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    Do Audiobooks count? If so I've done about 15 books. But, 240 new movies watched this year;

    1 01 01 18 Paterson
    2 01 01 18 The Meyerowitz Stories: New and Selected
    3 01 01 18 The Killing of a Sacred Deer
    4 01 01 18 Good Time
    5 01 01 18 Deep Water
    6 01 01 18 Freaks
    7 04 01 18 Lucky
    8 05 01 18 Alan Partridge: Why When Where How
    9 05 01 18 AlphaGo
    10 06 01 18 From Here to Eternity
    11 06 01 18 Canada's Original Vigilante Pedophile Hunter
    12 06 01 18 City of Ghosts
    13 06 01 18 Casting JonBenet
    14 08 01 18 Oklahoma City
    15 09 01 18 Best of Enemies
    16 10 01 18 The Cats of Mirikitani
    17 12 01 18 The Shape of Water
    18 12 01 18 Ingrid Goes West
    19 13 01 18 9 11
    20 13 01 18 LA 92
    21 20 01 18 Wings of Desire
    22 20 01 18 Molly's Game
    23 21 01 18 Thor: Ragnorak
    24 26 01 18 Darkest Hour
    25 26 01 18 The Post
    26 27 01 18 Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
    27 27 01 18 Mom and Dad
    28 06 02 18 Suburbicon
    29 08 02 18 Coco
    30 10 02 18 Fifty Shades Freed
    31 16 02 18 On The Waterfront
    32 17 02 18 First They Killed My Father
    33 19 02 18 The Snowman
    34 19 02 18 The Death of Stalin
    35 22 02 18 Phantom Thread
    36 22 02 18 Roman J. Israel ESQ.
    37 23 02 18 Justice League
    38 02 03 18 Murder on the Orient Express
    39 02 03 18 Mute
    40 02 03 18 Strong Island
    41 03 03 18 Marty
    42 03 03 18 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
    43 04 03 18 Call Me by Your Name
    44 11 03 18 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
    45 17 03 18 Annihilation
    46 17 03 18 Downsizing
    47 18 03 18 Denial
    48 24 03 18 The Cloverfield Paradox
    49 24 03 18 The Party
    50 25 03 18 The Greatest Showman
    51 31 03 18 Around the World in 80 Days
    52 31 03 18 Clowntown
    53 04 04 18 Wild Wild Country
    54 06 04 18 The Florida Project
    55 06 04 18 Gerald's Game
    56 07 04 18 All the Money in the World
    57 08 04 18 Wonder
    58 08 04 18 You Were Never Really Here
    59 09 04 18 Paterno
    60 09 04 18 Byzantium
    61 09 04 18 The Babysitter
    62 14 04 18 The Immigration Game
    63 18 04 18 Society
    64 18 04 18 Police Story
    65 21 04 18 Only the Brave
    66 23 04 18 This Must Be the Place
    67 23 04 18 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    68 23 04 18 The Maltese Falcon
    69 28 04 18 I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
    70 28 04 18 The Last Movie Star
    71 29 04 18 Super Troopers
    72 29 04 18 Bride Tripping
    73 29 04 18 The Avengers: Infinity War
    74 29 04 18 Lake Mungo
    75 30 04 18 Food Inc.
    76 30 04 18 Please Stand By
    77 30 04 18 Black Hawk Down
    78 30 04 18 Goodbye Christopher Robin
    79 30 04 18 20th Century Women
    80 05 05 18 The Bridge on the River Kwai
    81 05 05 18 Game Night
    82 05 05 18 Downfall
    83 12 05 18 All the President's Men
    84 14 05 18 The 15:17 to Paris
    85 14 05 18 Bonfire of the Vanities
    86 15 05 18 Red Sparrow
    87 15 05 18 Black Snake Moan
    88 15 05 18 I Kill Giants
    89 15 05 18 Millions
    90 16 05 18 Evil Genius
    91 20 05 18 Beyond Skyline
    92 20 05 18 Deadpool 2
    93 21 05 18 Sing Street
    94 28 05 18 Lost in London
    95 29 05 18 The Tale
    96 29 05 18 Suspiria
    97 30 05 18 Black Panther
    98 30 05 18 78/52
    99 30 05 18 The Work
    100 30 05 18 Voyeur
    101 02 06 18 Death Wish
    102 03 06 18 Tomb Raider
    103 09 06 18 Gigi
    104 12 06 18 To Kill a Mockingbird
    105 13 06 18 Out West
    106 13 06 18 The Bell Boy
    107 19 06 18 Wildling
    108 19 06 18 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
    109 19 06 18 Ready, Player One
    110 24 06 18 Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
    111 25 06 18 Rampage
    112 25 06 18 Borg vs. McEnroe
    113 25 06 18 The Overnight
    114 30 06 18 Isle of Dogs
    115 30 06 18 Unrest
    116 01 07 18 Hostiles
    117 02 07 18 The China Syndrome
    118 02 07 18 The Lure
    119 02 07 18 Super Dark Times
    120 02 07 18 Lady Macbeth
