50 Books. 50 Movies. 1 Year (2014).

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fuzzylogic said:
I read at 278 wpm with 82% comprehension when I'm really tired (just tested myself on Bing's first search result; 300 and 60% is average)! I went to sleep at 2AM. I'm so proud of my completely ordinary reading ability! I don't trust the comprehension test though, it's too general and easy. Someone who didn't even read the article could probably pull off an average score at least.
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I did a quick WPM test.

Reading quickly so that I got the main points of the excerpt/was able to answer all the questions correctly, I hit 540 WPM.

Reading at my regular pace, I was around 350 WPM. I guess I do read a bit faster than talking speed, even when I take my time.

My wife reads at about 1000 WPM. I've always been jealous of how fast she blows through novels.
 
fuzzylogic said:
I read at 278 wpm with 82% comprehension when I'm really tired (just tested myself on Bing's first search result; 300 and 60% is average)! I went to sleep at 2AM. I'm so proud of my completely ordinary reading ability! I don't trust the comprehension test though, it's too general and easy. Someone who didn't even read the article could probably pull off an average score at least.

Thought I'd share this article about speed reading: http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4229

I'm just lazily posting this article. I haven't checked his sources or anything, so debating me on this would be pointless. It's an interesting read though.

I will try that humming technique. I definitely feel my subvocalization slowing me down--however, I also like taking my time reading. That article suggests circumventing subvocalization is literally impossible, but I can try anyway :) I've tried Mumei's idea too and my comprehension was zero.
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kswiston said:
I did a quick WPM test.

Reading quickly so that I got the main points of the excerpt/was able to answer all the questions correctly, I hit 540 WPM.

Reading at my regular pace, I was around 350 WPM. I guess I do read a bit faster than talking speed, even when I take my time.

My wife reads at about 1000 WPM. I've always been jealous of how fast she blows through novels.
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I took two tests; one was an excerpt of a J.F.K. speech (~500 - 550) and the second was the beginning of Willa Cather's The Professor's House (700 - 750). For some reason, the second selection didn't have a test to go with it. I tried threading the needle between "going fast" and "paying enough attention to get the answers right."
 
Gah, I haven't updated this at all. That said, I've barely watched a single film this year.

But reading is going incredibly well. 100 pages into Assassin's Apprentice and I'm addicted to Robin Hobb.
 


Movies​
  • Rush (2013, dir. Ron Howard) - ★★★ - A good movie about competition and how it helps us strive. Hemsworth owns the role. It's interesting but never goes further than just being a good movie.
  • Happy Feet (2006, dir. George Miller, Warren Coleman, Judy Morris) - ★★★ - A family animated movie that's more than the sum of its parts. Some fun comedy and some nice drama helps tie the package together.
  • Gravity (2013, dir. Alfonso Cuarón) - ★★★½ - From a technical stand-point this is the best movie I've seen in a long time. Direction, sound design, music and everything comes together flawlessly. It's worth every single oscar it won. It's when it comes to drama and the reason why this story is told that things fall apart. I wish that this technical prowes was put to better use.
  • Mad Max (1979, dir. George Miller) - ★★½ - I can understand why it gained the cult following but I went in expecting Desperado but I got El Mariachi. The movie doesn't even start until more than an hour in.

Games​
  • LittleBigPlanet Karting [PS3] (2012, dev. United Front Games, Media Molecule) - ★★½ - A decent enough kart-racer with zero creativity. Which is rare coming from the most creative franchise on last-gen consoles.
  • PlayStation All-Stars Royale [PS3] (2012, dev. SuperBot Entertainment) - ★½ - Yikes! Here's a failure. My biggest take-away is that should have just re-booted Heavenly Sword as a fighter. The biggest problem this game has is that the core concept is so flawed. You're dropped into a match with no clue as to why you're there and what you're supposed to do. The scoring mechanic is broken and unintuitive. I can go on-and-on about how bad it is. There's about 2 hours of fun in the product. Then it's used up whatever patience you've had.
 
