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[Ashes]

Ashes - 41/50 Books | 43/50 Films

I read about thirty books in thirteen weeks. So this result was inevitable. Still, I could had made it, had things not turned for the worse late December.

 

[SquirrelWide]

Squirrelwide - 50/50 Books | 33/50 Movies/TV

Wish I could count the large number of programming related talks/presentations I watched. Would have easily cleared movies with that.

Original post with list

 

[mu cephei]

December update

mu cephei - 50/50 books | 71/50 films​

I managed it, but 2016 was a bit of a failure book-wise. I need to try harder in 2017.

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

Christoff Yurievich - 141/50 Books, 146/50 Movies​

Books
126. Shadow of the Queen (Once Upon A Time #2) by Daniel T. Thompson, Dec 8th
127. Star-Lord: Guardian of the Galaxy by Steve Englehart, Dec 8th
128. How to Survive Middle School by Donna Gephart, Dec 8th
129. Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino, Dec 8th
130. Bill & Ted's Most Triumphant Return by Brian Lynch, Dec 12th
131. Guardians of the Galaxy/All-New X-Men: The Trial of Jean Grey by Brian Michael Bendis, Dec 12th
132. Batman '66/Green Hornet by Kevin Smith, Dec 17th
133. Animal Farm by George Orwell, Dec 18th
134. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling, Dec 19th
135. Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck: Return to Plain Awful by Don Rosa, Dec 21st
136. Macbeth by Gareth Hinds, Dec 26th
137. Beowulf by Gareth Hinds, Dec 26th
138. The Batman / Judge Dredd Collection by John Wagner, Dec 28th
139. A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz, Dec 29th
140. Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs, Dec 30th
141. Song of the Deep by Brian Hastings, Dec 31st

Movies
128. Star Trek Beyond, Dec 8th
129. Warcraft, Dec 10th
130. Lego DC Comics Super Heroes Justice League Gotham City Breakout (2016), Dec 11th
131. The Producers (2005), Dec 14th
132. Ice Age Collision Course, Dec 15th
133. X-Men: Apocalypse, Dec 17th
134. Wiener Dog, Dec 17th
135. The Nice Guys, Dec 17th
136. Rogue One, Dec 18th
137. The Queen, Dec 19th
138. Kubo and the Two Strings, Dec 22nd
138. Suicide Squad, Dec 23rd
140. A Christmas Story, Dec 24th
141. The Santa Clause, Dec 25th
142. The Golden Compass, Dec 26th
143. Catch Me If You Can, Dec 28th
144. Flushed Away, Dec 29th
145. The Santa Clause 2, Dec 30th
146. The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, Dec 31st

Original Post

Ha! 100/100 club.

Final update. I'm going for 365 movies this year, one a day, so I'm going to shoot for at least 50 movies I haven't seen before.

 

[nny]

The last few months were a disaster...ended up with fewer books and movies than 2015.

December Update:

nny - 13/50 books | 81/50 movies

Books:

Movies:

• 77- The Internet's Own Boy
• 78- Apex: The Story of the Hypercar
• 79- Star Wars: Rogue One
• 80- A Very Murray Christmas
• 81- Deck the Halls

TV Shows:

• 37- Double Fine Adventure

...guess I'll go for 50 TV shows in 2017 ;P I also read 29 graphic novels and finished 41 games.

 

[Mumei]