    121 02 07 18 A Quiet Place
    122 10 07 18 The Ballad of Lefty Brown
    123 15 07 18 The Rachel Divide
    124 15 07 18 The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
    125 15 07 18 Marjorie Prime
    126 15 07 18 Mudbound
    127 16 07 18 The Square
    128 16 07 18 Blue Valentine
    129 16 07 18 Certain Women
    130 16 07 18 One of Us
    131 22 07 18 Ben Hur
    132 28 07 18 Mission Impossible: Fallout
    133 31 07 18 Incredibles 2
    134 02 08 18 Before Sunrise
    135 02 08 18 Before Sunset
    136 02 08 18 Before Midnight
    137 03 08 18 Lawrence of Arabia
    138 05 08 18 West Side Story
    139 05 08 18 American Satan
    140 07 08 18 First Reformed
    141 09 08 18 Tully
    142 09 08 18 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
    143 12 08 18 Tag
    144 12 08 18 Incendies
    145 13 08 18 Zoe
    146 13 08 18 The Beguiled
    147 13 08 18 The Perfect Host
    148 21 08 18 Tom Jones
    149 22 08 18 The Omen
    150 22 08 18 Oceans Eight
    151 22 08 18 Corbin Nash
    152 25 08 18 Upgrade
    153 25 08 18 Won't You Be My Neighbour
    154 25 08 18 PyeWacket
    155 25 08 18 Hereditary
    156 26 08 18 Police Story 2
    157 26 08 18 The Last Laugh
    158 27 08 18 All Is Lost
    159 27 08 18 Bird Boy and the Forgotten Children
    160 27 08 18 Virunga
    161 27 08 18 Finders Keepers
    162 27 08 18 My Beautiful Broken Brain
    163 01 09 18 Cabaret
    164 01 09 18 Little Dieter Needs to Fly
    165 03 09 18 American Honey
    166 03 09 18 Love, Simon
    167 03 09 18 The Changeling
    168 03 09 18 Manifesto
    169 11 09 18 Laputa: Castle in the Sky
    170 11 09 18 Solo: A Star Wars Story
    171 11 09 18 Sicario: Day of the Soldado
    172 12 09 18 American Animals
    173 12 09 18 Circus Kane
    174 12 09 18 The Incredible Melting Man
    175 15 09 18 Thoroughbreds
    176 15 09 18 Flower
    177 15 09 18 Bad Boy Bubby
    178 15 09 18 Mandy
    179 16 09 18 Hush
    180 16 09 18 Nobody Speaks: The Trial of the Free Press
    181 16 09 18 What Happened to Monday?
    182 17 09 18 How to Talk to Girls at Parties
    183 23 09 18 My Fair Lady
    184 28 09 18 Eighth Grade
    185 28 09 18 Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town
    186 28 09 18 Chef
    187 29 09 18 The Princess and the Frog
    188 01 10 18 Ant Man and the Wasp
    189 01 10 18 Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
    190 02 10 18 Tree of Life
    191 02 10 18 Hotel Artemis
    192 03 10 18 Elle
    193 03 10 18 Rita, Sue and Bob Too
    194 03 10 18 Wonderstruck
    195 03 10 18 Columbus
    196 03 10 18 Breathe
    197 03 10 18 Submergence
    198 11 10 18 Bonnie and Clyde
    199 11 10 18 Sorry to Bother You
    200 12 10 18 Katie Says Goodbye
    201 12 10 18 Little Children
    202 12 11 18 They Shall Not Grow Old
    203 16 11 18 Blackkklansman
    204 16 11 18 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
    205 16 11 18 Blindspotting
    206 16 11 18 Galveston
    207 16 11 18 Leave No Trace
    208 23 11 18 Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas
    209 30 11 18 Mile 22
    210 30 11 18 Paris, Texas
    211 01 12 18 Sharp Objects
    212 01 12 18 Outlaw King
    213 05 12 18 Raplh Breaks the Internet
    214 07 12 18 Venom
    215 08 12 18 Ant Head
    216 08 12 18 The Sound of Music
    217 13 12 18 The Last American Horror Show
    218 14 12 18 I Think We're Alone Now
    219 14 12 18 Under the Silver Lake
    220 14 12 18 First Man
    221 14 12 18 Roma
    222 14 12 18 A Simple Favour
    223 20 12 18 Mowgli
    224 20 12 18 Operation Finale
    225 20 12 18 The Clovehitch Killer
    226 20 12 18 The House with a Clock in It's Walls
    227 20 12 18 Johnny English Strikes Again
    228 20 12 18 Elf
    229 21 12 18 Mid90s
    230 21 12 18 Bird Box
    231 21 12 18 Mary Poppins Returns
    232 21 12 18 Raw
    233 24 12 18 Ellen: Relatable
    234 28 12 18 The History of Bethesda Game Studios
    235 28 12 18 Bandersnatch
    236 28 12 18 Frances Ha
    237 28 12 18 Magnus
    238 28 12 18 Norman
    239 28 12 18 Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
    240 31 12 18 The Taking of Pelham 123

