2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year

[epilogue]

Books: 7/50:
1. Ernest Hemingway on Writing
2. The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost
3. Raven Girl by Audrey Niffenegger
4. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
5. Pattern Recognition by Wiiliam Gibson
6. Ancient History - David Ives
7. Freedom - Jonathan Franzen

Movies: 15/50:
1.The Last Jedi
2. The Force Awakens
3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
4. What If
5. Logan
6. The Shape of Water
7. Call Me By Your Name
8. Phantom Thread
9. A Bad Moms Christmas
10. A Ghost Story
11. The Phantom Menace
12. A Futile and Stupid Gesture
13. Attack of the Clones
14. Black Panther
15. David Bowie: The Last Five Years

[bune]

15/50 Books

• Son of Retro Pulp Tales by Joe R. Lansdale
  Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
  The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures by Aaron Mahnke
  A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Hope Larson
  Cassandra French's Finishing School for Boys: A Novel by Eric Garcia
  We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope by Ian Doescher
  A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
  Null States by Malka Ann Older
  Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers (Red Dwarf #1) by Grant Naylor
  Better than Life (Red Dwarf #2) by Grant Naylor
  Backwards (Red Dwarf #4) by Rob Grant
  Last Human (Red Dwarf #3) by Doug Naylor
  Sleepwalk With Me and Other Painfully True Stories by Mike Birbiglia
  Shadow Moon (Chronicles of the Shadow War #1) by Chris Claremont, George Lucas

I think I should have watched at least one episode of the show before reading that series. I read 4 before 3 because I saw a review that said it followed from book 2 a lot better and just sampling the intro to 3 I had to agree. Now that I've finished 3...yeah, I should have read these in order. I think Rob Grant had a much better grasp of the characters than Doug Naylor.

Mike's book is, if you've seen any of his stand-ups, basically that but you have to read it instead of watch it. There's some other stuff but it's basically the same. Still hilarious though. I read it with my son and we were laughing at some parts so hard we were crying. It was fun.

Gods , Shadow Moon was just bad. I put the second one on hold today at the library because maybe - just maybe - the story gets better. Also I hate giving up on books so I'm probably going to hate-read the next two books. I'm glad I've got two other books going at the same time so I can take breaks.

15/50 Movies

• Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
  The Dark Tower (2017)
  Kong: Skull Island (2017)
  Justice League (2017)
  Geostorm (2017)
  The Book of Henry (2017)
  Black Panther (2018)
  Being Canadian (2015)
  Willow (1988)
  Justice League Dark (2017)
  Despicable Me 3 (2017)
  Journey Through the Past (1974)
  Coco (2017)
  The Music of Strangers (2015)
  The Big Sick (2017)

The The Music of Strangers documentary was pretty good, highly recommended. I especially liked when they were discussing with reporters about how something like this cannot dilute a culture, but bring them closer together. I feel like that's a strong message for today.

The Big Sick was OK, but also really good. I think I'm biased because of my wife's pain issue but it got me good. I liked how she woke up and was like, "Dude you're being creepy. Just because you were here doesn't mean I have to like you again." I think the resulting part of the movie was a little too movie-tropes but I guess it's hard to show how complex feelings can be when you only have 90 minutes.

[Bammer]

So far this year I’ve seen Get Out and also read my way through about 40% of a This Old House magazine.

[epilogue]

Books: 8/50:
1. Ernest Hemingway on Writing
2. The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost
3. Raven Girl by Audrey Niffenegger
4. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
5. Pattern Recognition by Wiiliam Gibson
6. Ancient History - David Ives
7. Freedom - Jonathan Franzen
8. Crapalachia - Scott McClanahan

Movies: 15/50:
1.The Last Jedi
2. The Force Awakens
3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
4. What If
5. Logan
6. The Shape of Water
7. Call Me By Your Name
8. Phantom Thread
9. A Bad Moms Christmas
10. A Ghost Story
11. The Phantom Menace
12. A Futile and Stupid Gesture
13. Attack of the Clones
14. Black Panther
15. David Bowie: The Last Five Years

[lennytheweedwhacker]

where did you land on freedom?