final update~

Mumei - Books 98/50 | Movies 108/50

Books

1. The Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel, by François Rabelais
2. The Oldest Enigma of Humanity, by by Bertrand David and Jean-Jacques Lefrère; translated by Molly Grogan
3. The Man Who Spoke Snakish, by Andrus Kivirähk; translated by Christopher Moseley
4. The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy, by Bill Simmons
5. Troubling Love, by Elena Ferrante
6. Bad Feminist: Essays, by Roxane Gay
7. A Time for Everything, by Karl Ove Knausgaard
8. Death by Water, by Kenzaburo Oe
9. The Complete Essays, by Michel de Montaigne
10. Enjoy the Ride: How to Experience the True Joy of Life, by Steve Gilliland
11. What Belongs to You, by Garth Greenwell
12. The Passage (The Passage #1), by Justin Cronin
13. Southern Horrors: Women and the Politics of Rape and Lynching, by Crystal N. Feimster
14. Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen, by Lois McMaster Bujold
15. Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, by Diarmaid MacCulloch
16. Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk, by Massimo Pigliucci
17. The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, by Eric Foner
18. The Twelve (The Passage #2), by Justin Cronin
19. Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
20. Brilliance (Brilliance Saga #1), by Marcus Sakey
21. Global Catastrophic Risks, edited by Nick Bostrom and Milan M. Ćirković
22. Our Final Invention: The Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era
23. A Better World (Brilliance Saga #2), by Marcus Sakey
24. Journey to the West (Revised Edition), translated by Anthony C. Yu
25. The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates, by Frans de Waal
26. The Bible in Shakespeare, by Hannibal Hamlin
27. Shakespeare as Literary Dramatist, by Lukas Erne
28. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
29. Sorcerer to the Crown, by Zen Cho
30. The Qur'an (Penguin Classic Deluxe Edition), translated by Tarif Khalidi
31. Bacchae: A New Translation by Robin Robertson, by Euripides
32. Rereading the Stone: Desire and the Making of Fiction in Dream of the Red Chamber, by Anthony C. Yu
33. New Thinking in Islam: The Jihad for Freedom, Democracy, and Women's Rights, by Katajun Amirpur
34. The Iliad, by "Homer", translated by Caroline Alexander
35. Goethe's Faust: The Making of Part I, by John Gearney
36. Ovid and the Metamorphoses of Modern Art from Botticelli to Picasso, by Paul Barolsky
37. Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles #1), by Kevin Hearne
38. Radiance: A Novel, by Catherynne M. Valente
39. Saving the Original Sinner: How Christians Have Used the Bible's First Man to Oppress, Inspire, and Make Sense of the World, by Karl W. Giberson
40. Ideas of Order: A Close Reading of Shakespeare's Sonnets, by Neil Rudenstine
41. In the Labyrinth of Drakes: A Memoir by Lady Trent (Memoir by Lady Trent #4), by Marie Brennan
42. Emma, by Jane Austen
43. Shakespeare and the Book Trade, by Lukas Erne
44. The Odes of John Keats, by Helen Vendler
45. On Being Raped, by Raymond M. Douglas
46. The Genius of Birds, by Jennifer Ackerman
47. Exploring Masculinities: Identity, Inequality, Continuity, and Change, edited by C.J. Pascoe & Tristan Bridges
48. City of Blades (Divine Cities #2), by Robert Jackson Bennett
49. Pit Bull: The Battle Over An American Icon, by Bronwen Dickey
50. Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools, by Monique W. Harris
51. No Escape: Male Rape in U.S. Prisons, by Human Rights Watch