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    Audiobooks certainly count. And 240 movies? Wow. I did that two years ago when I had more of a commute and was on the bus more.

    OP has been edited with 2019 rules and this post serves as the Maginot Line for the years.

    edit: aw, I can't change the title? Weird.
    Last edited by allegate; 01-01-2019 at 07:39 PM.

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    Boom. 50 movies!


    01 01 19 Valley Uprising
    01 01 19 Audrie and Daisy
    01 01 19 I am Jane Doe
    01 01 19 Tricked
    01 01 19 Jiro Dreams of Sushi
    01 01 19 Farenheit 11/9
    04 01 19 Call Her Ganda
    04 01 19 Interview with a Serial Killer
    04 01 19 A Man for All Seasons
    04 01 19 Norm MacDonald: Hitler's Dog, Gossip and Trickery
    05 01 19 Adam Sandler 100% Fresh
    10 01 19 Mean Streets
    11 01 19 The Old Man and the Gun
    11 01 19 Girlhood
    11 01 19 Mars: Inside SpaceX
    12 01 19 After Porn Ends 3
    12 01 19 The Predator
    12 01 19 Christopher Robin
    12 01 19 Wildlife
    12 01 19 Titanic (1943)
    16 01 19 Frenzy
    16 01 19 BodySnatch
    16 01 19 The Trader
    19 01 19 Fyre: The Greatest Party that Never Happened
    19 01 19 Boy Erased
    19 01 19 A Star is Born
    22 01 19 Bohemian Rhapsody
    23 01 19 Minding the Gap
    23 01 19 RBG
    23 01 19 Cold War
    28 01 19 Glass
    29 01 19 Vice
    29 01 19 Green Book
    29 01 19 Suspiria (2018)
    29 01 19 Can You Ever Forgive Me?
    30 01 19 The Favourite
    30 01 19 The Wife
    30 01 19 If Beale Street Could Talk
    30 01 19 The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
    30 01 19 Widows
    30 01 19 Get Me Roger Stone!
    01 02 19 The Last Vampire on Earth
    01 02 19 Seeing Allred
    01 02 19 The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
    02 02 19 Catwalk: Tales from the Cat Show Circuit
    02 02 19 Sour Grapes
    02 02 19 I Called Him Morgan
    02 02 19 Velvet Buzzsaw
    04 02 19 Mortal Engines
    04 02 19 Wilson