Wow. We go a whole week without any updates at all. Guess we're busy reading. Like I've been. Spent the week in Dublin. Mostly just walking, drinking and reading. So, I've plowed some books. Even bought a couple of books from writers from Ireland.



Books​
  • A Feast for Crows (2005), George R.R. Martin - ★★★½ - It's pretty clear that at this point he's just making the structure up as a goes along. The plot may be there but the story is certainly still in writing phase. I love every second of it like a guilty pleasure but leaving out half the cast doesn't exactly instill confidence that he knows how to best tell this story.
  • Njals saga (ca. 1200) - ★★★★ - For once we have an Icelandic tale that doesn't end with the hero becoming Christian and having his bones buried beneath a church. Sure, that happens but the story goes on for another act before finally coming to a conclusion to this family tale. Some interesting absurd violence coupled with some really out of place Icelandic law retelling makes this a worthy read.
  • Fables, Vol 1: Legends in Exile (2002), Bill Willingham - ★★★ - I liked the game better, if only for Bigby is better defined as a character. The first tale that they decide to tell in the very unique and interesting world is one that doesn't need to be told, really. It's basicly a Raymond Chandler knock-off that doesn't quite find its footing. Whatever flaws it has is however compensated by the goldmine that's the source material. It's just such a wonderful setting to tell a story.
  • Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Oscar Wilde - ★★★½ - And Oscar Wilde is back in my reading! While here in Dublin I decided to pick up his Wilde's plays. Will review them all and when I'm done I plan on reviewing the lot of it: Dorian Grey, the short story collections and the plays. Lady Indermere's Fan is an interesting play with some of the best quotes you'll find from Wilde. It's a joy to read. It's not very complex and you can pretty much guess the plot twist early on. The greatness lies in the writing alone.
  • For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940), Ernest Hemmingway - ★★★½ - The first step to get into this book is to supress the name Robert Jordan from your memory: he's not a fantasy writer, you've never heard that name before, etc. I can appreciate the quality of Hemmingway but I have difficulty getting into the stories. And I really love the poem that the title is taken from. Everyone should read it and take it to heart.
 
Halfway through the month & I'm on my 19th novel, which when you consider I was I was on my 11th a few weeks ago is not so bad. I'm not going to consider the possibility of failure.
 
Turns out moving to another country and picking up a full time job for the first time really fucks with your movie watching/reading schedule. who knew? ;___;
 
Jintor said:
Turns out moving to another country and picking up a full time job for the first time really fucks with your movie watching/reading schedule. who knew? ;___;
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Don't tell me that, I was hoping the beginning of next year would give me a ton of free time to read and watch movies.
 
Sorry for my lack of updates lately, but I'm still on track to finish by October. I've been on vacation doing a bunch of fun things with my wife and son, prior to starting a new job in November. My new hours might prove quite painful, so I'm aiming to have this challenge on lockdown before I make the transition.
 
Necrovex said:
Where does visual novels lie on the "book" scale? If I read through one, would that count?
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Define "visual novel." My rule of thumb is I count completed series or runs of comics as a book. For example, I'll be finishing the entire run of Punisher MAX (75 issues) in the near future and I'm counting that as a book. I read all issues of American Vampire and counted that. Basically, I count "completed" stories or runs as a book so long as they are substantial.

Some people count individual trade paperbacks as a book. I disagree with that approach since those are typically 5-6 comic issues and can be read in 20-30 minutes. I think that's far too short to count as a book. I could read all 15+ trade paperbacks of Fables in a period of several hours, but I wouldn't feel comfortable counting that as 15+ books for the year.

Others are even more strict, and don't count comics at all on their tracker.

Bottom line: make a determination you feel comfortable with and stay consistent. Definitely don't avoid comics just because you aren't sure how to count them. Too much good stuff out there on the comic (and I'm assuming manga?) front every year to skip it altogether.
 
Tragicomedy said:
Define "visual novel." My rule of thumb is I count completed series or runs of comics as a book. For example, I'll be finishing the entire run of Punisher MAX (75 issues) in the near future and I'm counting that as a book. I read all issues of American Vampire and counted that. Basically, I count "completed" stories or runs as a book so long as they are substantial.

