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50 books. 50 movies. One year - 2017 edition

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RedFyn

Member
January Update

RedFyn - 8/50 books | 18/50 movies

Books

1. Storm Front - Jim Butcher
2. Fool Moon - Jim Butcher
3. Grave Peril - Jim Butcher
4. Summer Knight - Jim Butcher
5. Death Masks - Jim Butcher
6. Blood Rites - Jim Butcher
7. Dead Beat - Jim Butcher
8. Coraline - Neil Gaiman

Extras/Reread:
• The Outcasts - John Flanagan

Movies

1. Hell is for Heroes
2. Jack Reacher 2 - much better than I remember the first one being
3. Tarzan (2016)
4. Universal Soldier
5. War Paint (1953)
6. Hamburger Hill - I enjoyed it, at least as much as one can enjoy something like this.
7. American Ninja
8. Eraser
9. Stalag 17 - this one surprised me. I quite enjoyed it and would recommend checking it out
10. Moana - BEAUTIFUL. AMAZING VISUALS. I didn't realise it was a musical going in and didn't like the first song in the village. The vocals were great but the songs less so. My brother said he wrote Hamilton (or maybe just composed the music for it I don't remember) and perhaps that's why I wasn't a big fan of them. I'm not one for that stuff.
11. Central Intelligence
12. The House that Screamed - What did I just watch? No seriously it's so dark it's hard to see.
13. R.O.T.O.R - legitimately terrible and not even it's so bad it's good. I only stuck through it so that I could add it to the list and say how bad it is.
14. American Ninja 2 - Better than the first
15. American Ninja 3 - Slow and dull. Much worse than the others. That ending though. Angelic light covers him as he uses Ninja magic to go super saiyan and eradicate the poison from his body.
16. Murphy's War
17. Pink Cadillac
18. Hannie Caulder


Extras/Movies I've seen before:

• Xmen First Class - enjoyable movie but I prefer the style of the original trilogy
• Guardians of the Galaxy - still not a fan
• Star Trek Beyond - I'll miss you Chekov
• US Marshalls - This ones a classic for me
 
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orthodoxy1095

Banned
orthodoxy1095 - 1/50 books | 11/50 movies

I won't copy over the list of everything I consumed this month, but I had a decent month of viewing. I finally got around to watching Scott Pilgrim, which was pretty solid, and finally got around to one of my bigger movie sins which was not having seen the Indiana Jones Trilogy. I thought the first was the best, the second was terrible and the third was great. I also watched some decent rom-coms, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World and Begin Again, both of which seemed like they should be pretty average, but I ended up enjoying both of them quite a bit.

On the book front, I read a lot of parts to books, but only finished one, Shūsaku Endō's Silence, which I read in preparation hoping that movie adaptation would come out to theaters in my town...which it didn't
 
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lawller

Neo Member
January Update

lawller - 6/50 books | 1/50 movies

Books:
1. Existence by David Brin
2. Every Day I Fight by Stuart Scott
3. Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
4. His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis
5. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
6. Caliban's War by James S.A Corey


Movies:
1. Moana
 
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Nola

Member
January update! :)

Nola - 6/50 books | 0/50 movies

Books:
1. The Fireman – Joe Hill
2. Everything I Never Told You – Celeste Ng
3. Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
4. Underground Airlines – Ben H. Winters
5. The Passage – Justin Cronin
6. In a Dark, Dark Wood – Ruth Ware
 
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fuzzylogic

Member
January Update:

fuzzylogic - 2/50 Books | 14/50 Movies

Books | 2
  • The Acting President -- Bob Schieffer and Gary Paul Gates
  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck -- Mark Manson

Movies | 14
  • A History of Violence, 2005
  • Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, 2008
  • Ex Machina, 2015
  • Wishful Drinking, 2010
  • The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, 2015
  • The One I Love, 2014
  • Trading Places, 1983
  • Kubo and the Two Strings, 2016
  • Under the Skin, 2014
  • Conan O'Brien Can't Stop, 2011
  • The Intern, 2015
  • The Neon Demon, 2016
  • The Nice Guys, 2016
  • The Witch, 2015
 
