Lara's Media-Consumed List of 2018! (Books and movies only! because it's been one helluva year.)
(I am sure I'm forgetting some books here, but well.)
(Beginning from Dec 18, 2017, because China.)
+ Hyperion, Dan Simmons
---- reread
---- got the women thing going on, god dammit. ( Maiden/mother/whore )
+ *Code, Charles Petzold
---- unfinished. I really should finish it. It's quite a good explanation for the laywoman.
+ Ready Player One, E.L. Cline
---- decent read, but tired of the heroboy bildungsroman tropes.
+ Hillbilly Elegy, Jack Vance
+ *Automate the Boring Stuff with Python
+ Frippe Lagar Allt, Lars Klinting
---- high literature
+ Modern Romance, Aziz Ansari
+ Dataclysm, Christian Rudder
---- I read these two books together in order to
+ SAGA 1, 2, 3
---- "modern sensibilities are the only sensibilities"
---- decent enough, but falls into the unfortunate trap of it's-going-to-be-dated-within-thirty-years.
+ *Kushiel's Dart, Jacqueline Carey
---- got 314 pages in. incredibly bored. put it down.
+ Ancillary Justice, Anne Leckie
---- <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
+ *Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari
+ *Ancillary Sword, Ann Leckie
---- I read 3/4 this book, but put it aside because !!!! was happening in my life. Someday I will buy this series/ask for it for a gift-giving occasion, because it is absolutely stellar <3
+ Binti, Nnedi Okorafor
---- wanted to like it, but was not a fan.
+ Evolution's Darling, Scott Westerfeld
---- ...interesting.
+ Leviathan
+ Behemoth
+ Goliath, Scott Westerfeld
---- decent, fun, quick reads.
+ 2001, A Space Odyssey, Arthur C Clarke
+ 1984, George Orwell
---- reread
+ Heart of a Dog, Mikhail Bulgakov
+ Persepolis
+ Persepolis II, Marjane Satrapi
+ Unreal!
+ Uncanny!, Paul Jennings
---- rereads
---- I originally read these when I was eeny-meeny. I remembered some particular stories from them, and wanted to see if they still held up. They don't, but it was an interesting look.
+ Who? Algis Budrys
+ Redshirts, John Scalzi
+ *Seveneves, Neal Stephenson
---- I started this book on the NYC trip at the end of March and am finishing it now in July. It's amazing, my long-reading notwithstanding.
+ The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five, Doris Lessing
---- god, this took me forever. I went into it with hopes, but was ultimately disappointed by the author's reinforcement of gender stereotypes as "natural order".
+ The Golden Chain, Peter Russell
+ Othello, Shakespeare
+ Paradises Lost, Ursula Le Guin
---- reread
---- god I love this novella
+ The Brothers Lionheart, Astrid Lindgren
+ The Tempest, Shakespeare
+ *Starship Troopers, Robert A Heinlein
---- (sigh)
Oh Yeah and Movies
+ Hot Fuzz
+ Moana
+ I don't remember what else I've watched this year
+ Solo
+ Deadpool 2
+ Coco
(Beginning from Dec 18, 2017, because China.)
+ Hyperion, Dan Simmons
---- reread
---- got the women thing going on, god dammit. ( Maiden/mother/whore )
+ *Code, Charles Petzold
---- unfinished. I really should finish it. It's quite a good explanation for the laywoman.
+ Ready Player One, E.L. Cline
---- decent read, but tired of the heroboy bildungsroman tropes.
+ Hillbilly Elegy, Jack Vance
+ *Automate the Boring Stuff with Python
+ Frippe Lagar Allt, Lars Klinting
---- high literature
+ Modern Romance, Aziz Ansari
+ Dataclysm, Christian Rudder
---- I read these two books together in order to
+ SAGA 1, 2, 3
---- "modern sensibilities are the only sensibilities"
---- decent enough, but falls into the unfortunate trap of it's-going-to-be-dated-within-thirty-years.
+ *Kushiel's Dart, Jacqueline Carey
---- got 314 pages in. incredibly bored. put it down.
+ Ancillary Justice, Anne Leckie
---- <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
+ *Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari
+ *Ancillary Sword, Ann Leckie
---- I read 3/4 this book, but put it aside because !!!! was happening in my life. Someday I will buy this series/ask for it for a gift-giving occasion, because it is absolutely stellar <3
+ Binti, Nnedi Okorafor
---- wanted to like it, but was not a fan.
+ Evolution's Darling, Scott Westerfeld
---- ...interesting.
+ Leviathan
+ Behemoth
+ Goliath, Scott Westerfeld
---- decent, fun, quick reads.
+ 2001, A Space Odyssey, Arthur C Clarke
+ 1984, George Orwell
---- reread
+ Heart of a Dog, Mikhail Bulgakov
+ Persepolis
+ Persepolis II, Marjane Satrapi
+ Unreal!
+ Uncanny!, Paul Jennings
---- rereads
---- I originally read these when I was eeny-meeny. I remembered some particular stories from them, and wanted to see if they still held up. They don't, but it was an interesting look.
+ Who? Algis Budrys
+ Redshirts, John Scalzi
+ *Seveneves, Neal Stephenson
---- I started this book on the NYC trip at the end of March and am finishing it now in July. It's amazing, my long-reading notwithstanding.
+ The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five, Doris Lessing
---- god, this took me forever. I went into it with hopes, but was ultimately disappointed by the author's reinforcement of gender stereotypes as "natural order".
+ The Golden Chain, Peter Russell
+ Othello, Shakespeare
+ Paradises Lost, Ursula Le Guin
---- reread
---- god I love this novella
+ The Brothers Lionheart, Astrid Lindgren
+ The Tempest, Shakespeare
+ *Starship Troopers, Robert A Heinlein
---- (sigh)
Oh Yeah and Movies
+ Hot Fuzz
+ Moana
+ I don't remember what else I've watched this year
+ Solo
+ Deadpool 2
+ Coco