52. The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All The Way Home (Fairyland #5), by Catherynne M. Valente
53. Sin, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation: Christian and Muslim Perspectives, edited by Lucinda Mosher and David Marshall
54. What A Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins, by Jonathan Balcombe
55. The Summit: Bretton Woods, 1944: J.M. Keynes and the Reshaping of the Global Economy, by Ed Conway
56. The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer, by Skip Hollandsworth
57. A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face With Modern-Day Slavery, by E. Benjamin Skinner
58. So You Want to Be a Wizard, by Diane Duane
59. Written in Fire (Brilliance Saga #3), by Marcus Sakey
60. Ship of Magic (The Liveship Traders #1), by Robin Hobb
61. Power and Willpower in the American Future: Why the United States Is Not Destined to Decline, by Robert J. Lieber
62. Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation, by Vyasa (?), translated by Stephen Mitchell
63. Penric and the Shaman (World of the Five Gods), by Lois McMaster Bujold
64. The Lost Daughter, by Elena Ferrante
65. America Abroad: The United States' Global Role in the 21st Century, by Stephen G. Brooks and William C. Wohlforth
66. Muslims in the Western Imagination, by Sophia Rose Arjana
67. The Mad Ship (The Liveship Traders #2), by Robin Hobb
68. The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition, by Manisha Sinha
69. The Great Siege: Malta 1565, by Ernle Bradford
70. Integration Nation: Immigrants, Refugees, and America at its Best, by Susan E. Eaton
71. Scapegoats: How Islamophobia Helps Our Enemies and Threatens Our Freedoms, by Arsalan Iftikhar
72. The Contest of the Century: The New Era of Competition with China — And How America Can Win, by Geoff Dyer
73. Shadow Courts: The Tribunals that Rule the World, by Haley Sweetland Edwards
74. Ship of Destiny (The Liveship Traders #3), by Robin Hobb
75. The Girl With All the Gifts, by M.R. Carey
76. Fool's Errand (The Tawny Man Trilogy #1), by Robin Hobb
77. Golden Fool (The Tawny Man Trilogy #2), by Robin Hobb
78. Fool's Fate (The Tawny Man Trilogy #3), by Robin Hobb]
79. Dragon Keeper (Rain Wilds Chronicle #1), by Robin Hobb
80. Hexed (The Iron Druid Chronicles #2), by Kevin Hearne
81. Dragon Haven (Rain Wilds Chronicle #2), by Robin Hobb
82. City of Dragons (Rain Wilds Chronicle #3), by Robin Hobb
83. Blood of Dragons (Rain Wilds Chronicle #4), by Robin Hobb
84. Fool's Assassin (The Fitz and the Fool #1), by Robin Hobb
85. Fool's Quest (The Fitz and the Fool #2), by Robin Hobb
86. Hammered (The Iron Druid Chronicles #3), by Kevin Hearne
87. Tricked (The Iron Druid Chronicles #4), by Kevin Hearne
88. Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison, by Nell Bernstein
89. Penric's Mission (World of the Five Gods), by Lois McMaster Bujold
90. Blue Skies Over Beijing: Economic Growth and the Environment in China, by Matthew E. Kahn, Siqi Zheng
91. Holding Police Accountable, edited by Candance McCoy
92. Middle Kingdom and Empire of the Rising Sun: Sino-Japanese Relations, Past and Present, by June Teufel Dreyer
93. Dreams of Distant Shores, by Patricia A. McKillip
94. Sundiver (Uplift Saga #1), by David Brin
95. What's a Dog For?: The Surprising History, Science, Philosophy, and Politics of Man's Best Friend, by John Homans
96. TV (The Book): Two Experts Pick the Greatest American Shows of All Time, by Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz
97. To Protect and Serve: How to Fix America's Police, by Norm Stamper
98. The Little Book of Restorative Justice, by Howard Zehr