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Hippolnareff

Member
Hippolnareff - 2/50 books | 7/50 movies

Books

1. The Gap of Time - Jeanette Winterson - ★★★★
2. His Bloody Project - Graeme McRae Burnet - ★★★

Films

1. Forks Over Knives (2011) - ★★ - I've been really interested recently in adapting a plants-based diet. I've seen informative documentaries in the past but this one felt too bias to the point of saying it cures Cancer.
2. Rogue One (2016) - ★★★★ - Really enjoyable film, coming from someone who doesn't know the original trilogy too well. It would be 5-Stars but I couldn't stand the wannabe Han Solo and think he should've just been cut from the film.
3. Sing Street (2016) - ★★★★★- Never stopped grinning like an idiot. Such a lovely film which hit many notes for me as someone who was in a band when they were younger.
4. Blind Date (2015) - ★★★ - A fun French rom-com that struggles a little with character development and flip-flopping between emotional drama and quirky indie. Pretty enjoyable.
5. A Most Violent Year (2014) - ★★★★ - I was meant to see this film when it came out in the cinema but eventually forgot. Not the film I was expecting, far more grounded. Loved the suspense.
6. London Has Fallen (2016) - ★ - One of the worst films I've ever seen. Offensive, vapid and patriotic bordering on the psychopathic.
7. Hunt For The Wilderpeople (2016) - ★★★★ - Exactly the film I was expecting and enjoyed it. Surprised to not see either of the FOTC but Murray has a nice appearance. Sweet story with a little fantasy thrown in.
 
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nny

Member
New year, old habits: life continues to get in the way of my hobbies, so 2017 kicks off rather poorly.

January Update:

nny - 0/50 books | 5/50 movies

Books:




Movies:
  • 01- Westworld (1973)
  • 02- Detour (1945)
  • 03- Duck Soup (1933)
  • 04- The Twelve Chairs (1970)
  • 05- Tengoku to Jigoku (1963)

TV Shows:
  • 01- ReLIFE
  • 02- Sherlock (S4)
  • 03- Mob Psycho 100
 
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Ephidel

Member
End of January Beginning of February Update: Ephidel - 00/50 Books | 15/50 Movies | 4 TV series
Cheers for the reminder, Orthodoxy.

No books for me so far, just some movies and an attempt to work my way through some of the TV I recorded last year but never got around to watching.

Movies
1. Love at the Christmas Table (2012) ★★★½ (01 Jan)
2. Autumn in the Vineyard (2016) ★★★ (08 Jan)
3. Love On A Limb (2016) ★★ (09 Jan)
4. The Irresistible Blueberry Farm (2016) ★★★ (14 Jan)
5. The Music In Me (2015) ★★★½ (15 Jan)
6. Tulips In Spring (2016) ★★★ (15 Jan)
7. Appetite For Love (2016) ★★½ (15 Jan)
8. Mother Betrayed (2015) ★★★ (16 Jan)
9. House of Secrets (2014) ★★ (18 Jan)
10. Visions of Terror (1994) ★★ (22 Jan)
11. Cup of Love (2016) ★★ (22 Jan)
12. Love in Paradise (2016) ★★★ (22 Jan)
13. Advance and Retreat (2016) ★★★ (23 Jan)
14. Bridget Jones' Baby (2016) ★★★★ (29 Jan)
15. Sealed With A Kiss (aka A Country Wedding)(2015) ★★★ (29 Jan)
​

So, yeah. I've kicked off the year with a load of decidedly average romcoms for the most part.

TV Series
1. Limitless Season 1 ★★★★ (03/01/17 - 09/01/17)
2. Sherlock Series 4 ★★★ (01/01/17 - 15/01/17)
3. Aftermath Season 1 ★½ (04/10/16 - 23/01/17)
4. Hooten & The Lady Series 1 ★★★½ (18/09/16 - 25/01/17)​
Sherlock was the only one I watched as it was going on. I enjoyed it, but not as much as I was hoping to.
Really enjoyed Limitless, it was a very stylish show and I liked the way it worked through things (although the Hugging episode was a bit much, even for me). The ending felt rather rushed though, and then I found out it was cancelled which was really disappointing. I'm going to have to try and watch the film at some point though, as I didn't realise it was based on/spun out of a film until afterwards.
Aftermath was... well. Bad. Amusing though it was to have (plot spoilers? I guess?)
every apocalypse under the sun
shoved into one show with (more plot spoilers)
some mythology and psudeoscience along for the ride
, there was really nothing there to make it worth watching. The lead characters being (character spoilers?)
weirdos incapable of interacting with anyone outside of their Family Group or their One True Loves with anything resembling a normal range of human emotions
didn't help either.
Hooten & The Lady is cheesy but incredibly fun viewing. The characters/actors and their chemistry sell it for the most part, although it really seemed to be yelling "ships ahoy! gif this, gif this!" a little too often. Or maybe that was just me. I also liked (character/ending spoilers, ish)
that Edward was completely fine with Alex doing what she loved, even if it involved Hooten, and his complete and utter lack of insecurity even in the face of other people telling him he should be insecure about it. It was surprisingly refreshing to see a show with the potential for all that drama and misunderstanding and jumping to conclusions that you know most shows would run with, and then tilt it over and ignore it in favour of characters who are actually capable of living their own lives and talking to each other like adults (once they get around to it, anyway - I'll admit that that could have been done sooner). I don't think I'd realised how much that was a thing I'd been missing until I saw it
. Really though, it's just fun, and I needed some just fun. I don't know if it's likely to get a second series (and if it doesn't, the ending will work as a closer), but if it does I'll watch it.
 
