This post is for BOOKS READ and MOVIES SEEN in 2008. Yes I am actually going to keep a list this time, damn it.
BOOKS READ
1. Dubliners James Joyce. 1914. Fiction: Short Stories. fin 01/15/2008.
2. The Uncanny. Sigmund Freud. 1919. Nonfiction: Psychology. fin 01/15/2008.
3. Beyond the Pleasure Principle. Sigmund Freud. 1920. Nonfiction: Psychology. fin 01/23/2008.
4. The Last September. Elizabeth Bowen. 1929. Fiction: Historical. fin 02/02/2008.
5. Hellboy Volume 1: Seed of Destruction. Mike Mignola. 1994. Graphic Novel: Horror. fin. 02/03/2008.
6. Hellboy Volume 2: Wake the Devil. Mike Mignola. 1997. Graphic Novel: Horror. fin. 2/04/2008.
7. Hellboy Volume 3: The Chained Coffin and Others. Mike Mignola. 1998. Graphic Novel: Horror. fin. 2/05/2008.
8. Hellboy Volume 4: The Right Hand of Doom. Mike Mignola. 2000. Graphic Novel: Horror. fin. 2/06/2008.
9. Hellboy Volume 5: The Conqueror Worm. Mike Mignola. 2003. Graphic Novel: Horror. fin. 2/07/2008.
10. Hellboy Volume 6: Strange Places. Mike Mignola. 2006. Graphic Novel: Horror. fin. 2/07/2008.
11. Watt. Samuel Beckett. 1953. Fiction: Postmodern. fin. 2/11/2008.
12. The Third Policeman. Flann O'Brien. 1967. Fiction: Postmodern. fin. 2/18/2008.
13. Supernatural Horror in Literature. H. P. Lovecraft. 1945. Nonfiction: Literary Survey. fin. 2/19/2008.
14. The Country Girls. Edna O'Brien. 1960. Fiction: Irish. fin. 2/23/2008.
15. Amongst Women. John McGahern. 1990. Fiction: Irish. fin. 4/14/2008.
16. Moy Sand and Gravel. Paul Muldoon. 2002. Poetry: Irish. fin. 4/21/2008.
17. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. James Joyce. 1916. Fiction: Irish. fin. 4/23/2008.
18. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. Susanna Clarke. 2006. Fiction: Fantasy. fin. 4/30/2008.
19. Shadow & Claw: The First Half of the Book of the New Sun. Gene Wolfe. 1980-81. Fiction: Sci-Fi/Fantasy. fin. 5/14/2008.
20. Neverwhere. Neil Gaiman. 1998. Fiction: Fantasy. fin. 5/23/2008.
21. Female Chauvinist Pigs. Ariel Levy. 2006. Nonfiction: Feminism. fin. 6/01/2008.
22. The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes. Neil Gaiman. 1993. Graphic Novel: Horror. fin. 6/08/2008.
23. The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll's House. Neil Gaiman. 1994. Graphic Novel: Horror. fin. 06/28/2008.
24. Kafka on the Shore. Haruki Murakami. 2006. Fiction: Postmodern. fin. 07/03/2008.
25. Anansi Boys. Neil Gaiman. 2006. Fiction: Fantasy. fin. 07/05/2008.
26. Perdido Street Station. China Miéville. 2001. Fiction: Steampunk. fin. 08/17/2008.
27. Candide, or Optimism. Voltaire. 1759. Fiction: Satire. fin. 08/26/08.
28. Sound of the Mountain. Kawabata Yasunari. 1954. Fiction: Modern. fin. 08/26/08.
29. A Personal Matter. Oe Kenzaburo.
30. Sentimental Education. Gustave Flaubert.
31. Confessions of a Mask. Mishima Yukio.
32. Elective Affinities. Goethe.
33. If On a Winter's Night a Traveler. Italo Calvino.
34. The Elephant Vanishes. Murakami Haruki.
35. Mrs. Dalloway. Virginia Woolf.
36. Kitchen. Yoshimoto Banana.
37. A Barbarian in Asia. Henri Michaux.
38. The Temple of the Golden Pavillion. Yukio Mishima.
39. Words of Farewell: Stories by Korean Women Writers.
40. The Ark Sakura. Abe Kobo.
41. Good Omens. Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
42. The Crying of Lot 49. Thomas Pynchon.
43. Rings of Saturn. W. G. Sebald.
44.