Some people count individual trade paperbacks as a book. I disagree with that approach since those are typically 5-6 comic issues and can be read in 20-30 minutes. I think that's far too short to count as a book. I could read all 15+ trade paperbacks of Fables in a period of several hours, but I wouldn't feel comfortable counting that as 15+ books for the year.

Others are even more strict, and don't count comics at all on their tracker.

Bottom line: make a determination you feel comfortable with and stay consistent. Definitely don't avoid comics just because you aren't sure how to count them. Too much good stuff out there on the comic (and I'm assuming manga?) front every year to skip it altogether.
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For comics and mangas, I certainly count them in my total read count, otherwise I would have no chance in completing this challenge! Plus manga is amazing...like a certain series I keep pestering a mod to read.

But with a VN, I wasn't sure if something like Danganronpa 1/2 (both take a long time to complete), Steins Gate (took me forty hours last year), or the Zero Escape series would count.
 
kinoki said:
Fables, Vol 1: Legends in Exile (2002), Bill Willingham - ★★★ - I liked the game better, if only for Bigby is better defined as a character. The first tale that they decide to tell in the very unique and interesting world is one that doesn't need to be told, really. It's basicly a Raymond Chandler knock-off that doesn't quite find its footing. Whatever flaws it has is however compensated by the goldmine that's the source material. It's just such a wonderful setting to tell a story.
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It gets much, much better from there. Be prepared for the art style to change dramatically from Vol. 2 on, though, although you will get used to it and then wonder how it ever wasn't that way.
 
maxcriden said:
It gets much, much better from there. Be prepared for the art style to change dramatically from Vol. 2 on, though, although you will get used to it and then wonder how it ever wasn't that way.
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Then I might just order it sooner than later. Great art styles is what I live for. Thank you for the advice.

Necrovex said:
Where does visual novels lie on the "book" scale? If I read through one, would that count?
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I had never actually read a comic, or "visual novel", before the first volume of The Walking Dead so I just listed it because of novelty. When I bought and read the first volume of Fables I listed that too. I wouldn't feel as comfortable with listing it if it was all I read or if I didn't read what would consider more in line of the "contest". The kinds of books I'd list but are frowned upon (I would guess) is works like Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak which I consider a book but could easily be finished in 5 minutes or less. I wouldn't "read" 50 of them in a year just to get by.
 
kinoki said:
Then I might just order it sooner than later. Great art styles is what I live for. Thank you for the advice.
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My pleasure. Are you in the US? I have some stray quality GNs to offload, I'd be happy to sell/trade them for cheap and send via media mail or somethin'. Just trying to declutter a bit!
 
Necrovex said:
For comics and mangas, I certainly count them in my total read count, otherwise I would have no chance in completing this challenge! Plus manga is amazing...like a certain series I keep pestering a mod to read.

But with a VN, I wasn't sure if something like Danganronpa 1/2 (both take a long time to complete), Steins Gate (took me forty hours last year), or the Zero Escape series would count.
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Wait, I guess I was confused. Are you talking about video games? If so:

1) Nobody on GAF plays video games.
2) Video games do not count for this challenge, regardless of length/amount of reading.
 
I count comic collections like the Sandman books just because I count them on my personal list and can't be bothered to do it differently here. But then, I'm not worried about hitting the count with or without them. :P
 
Tragicomedy said:
Dem movies, though... :)
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Yeah. :(

I'll get there in the end. Starting to make a small push this month, now that I'm on Amazon Prime and can get free movies off there. Incidentally, if anyone has recommendations for free Prime movies I should check out, hit me.
 
maxcriden said:
My pleasure. Are you in the US? I have some stray quality GNs to offload, I'd be happy to sell/trade them for cheap and send via media mail or somethin'. Just trying to declutter a bit!
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Nop. Sweden. :(
 
Cyan said:
Yeah. :(

I'll get there in the end. Starting to make a small push this month, now that I'm on Amazon Prime and can get free movies off there. Incidentally, if anyone has recommendations for free Prime movies I should check out, hit me.
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Movies are so easy. I could easily watch 5 movies in a day... and have.

maxcriden said:
Ah well :(

Enjoy Fables!
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I will. Just need to get some of the pile I've been building worked off. Made it about half-way through Ulysses until I realised I need to read A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man before venturing further. So I picked that up too.
 
