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talkstowolves) wrote2009-01-02 12:18 am
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Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu!
Happy new year, everyone! Welcome to the Year of the Ox (well, almost, as the Chinese New Year isn't until January 26th this year). Or, if you're a Discworld fan, welcome to the Year of the Pensive Hare.
I'm sure I'll make a post later this weekend breaking down my professional and, to a lesser extent, personal year. As well as a set of goals for the new year and an update on the state of the Tales from the Wishing Well project.
For now, though, let's cover my consumption of media for 2008.
This year, I read 94 books! I know that's nothing impressive for many of you, but I haven't been able to read that many books in a year in years. My decrease in reading has been due to a combination of factors: less time to read and a slower reading pace. And being able to read that many books this year had a lot to do with only having one job in the first several months of the new year and then having no job over the summer.
Now that I'm in graduate school and finding a part-time job ASAP, I don't expect I'll be able to repeat this in 2009.
All that said, on to the books:
The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
The Gunslinger: The Dark Tower I by Stephen King
Unfortunate English: The Gloomy Truth Behind the Words You Use by Bill Brohaugh
Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy, ed. by Ekaterina Sedia
Tithe by Holly Black
Dust by Elizabeth Bear
Banewreaker by Jacqueline Carey
Godslayer by Jacqueline Carey
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Red As Blood (or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer) by Tanith Lee
Un Lun Dun by China Miéville
The Sandman, Volume I: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
The Sandman, Volume II: The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman
The Sandman, Volume III: Dream Country by Neil Gaiman
The Sandman, Volume IV: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman
The Sandman, Volume V: A Game of You by Neil Gaiman
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The Sandman, Volume VI: Fables and Reflections by Neil Gaiman
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
The Sandman, Volume VII: Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman
The Sandman, Volume VIII: World's End by Neil Gaiman
Valiant by Holly Black
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett
Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Maskerade by Terry Pratchett
The Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
The Aphorisms of Kherishdar by MCA Hogarth
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Duke in His Castle by Vera Nazarian
Creatures of the Night by Neil Gaiman
The Hedge Knight by George R. R. Martin (GN, adapted by Ben Avery)
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8: The Long Way Home by Joss Whedon (read in individual issues)
Fairy Tale Review: the Violet Issue, ed. by Kate Bernheimer
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman as adapted by Mike Carey (graphic novel, read in individual issues)
A Guide to Folktales in Fragile Dialects by Catherynne M. Valente
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Maus by Art Spiegelman
Fables, Volume 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
Fables, Volume 2: Animal Farm by Bill Willingham
Fables, Volume 3: Storybook Love by Bill Willingham
Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
Fables, Volume 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers by Bill Willingham
Fables, Volume 5: The Mean Seasons by Bill Willingham
Fables, Volume 6: Homelands by Bill Willingham
The Robber Bridegroom by Eudora Welty
Fables, Volume 7: Arabian Nights and Days by Bill Willingham
Fables, Volume 8: Wolves by Bill Willingham
Fables, Volume 9: Sons of Empire by Bill Willingham
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8: No Future For You by Joss Whedon and Brian K. Vaughan (read in individual issues)
Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall by Bill Willingham
The Secret History of Moscow by Ekaterina Sedia
Ironside by Holly Black
Fables, Volume 10: The Good Prince by Bill Willingham
Inferno, edited by Ellen Datlow
Lonely Werewolf Girl by Martin Millar
The Sandman, Volume IX: The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman
The Bell at Sealey Head by Patricia A. McKillip
The Watchmen by Alan Moore
One Writer's Beginnings by Eudora Welty
Dune by Frank Herbert
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Our Wonder World, Volume 5: Every Child's Story Book - Geo L. Shuman & Co. ,
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
Delta Wedding by Eudora Welty
Clockwork Phoenix, edited by Mike Allen
The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Coraline (graphic novel) by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by P. Craig Russell
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
The Golden Apples by Eudora Welty
The Lamplighter by Maria Susanna Cummins
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass
Our Nig: Or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black by Harriet E. Wilson
Vampire Hunter D, Volume 3: Demon Deathchase by Hideyuki Kikuchi
Losing Battles by Eudora Welty
Textual Scholarship: An Introduction by D.C. Greetham
The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty
How To Interpret Literature: Critical Theory for Literary and Cultural Studies by Robert Dale Parker
The Sandman: Volume 10: The Wake by Neil Gaiman
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Eudora Welty: A Biography by Suzanne Marrs
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
Fables, Volume 11: War and Pieces by Bill Willingham
Freak Angels, Volume 1 by Warren Ellis
New Amsterdam by Elizabeth Bear
Books I've read but can't admit to reading:
3
Total books read in 2008:
94
The links in the text denote where I've had reviews published on Green Man Review. A review on Clockwork Phoenix edited by Mike Allen is forthcoming.
Additionally, I began taking in Realms of Fantasy, Weird Tales, and Locus. On the academic side, I also subscribed to Mythlore and Marvels & Tales. Unfortunately, I didn't have any time to actually read them. I hope to remedy that soon.