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orthodoxy1095

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Ephidel said:
Cheers for the reminder, Orthodoxy.
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Aye, thanks for updating your post so quick!

And yeah, apologies to everyone that I just bombarded with a random message. I was doing the numbers for the month, but I noticed that something like 47 people hadn't updated their posts (so over 1/4 of our entrants), so I sent reminders to almost all of you. Thanks to all who update!
 
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choodi

Banned
Sorry for the late update. Not much to report.

Choodi- 0/50 books | 2/50 movies

Books


Movies
  1. Moana (B)
  2. Allied (C)
 
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luchadork

Member
January Update

luchadork - 3/50 books | 3/50 movies

Movies
1. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
2. Black Rain
3. Lethal Weapon 2

Books
1. Awaken The Giant Within
2. Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy
3. The Lean Startup



is this right?
 
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ed2090

Neo Member
Ed2090 January Update - 5/50 books | 7/50 movies

Movies:

  1. What We Do in the Shadows
  2. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  3. Sausage Party
  4. The Secret Life of Pets
  5. Buddies in India (大闹天竺)
  6. Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (西遊伏妖篇)
  7. The Girl with All the Gifts
Books:

  1. Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel
  2. Star Wars: Tarkin
  3. Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day
  4. Wind/Pinball
  5. The Bad Beginning

Rewatch
-Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

TV/Anime
-Sherlock S04
-A Series of Unfortunate Events S01
-Flying Witch
-Space Patrol Luluco
-Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge
-WWW.Working!!
-Re: Zero
-Konosuba S01
 
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Grenchel

Member
January Update

Grenchel- 2/50 books | 16/50 movies

Movies
1.Telefon
2.Dirty Harry
3.The killers
4.Godzilla Resurgence
5.John Wick
6.Sausage party
7.Inside Out
8.13 hours
9.Coogans Bluff
10.Cell
11.The Accountant
12.Christine
13.Hell or High Water
14.The Neon Demon
15.Split
16.Doom

Books
1. Queer
2.No Country for Old Men

Movies were never going to be a problem, but I am happy with my reading progress so far.
 
Flying Toaster

Flying Toaster

Member
UPDATE POST:
FlyingToaster - 3/50 books | 5/50 movies



Books

1. Catch a Fire The life of Bob Marley - Timothy White
2. Hendrix Setting The Record Straight - John McDermott
3 Chasin' That Devil Music Searching for the Blues - Gayle Dean Wardlow

1. Ratchet and Clank
2. Get The Gringo
3. The Wraith
4. The Third Man
5. Death Race 2050

New goal for the year... Horrible movies and a lot of books based on musicians and politicians. Should make for a good change of pace. Oh and I wanted to be fashionably late with my first months posting. Thanks for the reminder.
 
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Omega Ultimus

Member
January Update

Omega Ultimus - 2/50 Books | 50/50 Movies

Finished my main goal of watching fifty movies, although I wasn't able to finish The Stranger by Albert Camus like I wanted to because I got sucked into playing video games for a while (which happens only periodically), and also became a lot busier than expected with my new classes. This is where I get to practice my discipline!

Also, I'll probably put down the movies I recommend from this month's watchlist here tomorrow.
 