Tragicomedy said:
Wait, I guess I was confused. Are you talking about video games? If so:

1) Nobody on GAF plays video games.
2) Video games do not count for this challenge, regardless of length/amount of reading.
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I thought Gaf only played casual games like Peggle and Candy Crush, and the occasional VN to up their reading knowledge. But yeah, I was referring to visual novel in the game medium, since I know the debate whether they are actual games are always in question.

Cyan said:
Yeah. :(

I'll get there in the end. Starting to make a small push this month, now that I'm on Amazon Prime and can get free movies off there. Incidentally, if anyone has recommendations for free Prime movies I should check out, hit me.
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You should watch documentary. They are like live-motion mini non-fictions. Food Inc is free for Prime members, and it's a phenomenal documentary. You should also eat a cheeseburger from McDonald's while watching it.


On another note, if a comic or manga series is a *long* series, I may divide them up in two or three parts. Like with One Piece, I'll refer to my pace with it by Sagas (multiple arcs culminating into one epic saga), or Eyeshield 21 where the manga is over 300 chapters, so I slice it down to three different portions.
 
Finished right on the schedule I wanted to. Wife is due to give birth in about 2 weeks and I wanted to make sure I finished before the October update because after that I have no idea what's going to happen. Sadly I don't see myself getting the chance to do this next year and it was nice to say I did something like this once in my life. Still plan on continuing reading and updating my progress for the year but I would expect my updates and progress to go way below my normal monthly average with a newborn on the way. I'm also going to read much bigger books because of my pile of epic fantasy I have neglected.

My best month I think was 11 books.
16,289 pages read per goodreads
Not sure about the hours spent watching movies

50 books/ 50 movies

Author most read was 6 by Daniel Abraham (MLN Hanover is a pen name of his)

5 by Douglas Adams
5 by Timothy Zahn
 
Tragicomedy said:
You the man!
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You most certainly get a ton of credit for organizing this year's challenge. The idea of the 50/50 challenge is really cool and I am happy to participate. Read some really amazing books that I normally wouldn't have even thought to read. But I am definitely going back into my "fantasy" comfort zone for a while
 
Cyan said:
Yeah. :(

I'll get there in the end. Starting to make a small push this month, now that I'm on Amazon Prime and can get free movies off there. Incidentally, if anyone has recommendations for free Prime movies I should check out, hit me.
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What about watching the classics? There'll be loads of out of copyright films that are worth seeing. Charlie Chaplin is seriously good at making films.
 
So I just took a look at my goodreads profile and came up with this list of books I've read so far this year:

1. Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur
2. Leningrad by Michael Jones
3. Kill Anything that Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam by Nick Turse
4. Conspiracy of Fools by Kurt Eichenwald
5. The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
6. Crazy Horse: Strange Man of the Oglalas by Mari Zandoz
7. Stalingrad by Michael Jones
8. The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
9. Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and Rise of Black Power by Timothy Tyson
10. Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton
11. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass
12. John Brown by WEB DuBois
13. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Filbrick
14. Russia's War by Richard Overy
15. Black Reconstruction in America by WEB DuBois
16. The Civil War in France by Karl Marx
17. My Life by Leon Trotsky
18. The Revolution Betrayed by Leon Trotsky
19. How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney
20. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ian Ppape
21. Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon by Robert Fisk
22. Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians by Noam Chomsky
23. The Prophet Armed: Trotsky, 1879-1921 by Isaac Deutscher
24. The Prophet Unarmed: Trotsky, 1921-1929
25. The Prophet Outcast: Trotsky, 1929-1940
26. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
27. Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano

Damn, I really need to read more fiction.
 
Originally I had planned to make a whole lot more progress but alas, so was not the way it was meant. Have gotten about half-way through two James Joyce novells though, both Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses. Decided to start reading the first one after I realised how important Stephen Dedalus is to the story in Ulysses.