This year, I also kept a careful list of all the films and television series I saw for the first time (or for the first time in a very, very long time). Sadly, this list exceeded the number of books I read-- but only by a few. That's nothing to sneeze at, I think.
The list of films:
Bladerunner (only seen once before and not the Final Cut)
Barry Lyndon (Saw about 1/3 of it in 2007)
Balls of Fury
The Messengers
Slither
No Country for Old Men
Swordfish
Autofocus
Music & Lyrics
3:10 To Yuma (2007)
Resident Evil: Extinction
Cloverfield
Man on Fire
The Godfather
Cruel Intentions
Training Day
The Spiderwick Chronicles
The Darjeeling Limited
Brazil
Enchanted
Black Hawk Down
Atonement
Night at the Museum
The Fountain
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Barton Fink
In the Mood for Love
Fargo
The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Iron Man
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The Bridge to Terabithia
Ghostrider
The Orphanage
Shrek the Third
Semi-Pro
Be Kind Rewind
Kung Fu Panda
Just Friends
Buying the Cow
The Third Wheel
Jumper
WALL-E
Children of Dune
Old School (edited for time and content on TBS)
Pixar history special. (most of it)
Dungeons and Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon Lord
Persepolis
Surf's Up
Hellboy II
Nancy Drew
The Dark Knight
American Psycho
Sexy Beast
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guatonamo Bay
Memento
Swing Kids
A Bridge too Far
Max
The Amateurs
Eyes Wide Shut
Harvey
Ocean's 13
Bell, Book, and Candle
Road Warrior
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Man on the Moon
Team America: World Police
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
The Specials
Fierce Creatures
The Incredible Hulk
Penelope
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
The Salton Sea
The Terminator
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Get Smart
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (first time since high school)
Bedazzled (1967! first time since grade school)
Star Wars: Clone Wars
Tropic Thunder
Hancock
The Thing
Mallrats (hadn't seen in quite a while)
Wanted
The Name of the Rose
Moby Dick (1956)
Andromeda Strain (1971)
Equilibrium
Dragnet (for the first time in forever)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
A Christmas Carol (1999)
It's A Wonderful Life
A Christmas Story
The Polar Express
Time Bandits (hadn't seen since 2004 and didn't pay close attention to it first time)
Joyeux Noel
The Right Stuff
Total new(ish) Films Seen in 2008: 99
Television Series:
The Prisoner
Jericho S1
Jericho S2
Lost S4
Battlestar Galactica S4
Doctor Who S4
Father Ted S2
Father Ted S3
Sealab 2021 S1
Sealab 2021 S2
Sealab 2021 S3
Sealab 2021 S4
The Venture Bros. S3
Television Series Seen in 2008: 13
I'm sure I'll make a post later this weekend breaking down my professional and, to a lesser extent, personal year. As well as a set of goals for the new year and an update on the state of the Tales from the Wishing Well project.
For now, though, let's cover my consumption of media for 2008.
This year, I read 94 books! I know that's nothing impressive for many of you, but I haven't been able to read that many books in a year in years. My decrease in reading has been due to a combination of factors: less time to read and a slower reading pace. And being able to read that many books this year had a lot to do with only having one job in the first several months of the new year and then having no job over the summer.
Now that I'm in graduate school and finding a part-time job ASAP, I don't expect I'll be able to repeat this in 2009.
All that said, on to the books:
The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
The Gunslinger: The Dark Tower I by Stephen King
Unfortunate English: The Gloomy Truth Behind the Words You Use by Bill Brohaugh
Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy, ed. by Ekaterina Sedia
Tithe by Holly Black
Dust by Elizabeth Bear
Banewreaker by Jacqueline Carey
Godslayer by Jacqueline Carey
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Red As Blood (or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer) by Tanith Lee
Un Lun Dun by China Miéville
The Sandman, Volume I: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
The Sandman, Volume II: The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman
The Sandman, Volume III: Dream Country by Neil Gaiman
The Sandman, Volume IV: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman
The Sandman, Volume V: A Game of You by Neil Gaiman
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The Sandman, Volume VI: Fables and Reflections by Neil Gaiman
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
The Sandman, Volume VII: Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman
The Sandman, Volume VIII: World's End by Neil Gaiman
Valiant by Holly Black
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett
Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Maskerade by Terry Pratchett
The Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
The Aphorisms of Kherishdar by MCA Hogarth
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Duke in His Castle by Vera Nazarian
Creatures of the Night by Neil Gaiman
The Hedge Knight by George R. R. Martin (GN, adapted by Ben Avery)
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8: The Long Way Home by Joss Whedon (read in individual issues)
Fairy Tale Review: the Violet Issue, ed. by Kate Bernheimer
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman as adapted by Mike Carey (graphic novel, read in individual issues)
A Guide to Folktales in Fragile Dialects by Catherynne M. Valente
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Maus by Art Spiegelman