Movies

1. The Danish Girl
2. Carol
3. The Babadook
4. What Happened, Miss Simone?
5. Creed
6. The Revenant
7. Thor
8. X-Men: First Class
9. Interstellar
10. Life Itself
11. Amelie
12. The Raid: Redemption
13. Glengarry Glen Ross
14. The Raid 2
15. Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine
16. Cash for Kids
17. Anomalisa
18. This Changes Everything
19. Airlift
20. Amy
21. Deadpool
22. The Lady in the Van
23. Zootopia
24. Only Yesterday
25. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
26. Marguerite
27. Midnight Special
28. The Jungle Book
29. Eye in the Sky
30. Captain America: Civil War
31. April and the Extraordinary World
32. Lincoln
33. Green Room
34. Edge of Tomorrow / Live. Die. Repeat.
35. The Nice Guys
36. Sing Street
37. X-Men: Apocalypse
38. The Champions
39. Source Code
40. Love & Friendship
41. Jaws
42. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
43. Finding Dory
44. Drive
45. Dark Horse
46. 30 for 30: That Magic Moment
47. 30 for 30: Believeland
48. More Than A Game
49. The Lobster
50. This Is Spinal Tap
51. Gone Girl
52. The Fantastic Planet
53. The Blind Side
54. Wild
55. The Witch
56. Star Trek: Beyond
57. Life, Animated
58. Florence Foster Jenkins
59. Pete's Dragon
60. Kubo and the Two Strings
61. Don't Think Twice
62. Southside with You
63. Hell or High Water
64. The Giver
65. Moonrise Kingdom
66. Dope
67. Nightcrawler
68. Frank
69. Morgan
70. King Jack
71. The Boxtrolls
72. Demon
73. Queen of Katwe
74. The Tingler
75. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
76. The Secret of NIMH
77. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
78. Inception
79. Paranorman
80. Deepwater Horizon
81. Doctor Strange
82. Moonlight
83. Denial
84. The Kid
85. The Thing
86. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
87. Arrival
88. Rashomon
89. The Secret World of Arietty
90. 13th
91. Love and Mercy
92. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
93. The Handmaiden
94. Moana
95. Nocturnal Animals
96. Paddington
97. Bridegroom
98. Manchester by the Sea
99. Macbeth
100. The Grandmaster
101. The Edge of Seventeen
102. In the Mood for Love
103. Everybody Wants Some!!
104. Speed Racer
105. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
106. The Impossible
107. Cronos
108. Fences

 

[GK86]

Congrats, mu cephei!

 

[Pachimari]

Is there a 2017 edition of this coming? I might participate for the first time, and I just finished my first book.

 

[thomaser]

Thomaser - Books 13/50 | Movies 1/50

Books

1. Hesse, Hermann: The Glass Bead Game
2. Parker, Robert B.: Looking For Rachel Wallace
3. Stanton, Brandon: Humans of New York
4. Achebe, Chinua: Things Fall Apart
5. Mantel, Hilary: Wolf Hall
6. Murakami, Haruki: The Strange Library
7. McNab, Chris: Endurance Techniques
8. Roth, Philip: Portnoy's Complaint
9. Thompson, Hunter S.: Hell's Angels
10. Le Guin, Ursula K.: The Left Hand of Darkness
11. Modiano, Patrick: Missing Person
12. Capek, Karel: Believe in People
13. Ballard, J. G.: Cocaine Nights
14. (reading) Roberts, Gregory David: Shantaram

Movies

1. The Room

Ended on this. Not impressive, but I'm satisfied. The Glass-Bead Game and Wolf Hall could be counted as two books each according to the rules, but I don't care THAT much

Lots of good reading last year, that's for sure. Wolf Hall is brilliant. The Left Hand of Darkness is a unique take on sci-fi. Believe in People has tons of good insight into people in general. And Shantaram is literaty fireworks.

 

[Maklershed]

Is there a 2017 edition of this coming? I might participate for the first time, and I just finished my first book.

Here ya go: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1328190

 

[dougalism]

DecemberUpdate -

Dougalism - 55/50 books | 56/50 movies


Books -

Wisden Cricketers Almanack 2014 (Lawrence Booth) - 24/12
The Martian ( Andy Weir) 28/


Movies -

Suffragette. - 10/12
The Hunger Games : Mockingjay part 1 - 23/12
The Hunger Games : Mockingjay part 2 - 23/12
Interstellar - 28/12
Bridge of Spies - 29/12

 

[SuperEpicMan]

December Update

SuperEpicMan - 14/50 books | 56/50 movies

Books

13. Hellstrom's Hive - Frank Herbert: Dec ★★★
14. Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel: Dec ★★★½

Movies

48. Midnight Special: Dec ★★★½
49. My Scientology Movie: Dec ★★★½
50. A Monster Calls: Dec ★★★★
51. Arrival: Dec ★★★★★
52. San Andreas: Dec ★★★
53. Manchester By The Sea: Dec ★★★★½
54. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story: Dec ★★★
55. Krampus: Dec ★★★½
56. Zootopia: Dec ★★★★½

Favourite Book - Mistborn: The Final Empire
Favourite Movie - Arrival

 

[GK86]

Final update. Thank you everyone that participated in the challenge! I'm glad a lot of people were able to finish.

