Barakamon - June 3
15. Kill la Kill - June 10
16. Friends Season 1 - June 14
17. Friends Season 2 - ???
18. Friends Season 3 - ???
19. Kids on the Slope - June 25th
20. Friends Season 4 - ???
21. Friends Season 5 - ???
22. Friends Season 6 - ???
23. Friends Season 7 - July 8th
24. Friends Season 8 - July 25th
25. Friends Season 9 - ???
26. Friends Season 10 - ???
27. Cheers Season 1 - Nov. 8
28. Cheers Season 2 - Nov. 14
29. Cheers Season 3 - ???
30. Cheers Season 4 - ???
31. Cheers Season 5 - ???

 

[Teptom]

Teptom - 5/50 books | 15/50 movies​

Books

1. The Epic of Gilgamesh - ★★★ - Jan 9th
2. Unfamiliar Fishes (2011) - Sarah Vowell - ★★★★ - Jan 14th
3. Yes Please (2014) - Amy Poehler - ★★★★ - Jan 18th
4. Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film (2015) - Patton Oswalt - ★★★★ - Jan 22th
5. The Sun Also Rises (1926) - Ernest Hemingway - ★★★ - Jan 30th

Movies

1. Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) - Wes Anderson - ★★★★ - Jan 3rd
2. Alien (1979) - Ridley Scott - ★★★★ - Jan 11th
3. North by Northwest (1959) - Alfred Hitchcock - ★★★★ - Jan 12th
4. Locke (2014) - Steven Knight - ★★★★ - Jan 14th
5. The Blues Brothers (1980) - John Landis - ★★★★★ - Jan 15th
6. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) - Matt Reeves - ★★★★★ - Jan 16th
7. Sunset Boulevard (1950) - Billy Wilder - ★★★ - Jan 19th
8. The French Connection (1971) - William Friedkin - ★★★★★ - Jan 20th
9. Taxi Driver (1976) - Martin Scorsese - ★★★★ - Jan 21st
10. Raging Bull (1980) - Martin Scorsese - ★★★★★ - Jan 21st
11. Jaws (1975) - Steven Spielberg - ★★★★ - Jan 24th
12. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - Steven Spielberg - ★★★★ - Jan 26th
13. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1972) - Steven Spielberg - ★★★ - Jan 29th
14. Silence of the Lambs (1991) - Jonathan Demme - ★★★★ - Jan 29th
15. Planes, Trains and Automoblies (1987) - John Hughes - ★★★★★ - Jan 29th

2014

 

[-Stranger-]

I'm in, the movies will be easy
However the books will be a challenge, looking forward to it though.

-Stranger- - 0/50 Books | 0/50 Movies


Books


Movies

 

[phaonaut]

Phaonaut - 0/50 books | 73/50 movies
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Books



Movies

01. The Equalizer ★★★☆☆
02. Tammy ★☆☆☆☆
03. Left Behind ☆☆☆☆☆
04. Lets Be Cops ★☆☆☆☆
05. Edge of Tomorrow ★★★★☆
06. The Drop ★★★★★
07. The Art of the Steal ★★★★☆
08. Bhutto ★★★☆☆
09. Deep Water ★★★★☆
10. Blue Ruin ★★★★☆
11. Under the Skin ★★★★☆
12. Ali ★★★★☆
13. Boyhood ★★★★★
14. A Most Wanted Man ★★★★☆
15. Survive and Advance ★★★★★
16. Broad City (Season 1) ★★★☆☆
17. Gone Girl ★★★★★
18. Dear White People ★★★☆☆
19. Men of Honor ★★★★☆
20. Lone Survivor ★★☆☆☆
21. Horns ★★★☆☆
22. Jupiter Rising ★★★☆☆
23. Nightcrawler ★★★★☆
24. United 93 ★★★☆☆
25. Whiplash ★★★★★
26. Big Hero 6 ★★★★☆
27. Agent Carter (Season 1) ★★★★☆
28. Top Five ★★★☆☆
29. Dracula Untold ★★★☆☆
30. Box Trolls ★★★☆☆
31. Foxcatcher ★★★★☆
32. The Judge ★★★★☆
33. Into The Woods ★★★☆☆
34. Camp 14 ★★★★☆
35. A Most Violent Year ★★★★★
36. Birdman ★★★★☆
37. Get On Up ★★★☆☆
38. Joe ★★★★☆
39. Hobbit:Battle of the Five Armies ★★★☆☆
40. Tusk ★★☆☆☆
41. Night at the Museum:Secret of the Tomb ★★★☆☆
42. Daredevil (Season 1) ★★★☆☆
43. 2 Guns ★★★☆☆
44. Ex Machina ★★★★☆
45. The Worlds End ★★★☆☆
46. Silicon Valley (Season 1) ★★★★☆
47. Avengers 2 : Age of Ultron ★★★★☆
48. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ★★★★★
49. Selma ★★★★★
50. Mad Mad: Fury Road ★★★★★
51. The Wedding Ringer ★★★☆☆
52. Hot Tub Time Machine 2 ★★★☆☆
53. Draft Day ★★★★☆
54. Seventh Son ★★★☆☆
55. American Sniper ★★☆☆☆
56. Paddington ★★★★☆
57. Lucy ★★★★☆
58. Insurgent ★★☆☆☆ -MP
59. Ant-Man ★★★☆☆ -MP
60. Spy ★★★☆☆ -MP
61. Fantastic Four ★★☆☆☆ -MP
62. Ascension ★★★☆☆
63. Downton Abbey (S1-5) ★★★★☆
64. The Cobbler ★★★☆☆
65. American Ultra ★★★☆☆ -MP
66. The Gift ★★★☆☆ -MP
67. San Andreas ★★★☆☆ -MP
68. Tomorrowland ★★★☆☆ -MP
69. The Visit ★★☆☆☆ -MP
70. Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation ★★★☆☆ -MP
71. Maze Runner 2 ★★★★☆ -MP
72. Black Mass ★★★☆☆ -MP
73. The Martian ★★★★☆ -MP
74. Pan ★★★★☆ -MP
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[pete_townshend]

I'm in, though I entered last year and did woefully,

pete_townshend - 00/50 Books | 00/50 Movies
Books



Movies

 

[ColtraineGF]

＼(^o^)／

ColtraineGF - 0/50 Movies | 0/50 Books​

Movies

1. [2015/01/07] Goodfellas (1990)
2. [2015/01/07] The Raid Redemption (2011)
3. [2015/01/14] Happy Feet 2 (2011)
4. [2015/01/14] Elf (2003)
5. [2015/01/22] How to Train your Dragon 2 (2014)
6. [2015/01/23] The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
7. [2015/04/30] INTERSTELLAR (2014)
8. [2015/04/30] Pulp Fiction (1994)
9. [2015/04/30] The Godfather (1972)
10. [2015/04/30] Lord of War (2004)
11. *tumbleweed*

Books

1. [2015/01/08] Ready Player One (2012)
2. *tumbleweed*

Reconsumption List (unsorted)

• [2015/01/04] Surf's Up (2007)
• [2015/01/05] Happy Feet (2006)
• [2015/01/22] Bokurano (2007)
• [2015/04/30] The Rock (1996)
• [2015/04/30] Timecop (1994)
• *tumbleweed*

 

[AyaisMUsikWhore]

Mumei is my source for books.

You can always look through the reading threads. I like to use Goodreads to see what friends and gaffers are reading.

With the monthly updates, I'd also like to post a short, but diverse list of suggestions. I know that one of my problems with completing the movie portion is just finding stuff that'd be interesting. Like I said in the OP, if anyone wants me to highlight a recommendation, PM me!

Adding gaffers on Goodread is a valuable way to gain good sources. I get my book recommendations from Mumei, Tragic, and Pau.

I'm going to bother Pau so much to recommend The Traitor's Heart for people. Readers should know about the Apartheid!

Cool beans. I just visited the website to see what it's all about and I like it. How do you add people for recommendations?

 

[Strobli]

I'm in again.