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Moments hunter

Neo Member
January Update

Moments hunter - 3/50 books | 3/50 movies

Books

1. Frisco Pigeon Mambo by C.D. Payne
2. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
3. Blood on Snow 1&2 by Jo Nesbø

Movies
1. La La Land
2. Kubo
3. Usual Suspects
 
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johancruijff

Banned
January Update

johancruijff - 2/50 books | 4/50 books

Books:

Justin Cronin - The Passage ★★★
Thomas Pynchon - V. ★★★★★

Movies:

Ronin (1998) - ★★★
St. Vincent (2014) - ★★
Belli di papà (2015) - ★
La La Land (2016) - ★★★



Pynchon fried my brain bookwise

hoping for a more productive february
 
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Out 1

Member
January update:

Out 1 - 2/50 Books | 9/50 Movies

Books:

1. Swing Time by Zadie Smith
2. Purity by Jonathan Franzen​

Movies:

1. Hell or High Water (dir. David Mackenzie, United States, 2016) [7]
2. Mother (dir. Vlado Skafar, Italy / Slovenia, 2016) [6]
3. Blackhat (dir. Michael Mann, United States, 2015) [8]
4. Paterson (dir. Jim Jarmusch, U.S. / France / Germany, 2016) [7]
5. Jackie (dir. Pablo Larrain, Chile / France / U.S., 2016) [3]
6. Cameraperson (dir. Kirsten Johnson, United States, 2016) [7]
7. Silence (dir. Martin Scorsese, U.S. / Taiwan / Mexico, 2016) [8]
8. Into the Inferno (dir. Werner Herzog, U.K. / Germany / Canada, 2016) [7]
9. Split (dir. M. Night Shyamalan, United States, 2016) [6]​


With whistle-blowers, nuclear proliferation, and Internet, all playing a major role in the narrative, Franzen seemed apt at the moment.
 
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Atraveller

Banned
Pau said:
Pau - 1/50 books | 0/50 movies

Doing terrible so far. :(
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Saw you have The Bird and the Sword on your Want to Read list. It started strong and then slowly lost its steam with Stockholm syndrome shenanigans and giving special powers a class system. I honestly don't know where the sequel would go since the protagonist has near-omnipotence.
 
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orthodoxy1095

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Well, I waited 24 hours from the time that I sent my PMs out to the quarter of ballots that were missing updates, but there are still a bunch missing. Cheers to everyone who updated. Our numbers are down a bit from last year, but I have two suspicions as to why that is. First, people obviously forgot to do their ballots. Second, I suspect the current social climate caused many of us to get so caught up in current events that we pushed some of these things to the back of our to-do lists. But make sure to take care of yourselves! And use the challenge as an opportunity to read/watch up and arm yourself for the coming years!
 
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luchadork

Member
orthodoxy1095 said:
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Well, I waited 24 hours from the time that I sent my PMs out to the quarter of ballots that were missing updates, but there are still a bunch missing. Cheers to everyone who updated. Our numbers are down a bit from last year, but I have two suspicions as to why that is. First, people obviously forgot to do their ballots. Second, I suspect the current social climate caused many of us to get so caught up in current events that we pushed some of these things to the back of our to-do lists. But make sure to take care of yourselves! And use the challenge as an opportunity to read/watch up and arm yourself for the coming years!
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awesome! any chance you could add how many people this is and the average book/movie per person?
 
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orthodoxy1095

Banned
luchadork said:
awesome! any chance you could add how many people this is and the average book/movie per person?
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Sure thing!

So for reference, we currently have 160 total entries. 25 people haven't put in any data though, so the chart is only showing data from 135 people.

That makes the average 2.6 books and 6.9 movies.
Tragicomedy said:
It's a train wreck and we can't look away.
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Hah, pretty much. It started driving me crazy though, and I realized I need to force myself to look away every once in a while for my own sanity!
 
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renegade_dewitt

Member
renegade_dewitt - Books 2/50 | Movies 12/50

February Update
Books
  • Every Anxious Wave by Mo Daviau ★★★★

Movies
  • Hidden Figures ★★★★ 1/2
  • Lion ★★★★
  • Nocturnal Animals ★★★★
  • Moonlight ★★★
  • Hacksaw Ridge ★★★★ 3/4
  • Passengers ★★★★ 1/2
  • Jackie ★★★ 1/2
 
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Mr. Doop

Member
January Update

Mr. Doop - 1/50 books | 11/50 movies

Books:

01. High Fidelity - Nick Hornby (1995) - Jan. 16


Movies:

01. Fargo (1996) - Jan. 2
02. Spiderman (2002) - Jan. 6
03. Spiderman 2 (2004) - Jan. 7
04. Spiderman 3 (2007) - Jan. 7
05. Reservoir Dogs (1992) - Jan. 17
06. The Last Emperor (1987) - Jan. 18
07. Sing Street (2016) - Jan. 22
08. Deadpool (2016) - Jan. 22
09. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) - Jan. 22
10. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) - Jan. 23
11. Trainspotting (1996) - Jan. 31
 