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    69/50 Books

    • Cable & Deadpool, Volume 1: If Looks Could Kill by Fabian Nicieza (GN)
      Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) by Hugh Howey
      Wrapped-Up FoxTrot: A Treasury with the Final Daily Strips by Bill Amend
      Space Unicorn Blues by T.J. Berry
      Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling
      Breach (Cold War Magic #1) by W.L. Goodwater
      Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse by Steve Behling
      Hark! the Herald Angels Scream: An Anthology by Christopher Golden (Editor)
      Atomic Marriage by Curtis Sittenfeld (AB)
      The Winter of Frankie Machine by Don Winslow (AB)
      Seed by Ania Ahlborn (AB)
      Dark Corners Collection by Various (AB)

      • Oak Avenue (Dark Corners Collection #7) by Brandi Reeds (AB)
        The Remedy (Dark Corners Collection #6) by Adam Haslett (AB)
        The Tangled Woods (Dark Corners Collection #5) by Emily Raboteau (AB)
        Miao Dao (Dark Corners Collection #4) by Joyce Carol Oates (AB)
        There's a Giant Trapdoor Spider Under Your Bed (Dark Corners Collection #3) by Edgar Cantero (AB)
        The Sleep Tight Motel (Dark Corners Collection #2) by Lisa Unger (AB)
        Hannah-Beast (Dark Corners Collection #1) by Jennifer McMahon (AB)

      Wool: The Graphic Novel by Hugh Howey (GN)
      Out of Spite, Out of Mind (Magic 2.0 #5) by Scott Meyer (AB)
      Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi by John Scalzi (AB)
      God of War: The Official Novelization by J.M. Barlog (AB)
      Monsters Beware! by Jorge Aguirre (GN)
      Bluecrowne: A Greenglass House Story (Greenglass House #3) by Kate Milford
      The Dispatcher by John Scalzi (AB)
      Mogworld by Yahtzee Croshaw (AB)
      The Pro by Garth Ennis (GN)
      Nameless by Grant Morrison (GN)
      The Left-Handed Fate by Kate Milford
      Mort(e) by Robert Rep
      Tales from Vader's Castle by Cavan Scottino (GN)
      Dinosaurs vs. Aliens by Grant Morrison, Barry Sonnenfeld (GN)
      This Immortal by Roger Zelazny (AB)
      On The Use Of Shape-Shifters In Warfare by Marko Kloos
      The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling (AB)
      True West by Sam Shepard (AB)
      Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Unknown, Seamus Heaney (Translator) (AB)
      The Demon Next Door by Bryan Burrough (AB)
      SNAFU: Future Warfare by Geoff Brown (Editor)
      Brain Droppings by George Carlin (AB)
      Napalm & Silly Putty by George Carlin (AB)
      More Napalm and Silly Putty by George Carlin (AB)
      SNAFU: Future Warfare by Geoff Brown (Editor)
      SNAFU: Unnatural Selection by Geoff Brown (Editor)
      SNAFU: Resurrection by Geoff Brown (Editor)
      Lucky Thirteen by Marko Kloos
      Star Trek by Alan Dean Foster (AB)
      The Mental Load: A Feminist Comic by Emma (GN)
      Merely This and Nothing More: Poe Goes Punk by Jeffrey Cook (Editor)
      Star Wars 2017 Del Rey Sampler: Excerpts from Upcoming and Current Titles by Claudia Gray et. al
      What Hides Within by Jason Parent
      Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries #2) by Martha Wells
      Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries #3) by Martha Wells
      Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries #4) by Martha Wells
      Coraline by Neil Gaiman
      Star Trek Into Darkness by Alan Dean Foster (AB)
      Incognito by Ed Brubaker (GN)
      Incognito, Vol. 2: Bad Influences by Ed Brubaker (GN)
      The Zodiac Paradox (Fringe #1) by Christa Faust
      Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle #1) by Diana Wynne Jones (AB)
      Star Trek the Next Generation: The U.S.S. Enterprise Ncc-1701-D Illustrated Handbook by Ben Robinson
      The Giver: Graphic Novel by Lois Lowry (GN)
      The Burning Man (Fringe #2) by Christa Faust
      Sins of the Father (Fringe #3) by Christa Faust
      Castle in the Air (Howl's Moving Castle #2) by Diana Wynne Jones
      Victoria (What Hides Within #2) by Jason Parent
      The Children of Men by P.D. James
      Blindness by José Saramago
      Presto! How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales by Penn Jillette
      The Burnout Generation by Anne Helen Petersen
      Wally Roux, Quantum Mechanic by Nick Carr
      The Vexed Generation (Magic 2.0 #6) by Scott Meyer
      Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City by K.J. Parker
      Differently Morphous by Yahtzee Croshaw
      The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham by H.P. Lovecraft