Strobli - 18/50 books | 35/50 movies​

Books

1. The Code Book - Simon Singh - Jan 15 - ★★★★
2. The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson - Jan 24 - ★★★★
3. The Shell Collector - Hugh Howey - Jan 30 - ★★★
4. The Ice Dragon - George R.R. Martin - Jan 31 - ★★★★
5. Pyramids - Terry Pratchett - Mar 8 - ★★
6. Imager - L.E. Modesitt Jr. - Apr 4 - ★★★
7. Words of Radiance - Brandon Sanderson - May 27 - ★★★★★
8. The Alloy of Law - Brandon Sanderson - Jun 2 - ★★★
9. The Fellowship of the Ring - J.R.R Tolkien - Jun 19 - ★★★
10. The Martian - Andy Weir - Aug 7 - ★★★★
11. The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison - Aug 20 - ★★★
12. To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee - Aug 30 - ★★★★★
13. The Two Towers - J.R.R. Tolkien - Sep 9 - ★★★★
14. Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell - Sep 24 - ★★★★
15. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers - Oct 3 - ★★★★★
16. 'Salem's Lot - Stephen King - Oct 30 - ★★★
17. Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell/Sixth of the Dusk - Brandon Sanderson - Nov 5 - ★★★★
18. Shadows of Self - Brandon Sanderson - Nov 10 - ★★★★

Movies

1. Zodiac (2007) - Jan 23 - ★★★
2. City of God (2002) - Jan 24 - ★★★★
3. 12 Angry Men (1957) - Jan 25 - ★★★★
4. The Wolverine (2013) - Feb 13 - ★★★
5. American Sniper (2014) - Feb 16 - ★★★
6. Boyhood (2014) - Feb 17 - ★★★★★
7. Whiplash (2014) - Feb 20 - ★★★★
8. Birdman (2014) - Feb 21 - ★★★★
9. Friday the 13th (1980) - Mar 13 - ★★★
10. It Follows (2014) - Apr 10 - ★★★★
11. Ex Machina (2015) - Apr 25 - ★★★★
12. Avengers: Age of Ultron - May 11 - ★★
13. Mad Max (1971) - May 16 - ★★★
14. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) - May 17 - ★★
15. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) - May 21 - ★★★★
16. The Shining (1980) - May 22 - ★★★
17. Tracks (2013) - Jun 12 - ★★★
18. Knight and Day (2010) - Jun 26 - ★★
19. Inside Out (2015) - Jun 28 - ★★★★★
20. Grounded: The Making of The Last of Us (2013) - Jul 2 - ★★★
21. The Grand Seduction (2013) - Jul 3 - ★★★
22. The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014) - Jul 10 - ★★★
23. Speed (1994) - Jul 31 - ★★★
24. Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) - Aug 7 - ★★★★
25. Monsieur Lazhar (2011) - Aug 30 - ★★★★
26. What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) - Sep 4 - ★★★
27. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003) - Sep 8 - ★★★
28. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004) - Sep 9 - ★★★
29. Nightcrawler (2014) - Sep 11 - ★★★★
30. Youth (2015) - Sep 12 - ★★★
31. The Babadook (2014) - Oct 5 - ★★★
32. Scream (1996) - Oct 17 - ★★★
33. The Martian (2015) - Dec 20 - ★★★★
34. Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Dec 23 - ★★★★
35. Spotlight (2015) - Dec 24 - ★★★★

 

[Ledbetter]

I'm in. I'm really behind when it comes to reading, but hopefully this year I can change that.

I created an account on Goodreads, but how can I get recommendations from anyone from GAF or in general?

 

[Verdre]

I'm in. I'm really behind when it comes to reading, but hopefully this year I can change that.

I created an account on Goodreads, but how can I get recommendations from anyone from GAF or in general?

There's a GA group on there with this thread for saying who you are on here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/150337

 

[Spectromixer]

Spectromixer - 5/50 books | 18/50 movies
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Books

1. Horns - Joe Hill | ★★★★
2. When Did You Last See Her? - Lemony Snicket | ★★
3. The Ice Dragon - George RR Martin | ★★★
4. The Magician's Land - Lev Grossman | ★★★★★
5. Wolf in White Van - John Darnielle | ★★★★★

Movies

1. The Interview (2014) - Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg | ★★★
2. Much Ado About Nothing (2012) - Joss Whedon | ★★★★
3. The Theory of Everything (2014) - James Marsh | ★★★
4. Tak3n (2015) - Oliver Megaton | ★ ½
5. High Anxiety (1977) - Mel Brooks | ★★★
6. Big Hero 6 (2014) - Don Hall, Chris Williams | ★★★★
7. Horns (2014) - Alexandre Aja | ★★
8. Birdman (2014) - Alejandro González Iñárritu | ★★★★
9. Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982) - Ridley Scott | ★★★★★
10. The People vs. George Lucas (2001) Alexandre O. Philippe | ★★ ½
11. Nightcrawler (2014) - Dan Gilroy | ★★★★★
12. Cinderella (2015) - Kenneth Branagh | ★★★
13. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) - Julian Schnabel | ★★★★ ½
14. John Wick (2014) - Chad Stahelski, David Leitch | ★★★★
15. Boyhood (2014) - Richard Linklater | ★★★★½
16. The Way He Looks (2014) - Daniel Ribiero | ★★★½
17. Mommy (2014) - Xavier Dolan | ★★★★★
18. Shadow of the Vampire (2000) - E. Elias Merhige | ★★★½

Goodreads
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[YRuafraid]

I'm down... I doubt I'll finish 50 books but I'll make an attempt

YRuafraid - 0/50 books | 0/50 movies​

Books

Movies

 

[Ashes]

It's fine to replace the logo, but GAF didn't come up with this.
These fine folks did: http://www.fiftyfifty.me

 

[SupremeLoser]

Sounds great! The movies will be no problem, but the books might be a bit of a challenge. I think the most books I ever read in one year was about 20 so I'll have to step it up! Between this and the 52 video games challenge on the gaming boards, I'm really trying to make better use of my free time this year.

Movies

The Guest- Adam Wingard (2014)
Fury- David Ayer (2014)
First Blood- Ted Kotcheff (1982)
The Terminator- James Cameron (1984)
Boyhood- Richard Linklater (2014)
Kingsman: The Secret Service- Matthew Vaughn (2015)

 

[Ashes]

Just wanted to toss a few numbers out there to point out how much this challenge has grown in the past two years. I'm hoping we have an even larger turnout this year.

2013

• 18 Members Finished
• 2,044 Total Books
• 3,922 Total Movies

2014

• 26 Members Finished
• 3,621 Total Books
• 7,510 Total Movies

I think I did the round up in 2012. And seven of us finished. It'll be in that thread somewhere at the end.

 

[Amir0x]

Mumei added like 20 books to my reading list in the institutional racism topic, so this year will be my CIVIL RIGHTS reading year apparently lol

Anyway I'm in, I'll try to keep track. One year I signed up and I definitely read 50 books, but I forgot about the topic so didn't keep track.

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(Too be edited later)

 

[asc3nsi0n]

I'm in again. I failed the challenge last year, but read more than I ever had before. Maybe this year I can finish.

asc3nsi0n- 5/50 Books | 5/50 Movies​

Books

1. George R.R. Martin - A Dance with Dragons: Part 1 Dreams and Dust
2. George R.R. Martin - A Dance with Dragons: Part 2 After the Feast
3. Jeff VanderMeer - Authority
4. Jeff VanderMeer - Annihilation
5. H.G. Wells - The Time Machine

Movies

1. The Guest
2. Fury
3. John Wick
4. Rounders
5. Bitter Lake

 

[GK86]

Is there a list of good SciFi books someone can link me to? Thanks.

 

[Lumiere]

Signing up again as well! Last year this challenge was a great push to watch new movies

Lumiere - 47/50 books | 28/50 movies​

Books:

1. Ben Aaronovitch - Rivers of London
2. Ben Aaronovitch - Moon Over Soho
3. Ben Aaronovitch - Whispers Under Ground
4. Ben Aaronovitch - Broken Homes
5. Ben Aaronovitch - Foxglove Summer
6. Daniel Abraham - The Price of Spring
7. Poul Anderson - The Broken Sword
8. Kage Baker - The Anvil of the World
9. Kage Baker - The House of the Stag
10. M. R. Carey - The Girl with All the Gifts
11. C. J. Cherryh - Foreigner
12. C. J. Cherryh - Invader
13. C.S. Friedman - Black Sun Rising
14. Neil Gaiman - Trigger Warning
15. Elizabeth Hand - Winterlong
16. Kazuo Ishiguro - The Buried Giant
17. Emmi Itaranta - Memory of Water
18. Stephen King - Revival
19. Nancy Kress - After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall
20. Ken Liu - The Grace of Kings
21. Karin Lowachee - Warchild
22. Vonda N. McIntyre - The Moon and the Sun
23. Patricia McKillip - Ombria in Shadow
24. Patricia McKillip - Riddle-Master
25. Emily St. John Mandel - Station Eleven
26. Richard Matheson - Hell House
27. Pat Murphy - The Falling Woman
28. Claire North - Touch
29. Sharon Kay Penman - When Christ and His Saints Slept
30. Alastair Reynolds - House of Suns
31. Alastair Reynolds - Revelation Space
32. Brandon Sanderson - The Way of Kings
33. Brandon Sanderson - Words of Radiance
34. Samantha Shannon - The Mime Order
35. Dan Simmons - Carrion Comfort
36. Joan Slonczewski - A Door Into Ocean
37. Theodore Sturgeon - Some of Your Blood
38. Sheri S. Tepper - Northshore
39. Sheri S. Tepper - Southshore
40. Genevieve Valentine - Persona
41. Jo Walton - The Just City
42. Martha Wells - City of Bones
43. Megan Whalen Turner - The Thief
44. Megan Whalen Turner - The Queen of Attolia
45. Megan Whalen Turner - The King of Attolia
46. Megan Whalen Turner - A Conspiracy of Kings
47. Gene Wolfe - Calde of the Long Sun

Movies:

1. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
2. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
3. The Big Lebowski (1998)
4. Blitz (2011)
5. In Bruges (2008)
6. The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
7. Emma (1996)
8. Ex Machina (2015)
9. Fargo (1996)
10. Foxcatcher (2014)
11. Furious 7 (2015)
12. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
13. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
14. John Wick (2014)
15. Kingsman - The Secret Service (2015)
16. Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
17. Mad Max Fury Road (2015)
18. The Man with the Iron First 2 (2015)
19. A Most Wanted Man (2014)
20. Paddington (2014)
21. Predestination (2015)
22. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
23. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
24. Snatch (2001)
25. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
26. Three Kings (1999)
27. Under the Skin (2014)
28. Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

 

[Geek]

Fuck it. I'll do it.