MOVIES SEEN
1. Hairspray. Adam Shankman. 2007. Musical/Comedy. 01/02/2008. ★★½
2. I'm a Cyborg and That's OK. Park Chan-wook. 2006. Comedy/Drama. 1/05/2008. ★★★★
3. Juno. Jason Reitman. Comedy/Drama. 01/14/2008. ★★★
4. Lars and the Real Girl. Craig Gillespie. 2007. Comedy/Drama. 1/18/2008. ★★
5. The Truth About Female Desire. 2005. Documentary. 01/25/2008. ★★★
6. Hellboy. Guillermo del Toro. 2004. Action/Adventure. 02/01/2008. ★★★★
7. Vertigo. Alfred Hitchcock. 1958. Drama/Mystery. 02/20/2008. ★★★★
8. Be Kind Rewind. Michel Gondry. 2008. Comedy. 02/22/2008. ★★★
9. Paprika. Satoshi Kon. 2006. Animation. 04/02/2008. ★★★★★
10. Die Hard. John McTiernan. 1988. Action/Drama. 04/03/2008. ★★★
11. There Will Be Blood. Paul Thomas Anderson. Drama/Thriller. 04/05/2008. ★★★★
12. Die Hard 3: With A Vengeance. John McTiernan. 1995. Action/Drama. 04/07/2008. ★★★½
13. Paris Je T'aime. Multiple Directors. 2006. Short Films. 04/09/2008. ★★★½
14. Cloverfield. Matt Reeves. 2008. Thriller/Sci-Fi. 04/10/2008. ★★★½
15. Cidade de Deus (City of God). Fernando Meirelles. 2002. Crime/Drama. 04/11/2008. ★★★★
16. Shortbus. John Cameron Mitchell. 2006. Comedy/Romance(?). 04/12/2008. ★★★★½
17. Sword of the Stranger. Masahiro Andou. 2007. Animation. 04/22/2008. ★½
18. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. Andrew Adamson. 2008. Fantasy/Adventure. 05/16/2008. ★★½
19. Iron Man. Jon Favreau. 2008. Action/Sci-Fi. 05/17/2008. ★★★
20. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Steven Spielberg. 2008. Action/Adventure. 05/21/2008. ★½