Books​
  • A Woman of No Importance (1893), Oscar Wilde - ★★★ - Victorian high society is once again the setting. Mocking the elaborate rules the upper class enforces upon themselves. Lord Illingworth is the vessel Wilde chooses to carry his voice. There's some fun to be had in the sharp writing even though the play itself is meant for a certain audience that might not even exist anymore.

Movies​
  • Guardins of the Galaxy (2014, dir. James Gunn) - ★★★½ - The constant praise that surronds this is something else. It's not the next Star Wars but there's a really good movie in here. It's held back a bit by its relative short length. Almost all larger scenes feel rushed and it lacks the ability to sit back for a few seconds. It could have been great.
  • 50/50 (2011, dir. Jonathan Levine) - ★★★ - It's a very humane movie about being diagnosed with cancer. It's a nice and confined movie that doesn't take you anywhere unexpected.
 
You guys are blowing my mind on this page with the subvocalisation stuff. Will have to try humming out.

41/50 books | 70/50 movies was my total last update back at the start of August.

now
roosters93 - 43/50 books | 93/50 movies!!!​

50 more movies than books right now lol

I didn't think I had any books to add but turns out I did read a couple back in August

Oblivion - David Foster Wallace ★★★★★
Both Flesh and Not - David Foster Wallace ★★★

mid August I moved to South Korea for a semester abroad and I just haven't had the desire to read here. :/

Whereas movies are still acting as a spare time filler. And a 15 hour plane flight since my last update has artificially increased my filmwatching habits. It also seems I've seen more shit movies in this period than my average. But then I also saw Boyhood which is amazeballs so it kind of evens out.

At Berkeley ★★★★ - I've been wanting to see this for ages. 4 hour fly-on-the-wall documentary of students, faculty, academics at UC Berkeley and their going ons.
On The Job ★★½
Hot Coffee ★★★★
Transcendence ★
John Dies At The End ★★★½
The Lives of Others ★★★★
Charlie Bartlett ★★★½
Disconnect ★½
Rapture-Palooza ★
Cloud Atlas ★
Craiglist Joe ★★★
Neighbours ★½
The Fault in Our Stars ★★½
Godzilla ★★★
Unhung Hero ★★★★
]20 Feet From Stardom ★★★★
Blackfish ★★★½
The Cove ★★
The Inbetweeners 2 ★
Boyhood ★★★★★ - movie of the yearrr
]X-men: Days of Future Past ★★★
The Host (Korean) ★★★½
Tim's Vermeer ★★★½
 
Update.



Books:

32. The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas - ★★★ - It's Veronica Mars in book form.
33. Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer - ★★ - I thought the series went down in quality with each book. What began as a wonderful Roadside Picnic-esque story ends in this.
34. Wrath of Flight by Stephen Zimmerman - ★★

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Movies:

81. Getaway - ★ - Why did I watch this? Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez showing the same level of acting chops.
82. The Book Thief - ★★★½ - On the whole, a lovely little movie. Better than the book just for the fact that it excises most of the awful Death POV narration. It would have gotten that last half a star if it had cut it out completely.
83. Home - ★★★★ - A very good russian drama about an abusive family coming back together to celebrate the patriarch's 100th birthday. Strong performances from everyone in the cast. It does go off the rails at the very end of the movie, but I'm willing to forgive that.
84. Veronica Mars - ★★★
85. The Lone Ranger - ★★★ - Lone Pirate of the Caribbean
86. The Truth About Emanuel - ★★★
87. Grudge Match - ★ - Bad comedy drowning in heart warming moments with a dash of bad boxing.
88. Stalingrad - ★★ - A lot of Pearl Harbor mixed with a little bit of 300. The almost Amelie-like bits with the narrator were nice, though.
89. Brest Fortress - ★★★
90. Adult World - ★★★ - This is a bad movie. Emma Roberts' acting is all over the place. But I still liked it.
91. A Walk Among the Tombstones - ★★ - Taken Era Neeson that isn't much like Taken at all. Slow detective story that could have been good but is ultimately ruined by bad humor and a street wise kid.
92. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - ★★★
93. The Equalizer - ★★★
94. Legend (Director's Cut) - ★★★★★

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After going through a bit of a break from reading, I finished some Elmore Leonard novels and Roderick Nash's 'Wilderness and the American Mind'.

