Been crazy busy for the last few months, so I’ve fallen way behind on this (and it’s also why I’ve watched so few movies lately, but incidentally has allowed for a lot of audiobooks.) So here’s a long-delayed update for something that absolutely nobody reads because I really just do it for my own benefit.

Movies

• Deadpool (2016)
• Zoolander 2 (2016)
• Zootopia (2016)
• The Loft (2015)
• Spectre (2015)
• The Voices (2015)
• The Witch (2015)
• After Earth (2013)
• Odd Thomas (2013)
• Slightly Single in L.A. (2012)
• The Strangers (2008)
• Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
• Pride & Prejudice (2005)
• The Cat’s Meow (2001)

Books

• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (audiobook) — 4/5
• Modern Romance: An Investigation by Aziz Ansari (audiobook) — 5/5
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz #1) by L. Frank Baum (audiobook) — 4/5
• Skeleton Creek (Skeleton Creek #1) by Patrick Carman — 4/5
• 14 by Peter Clines (audiobook) — 5/5
• The De-Textbook: The Stuff You Didn’t Know About the Stuff You Thought You Knew by Cracked.com — 5/5
• I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High by Tony Danza (audiobook) — 5/5
• Predator One (Joe Ledger #7) by Jonathan Maberry (audiobook) — 5/5
• Remember: The Journey to School Integration by Toni Morrison — 4/5
• Jerry Finnegan’s Sister by Jack Neary — 3/5
• Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare — 5/5
• The Only Pirate at the Party by Lindsey Stirling (audiobook) — 5/5

Music

• Art of Dying – “Everything”
• Blue October – “Fear”
• Darius Rucker – “Miss You”
• James Bay – “Hold Back the River”
• Keith Urban – “Somewhere In My Car”
• Rise Against – “Tragedy + Time”
• The Summer Set – “Missin’ You”
• Take That – “These Days”
• Thompson Square – “I Can’t Outrun You”
• twenty one pilots – “Tear In My Heart”
• Twin Atlantic – “Fall Into The Party”

Didn’t see a lot of movies this month, but I did rewatch a couple Disney classics that I haven’t seen since I was a kid; unfortunately, for my money neither Dumbo nor The AristoCats holds up overly well, although I actually enjoyed AristoCats a bit more.

Movies

• The Last Five Years (2015)
• The Revenant (2015)
• Sisters (2015)
• Here Comes The Boom (2012)
• The I Inside (2003)
• The AristoCats (1970)
• Dumbo (1941)

Books

• The Last American Vampire by Seth Grahame-Smith (audiobook) — 4/5
• Rot & Ruin (Rot & Ruin #1) by Jonathan Maberry — 4/5

Music

• AFI – “A Deep Slow Panic”
• Anna Kendrick – “Still Hurting” (from The Last Five Years)
• David Bowie – “Lazarus”
• The Dreaming – “Painkillers”
• Halestorm – “I Am The Fire”
• Keira Knightley – “A Step You Can’t Take Back” (from Begin Again)
• Mumford & Sons – “Believe”
• Natalie Imbruglia – “I Will Follow You Into The Dark”
• The Struts – “Could Have Been Me”

Movies:

• Crimson Peak (2015)
• The Martian (2015)
• The Visit (2015)
• Another Me (2014)
• The Babadook (2014)
• Mama (2013)
• The Box (2009)
• Dead Snow (2009)
• Road House (1989)

Books:

• The Fires of Calderon (Balance Keepers #1) by Lindsay Cummings – 3/5
• You’re Never Weird On The Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day (audiobook) – 5/5
• World of Warcraft: War Crimes by Christie Golden (audiobook) – 4/5
• Looking for Alaska by John Green – 4/5
• Love is the Higher Law by David Levithan – 4/5
• Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, Vol. 1: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman – 5/5
• Dreamlander by K.M. Weiland – 3/5
• The Martian by Andy Weir – 5/5

Music:

• A Great Big World – This Is the New Year
• Darling Parade – Crash & Burn
• Gwen Stefani – Used To Love You
• Hamilton Cast Album
• Leslie Odom Jr. – Wait For It (from Hamilton)
• Lindsey Stirling – Shatter Me (feat. Lzzy Hale)

Another couple of months where I didn’t get out to the movies too much, but I did do a good amount of reading. I’m taking a class on Teaching Young Adult Fiction, which has given me a good excuse to check out a lot of YA fiction.

Movies

• American Ultra (2015)
• The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)
• Trainwreck (2015)
• The Maze Runner (2014)
• Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
• The Marine (2006)
• Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)

Books

• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (audiobook) — 4/5
• The Battle of Jericho (Jericho #1) by Sharon M. Draper — 2/5
• Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman — 3/5
• Paper Towns by John Green — 5/5
• Code Zero (Joe Ledger #6) by Jonathan Maberry (audiobook) — 5/5
• Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion (audiobook) — 4/5
• Lies My Girlfriend Told Me by Julie Anne Peters (audiobook) — 5/5

Music

• Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness – “Cecilia and the Satellite”
• Halestorm – Into The Wild Life
• James Durbin – “Parachute”
• OneRepublic – “I Lived”
• Panic! At the Disco – “Hallelujah”
• Rascal Flatts – “Come Wake Me Up”
• Sixx:A.M. – “Gotta Get It Right”

Ant-Man. Seriously, how about that Ant-Man? Marvel took a character I had very little knowledge of or interest in and turned it into what’s easily one of the three most pure fun Marvel movies (alongside the original Iron Man and Guardians of the Galaxy.) Paul Rudd was the perfect casting choice, and Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, & Michael Douglas do an awesome job rounding out the cast. I kinda want to go see it again.

On the book front, I was apparently on a kick of books that were turned into movies starring Shailene Woodley. Fine with me, because both Divergent & The Fault In Our Stars were pretty great.

Movies:

• Ant-Man (2015)
• Jurassic World (2015)
• Terminator Genisys (2015)
• The Unwanted (2014)
• School of Rock (2003)

Books:

• Screw The Galaxy (Hard Luck  Hank #1) by Steven Campbell (audiobook)
• The Fault In Our Stars by John Green (audiobook)
• Hexed (The Iron Druid Chronicles #2) by Kevin Hearne (audiobook)
• Divergent (Divergent #1) by Veronica Roth

Music:

• Fozzy – “S.O.S.”
• Halestorm – “Empire State of Mind”
• Journey – “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)”
• Love and Theft – “If You Ever Get Lonely”
• Silvertide – “Try, Try, Try”

Half of the movies I watched this month starred Anna Kendrick. This is never a bad thing.

Movies:

• Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
• Spy (2015)
• Ted 2 (2015)
• They Came Together (2014)
• Pitch Perfect (2012)
• Up In The Air (2009)

Books:

• This We Believe In Action: Implementing Successful Middle Level Schools by Association for Middle Level Education
• Writing the Paranormal Novel by Steven Harper
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter #6) by J.K. Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter #7) by J.K. Rowling
• Those Who Can, Teach by Kevin Ryan

Music:

• The Rocket Summer – “200,000”
• Whitesnake – “Here I Go Again”