21. Enchanted. Kevin Lima. 2007. Family/Fantasy. 05/26/2008. ★★½
21. Catacombs. Tomm Coker & David Elliot. 2007. Horror. 05/29/2008. ★
22. The Mist. Frank Darabont. 2007. Horror. 06/13/2008. ★★
23. Angel Heart. Alan Parker. 1987. Horror. 06/13/2008. ★★★½
24. Control. Anton Corbijn. 2007. Biography/Drama. 06/20/2008. ★★★
25. Bringing Up Baby. Howard Hawks. 1938. Comedy/Romance. ★★★
26. Hellboy II. Guillermo Del Toro. 2008. Action/Adventure. 07/11/2008. ★★★½
27. The Dark Knight. Christopher Nolan. 2008. Action/Thriller. 07/17/2008. ★★★★½
28. King of Kong. Seth Gordon. 2007. Documentary. 07/24/2008. ★★★★
29. Starship Troopers. Paul Verhoeven. 1997. Sci-Fi/Action. 07/25/2008. ★★½
30. Crumb. Terry Zwigoff. 1994. Documentary. 07/25/2008. ★★★
31. Brick. Rian Johnson. 2005. Crime/Drama. 07/26/2008. ★★
32. Wizards. Ralph Bakshi. 1977. Animation. 07/26/2008. ★★½
33. El Espinazo del Diablo. Guillermo Del Toro. 2001. Horror/Drama. 07/27/2008. ★★★½
34. Vérités et mensonges. Orson Welles. 1974. Documentary. 08/01/2008. ★★★
35. Bamboozled. Spike Lee. 2000. Drama/Comedy. 08/02/2008. ★★
36. À bout de souffle. Jean-Luc Godard. 1960. Crime/Romance. 08/03/2008. ★★★★
37. Sunshine. Danny Boyle. 2007. Sci-Fi/Thriller. 08/04/2008. ★★★½
38. Y tu mamá también. Alfonso Cuarón. 2001. Comedy/Drama. 08/06/2008. ★★★★
39. Modify 2 stars
40. Sicko 3 stars
41. Burn After Reading 4 stars
42. Blindness 2 stars
43. Audition 3 stars
44. Psycho 4 stars
45. Seance 3 stars
46. Retribution 1 star
47. Quantum of Solace 3 stars
48. A Tale of Two Sisters 2 stars
49. Rat Pfink a Boo Boo. 11/28/2008. 1 star
50. Mishima: A Life in Four Parts. 12/4/2008. 5 stars
51. Synecdoche, New York. 12/13/2008. 3 stars
52. Network. 12/28/2008. 5 stars
53. Guys and Dolls. 12/29/2008. 4 stars
54. A Life Without Pain. 12/29/2008. 3 stars
55. Mickey Mouse Monopoly. 12/29/2008. 4 stars
56. Recount. 4 stars.
57. Welcome to the Dollhouse. 4 stars
BOOKS READ
1. Dubliners James Joyce. 1914. Fiction: Short Stories. fin 01/15/2008.
2. The Uncanny. Sigmund Freud. 1919. Nonfiction: Psychology. fin 01/15/2008.
3. Beyond the Pleasure Principle. Sigmund Freud. 1920. Nonfiction: Psychology. fin 01/23/2008.
4. The Last September. Elizabeth Bowen. 1929. Fiction: Historical. fin 02/02/2008.
5. Hellboy Volume 1: Seed of Destruction. Mike Mignola. 1994. Graphic Novel: Horror. fin. 02/03/2008.
6. Hellboy Volume 2: Wake the Devil. Mike Mignola. 1997. Graphic Novel: Horror. fin. 2/04/2008.
7. Hellboy Volume 3: The Chained Coffin and Others. Mike Mignola. 1998. Graphic Novel: Horror. fin. 2/05/2008.
8. Hellboy Volume 4: The Right Hand of Doom. Mike Mignola. 2000. Graphic Novel: Horror. fin. 2/06/2008.
9. Hellboy Volume 5: The Conqueror Worm. Mike Mignola. 2003. Graphic Novel: Horror. fin. 2/07/2008.
10. Hellboy Volume 6: Strange Places. Mike Mignola. 2006. Graphic Novel: Horror. fin. 2/07/2008.
11. Watt. Samuel Beckett. 1953. Fiction: Postmodern. fin. 2/11/2008.
12. The Third Policeman. Flann O'Brien. 1967. Fiction: Postmodern. fin. 2/18/2008.
13. Supernatural Horror in Literature. H. P. Lovecraft. 1945. Nonfiction: Literary Survey. fin. 2/19/2008.
14. The Country Girls. Edna O'Brien. 1960. Fiction: Irish. fin. 2/23/2008.
15. Amongst Women. John McGahern. 1990. Fiction: Irish. fin. 4/14/2008.
16. Moy Sand and Gravel. Paul Muldoon. 2002. Poetry: Irish. fin. 4/21/2008.
17. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. James Joyce. 1916. Fiction: Irish. fin. 4/23/2008.
18. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. Susanna Clarke. 2006. Fiction: Fantasy. fin. 4/30/2008.
19. Shadow & Claw: The First Half of the Book of the New Sun. Gene Wolfe. 1980-81. Fiction: Sci-Fi/Fantasy. fin. 5/14/2008.
20. Neverwhere. Neil Gaiman. 1998. Fiction: Fantasy. fin. 5/23/2008.
21. Female Chauvinist Pigs. Ariel Levy. 2006. Nonfiction: Feminism. fin. 6/01/2008.
22. The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes. Neil Gaiman. 1993. Graphic Novel: Horror. fin. 6/08/2008.
23. The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll's House. Neil Gaiman. 1994. Graphic Novel: Horror. fin. 06/28/2008.
24. Kafka on the Shore. Haruki Murakami. 2006. Fiction: Postmodern. fin. 07/03/2008.
25. Anansi Boys. Neil Gaiman. 2006. Fiction: Fantasy. fin. 07/05/2008.
26. Perdido Street Station. China Miéville. 2001. Fiction: Steampunk. fin. 08/17/2008.
27. Candide, or Optimism. Voltaire. 1759. Fiction: Satire. fin. 08/26/08.
28. Sound of the Mountain. Kawabata Yasunari. 1954. Fiction: Modern. fin. 08/26/08.
29. A Personal Matter. Oe Kenzaburo.
30. Sentimental Education. Gustave Flaubert.
31. Confessions of a Mask. Mishima Yukio.
32. Elective Affinities. Goethe.
33. If On a Winter's Night a Traveler. Italo Calvino.
34. The Elephant Vanishes. Murakami Haruki.
35. Mrs. Dalloway. Virginia Woolf.
36. Kitchen. Yoshimoto Banana.
37. A Barbarian in Asia. Henri Michaux.
38. The Temple of the Golden Pavillion. Yukio Mishima.
39. Words of Farewell: Stories by Korean Women Writers.
40. The Ark Sakura. Abe Kobo.
41. Good Omens. Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
42. The Crying of Lot 49. Thomas Pynchon.
43. Rings of Saturn. W. G. Sebald.
44.
