2013
a short guide:
▲ complete △ ongoing ♻ read/seen before (number of times read/seen) ✖ dropped
all titles are linked to wikipedia (or something similar, if not available)
★★★★★ brilliant; favourite
★★★★☆ excellent; strongly recommended
★★★☆☆ good
★★☆☆☆ ok
★☆☆☆☆ subpar
☆☆☆☆☆ trash; complete and utter waste of time
(½ equals half a star bc i can)
currently reading:
♻ (5) Tolkien, J.R.R.; The Hobbit (1937) ★★★★★
▲Milton, John: Paradise Lost (1667)
▲Stoker, Bram: Dracula (1897)
currently watching:
♻ (3) Sherlock, season 1 (2010) E01 ★★★★★
♻ (2) The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, season 1 E11 (1990-1991) ★★★★☆
▲Legal High E06 (2012)
♻ (3) Sailor Moon E10 ★★★☆☆
△Attack on Titan 進撃の巨人 E17 (2013)
▲Psycho-Pass サイコパス E02 (2012)
▲ひみつの嵐ちゃん! Arashi's Secrets (2008-2013) E009
▲Cの嵐! Arashi's Claims (2002-2003) E05
▲Dの嵐! Document Press Arashi (2003-2005) E025
books:
▲Austen, Jane: Mansfield Park (1814) ★★★☆☆☆
▲Austen, Jane: Persuasion (1818) ★★★★☆
♻ (2) Brontë, Charlotte: Jane Eyre (1847) ★★★★★
▲Collins, Suzanne; The Hunger Games (2008) ★½☆☆☆
▲Clarke, Arthur C.: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) ★★★★☆
▲Foucault, Michel: Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason (1964) ★★★☆☆
▲Foucault, Michel: The History of Sexuality Vol. I: The Will to Knowledge (1976) ★★★☆☆
▲Green, John: The Fault in Our Stars (2012) ★☆☆☆☆
▲Hoshi, Shinichi: The Capricious Robot きまぐれロボット (1986) ★★★☆☆
▲Murakami, Haruki: Sleep ねむり (1989) ★★★☆☆
▲Murakami, Ryu: Almost Transparent Blue 限りなく透明に近いブルー (1976) ★★★★☆
▲Niffeneger, Audrey: The Time Traveler's Wife (2003) ★★½☆☆
▲Narayan, R.K.: The Painter of Signs (1976) ★★★½☆
▲Ogawa, Yoko: La petite pièce hexagonale 六角形の小部屋 (2004) ★★★½☆
▲Rushdie, Salman: Luka and the Fire of Life (2010) ★★★★½
♻ (3) Shakespeare, William: Romeo and Juliet ★★★★★
▲Shakesspeare, William: The Taming of the Shrew (1592) ★★☆☆☆
♻ (2) Shakespeare, William: Hamlet (1623) ★★★★★
♻ (3) Shakespeare, William: A Midsummernight's Dream (1590) ★★★★★
▲Shakespeare, William: King Lear (1623) ★★★★★
▲Shakespeare, William: A Winter's Tale ★★★½☆
▲Sebold, Alice: The Lovely Bones (2002) ★★☆☆☆
▲Spackman, William Mode: A Difference of Design (1983) ★½☆☆☆
▲Swift, Jonathan: Gulliver's Travels (1726) ★★★☆☆
▲Wilde, Oscar: Complete Short Fiction (pub. 2003) ★★★★☆
manga:
△Aida, Natsumi: Switch Girl!! スイッチガール!! (2006) ★★½☆☆
△Katou, Kazue ao no exorcist青の祓魔師（エクソシスト）(2012) ★★★☆☆
△Kondou, Kazuma deadman wonderland (2012) ★★★☆☆
△Nakamura, Asumiko J no Subete Jの総て (2004) ★★★★★
▲Nakamura, Asumiko: The Breath of Copernicus コペルニクスの呼吸 (2002)