Just started Pynchon's "Against the Day" last night. It's actually a much quicker read than I was expecting, so I imagine I can finish it by the end of next week.
 
I will finish up the Remains of the Day tomorrow. After that, I am going to read The Death of Ivan Ilyich, but that should only take a day or two. I'm not sure what I will read after that. I have been on a historical fiction kick recently.
 
Sorry for the wall of text, this is my first update.


Books
1. Misogynies - Joan Smith
2. I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
3. War Against the Animals - Paul Russell
4. I Know This Much Is True - Wally Lamb
5. On The Black Hill - Bruce Chatwin
6. Go To The Widow-Maker - James Jones
7. The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
8. The Martian - Andy Weir
9. Doomsday Book - Connie Willis
10. Blood Song - Anthony Ryan
11. Prince of Thorns - Mark Lawrence
12. King of Thorns - Mark Lawrence
13. Emperor of Thorns - Mark Lawrence
14. Flesh & Spirit - Carol Berg
15. Breath & Bone - Carol Berg
16. The Crown Tower - Michael J. Sullivan
17. The Dragon's Path - Daniel Abraham
18. The King's Blood - Daniel Abraham
19. The Tyrant's Law - Daniel Abraham
20. The Girl With All The Gifts - M. R. Carey
21. Harlequin - Morris L. West
22. Tower Lord - Anthony Ryan
23. The Golden Mean - Annabel Lyon
24. The Company - K. J. Parker
25. Ship Breaker - Paolo Bacigalupi
26. The Killer Inside Me - Jim Thompson
27. The Dispossessed - Ursula Le Guin
28. The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
29. Jack Glass - Adam Roberts
30. Dragon Haven - Robin Hobb
31. City of Dragons - Robin Hobb
32. Blood of Dragons - Robin Hobb
33. Fool's Assassin - Robin Hobb
34. Devices and Desires - K. J. Parker
35. Evil For Evil - K. J. Parker
36. The Escapement - K. J. Parker​

Films
1. Elysium
2. Riddick
3. Prisoners
4. Inside Llewyn Davies
5. The Fighter
6. K2: The Killer Summit
7. The Kings of Summer
8. The Wolverine
9. Thor - The Dark World
10. Gravity
11. Homeland
12. The Crash Reel
13. Hunger Games - Catching Fire
14. Rush
15. Hobbit 2
16. Last Days on Mars
17. Captain America - The First Avenger
18. Captain America - The Winter Soldier
19. Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit
20. Robocop 2014
21. Ender's Game
22. Out of the Furnace
23. Noah
24. Divergent
25. Dear John
26. The Raid 2
27. X-Men - Days of Future Past​

I also watched half of Locke (the one with Tom Hardy in a car) but it was so unconvincing and dull and stupid and annoying I gave up. Hardy's Welsh accent was awful as well.
 
18/50 Books | 62/50 Movies

Disappointed in my books.

Recent movies:

Edge of Tomorrow - ★★★★★ Awesome movie.
Threads - ★★★★ Scary and depressing
The Signal - ★★★½ Fun + interesting but not a perfect story
The Firm - ★★★½ Good film but crappy over done music, slow moments and dodgy sound mixing
 

Books
Kill My Mother (Jules Feiffer) ★★

Movies
Draft Day ★★
Before Midnight ★★★★½
Bad Grandpa ★★
Bad Grandpa .5 ★★★

Really slacking again on my reading. I've been super busy lately. Also playing so many games. Sadly, reading is taking a backseat. =/
 
The end of the month snuck up on me! I'll be getting to the September update later this evening. Please update your master tracker if you want to be included in the stats.

Looks like I'll be hitting the finish line in October, which is fine by me. I'm moving to a new work position in November that will see my work hours climb to ~50-60 a week, so I want to have this challenge on lockdown prior to then.
 
Glaurungr - 118/50 Books | 140/50 Movies​

New update!