MOVIES SEEN
1. Hairspray. Adam Shankman. 2007. Musical/Comedy. 01/02/2008. ★★½
2. I'm a Cyborg and That's OK. Park Chan-wook. 2006. Comedy/Drama. 1/05/2008. ★★★★
3. Juno. Jason Reitman. Comedy/Drama. 01/14/2008. ★★★
4. Lars and the Real Girl. Craig Gillespie. 2007. Comedy/Drama. 1/18/2008. ★★
5. The Truth About Female Desire. 2005. Documentary. 01/25/2008. ★★★
6. Hellboy. Guillermo del Toro. 2004. Action/Adventure. 02/01/2008. ★★★★
7. Vertigo. Alfred Hitchcock. 1958. Drama/Mystery. 02/20/2008. ★★★★
8. Be Kind Rewind. Michel Gondry. 2008. Comedy. 02/22/2008. ★★★
9. Paprika. Satoshi Kon. 2006. Animation. 04/02/2008. ★★★★★
10. Die Hard. John McTiernan. 1988. Action/Drama. 04/03/2008. ★★★
11. There Will Be Blood. Paul Thomas Anderson. Drama/Thriller. 04/05/2008. ★★★★
12. Die Hard 3: With A Vengeance. John McTiernan. 1995. Action/Drama. 04/07/2008. ★★★½
13. Paris Je T'aime. Multiple Directors. 2006. Short Films. 04/09/2008. ★★★½
14. Cloverfield. Matt Reeves. 2008. Thriller/Sci-Fi. 04/10/2008. ★★★½
15. Cidade de Deus (City of God). Fernando Meirelles. 2002. Crime/Drama. 04/11/2008. ★★★★
16. Shortbus. John Cameron Mitchell. 2006. Comedy/Romance(?). 04/12/2008. ★★★★½
17. Sword of the Stranger. Masahiro Andou. 2007. Animation. 04/22/2008. ★½
18. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. Andrew Adamson. 2008. Fantasy/Adventure. 05/16/2008. ★★½
19. Iron Man. Jon Favreau. 2008. Action/Sci-Fi. 05/17/2008. ★★★
20. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Steven Spielberg. 2008. Action/Adventure. 05/21/2008. ★½
21. Enchanted. Kevin Lima. 2007. Family/Fantasy. 05/26/2008. ★★½
21. Catacombs. Tomm Coker & David Elliot. 2007. Horror. 05/29/2008. ★
22. The Mist. Frank Darabont. 2007. Horror. 06/13/2008. ★★
23. Angel Heart. Alan Parker. 1987. Horror. 06/13/2008. ★★★½
24. Control. Anton Corbijn. 2007. Biography/Drama. 06/20/2008. ★★★
25. Bringing Up Baby. Howard Hawks. 1938. Comedy/Romance. ★★★
26. Hellboy II. Guillermo Del Toro. 2008. Action/Adventure. 07/11/2008. ★★★½
27. The Dark Knight. Christopher Nolan. 2008. Action/Thriller. 07/17/2008. ★★★★½
28. King of Kong. Seth Gordon. 2007. Documentary. 07/24/2008. ★★★★
29. Starship Troopers. Paul Verhoeven. 1997. Sci-Fi/Action. 07/25/2008. ★★½
30. Crumb. Terry Zwigoff. 1994. Documentary. 07/25/2008. ★★★
31. Brick. Rian Johnson. 2005. Crime/Drama. 07/26/2008. ★★
32. Wizards. Ralph Bakshi. 1977. Animation. 07/26/2008. ★★½
33. El Espinazo del Diablo. Guillermo Del Toro. 2001. Horror/Drama. 07/27/2008. ★★★½
34. Vérités et mensonges. Orson Welles. 1974. Documentary. 08/01/2008. ★★★
35. Bamboozled. Spike Lee. 2000. Drama/Comedy. 08/02/2008. ★★
36. À bout de souffle. Jean-Luc Godard. 1960. Crime/Romance. 08/03/2008. ★★★★
37. Sunshine. Danny Boyle. 2007. Sci-Fi/Thriller. 08/04/2008. ★★★½
38. Y tu mamá también. Alfonso Cuarón. 2001. Comedy/Drama. 08/06/2008. ★★★★
39. Modify 2 stars
40. Sicko 3 stars
41. Burn After Reading 4 stars
42. Blindness 2 stars
43. Audition 3 stars
44. Psycho 4 stars
45. Seance 3 stars
46. Retribution 1 star
47. Quantum of Solace 3 stars
48. A Tale of Two Sisters 2 stars
49. Rat Pfink a Boo Boo. 11/28/2008. 1 star
50. Mishima: A Life in Four Parts. 12/4/2008. 5 stars
51. Synecdoche, New York. 12/13/2008. 3 stars
52. Network. 12/28/2008. 5 stars
53. Guys and Dolls. 12/29/2008. 4 stars
54. A Life Without Pain. 12/29/2008. 3 stars
55. Mickey Mouse Monopoly. 12/29/2008. 4 stars
56. Recount. 4 stars.
57. Welcome to the Dollhouse. 4 stars
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