▲Nakamura, Asumiko: Adolte and Adarte (2011) ★★★½☆
▲Nakamura, Asumiko: Noel ★★★☆☆
▲Ikeda, Riyoko: Claudine...! (1978) ★★★★½
♻ (2) Oda, Eichiiro: One Piece (1997), vol. 1-10 ★★★☆☆
△Park, Eun-Ah: Nocturne (2008) ★★★★☆
△SIU: TOWER OF GOD ★★★★★
▲Mamiya, Oki Das Demian Syndrom ミアン症候群 (1999), vol. 6 ★★★★½
Takemiya, Keiko: The Door to Summer 夏への扉 (1975) ★★★½☆
▲Yuki, Kaori: A devil from a foreign land (2010), vol. 1 ★★★☆☆
animation:
▲Persepolis (2011) ★★★★★
▲The Cat Returns 猫の恩返し (2002) ★★★★☆
▲Zetsuai 1989 絶愛-1989- (1989) ★☆☆☆☆
▲Princess Mononoke (1997) ★★★★★
▲Ocean Waves 海がきこえる (1993) ★★★½☆
▲Hercules (1997) ★★★½☆
▲The Black Cauldron (1985) ★★★★☆
▲Tangled (2010) ★★★★½
▲Toy Story (1995) ★★☆☆☆
▲Sindbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) ★★☆☆☆
anime
dorama
▲Hanazakari no Kimitachi e 花ざかりの君たちへ (2011) ★★☆☆☆
series:
▲The IT crowd, season 1 (2006) ★★★★☆
▲The IT crowd, season 2 (2007) ★★★★☆
▲The IT crowd, season 3 (2008) ★★★½☆
▲The IT crowd, season 4 (2010) ★★★½☆
♻ (2) The Big Bang Theory, season 3 (2009) ★★★½☆
▲The Big Bang Theory, season 4 (2010) ★★★☆☆
▲The Big Bang Theory, season 5 (2011) ★★½☆☆
▲The Big Bang Theory, season 6 (2012) ★★½☆☆
▲Game of Thrones, season 2 (2011) ★★★★★
▲LOST, season 1 (2004) ★★★★★
▲LOST, season 2 (2005) ★★★★½
▲LOST, season 3 (2006) ★★★★½
▲Misfits, season 1 (2009) ★★★★★
▲Misfits, season 2 (2010) ★★★★★
▲Misfits, season 3 (2011) ★★★★½
▲Misfits, season 4 (2011) ★½☆☆☆
▲My Mad Fat Diary (2013) ★★★★★
▲Skins, season 4 (2010) ★★★½☆
▲Skins, season 5 (2011) ★★½☆☆
▲Skins, season 6 (2012) ★½☆☆☆
▲Some Girls (2012) ½☆☆☆☆
▲Hannibal (2013) ★★★★★
▲The Following (2013) ★★★☆☆
♻ (2) Full House (1987) ★★★☆☆
▲The Inbetweeners, season 1 (2008) ★★★☆☆
▲The Inbetweeners, season 2 (2009) ★★★☆☆
▲The Inbetweeners, season 3 (2010) ★★★☆☆
movies:
▲The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) ★★★★½
▲The Hunger Games (2012) ★★☆☆☆
▲Thor (2011) ★★☆☆☆
▲Sleeping Beauty (2011) ★★★★★
▲The Cruel Story of our Youth (1961) ★★★★★
▲Junglee जंगल (1961) ★★☆☆☆
♻ (9) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) ★★★★½
▲Shame (2011) ★★★★☆
▲Intolerable Cruelty (2003) ★★★☆☆
▲The Avengers (2012) ★★½☆☆
♻ (2) To Be or Not to Be (1942) ★★★★★
▲King Lear (PBS) (2008) ★★★★½
▲Star Trek: Into the Darkness (2013) ★★½☆☆
♻ (2) Hannibal Rising ★☆☆☆☆
♻ (2) Red Dragon ★★★☆☆
▲Manhunter (1986) ★★½☆☆
♻ (2) Hannibal (2001) ★★★½☆
▲The Silence of the Lambs (1991) ★★★★☆
▲The Birds (1963) ★★★★★
▲A Dangerous Method (2011) ★★★★☆
▲Kahaani (2012) ★★★☆☆
▲Dark Shadows (2012) ★★½☆☆
▲The Woman in Black (2012) ★★★½☆
▲Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
