2013 Movies, TV, and Books (July-September)

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Movies and TV seasons, in chronological order. * means I've seen it/read it before, bold means I can't believe I haven't.

July

1. People Like Us
   
2. R.I.P.D. (Ryan Reynolds is usually good for a few laughs.)
   
   August
   
3. RED 2
   
4. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief* (Re-watch before seeing...)
   
5. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: Sea of Monsters (I adjusted the title to match the first movie.)
   
6. Pretty Persuasion (If you haven't, don't.)
   
7. Warm Bodies (I had this from Netflix for almost 2 months. Guess I haven't been watching movies much lately.)
   
8. Street Kings (Watched because Chris Evans is in it. I'm intrigued that they had to dub over half the dialogue to remove swearing, but they could keep in the visual of a bullet-ridden cop. Yuck.)
   
9. The Host (2013) (Based on the Stephenie Meyer book. Liked the movie, still feel no need to read the book.)
   
10. Jack the Giant Slayer (I bet this was AWESOME in the theater. Nice special effects.)
    
    September
    None. Weird!

Books...

July
1. The Sandman: Preludes & Noctures by Neil Gaiman (Book club. Kinda neat that both of my book clubs decided to try graphic novels recently. Also, a very nice change in length (2 hours to read) after The Historian (over 2 weeks to read).)
   
2. Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas (Book club. Also nice and quick.)
   
3. The Catcher in the Rye* by J.D. Salinger (As reference material for King Dork. Pretty sure I read this in high school, but I didn't remember it at all. Also, I don't get what the big deal is about this book. I guess I expected a plot. I kept waiting for something to happen, some culminating event that never arrived. *shrug*)
   
4. King Dork by Frank Portman (The "K" for my A-to-Z.)
   
5. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (The "L" for my A-to-Z. I wasn't sure I wanted to read something serious, but I was getting a little sick of the teen angst stuff. I liked it - and it wasn't ruined by having seen the movie first.)
   
6. The Fruit Bowl Project by Sarah Durkee (I saw it at a client's house and it looked cute.)
   
7. Going Bovine by Libba Bray (A rare foray into audiobooks. It's something I'd like to do more considering the amount of time I spend driving, but it's hard to find the right book. This was a good one, but I still got frustrated when I lost focus for a few minutes and felt like I missed something, but couldn't easily flip back and check what I missed. I'm going to try memoirs/non-fic next, where I don't have to worry so much about a plot.)
   
   August
8. Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire (The "M" for my A-to-Z. Snow White, with Lucrezia Borgia cast as the evil queen. Forced me to learn a little history.)
   
9. The Real Animal House: The Awesomely Depraved Saga of the Fraternity That Inspired the Movie by Chris Miller (Audiobook of the memoir genre. A little better than fiction on audiobook.)
   
10. Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher (Audiobook. Only 3 discs, so it didn't last long. Read by the author, but I'm not sure that added much. Her voice is always deeper than I expect it to be, so it didn't sound like her.)
    
11. Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin (Audiobook. I really wanted it to start with "I was born a poor black child," but it wasn't that kind of book. It was a serious memoir, so the line came in chronological order, and his movie career starts near the end.)
    
12. Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen (The "N" for my A-to-Z.)
    
13. The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life by Laurie Notaro (Book club.)
    
14. Oh Myyy! (There Goes the Internet) by George Takei (The "O" for my A-to-Z.)
    
15. Bossypants by Tina Fey (Audiobook.)
    
16. Peony in Love by Lisa See (Book club, and the "P" for my A-to-Z.)
    
17. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (Book club.)
    
18. A Queer and Pleasant Danger: A Memoir by Kate Bornstein (The "Q" for my A-to-Z. I'm caught up!)
    
    September
19. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby (Book club.)
    
20. Glass Houses by Rachel Caine (Morganville Vampires #1) (Read in an effort to connect with a client. Probably won't help with this client, but it's helped before.) (UPDATE: It worked! I recommended the Vampire Academy series, and he actually initiated a conversation with me outside of a therapy session. This is a kid who barely agrees to attend sessions most of the time, so this was huge.)
    
21. Redshirts by John Scalzi (The "R" for my A-to-Z, and also just a really fun concept.)
    
22. Dead Girls' Dance by Rachel Caine (Morganville Vampires #2) (This continues to be awful. I will probably finish the four that I got from the library, just because I have them. That should be enough of an investment.)
    
23. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Book club, and the "S" for my A-to-Z.)
    
24. Tourist Season by Carl Hiaasen (I was planning on this being the "T" for my A-to-Z project, but then it bugged me that I already had an entry by this author. It was still pretty good as travel reading, but not my favorite of his books.)
    
25. Moloka'i by Alan Brennert (Theme reading for my trip to Hawai'i. I put it down, though, until I got home. Reading about leprosy was not setting a pleasant tone for my vacation.)
    
26. Midnight Alley by Rachel Caine (Morganville Vampires #3) (Actually forgot this on the plane on my way to Hawai'i. My library copy. When I was almost done with it. It was practically falling apart, so it was pretty annoying to have to pay $22 for the library to get a new copy. And then go to a different library to check out another copy so I could finish the dang thing.)
    
27. The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King (Mary Russell #1) (A September book club selection was the third book of this series, but I like to start at the beginning.) (UPDATE: My old book club just picked this as their book for November. I'm amused.)
    
28. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (Mary Russell #2)
    
29. A Letter of Mary by Laurie R. King (Mary Russell #3) (Book club.)