Geek - 5/50 books | 43/50 movies​

Books

1. The Martian - Andy Weir ★★★★​

2. Mayflower - Nathaniel Philbrick ★★★★​

3. The Worst Hard Time - Timothy Egan ★★★★​

4. A Game of Thrones - George RR Martin ★★★★​

5. All-Star Superman - Grant Morrison ★★★​

Movies

1. Annie Hall ★★★​

2. Legends of the Fall ★★½​

3. Starred Up ★★★½​

4. Gone Girl ★★★½​

5. Flight ★★​

6. You're Next ★★★​

7. Don Jon ★★​

8. The Interview ★​

9. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For ★★​

10. John Wick ★★★★​

11. Whiplash ★★★★★​

12. Nightcrawler ★★★★​

13. Fury ★★★​

14. Force Majeure ★★★★​

15. Goodnight Mommy ★★★★​

16. V/H/S ★★★​

17. Sicario ★★★★★​

18. Inside Out ★★★★​

19. Crimson Peak ★★​

20. Silver Bullet ★★​

21. Jurassic World ★★​

22. Tomorrowland ★★​

23. The Conjuring ★★★​

24. +1 ★★​

25. It Follows ★★★★​

26. Spy ★★★​

27. Ex Machina ★★★★​

28. Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck ★★​

29. The Gift ★★★​

30. Ant-Man ★★★​

31. Avengers: Age of Ultron ★★★​

32. Furious 7 ★★​

33. Mad Max Fury Road ★★★★​

34. The Martian ★★★★​

35. What We Do in the Shadows ★★★★​

36. Kuniko the Treasure Hunter ★★★​

37. The Duff ★★​

38. Kingsmen ★★★​

39. The Imitation Game ★★★★​

40. The Babadook ★★★​

41. Atari: Game Over ★★​

42. Fruitvale Station ★★★★​

43. Nebraska ★★★​

44. Star Wars: The Force Awakens ★★★★​

45. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation ★★★​

46. Attack the Block ★★★​

47. The Final Girls ★★★​

 

[N0VAM0D]

Let's do this!

N0VAM0D - 29/50 Films | 6/50 Books​

FILMS

• The Interview
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• White Chicks
• John Wick
• Zodiac
• Coco Avant Chanel
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
• Fast and Furious 7
• The Truman Show
• Fight Club
• Κυνόδοντας
• Transcendence
• Untraceable
• Pulp Fiction
• The Big Lebowski
• Requiem for a Dream
• Drive
• Nightcrawler
• Bernie
• Prisoners
• Brokeback Mountain
• Enemy
• The Fighter
• Jerry Maguire
• It Follows
• Thank You for Smoking
• Mission Impossible: I
• Mission Impossible: II
• Mission Impossible: III
• Collateral
  

BOOKS

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
• Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
• Authority by Jeff Vandermeer (in progress)
• The Martian by Andy Weir
• Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

EDIT: I've decided that I'm going to delete all my ratings, because I'm super bad at giving them!

 

[A Human Becoming]

Baaaaa

A Human Becoming - 8/50 books | 45/50 movies​

Books

1. It - January 18th: ★★★½
2. Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind: Practical Strategies for Raising Achievement - February 5th: ★★★½
3. Love Does - February 15th: ★★
4. The World of Ice and Fire - April 21st: ★★★½
5. Superior Spider-Man - August 3rd: ★★★★
6. The Eye of the World - September 21st: ★★★★
7. The Great Hunt - September 28th: ★★★★
8. The Dragon Reborn - October 12th: ★★★

Movies

1. Dr. No - January 1st: ½
2. Birdman - January 8th: ★★★★½
3. Side Effects - January 15th: ★★★½
4. Automata - January 25th: ½
5. Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars - January 26th: ★
6. The Imitation Game - January 31st: ★★★
7. IP Man - February 2nd: ★★★
8. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa - February 9th: ★★★★
9. The Way - February 15th: ★
10. Nightcrawler - February 16th: ★★★★★
11. Whiplash - February 20th: ★★★★
12. Still Alice - February 20th: ★★½
13. Selma - February 21st: ★★★★
14. American Sniper - February 22nd: ★★★
15. Bram Stoker's Dracula - February 24th: ½
16. The Evil Dead - February 26th: ★★½
17. Evil Dead 2 - March 3rd: ★★★★
18. Total Recall - March 10th: ★★★★
19. Labyrinth - March 13th: ½
20. Marmato - March 31st: ★½
21. The Endless Summer - April 12th: ★½
22. True Grit (1969) - April 20th: ★
23. Iron Man 3 - April 30th: ★★★★
24. Avengers: Age of Ultron - May 1st: ★★★★½
25. Thor: The Dark World - May 2nd: ★★½
26. Mad Max: Fury Road - May 17th: ★★★★
27. Inside Out - June 19th: ★★★★½
28. Man of Steel - July 6th: ★
29. Wet Hot American Summer - August 2nd: ★½
30. Regular Show: The Movie - September 12th: ★★★
31. The Martian - October 6th: ★★★
32. Steve Jobs - October 25th: ★★★
33. Amy of Darkness - October 31st: ★★½
34. Boogie Nights - November 19th: ★★★★½
35. Her - November 22nd: ★★★★★
36. All About Eve - November 26th: ★½
37. Ex Machina - December 16th: ★★★★
38. Tangerine - December 17th: ★★½
39. Monsters University - December 20th: ★★
40. Jurassic World - December 21st: ★½
41. Trainwreck - December 22nd: ★
42. Inglourious Basterds - December 25th: ★★★½
43. Star Wars: The Force Awakens - December 25th: ★★★★½
44. Shaun the Sheep - December 30th: ★★★★
45. Fantastic Mr. Fox - December 31st: ★½

I need to step up my reading this year.

 

[Mussah92]

I'll try...

Mussah92 - 0/50 books | 1/50 movies​

Books
1.

Movies
1. The Man From Nowhere / 아저씨

 

[The Outsider]

The Outsider - 1/50 Books | 13/50 Movies​

Books

1. Dark Force Rising by Timothy Zahn - ★★★★ (Jan 7, 2015)

Movies

1. The Imitation Game (2014) - ★★★★ (Jan 3, 2015)
2. Following (1998) - ★★★ (Jan 5, 2015)
3. American Sniper (2014) - ★★★½ (Jan 15, 2015)
4. Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) - ★★ (Jan 16, 2015)
5. Side Effects (2013) - ★★★ (Jan 18, 2015)
6. Jupiter Ascending (2015) - ★½ (Feb 7, 2015)
7. Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) - ★★★★ (Feb 15, 2015)
8. Whiplash (2014) - ★★★★½ (Feb 26, 2015)
9. The Duff (2015) - ★★★½ (Feb 28, 2015)
10. Sideways (2004) - ★★★½ (Feb 28, 2015)
11. The Way Way Back (2013) - ★★★½ (Mar 1, 2015)
12. Chappie (2015) - ★★ (Mar 14, 2015)
13. Furious Seven (2015) - ★★★½ (Apr 4, 2015)

 

[Ongakubito]

I'm in for this year. Last year had 72/50 movies, but only 9/50 books. Doing it in 2015!


Ongakubito - 14/50 books | 75/50 movies

Books
1. The Martian by Andy Weir ★★★★★
2. As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes & Joe Layden ★★★★ 1/2
3. Annihilation (Southern Reach Trilogy Book 1) by Jeff VanderMeer ★★★★
4. Authority (Southern Reach Trilogy Book 2) by Jeff VanderMeer ★★★★
5. Acceptance (Southern Reach Trilogy Book 3) by Heff VanderMeer ★★★★ 1/2
6. Lifer: How To Be A Bald Middle-Aged English Conversation Teacher In Japan by Carl Brotherstone ★★★ 1/2
7. Zoe's Tale (Old Man's War Book 4) by John Scalzi ★★★★
8. My Japanese Husband Thinks I'm Crazy by Grace Buchele Mineta ★★★ 1/2
9. My Japanese Husband (Still) Thinks I'm Crazy by Grace Buchele Mineta ★★★ 1/2
10. Confessions of a Texan in Tokyo by Grave Buchele Mineta ★★★
11. The Human Division (Old Man's War book 5) by John Scalzi ★★★ 1/2
12. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline ★★★★ 1/2
13. The End of All Things (Old Man's War Book 6) by John Scalzi ★★★ 1/2
14. Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick ★★★★