▲ complete △ ongoing ♻ read/seen before (number of times read/seen) ✖ dropped
all titles are linked to wikipedia (or something similar, if not available)
★★★★★ brilliant; favourite
★★★★☆ excellent; strongly recommended
★★★☆☆ good
★★☆☆☆ ok
★☆☆☆☆ subpar
☆☆☆☆☆ trash; complete and utter waste of time
(½ equals half a star bc i can)
currently reading:
♻ (5) Tolkien, J.R.R.; The Hobbit (1937) ★★★★★
▲Milton, John: Paradise Lost (1667)
▲Stoker, Bram: Dracula (1897)
currently watching:
♻ (3) Sherlock, season 1 (2010) E01 ★★★★★
♻ (2) The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, season 1 E11 (1990-1991) ★★★★☆
▲Legal High E06 (2012)
♻ (3) Sailor Moon E10 ★★★☆☆
△Attack on Titan 進撃の巨人 E17 (2013)
▲Psycho-Pass サイコパス E02 (2012)
▲ひみつの嵐ちゃん! Arashi's Secrets (2008-2013) E009
▲Cの嵐! Arashi's Claims (2002-2003) E05
▲Dの嵐! Document Press Arashi (2003-2005) E025
books:
▲Austen, Jane: Mansfield Park (1814) ★★★☆☆☆
▲Austen, Jane: Persuasion (1818) ★★★★☆
♻ (2) Brontë, Charlotte: Jane Eyre (1847) ★★★★★
▲Collins, Suzanne; The Hunger Games (2008) ★½☆☆☆
▲Clarke, Arthur C.: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) ★★★★☆
▲Foucault, Michel: Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason (1964) ★★★☆☆
▲Foucault, Michel: The History of Sexuality Vol. I: The Will to Knowledge (1976) ★★★☆☆
▲Green, John: The Fault in Our Stars (2012) ★☆☆☆☆
▲Hoshi, Shinichi: The Capricious Robot きまぐれロボット (1986) ★★★☆☆
▲Murakami, Haruki: Sleep ねむり (1989) ★★★☆☆
▲Murakami, Ryu: Almost Transparent Blue 限りなく透明に近いブルー (1976) ★★★★☆
▲Niffeneger, Audrey: The Time Traveler's Wife (2003) ★★½☆☆
▲Narayan, R.K.: The Painter of Signs (1976) ★★★½☆
▲Ogawa, Yoko: La petite pièce hexagonale 六角形の小部屋 (2004) ★★★½☆
▲Rushdie, Salman: Luka and the Fire of Life (2010) ★★★★½
♻ (3) Shakespeare, William: Romeo and Juliet ★★★★★
▲Shakesspeare, William: The Taming of the Shrew (1592) ★★☆☆☆
♻ (2) Shakespeare, William: Hamlet (1623) ★★★★★
♻ (3) Shakespeare, William: A Midsummernight's Dream (1590) ★★★★★
▲Shakespeare, William: King Lear (1623) ★★★★★
▲Shakespeare, William: A Winter's Tale ★★★½☆
▲Sebold, Alice: The Lovely Bones (2002) ★★☆☆☆
▲Spackman, William Mode: A Difference of Design (1983) ★½☆☆☆
▲Swift, Jonathan: Gulliver's Travels (1726) ★★★☆☆
▲Wilde, Oscar: Complete Short Fiction (pub. 2003) ★★★★☆
manga:
△Aida, Natsumi: Switch Girl!! スイッチガール!! (2006) ★★½☆☆
△Katou, Kazue ao no exorcist青の祓魔師（エクソシスト）(2012) ★★★☆☆
△Kondou, Kazuma deadman wonderland (2012) ★★★☆☆
△Nakamura, Asumiko J no Subete Jの総て (2004) ★★★★★
▲Nakamura, Asumiko: The Breath of Copernicus コペルニクスの呼吸 (2002)
