January: 11 books, 4 films
BOOKS:
- 1913 : in search of the world before the Great War, Charles Emmerson
- The graves are walking : the great famine and the saga of the Irish people, John Kelly
- Darkbeast, Morgan Keyes
- Dust Girl, Sarah Zettel
- Daybreak Zero, John Barnes
- Wither, Lauren DeStefano
- Gulp : adventures on the alimentary canal, Mary Roach
- Codex Born, Jim C Hines
- Fever, Lauren DeStefano
- Parasite, Mira Grant
- the Girl of Fire and Thorns, Rae Carson
FILMS:
- Sunshine
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- the Adventures of Galgameth
- Despicable Me 2
February: 8 books, 4 films
BOOKS:
- Children of God, Mary Doria Russell
- Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened, Allie Brosh
- Furthest, Suzette Haden Elgin
- To The Seventh Level, Suzette Haden Elgin
- the Crown of Embers, Rae Carson
- the Bitter Kingdom, Rae Carson
- the White Queen, Philippa Gregory
- the Red Queen, Philippa Gregory
FILMS:
- Pirate Radio
- Hotel Transylvania
- Ironclad
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
March: 7 books, 6 films
BOOKS:
- Women of the cousins' war : the duchess, the queen, and the king's mother, Philippa Gregory, David Baldwin, Michael Jones
- Longbourn, Jo Baker
- Lost girls : an unsolved American mystery, Robert Kolker
- Stuck in the middle with you : a memoir of parenting in three generations, Jennifer Finney Boylan
- A Darkling Sea, James L. Cambias
- the White Princess, Philippa Gregory
- Raising Steam, Terry Pratchett
FILMS:
- Nebraska
- the Hunger Games: Catching Fire
- the Stepford Wives (2004)
- Albert Nobbs
- Oblivion
- The Host
April: 12 books, 8 films
BOOKS:
- We Who Are About To..., Joanna Russ
- Blood Price, Tanya Huff
- The Invisible Code, Christopher Fowler
- the Last Dragonslayer, Jasper Fforde
- Smoke and Shadows, Tanya Huff
- All Our Pretty Songs, Sarah McCarry
- Sever, Lauren DeStefano
- Smoke and Mirrors, Tanya Huff
- Smoke and Ashes, Tanya Huff
- To Marry an English Lord, Gail MacColl
- Blood Trail, Tanya Huff
- Blood Lines, Tanya Huff
FILMS:
- Margin Call
- Thor: the Dark World
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
- the Fifth Estate
- Looper
- Frozen
- Dallas Buyers Club
- 12 Years A Slave
May: 9 books, 4 films
BOOKS:
- the Disappearing Spoon : and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements, Sam Kean.
- Fortunately, the milk, Neil Gaiman
- The Goblin Emperor, Katherine Addison
- Jessica Darling's It List, Megan McCafferty
- Blood Debt, Tanya Huff
- Smarter than you think : how technology is changing our minds for the better, Clive Thompson
- The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World From Scratch, Lewis Dartnell
- Blood Pact, Tanya Huff
- Generation A, Douglas Coupland
FILMS:
- Real Steel
- Godzilla (2014)
- Dark Shadows
- Princess Tam Tam
June: 8 books, 5 films
BOOKS:
- One Summer: America, 1927, Bill Bryson
- Broken Homes, Ben Aaronovitch
- Whipping girl : a transsexual woman on sexism and the scapegoating of femininity, Julia Serano
- Peacemaker, CJ Cherryh
- Mastering the art of Soviet cooking : a memoir of food and longing, Anya Von Bremzen
- Lighting for historic buildings : a guide to selecting reproduction lighting, Roger W. Moss
- the Dazzle of Day, Molly Gloss
- re-read: The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
FILMS:
- The Hobbit: the
Three-Hour CutsceneDesolation of Smaug - Philomena
- the Monuments Men
- $9.99
- Her
July: 9 books, 4 films
BOOKS:
- What Makes This Book So Great, Jo Walton
- War and the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, Janet Brennan Croft
- the Severed Streets, Paul Cornell
- Lengthening the day : a history of lighting technology, Brian Bowers
- My Real Children, Jo Walton
- Mrs. Woolf and the servants : an intimate history of domestic life in Bloomsbury, Alison Light
- To end all wars : a story of loyalty and rebellion, 1914-1918, Adam Hochschild
- Captain Vorpatril's Alliance, Lois McMaster Bujold
- Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History
FILMS:
- Jason and the Argonauts
- the Seventh Voyage of Sinbad
- Dude, Where's My Car?