Fables, Volume 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
Fables, Volume 2: Animal Farm by Bill Willingham
Fables, Volume 3: Storybook Love by Bill Willingham
Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
Fables, Volume 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers by Bill Willingham
Fables, Volume 5: The Mean Seasons by Bill Willingham
Fables, Volume 6: Homelands by Bill Willingham
The Robber Bridegroom by Eudora Welty
Fables, Volume 7: Arabian Nights and Days by Bill Willingham
Fables, Volume 8: Wolves by Bill Willingham
Fables, Volume 9: Sons of Empire by Bill Willingham
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8: No Future For You by Joss Whedon and Brian K. Vaughan (read in individual issues)
Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall by Bill Willingham
The Secret History of Moscow by Ekaterina Sedia
Ironside by Holly Black
Fables, Volume 10: The Good Prince by Bill Willingham
Inferno, edited by Ellen Datlow
Lonely Werewolf Girl by Martin Millar
The Sandman, Volume IX: The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman
The Bell at Sealey Head by Patricia A. McKillip
The Watchmen by Alan Moore
One Writer's Beginnings by Eudora Welty
Dune by Frank Herbert
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Our Wonder World, Volume 5: Every Child's Story Book - Geo L. Shuman & Co. ,
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
Delta Wedding by Eudora Welty
Clockwork Phoenix, edited by Mike Allen
The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Coraline (graphic novel) by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by P. Craig Russell
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
The Golden Apples by Eudora Welty
The Lamplighter by Maria Susanna Cummins
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass
Our Nig: Or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black by Harriet E. Wilson
Vampire Hunter D, Volume 3: Demon Deathchase by Hideyuki Kikuchi
Losing Battles by Eudora Welty
Textual Scholarship: An Introduction by D.C. Greetham
The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty
How To Interpret Literature: Critical Theory for Literary and Cultural Studies by Robert Dale Parker
The Sandman: Volume 10: The Wake by Neil Gaiman
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Eudora Welty: A Biography by Suzanne Marrs
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
Fables, Volume 11: War and Pieces by Bill Willingham
Freak Angels, Volume 1 by Warren Ellis
New Amsterdam by Elizabeth Bear
Books I've read but can't admit to reading:
3
Total books read in 2008:
94
The links in the text denote where I've had reviews published on Green Man Review. A review on Clockwork Phoenix edited by Mike Allen is forthcoming.
Additionally, I began taking in Realms of Fantasy, Weird Tales, and Locus. On the academic side, I also subscribed to Mythlore and Marvels & Tales. Unfortunately, I didn't have any time to actually read them. I hope to remedy that soon.
This year, I also kept a careful list of all the films and television series I saw for the first time (or for the first time in a very, very long time). Sadly, this list exceeded the number of books I read-- but only by a few. That's nothing to sneeze at, I think.
The list of films:
Bladerunner (only seen once before and not the Final Cut)
Barry Lyndon (Saw about 1/3 of it in 2007)
Balls of Fury
The Messengers
Slither
No Country for Old Men
Swordfish
Autofocus
Music & Lyrics
3:10 To Yuma (2007)
Resident Evil: Extinction
Cloverfield
Man on Fire
The Godfather
Cruel Intentions
Training Day
The Spiderwick Chronicles
The Darjeeling Limited
Brazil
Enchanted
Black Hawk Down
Atonement
Night at the Museum
The Fountain
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Barton Fink
In the Mood for Love
Fargo
The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Iron Man
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The Bridge to Terabithia
Ghostrider
The Orphanage
Shrek the Third
Semi-Pro
Be Kind Rewind
Kung Fu Panda
Just Friends
Buying the Cow
The Third Wheel
Jumper
WALL-E
Children of Dune
Old School (edited for time and content on TBS)
Pixar history special. (most of it)
Dungeons and Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon Lord
Persepolis
Surf's Up
Hellboy II
Nancy Drew
The Dark Knight
American Psycho
Sexy Beast
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guatonamo Bay
Memento
Swing Kids
A Bridge too Far
Max
The Amateurs
Eyes Wide Shut
Harvey
Ocean's 13
Bell, Book, and Candle
Road Warrior
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Man on the Moon
Team America: World Police
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
The Specials
Fierce Creatures
The Incredible Hulk
Penelope
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
The Salton Sea
The Terminator
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Get Smart
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (first time since high school)
Bedazzled (1967! first time since grade school)
Star Wars: Clone Wars
Tropic Thunder
Hancock
The Thing
Mallrats (hadn't seen in quite a while)
Wanted
The Name of the Rose
Moby Dick (1956)
Andromeda Strain (1971)
Equilibrium
Dragnet (for the first time in forever)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
A Christmas Carol (1999)
It's A Wonderful Life
A Christmas Story
The Polar Express
Time Bandits (hadn't seen since 2004 and didn't pay close attention to it first time)
Joyeux Noel
The Right Stuff
Total new(ish) Films Seen in 2008: 99
Television Series:
The Prisoner
Jericho S1
Jericho S2
Lost S4
Battlestar Galactica S4
Doctor Who S4
Father Ted S2
Father Ted S3
Sealab 2021 S1
Sealab 2021 S2
Sealab 2021 S3
Sealab 2021 S4
The Venture Bros. S3
Television Series Seen in 2008: 13