▲Nakamura, Asumiko: Adolte and Adarte (2011) ★★★½☆
▲Nakamura, Asumiko: Noel ★★★☆☆
▲Ikeda, Riyoko: Claudine...! (1978) ★★★★½
♻ (2) Oda, Eichiiro: One Piece (1997), vol. 1-10 ★★★☆☆
△Park, Eun-Ah: Nocturne (2008) ★★★★☆
△SIU: TOWER OF GOD ★★★★★
▲Mamiya, Oki Das Demian Syndrom ミアン症候群 (1999), vol. 6 ★★★★½
Takemiya, Keiko: The Door to Summer 夏への扉 (1975) ★★★½☆
▲Yuki, Kaori: A devil from a foreign land (2010), vol. 1 ★★★☆☆
animation:
▲Persepolis (2011) ★★★★★
▲The Cat Returns 猫の恩返し (2002) ★★★★☆
▲Zetsuai 1989 絶愛-1989- (1989) ★☆☆☆☆
▲Princess Mononoke (1997) ★★★★★
▲Ocean Waves 海がきこえる (1993) ★★★½☆
▲Hercules (1997) ★★★½☆
▲The Black Cauldron (1985) ★★★★☆
▲Tangled (2010) ★★★★½
▲Toy Story (1995) ★★☆☆☆
▲Sindbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) ★★☆☆☆
anime
dorama
▲Hanazakari no Kimitachi e 花ざかりの君たちへ (2011) ★★☆☆☆
series:
▲The IT crowd, season 1 (2006) ★★★★☆
▲The IT crowd, season 2 (2007) ★★★★☆
▲The IT crowd, season 3 (2008) ★★★½☆
▲The IT crowd, season 4 (2010) ★★★½☆
♻ (2) The Big Bang Theory, season 3 (2009) ★★★½☆
▲The Big Bang Theory, season 4 (2010) ★★★☆☆
▲The Big Bang Theory, season 5 (2011) ★★½☆☆
▲The Big Bang Theory, season 6 (2012) ★★½☆☆
▲Game of Thrones, season 2 (2011) ★★★★★
▲LOST, season 1 (2004) ★★★★★
▲LOST, season 2 (2005) ★★★★½
▲LOST, season 3 (2006) ★★★★½
▲Misfits, season 1 (2009) ★★★★★
▲Misfits, season 2 (2010) ★★★★★
▲Misfits, season 3 (2011) ★★★★½
▲Misfits, season 4 (2011) ★½☆☆☆
▲My Mad Fat Diary (2013) ★★★★★
▲Skins, season 4 (2010) ★★★½☆
▲Skins, season 5 (2011) ★★½☆☆
▲Skins, season 6 (2012) ★½☆☆☆
▲Some Girls (2012) ½☆☆☆☆
▲Hannibal (2013) ★★★★★
▲The Following (2013) ★★★☆☆
♻ (2) Full House (1987) ★★★☆☆
▲The Inbetweeners, season 1 (2008) ★★★☆☆
▲The Inbetweeners, season 2 (2009) ★★★☆☆
▲The Inbetweeners, season 3 (2010) ★★★☆☆
movies:
▲The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) ★★★★½
▲The Hunger Games (2012) ★★☆☆☆
▲Thor (2011) ★★☆☆☆
▲Sleeping Beauty (2011) ★★★★★
▲The Cruel Story of our Youth (1961) ★★★★★
▲Junglee जंगल (1961) ★★☆☆☆
♻ (9) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) ★★★★½
▲Shame (2011) ★★★★☆
▲Intolerable Cruelty (2003) ★★★☆☆
▲The Avengers (2012) ★★½☆☆
♻ (2) To Be or Not to Be (1942) ★★★★★
▲King Lear (PBS) (2008) ★★★★½
▲Star Trek: Into the Darkness (2013) ★★½☆☆
♻ (2) Hannibal Rising ★☆☆☆☆
♻ (2) Red Dragon ★★★☆☆
▲Manhunter (1986) ★★½☆☆
♻ (2) Hannibal (2001) ★★★½☆
▲The Silence of the Lambs (1991) ★★★★☆
▲The Birds (1963) ★★★★★
▲A Dangerous Method (2011) ★★★★☆
▲Kahaani (2012) ★★★☆☆
▲Dark Shadows (2012) ★★½☆☆
▲The Woman in Black (2012) ★★★½☆
▲Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)