Movies
1. Interstellar (2014) ★★★★
2. Jackass Number Two (2006) ★★★
3. The Sessions (2012) ★★★★
4. After Earth (2013) ★1/2
5. Hotel Transylvania (2012) ★★★
6. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) ★★★★
7. Kingsmen: The Secret Service (2015) ★★★★ 1/2
8. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) ★★★
9. Tucker & Dale vs Evil (2010) ★★★★
10. Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) ★★★1/2
11. Big Hero 6 (2014) ★★★★ 1/2
12. Chappie (2015) ★★★ 1/2
13. Suddenly (1954) ★★★ 1/2
14. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) ★★★
15. Sum of All Fears (2002) ★★★
16. Let's Be Cops! (2014 ) ★★ 1/2
17. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) ★★★
18. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) ★★★★
19. Ex Machina (2015) ★★★★ 1/2
20. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013) ★★
21. Tomorrowland (2015) ★★ 1/2
22. Into the Storm (2012) ★ 1/2
23. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) ★★★★
24. 47 Ronin (2013) ★★
25. Terminator: Genisys (2015 )★★★1/2
26. David Bowie: Five Years (2013)★★★★ 1/2
27. Shadow on the Wall (1950) ★★★★
28. Jurassic World (2015) ★★★
29. Ant-Man (2015) ★★★ 1/2
30. Man on Wire (2008) ★★★★
31. Nightcrawler (2014)★★★★
32. It Follows (2015) ★★★
33. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015) ★★★★
34. Pixels (2015)★★ 1/2
35. The Window (1949) ★★★
36. The Blue Dahlia (1946)
37. The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) ★★★ 1/2
38. Lucy (2014) ★★ 1/2
39. Conflict (1945) ★★★★
40. Follow Me Quietly (1949) ★★★
41. Scene of the Crime (1949) ★★ 1/2
42. The Steel Trap (1952) ★★★
43. High Wall (1947) ★★★
44. Unfriended (2014) ★★★ 1/2
45. Time Lapse (2014) ★★★ 1/2
46.The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014) ★★★
47. The Babadook (2014) ★★★ 1/2
48. Devil (2010) ★★★
49. The House of the Devil (2009) ★★★ 1/2
50. The Den (2013) ★★
51. Starry Eyes (2014) ★★★ 1/2
52. Cropsey (2009) ★★★
53. Grave Encounters (2011) ★★★ 1/2
54. Grave Encounters 2 (2013) ★★★
55. Haunter (2013) ★★★
56. The Martian (2015) ★★★★★
57. The Nightmare (2015) ★★
58. Dream House (2011) ★★★
59. Crimson Peak (2015) ★★★
60. The Visit (2015) ★★★
61. Hunger Games: MockingJay Part 1 ★★★ 1/2
62. Hunger Games: MockingJay part 2 ★★★ 1/2
63. The Sheik (2014) ★★★★
64. Soaked in Bleach (2015) ★★★
65. Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead 2 (2014) ★★★
66. Fant4stic (2015) ★★ 1/2
67. Star Wars: The Force Awakens ★★★★ 1/2
68. The Last Shift (2104) ★★ 1/2
69. Jesus Camp (2006) ★★★
70. Exam (2009) ★★★ 1/2
71. League of Denial (2013) ★★★★
72. Parallels (2015) ★★★ 1/2
73. Mr. Untouchable (2007)★★★★
74. +1 (2013) ★★★
75. Video Games: the Movie (2014) ★★★

 

[Frustrated_Grunt]

Frustrated_Grunt - 8/50 books | 25/50 movies

Books
01. The Essential Smart Football by Chris B. Brown
02. Final Crisis: New Edition by Grant Morrison
03. Siege by Brian Michael Bendis
04. An Introduction to the F5 Networks HMS Second Edition by Steven Iveson
05. Mercury Falls by Robert Kroese
06. Forty Stories, New Writing from Harper Perennial
07. Have a Nice Day by Mick Foley
08. Death of WCW
Movies
01. The Imitation Game
02. Gremlins
03. The Intouchables
04. The Grand Budapest Hotel
05. 30 for 30: Bad Boys
06. Selma
07. Theory of Everything
08. Drive
09. Whiplash
10. American Sniper
11. The General
12. Wolf of Wall Street
13. Fargo
14. No Country for Old Men
15. The Best Years of Our Lives
16. Princess Mononoke
17. Alien
18. Advanced Style
19. Snatch
20. Speed Racer
21. Rise of the Guardians
22. Tangled
23. Down Periscope
24. Cinderella
25. I Hate Christian Lattener

 

[Weapxn]

I'm in. I hit the movies mark last year, despite not keeping track of it on here. I beyond failed at the books though. My goal is to hit at least 25 of those this year.

Weapxn - 1/50 Books | 11/50 Movies​

Books

1. "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline
2. "Intensity" by Dean Koontz (in progress)
3. "Rage" by Richard Bachman (in progress)
​

Movies

1. Foxcatcher
2. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
3. Big Eyes
4. Maps to the Stars
5. This Is Where I Leave You
6. The Imitation Game
7. American Sniper
8. Selma
9. Whiplash
10. Cake
11. Nymphomaniac: Part 1
​

 

[Tragicomedy]

I think I did the round up in 2012. And seven of us finished. It'll be in that thread somewhere at the end.

I need to look back into that thread, thanks for the reminder.

Is there a list of good SciFi books someone can link me to? Thanks.

I suggest joining the monthly threads. Maklershed has a very comprehensive list of links that cover book recommendations. We also all share what we're enjoying in there, and some of us read mainly science fiction and fantasy.

 

[Samyy]

I'm in for the first time, need to start watching more movies!

Samyy - 0/50 Books | 0/50 Movies

Books

1.​

Movies

1.​

 

[Caramello]

I won't have time to read 50 books for the year considering I'm doing the 52 game challenge but I'm in for movies.

Movies - 21/50

1. Edge of Tomorrow (5/1/15) [3/5]
2. Maleficent (7/1/15) [3/5]
3. A Million Ways to Die in the West (9/1/15) [2/5]
4. Sex Tape (10/1/15) [2.5/5]
5. Fury (19/2/15) [4/5]
6. The Interview (22/2/15) [2/5]
7. Penguins of Madagascar (1/4/15) [3/5]
8. Robin Hood (3/4/15) [1/5]
9. Fast and Furious 7 (5/4/15) [3.5/5]
10. Avengers: Age of Ultron (5/5/15) [4/5]
11. American Sniper (5/5/15) [5/5]
12. Gone Girl (5/5/15) [5/5]
13. Pitch Perfect 2 (25/5/15) [2.5/5]
14. Entourage (8/6/15) [2.5/5]
15. Jurassic World (22/6/15) [3.5/5]
16. Another Earth (27/6/15) [1/5]
17. Mad Max: Fury Road (28/6/15) [3/5]
18. Blade Runner (12/7/15)
19. Kingsman: The Secret Service (16/7/15) [4.5/5]
20. Antman (23/7/15) [4.5/5]
21. The Imitation Game (8/8/15) [5/5]

 

[Flying Toaster]

I am going to slay this dragon this year...

Flying Toaster Books 0-50, Movies 1-50

Books-

Movies- The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies 3 out of 5 (Its good but not great)

 

[TheGoddamn]

To my great shame, I totally dropped off on this last year, but I'm going to try again.

Just finished watching the first Hobbit movie! Maybe it's time to actually read the book.

TheGoddamn - 0/50 Books | 1/50 Movies

I've recently gotten back to reading as well. I'm in.

Books:


Movies:
1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

 

[DiddyBop]

I'm in.

DiddyBop 0/50 Books - 1/50 Movies

Books

1. 1984
2.
3.
4.
5.


Movies

1. The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
2. Blue Ruin
3.
4.
5.

 

[theapg]

I'll try. 0% chance I read 50 books though. I'm gonna set that goal at 20.

theapg 0/50 Books - 0/50 Movies

Books

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.


Movies

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Television

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

Count me in! This is either going to be really fun or incredibly disappointing haha.

You Are Viewtiful - 19/50 Books | 8/50 Movies​

Books

1. January 4 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - ★★★★★
2. January 12 - What is the What? by Dave Eggers - ★★★★
3. January 12 - Animal Farm by George Orwell - ★★★
4. January 21 - Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss - ★★ --->
5. January 30 - Catching Fire: Hunger Games, Book 2 by Suzanne Collins - ★★★★★
6. February 12 - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling - ★★★★
7. February 15 - The Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-Hwan - ★★★★
8. February 23 - Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely - ★★★★
9. February 27 - Mockingjay: The Final Book of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - ★★★★★
10. March 28 - Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert - ★★★
11. April 3 - Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer - ★★★★
12. April 7 - The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William R. Shirer - ★★★★ --->
13. April 13 - The Martian by Andy Weir - ★★★★
14. May 15 - The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It by Kelly McGonigal - ★★★★★
15. June 3 - 28: Stories of AIDS in Africa by Stephanie Nolen - ★★★★
16. June 29 - Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea - ★★★★★
17. August 1 - The Great Gatsby by John F. Fitzgerald - ★★★★

---> Long books that can count as two books

Movies

1. January 14 - American Beauty (1999) - ★★★★
2. January 21 - Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2010) - ★★★★★
3. January 28 - The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) - ★
4. February 4 - The Hunger Games (2012) - ★★★★
5. February 8 - The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) - ★
6. February 18 - Snatch (2000) - ★★★★
7. February 28 - The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire (2013) - ★★★★★
8. March 3 - Focus (2015) - ★★★

**Lost track of movies watched**

 

[Sky Interloper]

Last year I wanted to enter this, but as it was my last year at college things were chaotic enough. I'm more of a reader than a movie watcher though, but I'll still try.