[epilogue]

where did you land on freedom?

Good book. Lots to digest and discuss. Good language and pacing. Gripping characters. But some really unfortunate points of view and uncomfortable misogyny.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

where did you land on freedom?

Good book. Lots to digest and discuss. Good language and pacing. Gripping characters. But some really unfortunate points of view and uncomfortable misogyny.

try the corrections now

[epilogue]

where did you land on freedom?

Good book. Lots to digest and discuss. Good language and pacing. Gripping characters. But some really unfortunate points of view and uncomfortable misogyny.

try the corrections now

I do really want to read that. I'm not sure I'll get to it before the end of the summer but it's on my list, for sure.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

I really need to start reading again

[Monkey_Driven]

10/50 - Video Games
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (PS4)
Golf Story (Switch)
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (PS4)
Pyre (PS4)
What Remains of Edit Finch (PS4)
Celeste (Switch)
Horizon: Zero Dawn, Frozen Wilds (PS4)
Super Mario Odyssey (999 moons) (Switch)
Yoshi's Island (SNES Classic)
Batman: The Telltale Series (PS4)

5/50 - Movies
Logan
The Post
The Big Sick
Justice League
Get Out

[lennytheweedwhacker]

how was the big sick?

[Monkey_Driven]

how was the big sick?

It was a nice movie. Nothing spectacular, but solid. I'd give it a B.

[B]

how was the big sick?

It was a nice movie. Nothing spectacular, but solid. I'd give it a B.

[Monkey_Driven]

how was the big sick?

It was a nice movie. Nothing spectacular, but solid. I'd give it a B.

Heyyyyyy!!!!!

[Monkey_Driven]

13/50 - Video Games
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (PS4)
Golf Story (Switch)
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (PS4)
Pyre (PS4)
What Remains of Edith Finch (PS4)
Celeste (Switch)
Horizon: Zero Dawn, Frozen Wilds (PS4)
Super Mario Odyssey (999 moons) (Switch)
Yoshi's Island (SNES Classic)
Batman: The Telltale Series (PS4)
Splatoon 2 (Switch)
Nioh (PS4)
Bloodborne (PS4)

6/50 - Movies
Logan
The Post
The Big Sick
Justice League
Get Out
Thor: Ragnorak

[epilogue]

Books: 8/50:
1. Ernest Hemingway on Writing
2. The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost
3. Raven Girl by Audrey Niffenegger
4. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
5. Pattern Recognition by Wiiliam Gibson
6. Ancient History - David Ives
7. Freedom - Jonathan Franzen
8. Crapalachia - Scott McClanahan

Movies: 16/50:
1.The Last Jedi
2. The Force Awakens
3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
4. What If
5. Logan
6. The Shape of Water
7. Call Me By Your Name
8. Phantom Thread
9. A Bad Moms Christmas
10. A Ghost Story
11. The Phantom Menace
12. A Futile and Stupid Gesture
13. Attack of the Clones
14. Black Panther
15. David Bowie: The Last Five Years
16. Revenge of the Sith

[BurtReynolds]

I've read two shampoo bottles.

[bada]

I forgot about this.

[Monkey_Driven]

I've read two shampoo bottles.

What kinds?

[epilogue]

Books: 9/50:
1. Ernest Hemingway on Writing
2. The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost
3. Raven Girl by Audrey Niffenegger
4. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
5. Pattern Recognition by Wiiliam Gibson
6. Ancient History - David Ives
7. Freedom - Jonathan Franzen
8. Crapalachia - Scott McClanahan
9. Exit Ghost - Philip Roth

Movies: 17/50:
1.The Last Jedi
2. The Force Awakens
3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
4. What If
5. Logan
6. The Shape of Water
7. Call Me By Your Name
8. Phantom Thread
9. A Bad Moms Christmas
10. A Ghost Story
11. The Phantom Menace
12. A Futile and Stupid Gesture
13. Attack of the Clones
14. Black Panther
15. David Bowie: The Last Five Years
16. Revenge of the Sith
17. Annihilation