Book and Movie List for 2013
Books/Plays
Finished
1. A Street Cat Named Bob (James Bowen)
2. Flow, My Tears, the Policeman Said (Philip K. Dick)
3. Moving Pictures (Terry Pratchett)
4. The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)
5. The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
6. The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
7. Reaper Man (Terry Pratchett)
8. Londoners: The Days and Nights of London Now - as Told by Those Who Love it, Hate it, Live it, Left it and Long for it (Craig Taylor)
9. Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction (Sue Townsend)
10. David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
11. Witches Abroad (Terry Pratchett)
12. Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria (Noo Saro-Wiwa)
13. Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
14. The Plague Dogs (Richard Adams)
15. Small Gods (Terry Pratchett)
16. The Book of London Place Names (Caroline Taggart)
17. The Bellwether Revivals (Benjamin Wood)
18. Lords and Ladies (Terry Pratchett)
19. Stonemouth (Iain Banks)
20. Underground Overground (Andrew Martin)
21. Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
22. Last Things First (Graham Beynon)
23. Men at Arms (Terry Pratchett)
24. A Northern Line Minute (William Leith)
25. Clay (Melissa Harrison)
26. London's Strangest Tales (Tom Quinn)
27. Soul Music (Terry Pratchett)
28. The Oxford Book of Exploration (Robin Hanbury-Tenison)
29. The Teleportation Accident (Ned Beauman)
30. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
31. What We Talk About When We Talk About the Tube (John Lanchester)
32. Interesting Times (Terry Pratchett)
33. To Make a Killing (Michael Crawshaw)
34. A Fresh Start (John Chapman)
35. Nicholas Nickleby (Charles Dickens)
36. Maskerade (Terry Pratchett)
37. The Blue Riband (Peter York)
38. The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil (George Saunders)
39. Joyland (Stephen King)
40. Feet of Clay (Terry Pratchett)
41. Walk the Lines (Mark Mason)
42. The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
43. Mind the Child (Camila Batmanghelidjh and Kids Company)
44. HHhH (Laurent Binet)
45. Hogfather (Terry Pratchett)
46. The Narnia Code (Michael Ward)
47. A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
48. The World According to Bob (James Bowen)
49. Jingo (Terry Pratchett)
50. Heads and Straights (Lucy Wadham)
51. Can You Hear God? (Joyce Sibthorpe)
52. The Last Continent (Terry Pratchett)
53. Setting Hearts on Fire (John Chapman)
54. The Winter's Tale (William Shakespeare)
55. The Locked Ward: Memoirs of a Psychiatric Orderly (Dennis O'Donnell)
56. Earthbound (Paul Morley)
57. Carpe Jugulum (Terry Pratchett)
58. Sister (Rosamund Lupton)
59. Sphere (Michael Crichton)
60. The Fifth Elephant (Terry Pratchett)
61. The 32 Stops (Danny Dorling)
62. The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
63. Cathedral of Lies (John Pye)
64. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
65. The Truth (Terry Pratchett)
66. The Yellow Birds (Kevin Powers)
67. A Good Parcel of English Soil (Richard Mabey)
68. Thief of Time (Terry Pratchett)
69. Rob Roy (Sir Walter Scott)
70. Afterwards (Rosamund Lupton)
71. Good News of Great Joy: Daily Readings for Advent (John Piper)
72. Puzzle Adventure Omnibus (Jenny Tyler, Gaby Waters, Karen Dolby, Martin Oliver)
73. Agent Arthur's Puzzle Adventures (Martin Oliver)
74. Paranormal Hertfordshire (Damien O'Dell)
In Progress
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Planning to Read
Night Watch (Terry Pratchett)
A History of Capitalism According to the Jubilee Line (John O'Farrell)
Know and Tell The Gospel (John Chapman)
The Last Hero (Terry Pratchett)
Monstrous Regiment (Terry Pratchett)
The Shining (Stephen King)
Martin Chuzzlewit (Charles Dickens)
Movies
1. Blade Runner (Final Cut - 2007) (Ridley Scott, 1982)
2. Lady and the Tramp (Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, 1955)
3. Brüno (Larry Charles, 2009)