Sky Interloper 11/50 Books | 5/50 Movies​

Books

1. Tanigawa, Nagaru - The Indignation of Haruhi Suzumiya ★★★½
2. Tanigawa, Nagaru - The Dissociation of Haruhi Suzumiya ★★★½
3. Tanigawa, Nagaru - The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya (First Half) ★★★★
4. Tanigawa, Nagaru - The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya (Second Half) ★★★★
5. Takami, Koushun - Battle Royale ★★★★
6. Sagan, Carl - Billions and Billions ★★★★½
7. de Cervantes, Miguel - Novelas Ejemplares ★★★★
8. Kafka, Franz - The Metamorphosis ★★★★
9. Stephenson, Neal - Quicksilver ★★★★
10. Everitt, Anthony - Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor ★★★★
11. Suetonius - The Twelve Caesars ★★★★

Movies

1. My Neighbor Totoro
2. Interstellar
3. Gladiator
4. Howl's Moving Castle
5. Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods

 

[donny2112]

Since Cyan did the format so well, "borrowing" it. *ahem* Thanks for doing this, Pau and tragicomedy!

donny2112 - 57/50 books | 66/50 movies​

Books

1. Cast No Shadow (Star Trek: TOS, 360 pages) (2011) - ★★★★★ (Jan. 3, 2015)
   I'm a sucker for Star Trek VI stuff. Love the movie, and this book continues on the story. Takes place 7 years after the movie and focuses on
   Spoiler

   Valeris. Examines her inner dealings and brings her to face the further pieces of the Gorkon conspiracy still in play
   . Really does the story well. It reminds me of the "Reign in Hell" series focused on Khan's time on Ceti Alpha V with how that series explains Khan's motivations, rationalizations, and descent into the madness of Star Trek II. Usually avoid TOS books, but the Star Trek VI tie got me to buy it. Glad I did.
2. Hunger Games (374 pages) (2009) - ★★★★☆ (Jan. 6, 2015)
   This one was weird. Have seen the movie several times, so knew what was going on. The writing style is from the first-person perspective, though, so you only see what Katniss sees. It's almost like reading a diary (e.g. innermost thoughts discussed) without the format of a diary. You also necessarily do not see the things taking place outside of Katniss's field-of-view. e.g.
   Spoiler

   no rioting in District 11 after Rue's death (but loved the bread present indicating their appreciation), no discussions between Snow and the head gamemaker (will have to wait for the second book to see if he dies like in the movie)
   On the plus side, as with most movies based on books, the book fleshes out a lot more of the reasoning behind "Huh?" on-screen actions. e.g.
   Spoiler

   Good conversation with Thresh showing why he let her live, why Cato had to be shot in the hand
   *big spoiler, if you haven't read the book*
   Spoiler

   Really shocking difference at the end with the dogs ACTUALLY BEING FORMED OUT OF THE OTHER SLAIN TRIBUTES, INCLUDING RUE! :O
   If I hadn't seen the movie, probably wouldn't have cared so much about all of it, but in this case (like with LOTR) having seen the movie before reading the book really adds to the book, in my opinion. The missing star is because of the first-person view necessarily keeping certain book staples that I like (e.g. omniscient knowing of others' thoughts and distant actions) unavailable, and because I didn't really like reading someone's diary. At least Katniss was a likeable person in thoughts and deeds. Would've hated to read a first-person account of Cato.
   Two books in the first week. Nice!
3. Hunger Games: Catching Fire (389 pages) (2010) - ★★★★☆ (Jan. 9, 2015)
   Same general comments as Hunger Games as to the writing style and technical nature of the book. Interesting particularly to note the differences between the book and the movie, of which there are not a great deal. Obviously, details are expounded upon more fully in the text, but pretty much every significant element in the book was repeated in the movie. Guess that's to say that the movie did the book justice. Only thing missing story-wise (really)
   Spoiler

   were the two escaped District 8 characters, Bonnie and Twill, hinting at a larger push for "The Mockingjay" than Katniss was aware of earthbound in District 12
   . And of course, as before, the movie allowed more fuller expository of the overall situation, since it was not restricted to Katniss's first-person account. For Mockingjay, I think I'll wait until the last movie comes out before reading the book. Watching the movie first in this series is really helping the book out, in my opinion.
4. Oliver Twist (264 pages) (1837) - ★★★★★ (Jan. 20, 2015)
   This book only registered at 264 pages, but it was longer than the 350+ pages books I've read so far this year. Crazy! Reading it early on, the writing style reminded me of Peter David (current author, lots of Star Trek stuff) whose writing style I love. I'm now thinking Peter David's style is probably inspired by Charles Dickens from Oliver Twist. Ha! The chapter titles doing more than denoting the passage of sections of prose, actually provide a summary of the chapter they precede. This can result in not a little cheering or groaning as twists in the story are foreshadowed slightly. Amazing ending for the book, and some insane "Twist"s in the story, that's for dang sure! Highly recommended!
   Peter David wrote a current novel specifically about the Artful Dodger (Jack Dawkins), which precipitated this book's reading. Looking forward to that one even moreso now.
5. Artful: A Novel (277 pages) (2014) - ★★★★☆ (Jan. 27, 2015)
   Once again, I am struck by just how much stinking longer Oliver Twist was than this book that "supposedly" had more pages! *ahem* Anyways, really great book focusing on The Artful Dodger from Oliver Twist, who was really a much more interesting fellow than that snivelling child Oliver, huh? Went into this expecting a normal tale following onto Oliver Twist focused on the exploits and continued journey of Artful. While most of that expectation was correct, the "normal" part of it was anything but! (Coming from Peter David, it shouldn't have been a surprise. Love his books, but he loves to throw you for loops!) Big-time spoiler:
   Spoiler

   Vampyres are taking over England and threatening the future Queen Victoria, and only The Artful and company (with a lot of cameos from Oliver Twist) can save the day! (In retrospect, maybe vampyres shouldn't have been too surprising considering he wrote the "Pulling up Stakes" series. )
   Great book. Not too long, and if you liked Oliver Twist and don't mind throwing things for a loop, I highly recommend this book, as well!
6. Cold and Broken Hallelujah (Long Beach Homicide series) (283 pages) (2014) - ★★☆☆☆ (Jan. 31, 2015)
   Book seemed to be all wrapped up in the first 50 pages, then it drug on for ~100 pages going nowhere only to magically turn into something that made the dragging on pages supposedly meaningful. Then everything came tied together with a pretty bow in the last 20 pages. Miraculous. :|
   First non-purposeful book (e.g. not tied to a series or some other metadata-type reason for reading it) I've read in a long time, and this isn't a good start. Got it for free with the Amazon Prime free book (out of a group) of the month bonus. Oh, well. Some people obviously like it according to the Amazon book reviews, but I guess it just wasn't for me!
7. The Klingon Art of War (qeS'a) (160 pages) (2014) - ★★★★★ (Feb. 3, 2015)
   Keith R. A. DeCandido is such a good Star Trek writer. Loved his Klingon-focused books, and this one goes right along with that trend. This book covers the 10 precepts handed down from Kahless (ancient Klingon who formalized the Klingon honor code in Star Trek and is sort of divine) including examples and discussion by K'Ratak (famous Klingon author). Some of the examples are from the movies, shows, books, but some is brand new, and reviewing even the known experiences in light of the qeS'a' is an enlightening experience. Love how the stuff ties together. The book itself is extremely good quality. Hardback, thick stock, nice formatting, and really interesting pictures at the beginning of each precept discussion. Good book to pick up for Star Trek Klingon fans!
8. Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone (309 pages) (1998) - ★★★★★ (Feb. 7, 2015)
   As with Hunger Games (and LOTR), having watched the movies first really made the book that much more enjoyable. It's shocking how much foreshadowing is done of way later events in the series all in this first book!
   Spoiler

   Talk of pure bloods vs. mud bloods, first mention of Hagrid's expulsion, mention of Sirius Black, etc.
   These are the kinds of things that show up in a second reading of a book series, but having seen the movies first, they're showing up in the first reading. A very nice treat. The book itself was great. No ruddy diary-type nonsense like with Hunger Games P). Obviously written for younger readers, but can still appreciate it for what it is. Also does a good job of trying to fit the wizarding world's existence in with the real world stuff, unlike Hunger Games, where you're just thrown into this setup that makes no sense (even after reading the book) of why it came to be this way. Missed that in books. One of the best examples I've ever read of this is "The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh" where it fits in the entire Eugenics Wars to real world history in the 60s-90s. This isn't anything near that complex, but still glad they attempted to explain it even if the explanation was "it's magic."
9. Star Trek Mirror Universe: Rise Like Lions (401 pages) (2011) - ★★★★★ (Feb. 10, 2015)
   I LOVE THIS BOOK! I was actually considering knocking it down to 4 stars due to some too convenient major actions in the first half of the book, but it more than made up for them by the end. This book essentially finishes the Mirror Universe setup in Star Trek TOS episode "Mirror, Mirror" and continued in Star Trek DS9 episodes. You really need to read the other Mirror Universe books that are separate from the shows to understand why all the players are where they are, but it's great to have a remarkable "conclusion" to the story like this. Full of intrigue and twists. Really great for a Star Trek fan.
   Spoiler

