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

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98/50 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 (AB)
• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
• Null States by Malka Ann Older
• Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers (Red Dwarf #1) by Grant Naylor (AB)
• Better than Life (Red Dwarf #2) by Grant Naylor (AB)
• Backwards (Red Dwarf #4) by Rob Grant (AB)
• Last Human (Red Dwarf #3) by Doug Naylor (AB)
• Sleepwalk With Me and Other Painfully True Stories by Mike Birbiglia
• Shadow Moon (Chronicles of the Shadow War #1) by Chris Claremont, George Lucas
• Who Could That Be at This Hour? (All the Wrong Questions #1) by Lemony Snicket
• You're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words by Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras
• Mr. and Mrs. Bunny—Detectives Extraordinaire! by Polly Horvath
• When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions #2) by Lemony Snicket
• Lord and Lady Bunny--Almost Royalty! by Polly Horvath
• File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents (All the Wrong Questions, #2.5) by Lemony Snicket
• Shadow Dawn (Chronicles of the Shadow War #2) by Chris Claremont, George Lucas
• 1984 by George Orwell (AB)
• Moone Boy: The Blunder Years by Chris O'Dowd
• Dragonslayer by Wayland Drew
• Willow (Chronicles of the Shadow War) by Wayland Drew
• Moone Boy: The Fish Detective by Chris O'Dowd
• The Last Jedi by Jason Fry (AB)
• The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein (AB)
• All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells (AB)
• The Smartest Book in the World by Greg Proops (AB)
• Only Human (Themis Files #3) by Sylvain Neuvel (AB)
• Shadow Star (Chronicles of the Shadow War #3) by Chris Claremont
• 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill (AB)
• Ship of Fools by Richard Paul Russo
• Shouldn't You Be in School? (All the Wrong Questions #3) by Lemony Snicket
• Pines (Wayward Pines #1) by Blake Crouch
• Wayward (Wayward Pines #2) by Blake Crouch
• Horns by Joe Hill (AB)
• The Last Town (Wayward Pines #3) by Blake Crouch
• Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
• Mustache Shenanigans: Making Super Troopers and Other Adventures in Comedy by Jay Chandrasekhar
• Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights? (All the Wrong Questions #4) by Lemony Snicket
• Guardians of the Whills by Greg Rucka
• FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven
• The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer
• Savage Season (Hap and Leonard #1) by Joe R. Lansdale
• The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack (Burton & Swinburne #1) by Mark Hodder
• Adjustment Day by Chuck Palahniuk
• False Idols (The Dragon Lords #2) by Jon Hollins
• Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
• Night Shift by Stephen King
• Blindsight (Firefall #1) by Peter Watts (AB)
• The Blade Itself (The First Law #1) by Joe Abercrombie
• Gideon's Sword (Gideon Crew #1) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
• Gideon's Corpse (Gideon Crew #2) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
• The Hatching (The Hatching #1) by Ezekiel Boone
• The Lost Island (Gideon Crew #3) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
• Beyond the Ice Limit (Gideon Crew #4) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
• The Pharaoh Key (Gideon Crew #5) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
• The Authorities™ by Scott Meyer
• Frank Miller's RoboCop by Frank Miller (GN)
• Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe (Deadpool Killogy #1) by Cullen Bunn (GN)
• Deadpool Kills Deadpool (Deadpool Killogy #3) by Cullen Bunn (GN)
• Deadpool vs. Carnage (Deadpool VS) by Cullen Bunn (GN)
• Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets: The Official Movie Novelization by Christie Golden (AB)
• Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
• A-Force Presents Vol. 1 by Nathan Edmondson (GN)
• Mechanical Failure (Epic Failure #1) by Joe Zieja (AB)
• A-Force Presents Vol. 2 by Nathan Edmondson (GN)
• A-Force Presents Vol. 3 by Nathan Edmondson (GN)
• Run Program by Scott Meyer (AB)
• Ghosts of Greenglass House (Greenglass House #2) by Kate Milford
• The Elementals by Michael McDowell
• The Circle by Dave Eggers
• The Mysterious Howling (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #1) by Maryrose Wood
• Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command by W. Haden Blackman (GN)
• The World of Lore: Wicked Mortals by Aaron Mahnke
• The X-Files: Cold Cases (The X-Files (Audible Original) #1) by Joe Harris (AB)
• Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky (AB)
• The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues by Ellen Raskin
• Year Zero by Rob Reid (AB)
• The Hidden Gallery (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #2) by Maryrose Wood
• Nightbooks by J.A. White
• The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel) by Ellen Raskin
• The Unseen Guest (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #3) by Maryrose Wood
• The Interrupted Tale (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #4) by Maryrose Wood
• Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge
• The Unmapped Sea (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #5) by Maryrose Wood
• The Long-Lost Home (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #6) by Maryrose Wood
• The Thanos Quest (The Thanos Quest #1-2) by Jim Starlin (GN)
• The Infinity Gauntlet (The Infinity Gauntlet #1-6) by Jim Starlin (GN)
• The Criminal Mastermind of Baker Street by Rob Nunn
• Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
• Sheets by Brenna Thummler (GN)
• Semiosis by Sue Burke
• Marvel's Spider-Man: Hostile Takeover by David Liss
• Bad Faith (The Dragon Lords #3) by Jon Hollins