    58/50 Movies

    • Hogfather (2006)
      Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
      Brigsby Bear (2017)
      Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
      Better Off Dead... (1985)
      Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
      LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman - Rage of Atlantis (2018)
      ˇThree Amigos! (1986)
      For Your Consideration (2006)
      Bumblebee (2018)
      Sorry to Bother You (2018)
      Blood Father (2016)
      Seven Psychopaths (2012)
      Sicario (2015)
      Bronson (2008)
      The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)
      Christopher Robin (2018)
      Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
      Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
      Top Secret! (1984)
      How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
      Captain Marvel (2019)
      Vox Lux (2018)
      Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010)
      Shaun of the Dead (2004)
      The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
      Killer Elite (2011)
      Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
      Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
      Game Night (2018)
      Avengers: Endgame (2019)
      Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
      The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
      Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
      Now & Then (1995)
      Lego Movie 2 (2019)
      Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)
      Wine Country (2019)
      John Wick 3 (2019)
      Jumper (2008)
      Rapture-Palooza (2013)
      Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
      Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
      Hellboy (2019)
      The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot (2018)
      The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)
      The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
      Contagion (2011)
      Green Book (2018)
      Shazam! (2019)
      Missing Link (2019)
      Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
      Idiocracy (2006)
      Hotel Artemis (2018)
      Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
      2:22 (2017)
      Men in Black International (2019)
      Klaus (2019)


    I had totally forgotten about the 21 Jump Street / MIB project until reading the wiki for the International movie. That was a weird announcement. Also the film was very green-screened and it really showed. I read somewhere that Kumail was the best part and he was, though Thor and Valkyrie were alright.

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    Alright, this is the line for 2020. I should have been in here sooner but...things?

    One rule change: TV Series count so if you're binging just set aside another section for those.

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    Quote Originally Posted by allegate View Post
    Alright, this is the line for 2020. I should have been in here sooner but...things?

    One rule change: TV Series count so if you're binging just set aside another section for those.
    On my spreadsheet I tend to count one season of a TV show as one movie watched. Only if I watch the whole thing within a week or so though

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    Books

    1. JLA: Earth 2 by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely
    2. Batman: Earth One, Volume 1 by Geoff Johns
    3. The End is Nigh (The Apocalypse Triptych #1) by John Joseph Adams & Hugh Howey (Editors)
    4. A Letter to My Cat: Notes to Our Best Friends by Lisa Erspamer
    5. Mash Up: Stories Inspired by First Lines by Gardner Dozois\
    6. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
    7. A Very Scalzi Christmas by John Scalzi
    8. Django/Zorro: The Official Sequel to Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino, Matt Wagner
    9. John Dies at the End by David Wong
    10. Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours by Jim Butcher
    11. Sharky Malarkey: A Sketchshark Collection by Megan Dong
    12. The Messengers by Lindsay Joelle

    The Messengers is a free Original on Audible this month. If you haven't picked your two free ones yet, you should grab this one.
    Movies