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Pachimari

Member
Pachimari - 1/50 books | 23/50 movies

Books
JANUARY
  1. The Art of Happiness (1998) - Howard C. Cutler ★★★☆☆

Movies
JANUARY
  1. Sicario (2015) - Denis Villeneuve ★★★★☆
  2. Incendies (2010) - Denis Villeneuve ★★★★★
  3. Only God Forgives (2013) - Nicolas Winding Refn ★★★☆☆
  4. Blair Witch (2016) - Adam Wingard ★★☆☆☆
  5. Green Room (2015) - Jeremy Saulnier ★★☆☆☆
  6. Mustang (2015) - Deniz Gamze Ergüven ★★★★★
  7. Ip Man (2008) – Wilson Yip ★★★★☆
  8. Don’t Breathe (2016) – Fede Alvarez ★☆☆☆☆
  9. After Sex (2007) – Eric Amadio ★☆☆☆☆
  10. The Accountant (2016) – Gavin O’Connor ★★★☆☆
  11. Locke (2013) – Steven Knight ★★★★☆
  12. The Witch (2016) – Robert Eggers ★★★★☆
  13. Lights Out (2016) – David F. Sandberg ★★★☆☆
  14. Sing Street (2016) – John Carney ★★★★☆
  15. The Invitation (2016) – Karyn Kusama ★★★☆☆
  16. 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) – Dan Trachtenberg ★★★★☆
  17. Deepwater Horizon (2016) – Peter Berg ★★☆☆☆
  18. Train to Busan (2016) – Sang-ho Yeon ★★★☆☆
  19. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) – Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone ★★★☆☆
  20. Other People (2016) – Chris Kelly ★☆☆☆☆
  21. The Jungle Book (2016) – Jon Favreau ★★☆☆☆
  22. Ratchet & Clank (2016) – Kevin Monroe, Rich Moore, Jared Bush ★☆☆☆☆
  23. Sausage Party – Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon ★☆☆☆☆

I've never done this thread before, but we post an update once a month?
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kinoki

Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.
Tragicomedy said:
My wife and I are going news free this weekend. We need the break.
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Yea, it's pretty demoralising. Really keeps you sane to come home to a baby girl with sparkling eyes and a big smile. Keeps you believing in humanity.

I have tried, however, to focus my coming books on themes and stories that are relevant to the world today. Let's see how that pans out.
 
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Dec

Member
January Update:

Dec - 2/50 books | 11/50 movies

Movies:

I Am Not A Serial Killer
The Wailing
Train to Busan
Snowpiercer
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
The 'Burbs
Passengers
The Girl With All The Gifts
Arrival
I Saw The Devil
Spectral

Books:

I Am Not A Serial Killer - Dan Wells
The Man In The Brown Suit - Agatha Christie
 
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bggrthnjsus

Member
i'll get in on this again, this will make it 5 years straight for me

another year, another 50/50!

bggrthnjsus - 13/50 books | 7/50 movies
update 3/31/17

books - 13/50
  1. the invisibility cloak (fei, 2016) - 3/5
  2. a little life (yanagihara, 2015) - 4/5
  3. after the quake (murakami, 2002) - 4/5
  4. the place of dead roads (burroughs, 1983) - 4/5
  5. outer dark (mccarthy, 1968) - 3/5
  6. three years with the rat (hosking, 2016) - 3/5
  7. a wild sheep chase (murakami, 1989) - 3.5/5
  8. the vegetarian (kang, 2016) - 4.5/5
  9. norse mythology (gaiman, 2017) - 3.5/5
  10. the arab of the future 2: 1984-1985 (sattouf, 2017) - 3/5
  11. the man in the high castle (dick, 1962) - 4/5
  12. elektra: assassin (miller, 1987) - 3/5
  13. barbarian days (finnegan, 2016) - 4/5

movies - 7/50
  1. rogue one (2016) - 3.5/5
  2. train to busan (2016) - 3.5/5
  3. suicide squad (2016) - 1/5
  4. kubo and the two strings (2016) - 3/5
  5. the secret life of pets (2016) - 2.5/5
  6. passengers (2016) - 2/5
  7. moana (2016) - 3/5

kinda fell off but i'll have a lot of free time this summer to catch up
 
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Sora_N

Member
This is my January total.