82/50 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)
• Chronicle (2012)
• Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
• Darkest Hour (2017)
• The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
• Ready Player One (2018)
• Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
• Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
• Peter Rabbit (2018)
• Paddington 2 (2017)
• The Greatest Showman (2017)
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
• Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
• Solo (2018)
• Annihilation (2018)
• Incredibles 2 (2018)
• The Shape of Water (2017)
• A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
• Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)
• Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
• CHiPS (2017)
• The Equalizer (2014)
• Bubble Boy (2001)
• Beerfest (2006)
• Best in Show (2000)
• Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016)
• Inside Man (2006)
• Mission Impossible 2 (2000)
• Downsizing (2017)
• Collateral Beauty (2016)
• Mission Impossible 3 (2006)
• Teen Wolf (1985)
• Hellboy (2004)
• Star Trek Beyond (2016)
• The Monster Squad (1987)
• Deadpool 2 (2018)
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
• Ant-Man & The Wasp (2018)
• Weird Science (1985)
• War on Everyone (2016)
• Inherent Vice (2014)
• It Follows (2014)
• Atomic Blonde (2017)
• Tomb Raider (2017)
• The Stepford Wives (2004)
• Death Becomes Her (1992)
• 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
• Super Troopers 2 (2018)
• The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)
• Much Ado About Nothing (2012)
• Dragon Warriors (2015)
• Lady in the Water (2006)
• Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
• The Mummy (2017)
• Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
• The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)
• Apollo 18 (2011)
• Ocean's Eight (2018)
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
• Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
• Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
• In Bruges (2008)
• Hotel Transylvania 3 (2018)
• Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
• Aquaman (2018)
• Early Man (2018)

War on Everyone was pretty good, you can find it on Netflix.

Jurassic World was pretty straightforward and didn't show me anything new or exciting other than wondering how BD Wong keeps getting the nod.

Ralph was well done and surprised me in a few spots.

In Bruges was just brilliant. I mean, sure it was softened a bit with the memification of several key scenes but the only one that was played opposite intent was the scene in the art museum. I was so happy when I saw it as one of the options on the flight this morning. My wife was trying to sleep but I kept laughing and shaking her and the scenes on the screen were not at all helpful as to why I was laughing. I think my favorite parts were the scene when they were talking about the old lollipop man who knew karate and then the two callbacks later in the film where he punches that Canadian lady with the bottle ("Bottle!" *wham*) and when he karate chops the midget, "You don't know karate!"

Oh and "You're an inanimate fucking object!" "I apologize for calling you an inanimate object."

Crazy Rich Asians was just a travel brochure for Singapore.

Aquaman was a fine middling film. Lots I liked, some parts I didn't, but it was a good start to a new DC era.

In no particular order, the top ten books and movies of the year.

• Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
• 1984 by George Orwell (AB)
• The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein (AB)
• Adjustment Day by Chuck Palahniuk
• Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
• Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
• The Elementals by Michael McDowell
• The Circle by Dave Eggers
• Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky (AB)
• Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

• Black Panther (2018)
• The Music of Strangers (2015)
• Paddington 2 (2017)
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
• Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
• Annihilation (2018)
• Inside Man (2006)
• War on Everyone (2016)
• Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
• In Bruges (2008)

EDIT: I'm working on the 2019 post. I'm going to make some changes to hopefully get more people interested.