    1. will have to update after I look at Plex


    Television

    1. Hunters
    2. McMillion$

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    1. JLA: Earth 2 by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely
    2. Batman: Earth One, Volume 1 by Geoff Johns
    3. The End is Nigh (The Apocalypse Triptych #1) by John Joseph Adams & Hugh Howey (Editors)
    4. A Letter to My Cat: Notes to Our Best Friends by Lisa Erspamer
    5. Mash Up: Stories Inspired by First Lines by Gardner Dozois\
    6. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
    7. A Very Scalzi Christmas by John Scalzi
    8. Django/Zorro: The Official Sequel to Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino, Matt Wagner
    9. John Dies at the End by David Wong
    10. Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours by Jim Butcher
    11. Sharky Malarkey: A Sketchshark Collection by Megan Dong
    12. The Messengers by Lindsay Joelle
    13. Batgirl: Stephanie Brown, Volume 1 by Bryan Q. Miller
    14. Redshirts by John Scalzi
    15. The End is Now (The Apocalypse Triptych #2) by John Joseph Adams & Hugh Howey (Editors)
    16. The Bastard by Patrick deWitt
    17. The Most Dangerous Game: A Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal Collection by Zach Weinersmith
    18. Save Yourself, Mammal!: A Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal Collection by Zach Weinersmith
    19. The End Has Come (The Apocalypse Triptych #3) by John Joseph Adams & Hugh Howey (Editors)
    20. Penny Arcade Volume 1: Attack of the Bacon Robots! (Penny Arcade #1) by Jerry Holkins, Mike Krahulik
    21. Penny Arcade Volume 2: Epic Legends of the Magic Sword Kings (Penny Arcade #2) by Jerry Holkins, Mike Krahulik
    22. xkcd: volume 0 by Randall Munroe
    23. Two Plays for Voices by Neil Gaiman
    24. Airboy: Deluxe Edition by James Robinson
    25. Superman/Wonder Woman, Volume 1: Power Couple by Charles Soule
    26. The Old Guard, Book One: Opening Fire (The Old Guard #1) by Greg Rucka
    27. Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Shattered Empire by Greg Rucka
    28. Heads Will Roll by Kate McKinnon, Emily Lynne
    29. The Old Guard, Book Two: Force Multiplied (The Old Guard #2) by Greg Rucka
    30. Vanishing Vancouver by Pat Jollota
    31. Downtown Vancouver by Pat Jollota
    32. Superman: Lois and Clark by Dan Jurgens
    33. Red Hood by Elana K. Arnold
    34. The Day the Earth Stood Still & Other Classic SF Novellas by Harry Bates
    35. House of Many Ways (Howl's Moving Castle #3) by Diana Wynne Jones


    Man I love the Howl's books. The second one plays with expectations in a huge way and I kept expecting that in this one but I was both surprised and a little disappointed to see it wasn't done in a similar fashion. The way it was subverted in this one though was pretty hilarious. I would love to see a Howl's television series with the books as backdrop. The stories read a little like what a 13-episode series is like right now so that would be great.

    Graphic novels from the big two continue to make me upset at comics. So frequently it's "oh well if you didn't read z y and z you miss why ___ is important" and it's always like you're reading a book backwards because then you have to find the book that came previously.


    1. haven't been tracking because we have been watching so few movies. ugh.


    Television

    1. Hunters
    2. McMillion$
    3. The Boys

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    I haven't been reading as much as I used to. I used to make a habit of reading at least one book a week.

    I think I've read about 10 books this year, probably. Hypothetically, I would have thought that during a pandemic and general societal shutdown, I'd be reading more. I guess I'm not, and I'm not being productive much at all. I don't record any music I make. I don't bother.

    I also don't see any hype behind new books landing on my radar, and I don't think it's because I'm unplugging from noticing it.

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    Oh no doubt, for a long time there I couldn't focus on the words in a book at all hence the graphic novels. a lot less brain power is necessary when the pictures are already there for you: you don't need to have the scene described to you and then subsequently built in your head.

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