4. The Impossible (Juan Antonio Bayona, 2012)
5. Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, 1980)
6. White Fang (Randal Kleiser, 1991)
7. Stand by Me (Rob Reiner, 1986)
8. Kari-gurashi no Arietti (Arrietty) (Hiromasa Yonebayashi, 2010)
9. The Woman in Black (James Watkins, 2012)
10. Futurama: Bender's Game (Dwayne Carey-Hill, 2008)
11. Up (Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, 2009)
12. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)
13. Toy Story (John Lasseter, 1995)
14. Anchors Aweigh (George Sidney, 1945)
15. Source Code (Duncan Jones, 2011)
16. The Ides of March (George Clooney, 2011)
17. Wuthering Heights (Andrea Arnold, 2011)
18. Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985)
19. Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, 2001)
20. The Inbetweeners Movie (Ben Palmer, 2011)
21. Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (Pete Michels, 2006)
22. Withnail and I (Bruce Robinson, 1987)
23. War Horse (Steven Spielberg, 2011)
24. The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987)
25. Colin (Marc Price, 2008)
26. Wild at Heart (David Lynch, 1990)
27. The Place Beyond the Pines (Derek Cianfrance, 2012)
28. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
29. Mr. Nice (Bernard Rose, 2010)
30. Hauru no ugoko shiro (Howl's Moving Castle) (Hayao Miyazaki, 2004)
31. Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich, 1999)
32. Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run) (Tom Tykwer, 1998)
33. Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
34. Atonement (Joe Wright, 2007)
35. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (David Yates, 2011)
36. Animal Farm (John Halas, 1955)
37. Die Hard 4.0 (Len Wiseman, 2007)
38. Star Trek: Into Darkness (J.J. Abrams, 2013)
39. Zathura: A Space Adventure (Jon Favreau, 2005)
40. The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010)
41. The Man Who Fell to Earth (Nicholas Roeg, 1976)
42. Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (Peter Avanzino, 2009)
43. The Dam Busters (Michael Anderson, 1955)
44. Ring 2 (Hideo Nakata, 2005)
45. Man of Steel (Zack Snyder, 2013)
46. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron, 2006)
47. King Solomon's Mines (Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton, 1950)
48. Kill Bill Volume 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
49. Kill Bill Volume 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004)
50. The Graduate (Mike Nichols, 1967)
51. Despicable Me (Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud, 2010)
52. Billy Elliot (Stephen Daldry, 2000)
53. Be Kind Rewind (Michael Gondry, 2008)
54. The World's End (Edgar Wright, 2013) - seen twice
55. Sightseers (Ben Wheatley, 2012)
56. The Amazing Mr. Blunden (Lionel Jeffries, 1972)
57. The Thief of Bagdad (Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan, Alexander Korda, Zoltan Korda, William Cameron Menzies, 1940)
58. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (Declan Lowney, 2013)
59. Shi mian mai fu (House of Flying Daggers) (Yimou Zhang, 2004)
60. The Eye (David Moreau, Xavier Palud, 2008)
61. El Cid (Anthony Mann, 1961)
62. Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
63. Scarface (Brian de Palma, 1983)
64. Bugsy Malone (Alan Parker, 1976)
65. Wuthering Heights (William Wyler, 1939)
66. The Hound of the Baskervilles (David Attwood, 2002)
67. Transamerica (Duncan Tucker, 2005)
68. Dracula (Tod Browning, 1931)
69. Day of the Dead (George A. Romero, 1985)
70. Marnie (Alfred Hitchcock, 1964)
71. Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron, 2013)
72. Labyrinth (Jim Henson, 1986)
73. Alice in Wonderland (Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, 1951)
74. Jane Eyre (Cary Joji Fukunaga, 2011)
75. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Peter Jackson, 2013)
76. Scrooge (Brian Desmond-Hurst, 1951) (Colourised version, 1989)
77. Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich, 2010)
Seen for the first time: 48