   It also leaves the newly christened Mirror Universe reality with a huge jumping off point into future books based on the mainline reality that'll be very interesting to see develop, since all the things and people are not the same in the Mirror reality as in the mainline one.
   Highly, highly recommended (if you're caught up on the Mirror Universe shows and books, and if you're not, highly recommend doing so, if you're a Star Trek fan. )!
   It's a bit surreal (and more than a bit telling) when the author plugs an upcoming Star Trek: TNG trilogy set for 2012, and I can look over onto my shelf and see it waiting there down the queue.
10. Girl on a Wire (375 pages) (2014) - ★★★★★ (Feb. 17, 2015)
11. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (341 pages) (1999) - ★★★★☆ (Feb. 25, 2015)
12. Star Trek: Myriad Universe: Shattered Light (489 pages) (2010) - ★★★☆☆ (Mar. 2, 2015)
13. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (435 pages) (1999) - ★★★★★ (Mar. 5, 2015)
14. Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Zero Sum Game (336 pages) (2010) - ★★★★★ (Mar. 8, 2015)
15. Ticker (267 pages) (2014) - ★★☆☆☆ (Mar. 18, 2015)
16. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (752 pages) (2002) - ★★★★★ (Mar. 24, 2015)
17. Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire (488 pages) (2010) - ★☆☆☆☆ (Apr. 2, 2015)
18. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (870 pages) (2003) - ★★★★★ (Apr. 22, 2015)
19. Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire (387 pages) (2011) - ★★★★★ (Apr. 29, 2015)
20. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (672 pages) (2005) - ★★★★★ (May 4, 2015)
21. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (791 pages) (2007) - ★★★★★ (May 14, 2015)
22. Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Paths of Disharmony (455 pages) (2011) - ★★★★☆ (May 19, 2015)
23. Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Plagues of Night (385 pages) (2012) - ★★★★★ (May 24, 2015)
24. Guardians of the Night (A Gideon and Sirius Novel) (352 pages) (2015) - ★★★★★ (May 24, 2015)
25. Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Raise the Dawn (394 pages) (2012) - ★★★★★ (May 27, 2015)
26. Death of a Chimney Sweep (A Hamish Macbeth Mystery) (228 pages) (2012) - ★★☆☆☆ (June 5, 2015)
27. Death of a Kingfisher (A Hamish Macbeth Mystery) (274 pages) (2004) - ★★☆☆☆ (June 9, 2015)
28. Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Brinkmanship (334 pages) (2012) - ★★★★☆ (June 12, 2015)
29. Pulling up Stakes (113 pages) (2012) - ★★★★☆ (June 17, 2015)
30. Pulling up Stakes, Part 2 (147 pages) (2012) - ★★★★☆ (June 20, 2015)
31. Flirting with Felicity (237 pages) (2015) - ★★★☆☆ (June 26, 2015)
32. Road to Samarcand (269 pages) (1955) - ★★★★☆ (July 8, 2015)
33. Treasure Island (183 pages) (1883) - ★★★★★ (July 11, 2015)
34. Star Trek: New Frontier: The Returned, Part 1 (164 pages) (2015) - ★★★★★ (July 12, 2015)
35. Alice in Wonderland (122 pages) (1865) - ★★★☆☆ (July 21, 2015)
36. The Martian: A Novel (369 pages) (2011) - ★★★★★ (July 29, 2015)
37. Einstein Prophecy (327 pages) (2015) - ★★★☆☆ (August 12, 2015)
38. Charlotte's Web (184 pages) (1952) - ★★★★☆ (August 16, 2015)
39. The Mermaid's Sister (231 pages) (2014) - ★★★★☆ (August 28, 2015)
40. Boundary Crossed (302 pages) (2015) - ★★★★★ (September 6, 2015)
41. A Dark Lure (408 pages) (2015) - ★★★★★ (September 8, 2015)
42. Dead Spots (287 pages) (2012) - ★★★★★ (September 9, 2015)
43. Crow Hollow (335 pages) (2015) - ★★★★☆ (September 11, 2015)
44. New Frontier: The Returned, Part II (161 pages) (2015) - ★★★★★ (September 12, 2015)
45. New Frontier: The Returned, Part III (171 pages) (2015) - ★★★★★ (September 13, 2015)
46. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (295 pages) (1870) - ★★★★☆ (September 22, 2015)
47. Flee (247 pages) (2012) - ★★★☆☆ (October 4, 2015)
48. Trail of Dead (299 pages) (2013) - ★★★★★ (October 6, 2015)
49. Arena Mode, Book 1 (299 pages) (2013) - ★★★★☆ (October 8, 2015)
50. Once Bitten (234 pages) (2015) - ★★★☆☆ (October 14, 2015)
51. Disenchanted (Land of Dis) (221 pages) (2012) - ★★★★☆ (October 17, 2015)
52. The Good Neighbor (205 pages) (2015) - ★★☆☆☆ (October 24, 2015)
53. The Confession (417 pages) (2010) - ★★★☆☆ (October 31, 2015)
54. Hunter's Trail (376 pages) (2014) - ★★★★☆ (November 3, 2015)
55. Q are Cordially Invited... (eBook, est. 91 pages) (2014) - ★★★☆☆ (Feb. 21, 2015)
    Really more like 3.5 stars, and it is a really fun, short story surrounding Picard and Crusher's "real" wedding day, starring Q
    Spoiler

    and Q
    ! Basic Star Trek: TNG story. Nothing too complex. Just a fun romp exploring a bit of Picard, Crusher, and
    Spoiler

    Vash
    as they have to extricate themselves from another uninvited trip from Q. Turns out that Q can actually be
    Spoiler

    thoughtful
    by the end of the book, so it's probably worth reading just for that!
    Spoiler

    Q himself would be appalled, I'm sure.
    +
    Malediction (64 pages) (2014) - ★★★★☆ (November 5, 2015)
    Had totally missed the connection to BC in Hunter's Trail. Glad this book took the time to connect the dots and show more of how L.A. Old World is progressing after Hunter's Trail!
56. Kissing Mr. Right (269 pages) (2015) - ★★☆☆☆ (November 23, 2015)
57. Killing Floor (Jack Reacher Book 1) (562 pages) (1997) - ★★★★☆ (December 29, 2015)

Movies

1. I, Frankenstein (2014) - ★★★☆☆ (Jan. 2, 2015)
   Originally was really against this one as it had almost nothing to do with Frankenstein (
   Spoiler

   It's really about a hidden war between gargoyles (sub-angels?!?) and demons
   , which was dumb to me in a movie called Frankenstein), but came to accept it as just a fun, action movie and try to ignore any attempts to tie it to a source material. Also really like Aaron Eckhart ever since seeing "Thank You For Smoking," so it was fun to see him be an action protagonist for a change.
2. Chinese Zodiac (2012) - ★★★★☆ (Jan. 4, 2015)
   Good Jackie Chan movie. 'Bout sums it up! (Movies is definitely going to be easier to hit. Gotta devote serious time to books. )
3. Great Expectations (2012) - ★★★★☆ (Jan. 8, 2015)
   I debated on whether to give this 3 or 5 stars. Really turns on
   Spoiler

   the belief of if Estella truly can empathize with Pip at the end of the movie or if she's still an emotion incapable psychopath and lying to him, too. If she can feel emotion now, then it's a great ending and happiness for Pip and Co. going forward. If she's still the emotion incapable psychopath, then Pip is in for Hell going forward. This has a personal emphasis, too, having been previously married to a psychopath and lived in false hope for years, so it's difficult to separate that pain and bretayal from Pip's position in the movie. :/
   Decided on a compromise of 4 stars, then. The movie is done well. I vaguely recall having read (at least part of) Great Expectations in school, but don't recall it specifically. Therefore, the movie was a bit of an unknown for me, which made the ending unexpected.
4. Jane Eyre (2011) - ★★★☆☆ (Jan. 14, 2015)
   What I recall from reading this book back in High School was that it was drearily long, hard to follow, and seemed to have 15 pages gaps between replies of a conversation. Don't recall a ton of details, though. Having watched the movie, it makes more sense and also seems to explain the issues I had with the book (i.e. easier to understand that a flashback is a flashback when the characters/environment change rather than just jumping into a past memory with no orientation). Good movie exploring the winds of a young woman's heart, though.
   Spoiler