Books: 1

Movies: 5

I'm still stuck on my second book, hoping to slowly get through it. I may not be able to finish the books...
 
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StoveOven

Banned
StoveOven - 21/50 books | 22/50 movies

Books:

  1. Frankenstein (1818) - Mary Shelley
  2. The Iliad (8th Century BC) - Homer, tr. Robert Fagles
  3. Gray Matter (2002) - Gary Braver
  4. Fahrenheit 451 (1953) - Ray Bradbury
  5. Feed (2002) - M.T. Anderson
  6. Othello (1603) - William Shakespeare
  7. Foreigner (1994) - C. J. Cherryh
  8. Ethan Frome (1911) - Edith Wharton
  9. Childhood's End (1953) - Arthur C. Clarke
  10. Don Quixote Part I (1605) - Miguel de Ceranates, tr. John Rutherford
  11. Don Quixote Part II (1615) - Miguel de Cervantes, tr. John Rutherford
  12. The Táin (12th Century) - tr. Ciaran Carson
  13. The Inferno (Early 14th Century) - Dante Alighieri, tr. Robert and Jean Hollander
  14. The War of the Worlds (1898) - H.G. Wells
  15. Orientalism (1978) - Edward Said
  16. The Journey to the West Vol. 1 (16th Century) - Wu Cheng'en, tr. and ed. Anthony C. Yu
  17. Nausea (1938) - Jean-Paul Sartre, tr. Lloyd Alexander
  18. The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) - Ursula K. Le Guin
  19. At The Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails (2016) - Sarah Bakewell
  20. Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made (2017) - Jason Schreier
  21. The Myth of Sisyphus (1942) and other essays (Summer in Algiers,1936; The Minotaur,1939; Helen's Exile,1948; Return to Tipasa,1952; The Artist and His Time,1953) - Albert Camus, tr. Justin O'Brien
Movies:

  1. Blade Runner (1982) - dir. Ridley Scott
  2. The Fast and the Furious (2001) - dir. Rob Cohen
  3. 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) - dir. John Singleton
  4. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) - dir. Justin Lin
  5. Fast & Furious (2009) - dir. Justin Lin
  6. Fast Five (2011) - dir. Justin Lin
  7. Fast & Furious 6 (2013) - dir. Justin Lin
  8. Ender's Game (2013) - dir. Gavin Hood
  9. Furious 7 (2015) - dir. James Wan
  10. Six-String Samurai (1998) - dir. Lance Mungia
  11. Chef (2014) - dir. Jon Favreau
  12. Captain America: Civil War (2016) - dir. Joe and Anthony Russo
  13. The Big Short (2015) - dir. Adam McKay
  14. Blazing Saddles (1974) - dir. Mel Brooks
  15. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992) - dir. David Lynch
  16. Lost in La Mancha (2002) - dir. Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe
  17. La La Land (2016) - dir. Damien Chazelle
  18. Ex Machina (2015) - dir. Alex Garland
  19. They Live (1988) - dir. John Carpenter
  20. Battle Royale (2000) - dir. Kinji Fukasaku
  21. Wonder Woman (2017) - dir. Patty Jenkins
  22. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) - dir. Denis Villeneuve
 
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Sora_N

Member
Watched Breakfast Club this morning and a rewatch of Spirited Away (not counted).

Man Spirited Away is amazing on blu-ray, I haven't seen it in 6 years at least.
 
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Hawk Fan

Neo Member
I guess I'm in. Too much TV and games so far I guess.

Hawk Fan - 4/50 books | 2/50 movies

Books:
  1. Warp - Lev Grossman.
  2. Fortunately, the Milk - Neil Gaiman.
  3. The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling.
  4. Food - A Love Story - Jim Gaffigan.

Movies:
  1. Ex Machina
  2. The Revenant
 
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minusman2029

Neo Member
minusman2029 - 5/50 books | 9/50 movies

Books:

  1. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers ★★★★★
  2. The Vision vol. 1 - Tom King ★★★★
  3. The Vision vol. 2 - Tom King ★★★★
  4. The Umbrella Academy vol. 1 - Gerard Way ★★★★
  5. Stories of Your Life and Others - Ted Chiang ★★★★

Movies:

  1. Twelve Angry Men (1957) ★★★★★
  2. Twenty Feet from Stardom (2013) ★★★★½
  3. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) ★★★★½
  4. Godzilla (1956) ★★★½
  5. Zootopia (2016) ★★★★
  6. Get Out (2017) ★★★½
  7. Logan (2017) ★★★★½
  8. Kong: Skull Island (2017) ★★★
  9. Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2011) ★★★½
 
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Guamu

Member

Horrible, very busy month. With the peso trembling with every other tweet by Trump, I've been busy redoing a lot of work projects.