Alphabetical for December:

[B]User[/B]                  [B]Books[/B]    [B]Movies[/B]
Ashes			41	42
Atraveller		51	54
Bggrthnjsus		50	50
Cade			48	70
Choodi			50	76
Christoff Yurievich	141	146
Dakini			101	39
Data			100	50
Donny2112		50	90
Dougalism		55	56
Ephidel			1	131
Freeza Under The Shower	3	53
FUU			50	50
GK86			11	106
Glaurungr		74	169
Good Job Bob		0	62
Guamu			39	10
Kinoki			63	116
Krauser Kat		50	90
Kssio_Aug		15	0
Megabat			1	78
Maklershed		51	50
Malyse			204	30
Max Armstrong		55	202
Mchardy			42	166
Minishdriveby		24	124
Mu cephei		50	71
Mumei			98	108
Nny			13	81
Redlemon		51	50
Renegade_dewitt		10	40
Roosters93		48	130
Song of the Turtle	29	29
Spectromixer		19	57
Squirrelwide		50	33
SuperEpicMan		14	56
Tecl0n			18	53
TestMonkey		75	75
Thomaser		13	1
Yakkue			68	63
Zdravkelja		46	109

Top Book Worms:

Zou			213
Malyse			204
Christoff Yurievich	141
Dakini			101
Data			100
Mumei			98
Survivor		77
TestMonkey		75
Glaurungr		74
Yakkue			68
Narag			65
Kinoki			63
Dougalism		55
Max Armstrong		55
Lastflowers		53
Nova			53
Atraveller		51
Maklershed		51
Redlemon		51
Bggrthnjsus		50
Choodi			50
Donny2112		50
FUU			50
Krauser Kat		50
Mu cephei		50
Squirrelwide		50
Sch1sm			50
EverythingShiny		50

Top Movie Buffs:

Max Armstrong		202
Henry Swanson		183
Glaurungr		169
Mchardy			166
Sch1sm			148
Christoff Yurievich	146
Ephidel			131
Roosters93		130
Minishdriveby		124
Kinoki			116
Zdravkelja		109
Threads			109
Mumei			108
GK86			106
Donny2112		90
Krauser Kat		90
Sushigod7		89
Nny			81
Rtbeoh			79
FUBAR McDangles		78
Megabat			78

Completed:

Atraveller		(Completed in December)
Bggrthnjsus		(Completed in December)
Choodi			(Completed in December)
Christoff Yurievich	(Completed in June)
Data			(Completed in December)
Donny2112		(Completed in December)
Dougalism 		(Comepleted in November)
EverythingShiny		(Completed in September)
Fuu			(Completed in December)
Glaurungr		(Completed in July)
Kinoki			(Completed in August)
Krauser Kat		(Completed in December)
Maklershed		(Completed in December)
Max Armstrong 		(Completed in November)
mu cephei		(Completed in December)
Mumei			(Completed in July)
Nova			(Completed in September)
Redlemon		(Completed in December)
Sch1sm			(Completed in August)
Survivor		(Completed in October)
TestMonkey		(Completed in August)
Yakkue			(Completed in October)

 

[mu cephei]

Final update. Thank you everyone that participated in the challenge! I'm glad a lot of people were able to finish.

Massive thanks to you for running it

 

[Maklershed]

Yeah thanks GK, you're awesome!

 

[GK86]

Massive thanks to you for running it

Yeah thanks GK, you're awesome!

<3

It was fun doing it in my first year. Thank you everyone for helping to make things a little easier on me.

 

[donny2112]

Thanks for all the compiling and shepherding the thread through 2016, GK86!

 

[orthodoxy1095]

Like I said, these charts got kind of ridiculously massive. I'll try to fix that in 2017. Seems like some of you all had lots of time over the holidays and actually remembered to update your posts.

Final totals were:

Books: 2924
Movies: 5495