Books:

  • Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly (2013)
  • Bernard Cornwell - Rebel (1993)
  • Ellen Einan - Dagen får min uro (2004)
  • James Patterson - Along Came a Spider (1992)
  • John Grisham - A Time to Kill (1989)
  • John Lewis Gaddis - The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past (2002)
  • J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien (ed.) - The War of the Ring: The History of Middle-earth - Volume VIII (1990)
  • Lee Child - Die Trying (1998)
  • Marcus Aurelius - Meditations (174)
  • Sigbjørn Mostue - Krakens gap (2007)
  • Sophie Hannah - The Monogram Murders (2014)

  • Jørn Lier Horst - Operasjon Tordensky (2013)
  • Jørn Lier Horst - Operasjon Solnedgang (2013)
  • Robert Jordan - The Dragon Reborn (1991)
  • Robert Jordan - The Shadow Rising (1992)

Films:

  • Edge of Tomorrow - Doug Liman (2014)
  • Good Morning, Vietnam - Barry Levinson (1987)
  • Highlander - Russell Mulcahy (1986)
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2 - Dean DeBlois (2014)
  • Jim Jefferies: BARE - Shannon Hartman (2014)
  • La vita è bella (Life Is Beautiful) - Roberto Benigni (1997)
  • Maleficent - Robert Stromberg (2014)
  • Mary and Max - Adam Elliot (2009)
  • Mission: Impossible III - J.J. Abrams (2006)
  • The Jungle Book - Wolfgang Reitherman (1967)
  • Transformers: Age of Extinction - Michael Bay (2014)
  • X-Men: Days of Future Past - Bryan Singer (2014)
 
Maklershed - 34/50 books | 34/50 movies | 16 games

Books
31. Drood
32. The Mystery of Edwin Drood
33. The De-Textbook
34. Perfidia

Movies
30. 2 Guns
31. Staying Alive
32. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
33. The Room
34. Enemy of the State

Games
16. Killzone Mercenaries
 
Update:

Nacimento -> Books: 11/50 Movies 39/50

Books

The Carter of La Providence - Georges Simenon ★★★

Movies

United - James Strong ★★★½
1492: The Conquest of Paradise - Ridley Scott ★★★½
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai - Jim Jarmusch ★★★½
JFK - Oliver Stone ★★★★½
American History X - Tony Kaye ★★★★
Contact - Robert Zemeckis ★★
 
Pau - 48/50 books | 34/50 movies | 3 video games | 2 tv seasons​

books
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol 2: The Kingdom on the Waves - M.T. Anderson
Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities - Craig Steven Wilder
The Hallowed Hunt - Lois McMaster Bujold
Bandette - Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover
Just One of the Guys?: Transgender Men and the Persistence of Gender Inequality - Kristen Schilt

movies
Pokemon: Origins - Itsuro Kawasaki, Yukio Kuroda, Hideya Takahashi, Daiki Tomiyasu
Tokyo Drift - Justin Lin
​

Didn't make the cut for movies unfortunately. By one! D:
 
Update~

Mumei - 103/50 Books | 36/50 Movies

I failed to watch any movies this month, so I'm ~technically~ behind on the challenge (I think?) if we consider the two lists independently of one another. Whatever.

Books~
  • Just One of The Guys? Transgender Men and the Persistence of Gender Inequality, by Kristen Schilt
  • The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
  • Imagination and Meaning in Calvin and Hobbes, by Jamey Heit
  • Homophobic Bullying: Research and Theoretical Perspectives, by Ian Rivers
  • Catch-22, by Joseph Heller
  • Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity, by Julia Serano
  • Chronicle of a Death Foretold, by Gabriel García Márquez
  • Transparent Things, by Vladimir Nabokov
  • The African by J.M.G. Le Clézio
  • Comedy in a Minor Key, by Hans Keilson

Books That I'm Not Counting~
  • Please Save My Earth (Volumes 4 - 11)

Television~
  • Gurren Lagann (rewatch)
  • Ping Pong
  • Hannibal, Season 1 (rewatch)
  • Hannibal, Season 2 (rewatch)
 
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