Books
  1. Las mil y una noches (según Burton) - Richard Francis Burton (259 pages) ★★★☆☆
  2. The Daily Show: An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests - Chris Smith (16:08 hrs) ★★★★☆
 
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War Peaceman

You're a big guy.
January Update:


War Peaceman - 4/50 books | 7/50 movies

Books - 4
Them - Jon Ronson ★★★★
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury ★★★★
The Elephant in the Room - Jon Ronson ★★★
Wardens of the Everqueen - C. L. Werner ★★


Movies - 7
Last Action Hero ★★★
What We Did On Holiday ★★★
LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring EE ★★★★★
LOTR: The Two Towers EE ★★★★★
LOTR: Return of the King EE ★★★★
La La Land ★★★★
Blue Valentine ★★

Already knocked out 2 films and 1.5 books for February.
 
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Hippolnareff

Member
Finally saw Kubo & The Two Strings on a plane last week, super bummed that my local cinema didn't show it now. That film deserves a rewatch in better quality.

Also saw half of Birth of a Nation before falling asleep (flight was through the night) and definitely need to start that again on blu-ray.
 
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Christoff Yurievich

Member
Christoff Yurievich - 54/50 Books, 68/50 Movies​

Books
01. The Fifty Year Sword by Mark Z. Danielewski, Jan 2nd
02. The Weapon of a Jedi - A Luke Skywalker Adventure by Jason Fry, Jan 8th
03. A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalker by Ryder Windham, Jan 9th
04. Handbook for Dragon Slayers by Merrie Haskell, Jan 10th
05. The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd, Jan 13th
06. I Heart My Little A-Holes by Karen Alpert , Jan 14th
07. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, Jan 15th
08. In a Glass Grimmly by Adam Gidwitz, Jan 16th
09. East of West, Vol. 1: The Promise by Jonathan Hickman, Jan 25th
10. East of West, Vol. 2: We Are All One by Jonathan Hickman, Jan 25th
11. Dark Night: A True Batman Story by Paul Dini, Jan 26th
12. Wolverton Station by Joe Hill, Jan 26th
13. Quidditch Through the Ages by J.K. Rowling, Jan 26th
14. Marvel's Ant-Man Prelude by Will Pilgrim, Jan 27th
15. Dr. Horrible and Other Horrible Stories by Zack Whedon , Jan 29th
16. A Christmas Story by Jean Shepherd, Jan 29th
17. S. by Doug Dorst, Jan 30th
18. Sidekicks by Dan Santat, Jan 31st
19. East of West, Vol. 3: There Is No Us by Jonathan Hickman, Jan 31st
20. Greendale by Joshua Dysart, Feb 1st
21. East of West, Vol. 4: Who Wants War? by Jonathan Hickman, Feb 1st
22. Daredevil: The Man Without Fear by Frank Miller, Feb 2nd
23. The Grimm Conclusion by Adam Gidwitz, Feb 3rd
24. Adulthood Is a Myth by Sarah Andersen, Feb 4th
25. Infomocracy by Malka Ann Older, Feb 4th
26. The Mighty Book of Boosh by Noel Fielding, Feb 4th
27. I Want My Epidural Back: Adventures in Mediocre Parenting by Karen Alpert, Feb 6th
28. The Mist by Stephen King, Feb 6th
29. Secrets of the Dragon Tomb by Patrick Samphire, Feb 12th
30. Dollhouse: Epitaphs by Andrew Chambliss, Feb 12th
31. Batman: The Black Mirror by Scott Snyder, Feb 13th
32. You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense by Charles Bukowski, Feb 13th
33. The Dispatcher by John Scalzi, Feb 14th
34. Spiders on the Case by Kathryn Lasky, Feb 16th
35. JLA: New World Order by Grant Morrison, Feb 17th
36. JLA, Vol. 2: American Dreams by Grant Morrison, Feb 17th
37. JLA, Vol. 3: Rock of Ages by Grant Morrison, Feb 17th
38. Superman: The Black Ring Vol. 1 by Paul Cornell, Feb 17th
39. Superman: The Black Ring Vol. 2 by Paul Cornell, Feb 17th
40. Predator Versus Judge Dredd Versus Aliens by John Wagner, Feb 17th
41. Scott Pilgrim, Volume 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'Malley, Feb 18th
42. Scott Pilgrim, Volume 2: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World by Bryan Lee O'Malley, Feb 19th
43. Hollow City (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #2) by Ransom Riggs, Feb 20th
44. Scott Pilgrim, Volume 3: Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness by Bryan Lee O'Malley, Feb 20th
45. Scott Pilgrim, Volume 3.1: Free Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley, Feb 20th
46. Scott Pilgrim, Volume 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together by Bryan Lee O'Malley, Feb 21th
47. Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti, Feb 22nd
48. Scott Pilgrim, Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim Vs. the Universe by Bryan Lee O'Malley, Feb 22nd
49. Scott Pilgrim, Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour by Bryan Lee O'Malley, Feb 22nd
50. Lucian's True History; by Lucian of Samosata, Feb 22nd
51. Nearly Departed by Max Patrick Schlienger, Feb 23rd
52. Krampus: The Yule Lord by Brom, Feb 25th
53. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, Feb 26th
54. The Handmaid's Tail (BBC Adaptation) by Margaret Atwood, Feb 28th
55.

