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Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
Posted: Fri January 26, 2018 11:53 pm
Troglodyte
Joined: Wed December 19, 2012 9:53 pm Posts: 22548 Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Movies 5/50 An Inconvenient Sequel (2017) Alien: Covenant (2017) Paddington 2 (2018) Inside Man (2006) Baby’s Day Out (1994)
Books 7/50 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck What Unites Us by Dan Rather Aphra (Graphic Novel) Endurance by Scott Kelly The Silent Corner by Dean Koontz The Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavich Hacks by Donna Brazile
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Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
Posted: Sat January 27, 2018 1:00 am
Troglodyte
Joined: Wed December 19, 2012 9:53 pm Posts: 22548 Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA
durdencommatyler wrote:
How have you read 7 books in 26 days?
Grapes of Wrath was probably more 2017, but finished in January. Aphra's just a graphic novel. 4 of those are audiobooks, and I've driven 1,500 miles so far this month.
But really, I'd like to talk about the phenomenal physical comedy by Joe Mantegna and Joe Pantoliano in Baby's Day Out.
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Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
Posted: Mon January 29, 2018 4:08 pm
Mind Your Tanners
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:03 pm Posts: 9359 Location: Washington State
05/50 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
04/50 Movies
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) The Dark Tower (2017) Kong: Skull Island (2017) Justice League (2017)
Man. I wanted to read Matchstick Men but it wasn't in but his other book was. If you get the opportunity, don't use it.
Justice League - minus the lip wobble from the CGI and the horrible work on Steppenwolf - was good. The use of the Superman theme while he was beating up the Justice League...not great. They should have put it when he finally shows up in Russia.
Side note: He beat the living hell out of Steppenwolf and then leaves to help the civilians and Steppenwolf comes back and beats the hell out of the rest of the League. Kind of one-sided either way.
Books: 4/50: 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
Movies: 6/50: 1.The Last Jedi 2. The Force Awakens 3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 4. What If 5. Logan 6. The Shape of Water
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