   No, I'm not going back to re-read the book now.
5. Blackhat (2015) - ★★★★☆ (Jan. 17, 2015)
   Good movie with George Kirk/Thor as the hero. Liked the vicarious living of someone who was a star at MIT (always wanted to go after undergraduate, but life got in the way), and oh, the nice bod would be nice, too. In reality, someone who is that much a star at computers in the real world probably wouldn't have the time to devote to toning their body that way. But then that's why we have movies.
6. Selma (2015) - ★★★★★ (Jan. 19, 2015)
   Took some younger family to see Selma, because I felt it important for them to see some of how life was back then. Don't expect them to "get" all of it but osmosis ... As a side note, I stay to the end of the credits in almost 100% of the movies I go see. (I paid for watching the movie, I'm going to watch all of it.) Outside of Marvel movies, I'm usually about the only one left in theatre at the end, though. In this movie, even though there's nothing secret at the end, there was a good dozen people still in the theatre all the way through. I considered it a show of respect for the subject matter, and I was rejoiced to see it.
7. The Interview (2014) - ★★★★☆ (Jan. 24, 2015)
   This was a majorly messed up movie about tons of crap, but it just had me shaking my head in laughing/disbelief throughout. :lol I think a good snapshot of the overall movie is had in the first moments with the little girl singing the North Korean national anthem before going way off on a debasing tangent. Man!
8. Black or White (2015) - ★★★★☆ (Jan. 31, 2015)
   This movie did a really good job with the subject matter (mixed heritage granddaughter and the custody struggle between white granddad and black grandmom). It didn't portray either side of the racial portion of the concern as 100% good or bad, but showed that everyone's got flaws. Really liked the speech by Kevin Costner on the witness stand toward the end of the movie, too (even if he did undercut himself a bit toward the end of it with a comment). Could've easily been a real divisive movie if handled differently, but I think those involved handled it really, really well!
9. The War of the Worlds (1953) - ★★☆☆☆ (Feb. 10, 2015)
   Was this the "Classic" version? Seemed kind of basic. One dimensional love story grown out of the environment of Martians invading Earth. Special effects seemed kind of good for 1953, though. Was also good to hear Seti I (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) doing the narration.
10. K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) - ★★★★☆ (Feb. 12, 2015)
11. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) - ★★★☆☆ (Feb. 14, 2015)
12. Jupiter Ascending (2015) - ★★★★☆ (Feb. 16, 2015)
13. Olympus Has Fallen (2013) - ★★★★☆ (Mar. 13, 2015)
14. Frozen Fever w/ bonus Cinderella (2015) - ★★★★★ (Mar. 13, 2015)
15. Emperor (2012) - ★★★★☆ (Mar. 15, 2015)
16. Run All Night (2015) - ★★★★☆ (Mar. 22, 2015)
17. Furious 7 (2015) - ★★★★☆ (Apr. 5, 2015)
18. Insurgent (2015) - ★★★☆☆ (Apr. 11, 2015)
19. Age of Adaline (2015) - ★★★★☆ (Apr. 25, 2015)
20. Avengers: Age of Adaline Ultron (2015) - ★★★★☆ (May 2, 2015)
21. Collateral Damage (2002) - ★★★☆☆ (May 6, 2015)
22. Leon: The Professional (1994) - ★★★★☆ (May 12, 2015)
23. Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) - ★★★★☆ (May 22, 2015)
24. Tomorrowland (2015) - ★★★★☆ (May 25, 2015)
25. Under the Skin (2013) - ★☆☆☆☆ (June 6, 2015)
26. Inglorious Basterds (2009) - ★★★★☆ (June 7, 2015)
27. Jurassic World (2015) - ★★★☆☆ (June 11, 2015)
28. Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) - ★★★★☆ (June 26, 2015)
29. Agent Carter, Season 1 (2015) - ★★★★☆ (March 14, 2015)
30. Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Season 2 (2015) - ★★★★☆ (July 1, 2015)
31. Terminator: Genisys (2015) - ★★★★☆ (July 3, 2015)
32. Inside Out (2015) - ★★★★☆ (July 11, 2015)
33. Expendables 3 (2014) - ★★★★☆ (July 15, 2015)
34. Sabotage (2014) - ★★☆☆☆ (July 15, 2015)
35. Minions (2015) - ★★★☆☆ (July 19, 2015)
36. Sherlock, Season 1 (2010) - ★★★★★ (July 20, 2015)
37. Parks and Recreation, Season 1 (2009) - ★★★☆☆ (July 21, 2015)
38. Parks and Recreation, Season 2 (2010) - ★★★★☆ (July 25, 2015)
39. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015) - ★★★★☆ (July 31, 2015)
40. Parks and Recreation, Season 3 (2011) - ★★★★☆ (July 31, 2015)
41. Earth to Echo (2014) - ★★★☆☆ (August 2, 2015)
42. Ant-Man (2015) - ★★★☆☆ (August 2, 2015)
43. Parks and Recreation, Season 4 (2012) - ★★★★★ (August 6, 2015)
44. Sherlock, Season 2 (2012) - ★★★★★ (August 11, 2015)
45. WWII from Space (2012) - ★★★☆☆ (August 13, 2015)
46. Straight Outta Compton (2015) - ★★★★★ (August 15, 2015)
47. Parks and Recreation, Season 5 (2013) - ★★★★★ (August 20, 2015)
48. Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015) - ★★★★☆ (August 25, 2015)
49. Pixels (2015) - ★★★☆☆ (August 28, 2015)
50. Shanghai Noon (2000) - ★★★★☆ (September 2, 2015)
51. Parks and Recreation, Season 6 (2014) - ★★★★★ (September 3, 2015)
52. Zatoichi (2003) - ★★★☆☆ (September 9, 2015)
53. Legend of the Drunken Master (2000) - ★★★☆☆ (September 16, 2015)
54. The Scorch Trials (2015) - ★★★☆☆ (September 17, 2015)
55. Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) - ★★★★☆ (September 25, 2015)
56. The Martian (2015) - ★★★★★ (October 1, 2015)
57. Goosebumps (2015) - ★★★★☆ (October 15, 2015)
58. The Guild (2007-2012) - ★★★★★ (October 24, 2015)
59. Bridge of Spies (2015) - ★★★★☆ (October 24, 2015)
60. Dracula (1931) - ★★☆☆☆ (October 25, 2015)
61. Dracula (Spanish-language version) (1931) - ★★★☆☆ (October 25, 2015)
62. Peanuts Movie (2015) - ★★★★☆ (November 5, 2015)
63. Fantasia (1940) - ★★★☆☆ (November 15, 2015)
64. Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 (2015) - ★★★★★ (November 18, 2015)
65. Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens (2015) - ★★★★★ (December 17, 2015)
66. Creed (2015) - ★★★★☆ (December 26, 2015)

Detailed writeups on Books 10-17 and Movies 10-17
Detailed writeups on Books 18-26 and Movies 18-26
Detailed writeups on Books 27-39 and Movies 27-49
Detailed writeups on Books 40-50 and Movies 50-60
Detailed writeups on Books 51-57 and Movies 61-66

 

[Verdre]

Verdre - 10/50 Books | 5/50 Movies​

Kept going back and forth about whether I wanted to do it again this year, but why not. Everyone loves lists.






Books:

1. Labyrinth of Dreams by Sergei Lukyanenko - ★★★
2. Antarktos Rising by Jeremy Robinson - ★★ - Avoid
3. Vampire Hunter D Volume 12: Pale Fallen Angel - Parts Three and Four by Hideyuki Kikuchi - ★★★
4. Vampire Hunter D Volume 13: Twin Shadowed Knight by Hideyuki Kikuchi - ★★★
5. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka - ★★★
6. Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice - ★★★
7. The Third Section by Jasper Kent - ★★★ - This series doesn't look as though it will ever reach the heights of the first book.
8. Ultima by Stephen Baxter - ★★★
9. Bro by Vladimir Sorokin - ★★ - I don't know what I read.
10. The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge by Michael Punke - ★★★
​

Movies:

1. The Interview - ★★★
2. Transcendence - ★★★
3. Rob the Mob - ★★★
4. Taken 3 - ★★★
5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier - ★★★
​

 

[GK86]

I need to look back into that thread, thanks for the reminder.



I suggest joining the monthly threads. Maklershed has a very comprehensive list of links that cover book recommendations. We also all share what we're enjoying in there, and some of us read mainly science fiction and fantasy.

Thanks for the heads up. I will be joining those threads as well.

 

[Qblivion]

reserved.

current book in progress: Jurassic park.

 

[Amir0x]

Verdre - 2/50 Books | 0/50 Movies​

Kept going back and forth about whether I wanted to do it again this year, but why not. Everyone loves lists.






Books:

1. Labyrinth of Dreams by Sergei Lukyanenko - ★★★
2. Antarktos Rising by Jeremy Robinson - ★★ - Avoid

​

Movies:

​

you're through two books already in one day!? You lucky sod! I gotta get reading

 

[Verdre]

you're through two books already in one day!? You lucky sod! I gotta get reading

Got "lucky" with the first one and didn't finish it in time for 2014. The glory of failure.

 

[Necrovex]

you're through two books already in one day!? You lucky sod! I gotta get reading

A lot of us were prepping for this challenge. I read two books to their halfway point and started again on one of them today. Less than a hundred pages left on that one too.