Movies
01. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Jan 1st
02. The Last Dragonslayer*, Jan 1st
03. Sing*, Jan 2nd
04. Richard II*, Jan 3rd
05. Henry IV, Part 1*, Jan 4th
06. Henry IV, Part 2*, Jan 5th
07. Henry V*, Jan 6th
08. Hunt for the Wilderpeople*, Jan 6th
09. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Jan 7th
10. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Jan 8th
11. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Jan 9th
12. Terminator: Genisys*, Jan 10th
13. Space Pirate Captain Harlock*, Jan 11th
14. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Jan 11th
15. The Gold Rush (1925)*, Jan 12th
16. Bad Blood (2005)*, Jan 12th
17. Clueless*, Jan 13th
18. Around the World in 80 Days (2004 film)*, Jan 14th
19. Enemy Mine*, Jan 14th
20. The Punisher (2004)*, Jan 15th
21. Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life*, Jan 16th
22. Mary & Max*, Jan 17th
23. Dolan's Cadillac*, Jan 18th
24. Immagine in Cornice*, Jan 19th
25. Indie Game the Movie*, Jan 20th
26. The Road to el Dorado*, Jan 20th
27. Stone and Echo*, Jan 21st
28. Nine Lives*, Jan 22nd
29. Closure*, Jan 23rd
30. Spy*, Jan 24th
31. The Impossible*, Jan 25th
32. Before the Flood*, Jan 26th
33. The Arrested Development Documentary Project*, Jan 27th
34. The Giver*, Jan 28th
35. Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters*, Jan 29th
36. The Lady in the Van*, Jan 30th
37. Wet Hot American Summer*, Jan 31st
38. The BFG*, Feb 1st
39. Groundhog Day, Feb 2nd
40. The Lobster*, Feb 3rd
41. 2012, Feb 3rd
42. The Grand Budapest Hotel*, Feb 4th
43. Bag of Bones part 1*, Feb 5th
44. Bag of Bones part 2*, Feb 5th
45. The Abominable Bride*, Feb 6th
46. The Six Thatchers*, Feb 7th
47. The Lying Detective*, Feb 8th
48. The Final Problem*, Feb 9th
49. Swiss Family Robinson*, Feb 10th
50. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty*, Feb 11th
51. Sound City*, Feb 12th
52. Amelie*, Feb 13th
53. The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human, Feb 14th
54. Brazil*, Feb 15th
55. Her*, Feb 16th
56. Friday, Feb 17th
57. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World*, Feb 18th
58. Lego Batman*, Feb 19th
59. A Hologram for the King*, Feb 19th
60. Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns*, Feb 20th
61. About Time*, Feb 21st
62. Daddy's Home*, Feb 22nd
63. Filth*, Feb 23rd
64. Lincoln*, Feb 24th
65. My Dinner With Andre*, Feb 25th
66. Unbreakable, Feb 26th
67. Breaker Morant*, Feb 27th
68. A Man Called Ove*, Feb 28th
69.

Going for 365 movies this year.

Done. Catching up on my graphic novels skewed things, and I think I'm going to be over 200 before the year is out.

EDIT: had to add some stuff that I finished up over the weekend.
 
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