Rewatched: 30
Finished
1. A Street Cat Named Bob (James Bowen)
2. Flow, My Tears, the Policeman Said (Philip K. Dick)
3. Moving Pictures (Terry Pratchett)
4. The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)
5. The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
6. The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
7. Reaper Man (Terry Pratchett)
8. Londoners: The Days and Nights of London Now - as Told by Those Who Love it, Hate it, Live it, Left it and Long for it (Craig Taylor)
9. Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction (Sue Townsend)
10. David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
11. Witches Abroad (Terry Pratchett)
12. Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria (Noo Saro-Wiwa)
13. Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
14. The Plague Dogs (Richard Adams)
15. Small Gods (Terry Pratchett)
16. The Book of London Place Names (Caroline Taggart)
17. The Bellwether Revivals (Benjamin Wood)
18. Lords and Ladies (Terry Pratchett)
19. Stonemouth (Iain Banks)
20. Underground Overground (Andrew Martin)
21. Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
22. Last Things First (Graham Beynon)
23. Men at Arms (Terry Pratchett)
24. A Northern Line Minute (William Leith)
25. Clay (Melissa Harrison)
26. London's Strangest Tales (Tom Quinn)
27. Soul Music (Terry Pratchett)
28. The Oxford Book of Exploration (Robin Hanbury-Tenison)
29. The Teleportation Accident (Ned Beauman)
30. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
31. What We Talk About When We Talk About the Tube (John Lanchester)
32. Interesting Times (Terry Pratchett)
33. To Make a Killing (Michael Crawshaw)
34. A Fresh Start (John Chapman)
35. Nicholas Nickleby (Charles Dickens)
36. Maskerade (Terry Pratchett)
37. The Blue Riband (Peter York)
38. The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil (George Saunders)
39. Joyland (Stephen King)
40. Feet of Clay (Terry Pratchett)
41. Walk the Lines (Mark Mason)
42. The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
43. Mind the Child (Camila Batmanghelidjh and Kids Company)
44. HHhH (Laurent Binet)
45. Hogfather (Terry Pratchett)
46. The Narnia Code (Michael Ward)
47. A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
48. The World According to Bob (James Bowen)
49. Jingo (Terry Pratchett)
50. Heads and Straights (Lucy Wadham)
51. Can You Hear God? (Joyce Sibthorpe)
52. The Last Continent (Terry Pratchett)
53. Setting Hearts on Fire (John Chapman)
54. The Winter's Tale (William Shakespeare)
55. The Locked Ward: Memoirs of a Psychiatric Orderly (Dennis O'Donnell)
56. Earthbound (Paul Morley)
57. Carpe Jugulum (Terry Pratchett)
58. Sister (Rosamund Lupton)
59. Sphere (Michael Crichton)
60. The Fifth Elephant (Terry Pratchett)
61. The 32 Stops (Danny Dorling)
62. The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
63. Cathedral of Lies (John Pye)
64. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
65. The Truth (Terry Pratchett)
66. The Yellow Birds (Kevin Powers)
67. A Good Parcel of English Soil (Richard Mabey)
68. Thief of Time (Terry Pratchett)
69. Rob Roy (Sir Walter Scott)
70. Afterwards (Rosamund Lupton)
71. Good News of Great Joy: Daily Readings for Advent (John Piper)
72. Puzzle Adventure Omnibus (Jenny Tyler, Gaby Waters, Karen Dolby, Martin Oliver)
73. Agent Arthur's Puzzle Adventures (Martin Oliver)
74. Paranormal Hertfordshire (Damien O'Dell)
In Progress
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Planning to Read
Night Watch (Terry Pratchett)
A History of Capitalism According to the Jubilee Line (John O'Farrell)
Know and Tell The Gospel (John Chapman)
The Last Hero (Terry Pratchett)
Monstrous Regiment (Terry Pratchett)
The Shining (Stephen King)
Martin Chuzzlewit (Charles Dickens)
Movies
1. Blade Runner (Final Cut - 2007) (Ridley Scott, 1982)
2. Lady and the Tramp (Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, 1955)
3. Brüno (Larry Charles, 2009)
4. The Impossible (Juan Antonio Bayona, 2012)
5. Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, 1980)
6. White Fang (Randal Kleiser, 1991)
7. Stand by Me (Rob Reiner, 1986)
8. Kari-gurashi no Arietti (Arrietty) (Hiromasa Yonebayashi, 2010)
9. The Woman in Black (James Watkins, 2012)
10. Futurama: Bender's Game (Dwayne Carey-Hill, 2008)
11. Up (Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, 2009)
12. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)
13. Toy Story (John Lasseter, 1995)
14. Anchors Aweigh (George Sidney, 1945)
15. Source Code (Duncan Jones, 2011)
16. The Ides of March (George Clooney, 2011)
17. Wuthering Heights (Andrea Arnold, 2011)
18. Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985)
19. Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, 2001)
20. The Inbetweeners Movie (Ben Palmer, 2011)
21. Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (Pete Michels, 2006)
22. Withnail and I (Bruce Robinson, 1987)
23. War Horse (Steven Spielberg, 2011)
24. The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987)
25. Colin (Marc Price, 2008)
26. Wild at Heart (David Lynch, 1990)
27. The Place Beyond the Pines (Derek Cianfrance, 2012)
28. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
29. Mr. Nice (Bernard Rose, 2010)
30. Hauru no ugoko shiro (Howl's Moving Castle) (Hayao Miyazaki, 2004)
31. Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich, 1999)
32. Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run) (Tom Tykwer, 1998)
33. Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
34. Atonement (Joe Wright, 2007)
35. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (David Yates, 2011)
36. Animal Farm (John Halas, 1955)
37. Die Hard 4.0 (Len Wiseman, 2007)
38. Star Trek: Into Darkness (J.J. Abrams, 2013)
39. Zathura: A Space Adventure (Jon Favreau, 2005)
40. The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010)
41. The Man Who Fell to Earth (Nicholas Roeg, 1976)
42. Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (Peter Avanzino, 2009)
43. The Dam Busters (Michael Anderson, 1955)
44. Ring 2 (Hideo Nakata, 2005)
45. Man of Steel (Zack Snyder, 2013)
46. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron, 2006)
47. King Solomon's Mines (Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton, 1950)
48. Kill Bill Volume 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
49. Kill Bill Volume 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004)
50. The Graduate (Mike Nichols, 1967)
51. Despicable Me (Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud, 2010)
52. Billy Elliot (Stephen Daldry, 2000)
53. Be Kind Rewind (Michael Gondry, 2008)
54. The World's End (Edgar Wright, 2013) - seen twice
55. Sightseers (Ben Wheatley, 2012)
56. The Amazing Mr. Blunden (Lionel Jeffries, 1972)
57. The Thief of Bagdad (Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan, Alexander Korda, Zoltan Korda, William Cameron Menzies, 1940)
58. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (Declan Lowney, 2013)
59. Shi mian mai fu (House of Flying Daggers) (Yimou Zhang, 2004)
60. The Eye (David Moreau, Xavier Palud, 2008)
61. El Cid (Anthony Mann, 1961)
62. Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
63. Scarface (Brian de Palma, 1983)
64. Bugsy Malone (Alan Parker, 1976)
65. Wuthering Heights (William Wyler, 1939)
66. The Hound of the Baskervilles (David Attwood, 2002)
67. Transamerica (Duncan Tucker, 2005)
68. Dracula (Tod Browning, 1931)
69. Day of the Dead (George A. Romero, 1985)
70. Marnie (Alfred Hitchcock, 1964)
71. Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron, 2013)
72. Labyrinth (Jim Henson, 1986)
73. Alice in Wonderland (Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, 1951)
74. Jane Eyre (Cary Joji Fukunaga, 2011)
75. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Peter Jackson, 2013)
76. Scrooge (Brian Desmond-Hurst, 1951) (Colourised version, 1989)
77. Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich, 2010)
Seen for the first time: 48
Rewatched: 30