 

[suberzat]

Suberzat 0 books/ 20 movies

Books:

Movies:
The Enemy
Predestination
Everly
Whiplash
Foxcatcher
Under the Skin
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Way Way Back
Kingsman The Secret Service
Intersteallar
Furious 7
Love Rosie
Maze Runner
The Night Before
Mad Max
Creed
jurassic world
Dope
Straight Outta Compton

 

[roosters93]

roosters93 - 11/50 books | 12/50 movies​

Books:

1. In Denial: The Stolen Generations and the Right - Robert Manne ★★★
2. Breaking News: Sex, Lies and the Murdoch Succession: Sex, Lies and the Murdoch Succession - Paul Barry ★★★★
3. Bad News: Murdoch's "Australian" and the Shaping of the Nation (Quarterly Essay #43) - Robert Manne ★★★
4. The Party Thieves: The Real Story of the 2010 Election - Barrie Cassidy ★★★★
5. The News: A User's Manual - Alaine De Botton ★★
6. Ayoade on Ayoade - Richard Ayoade ★★★
7. Fraud - David Rakoff ★★★
8. Barrel Fever - David Sedaris ★★★
9. What I Talk about When I Talk about Running - Haruki Murakami ★★★★
10. How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie ★★★
11. I Was Told There'd Be Cake - Sloane Crosley ★★★★

Movies:

1. Paddington ★★★
2. Whiplash ★★★★
3. The Theory of Everything ★
4. The Imitation Game ★★½
5. American Sniper ★½
6. John Wick ★★★
7. The Raid 2 ★★★★★
8. Norwegian Wood ★★½
9. Kingsman: The Secret Service ★★★★
10. Paper Planes ★★
11. Citizenfour ★★★★
12. The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Schwartz ★★★½

planting my flag on the first page!
Got real close last year (48 books :'( ) definitely gonna make it this year

 

[Forsaken82]

Forsaken82 – 0/50 Books | 0/50 Movies

Books:

Movies:

 

[Cade]

reserved.

current book in progress: Jurassic park.

That's the movie I'm watching.

 

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temp - 16/50 Books | 31/50 Movies​

Books

• Imagined Communities — Benedict Anderson
• Mindfulness in Plain English — Henepola Gunaratana
• Wage-Labour and Capital & Value, Price and Profit — Karl Marx
• The Marxist Theory of Alienation — Ernest Mandel, George Novack
• Blackshirts and Reds — Michael Parenti
• An Introduction to Marxist Economic Theory — Ernest Mandel
• Cuba, the Media, and the Challenge of Impartiality — Salim Lamrani
• To Kill a Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia — Michael Parenti
• Man's Worldly Goods: The Story of the Wealth of Nations — Leo Huberman
• Tito Speaks: His Self Portrait and Struggle with Stalin — Vladimir Dedijer
• Morphology of the Folktale — Vladimir Propp
• The Truth About Yugoslavia — George Fyson, Argiris Malapanis, Jonathan Silberman
• Shtetl — Eva Hoffman
• Invention of the White Race, Volume 1: Racial Oppression and Social Control — Theodore Allen
• Capitalism & Slavery — Eric Williams
• The American Revolution — Herbert Aptheker
• —

Movies

• Selma
• Waco — Rules of Engagement
• The Descent
• Anchorman 2
• Into the Woods
• Ender's Game
• The Cell
• The Book of Life
• Paddington
• Horrible Bosses
• Cuba: An African Odyssey
• Birdman
• Whiplash
• Novecento
• La Haine
• The Weight of Chains
• Interview with the Vampire
• On Company Business
• The Theory of Everything
• The Rescuers
• Monsters University
• Cinderella (2015)
• Strangers on a Train
• Furious 7
• Jodorowsky's Dune
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• American Sniper
• Jurassic World
• Pixels
• Alien
• The Great Mouse Detective
• —

2014

 

[TestMonkey]

And another thing...

TestMonkey - 80/50 Books | 80/50 Movies​

Books

1. Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
2. Dog by Michelle Herman
3. Fobbit by David Abrams
4. Serenity: Leaves on the Wind by Zack Whedon and Georges Jeanty
5. The Adventures of Superhero Girl by Faith Erin Hicks
6. 5 Very Good Reasons To Punch A Dolphin In The Mouth (And Other Useful Guides) by Matthew Inman aka The Oatmeal
7. How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You by Matthew Inman aka The Oatmeal
8. You by Austin Grossman
9. Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett
10. Horns by Joe Hill
11. Dog Shaming by Pascale Lemire
12. A Fighting Chance by Elizabeth Warren
13. Maskerade by Terry Pratchett
14. Acting: The First Six Lessons by Richard Boleslavsky
15. Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett
16. Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
17. Chasing the Moon by A. Lee Martinez
18. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling
19. I Hate Everyone...Starting with Me by Joan Rivers
20. Jingo by Terry Pratchett
21. Student Loans edited by Dedria Bryfonski
22. The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett
23. Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett
24. The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett
25. A Theory of Fun for Game Design by Raph Koster
26. The Truth by Terry Pratchett
27. Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
28. The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable by Terry Pratchett and Paul Kidby
29. Gil's All Fright Diner by A. Lee Martinez
30. Flash Boys by Michael Lewis
31. Pacific Rims by Rafe Bartholomew
32. The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett
33. Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
34. The Martian by Andy Weir
35. Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol
36. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
37. Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett
38. Redeployment by Phil Klay
39. Animal Farm by George Orwell
40. Dog on It by Spencer Quinn
41. Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn
42. To Fetch a Thief by Spencer Quinn
43. No Time to Think: The Menace of Media Speed and the 24-Hour News Cycle by Howard Rosenberg and Charles S. Feldman
44. The Dog Who Knew Too Much by Spencer Quinn
45. Doomed by Chuck Palahniuk
46. Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan
47. Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
48. Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
49. Think Like a Freak by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
50. A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
51. A Fistful of Collars by Spencer Quinn
52. The Alphabet of Manliness by Maddox
53. Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
54. Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
55. Authority by Jeff VanderMeer
56. Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
57. The Teacher Wars: A History of America's Most Embattled Profession by Dana Goldstein
58. The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
59. Thud! by Terry Pratchett
60. Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
61. Yes Please by Amy Poehler
62. Making Money by Terry Pratchett
63. The Man With the Golden Torc by Simon R. Green
64. Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett
65. I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
66. Snuff by Terry Pratchett
67. Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett
68. Five-Minute Whodunits by Stan Smith
69. How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff
70. When to Rob a Bank: ...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt
71. Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
72. The Cunning Linguist: Ribald Riddles, Lascivious Limericks, Carnal Corn, and Other Good, Clean Dirty Fun by Richard Lederer
73. Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
74. Comma Sense: A Fun-damental Guide to Punctuation by Richard Lederer and John Shore
75. Brothel: Mustang Ranch and Its Women by Alexa Albert
76. Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America by Barbara Ehrenreich
77. A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony
78. The Story of the Stone by Barry Hughart
79. The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett
80. The Elements of Style by E. B. White and William Strunk, Jr.

Movies

1. I, Frankenstein
2. Harlock: Space Pirate
3. Frozen
4. Jim Breuer: And Laughter for All
5. Bo Burnham: what.
6. The Invincible Iron Man
7. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
8. Kundo: Age of the Rampant
9. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
10. Patton Oswalt: Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time
11. Women Aren't Funny
12. It's Such a Beautiful Day
13. Bleach: Hell Verse
14. Kite Liberator
15. Myq Kaplan: Small, Dork and Handsome
16. Mr. Peabody & Sherman
17. You Laugh But It's True
18. Trevor Noah: African American
19. The Fluffy Movie
20. Iliza Shlesinger: Freezing Hot
21. Ralphie May: Unruly
22. Tank Girl
23. Ari Shaffir: Passive Aggressive
24. Men in Black 3
25. Big Hero 6
26. Aziz Ansari: Live at Madison Square Garden
27. Once Upon a Time In Shanghai
28. Hello Kitty Flanagan
29. Chris Porter: Ugly and Angry
30. Léon: The Professional
31. The Bag Man
32. Avengers: Age of Ultron
33. Mad Max: Fury Road
34. Expelled from Paradise
35. Repo! The Genetic Opera
36. Spy
37. Inside Out (2015)
38. Curious George
39. Kink
40. Jen Kirkman: I'm Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine)
41. Maria Bamford: The Special Special Special!
42. Killing Them Softly
43. Antarctica: A Year on Ice
44. Tai Chi Master
45. Nick Offerman: American Ham
46. Greg Fitzsimmons: Life of Stage
47. The Farm: Life Inside Angola
48. The Legend
49. The Legend 2
50. Restrepo
51. Korengal
52. Jurassic World
53. Ant-Man
54. The Last Unicorn
55. Jim Norton: Contextually Inadequate
56. Heather McDonald: I Don't Mean to Brag
57. Ralphie May: Imperfectly Yours
58. Eugene Mirman: Vegan on His Way to the Complain Store
59. Style Wars
60. Craig Shoemaker: Daditude
61. The Lego Movie
62. Moonrise Kingdom
63. Tekkonkinkreet
64. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
65. Page One: Inside the New York Times
66. Murderball
67. Edge of Tomorrow
68. John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid
69. Anthony Jeselnik: Thoughts and Prayers
70. Home (2015)
71. Little Witch Academia: The Enchanted Parade
72. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
73. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
74. Demetri Martin: Live (At the Time)
75. Tig
76. Dave Attell: Road Work
77. The Five Venoms
78. Kung Fury
79. The Hateful Eight
80. The Pirates (2014)