- Warm Bodies
August: 12 books, 3 films
BOOKS:
- Pretty Guardian Sailormoon #1, Naoko Takeuchi
- Red Rising, Pierce Brown
- Freedom's Gate, Naomi Kritzer
- Freedom's Apprentice, Naomi Kritzer
- Freedom's Sisters, Naomi Kritzer
- On This Day in Chicago History, John R. Schmidt
- Fear of food : a history of why we worry about what we eat, Harvey Levenstein
- The One, Kiera Cass
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lives!: A World Without World War I, Richard Ned Lebow
- Sails on the Horizon, A Novel of the Napoleonic Wars, Jay Worrall
- Back to the Front: An Accidental Historian Walks the Trenches of World War I, Stephen O'Shea
- Bushman Lives!, Daniel Pinkwater
FILMS:
- Jodorowsky's Dune
- the Shop Around the Corner
- Tim's Vermeer
September: 8 books, 3 films
BOOKS:
- Written in My Own Heart's Blood, Diana Gabaldon
- Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good: A Memoir of Food and Love From An American Midwest Family, Kathleen Flinn
- The Chicago 77: A Community Area Handbook, Mary Zangs
- Any Approaching Enemy, A Novel of the Napoleonic Wars, Jay Worrall
- Wounded: A New History of the Western Front in World War I, E. R. Mayhew
- Finishing School: A Master Class for Knitters, Deborah Newton
- The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt
- Song of the Quarkbeast, Jasper Fforde
FILMS:
- Austenland
- Be Kind Rewind
- the Lego Movie
October: 7 books, 3 films
BOOKS:
- Ironskin, Tina Connolly
- The Bees, Laline Paull
- The Folklore of Discworld: Legends, Myths and Customs From the Discworld With Helpful Hints From Planet Earth, Terry Pratchett with Jacqueline Simpson
- Eye-deep in Hell: Trench Warfare in World War I, John Ellis
- Bright Lights, Big City, Jay McInerney
- re-read: The Last Unicorn, Peter S Beagle
- re-read: The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood
FILMS:
- Muppets Most Wanted
- Lesbian Vampire Killers (I was at a party DON'T JUDGE ME)
- The Machinist
November: 8 books, 6 films
BOOKS:
- A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Nonfiction, Terry Pratchett
- Pennyroyal Academy, M. A. Larson
- The Girls at the Kingfisher Club, Genevieve Valentine
- The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
- The Glass Cage: Automation and Us, Nicholas G. Carr
- Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That?: A Modern Guide to Manners, Henry Alford
- Literary Rogues: A Scandalous History of Wayward Authors, Andrew Shaffer
- Slim by Design: Mindless Eating Solutions for Everyday Life, Brian Wansink
FILMS:
- Hotel Rwanda
- Belle
- The Sheik
- X-Men: Days of Future Past
- Monsters University
- ParaNorman
December: 9 books, 5 films
BOOKS:
- The Science of Discworld, Terry Pratchett with Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart
- Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion... So Far, Terry Pratchett with Stephen Briggs
- What's A Dog For?: The Surprising History, Science, Philosophy, and Politics of Man's Best Friend, John Homans
- Year of No Sugar: A Memoir, Eve O. Schaub
- Living With Less: How to Downsize to 100 Personal Possessions, Mary Lambert
- Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt, Michael Lewis
- The Testing, Joelle Charbonneau
- Righting the Mother Tongue: From Olde English to Email, the Tangled Story of English Spelling, David Wolman
- re-read: Deep Secret, Diana Wynne Jones
FILMS:
- the Thirteenth Floor
- Maleficent
- War Horse
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- the Giver
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