Monday, January 1, 2024

 

Textlist 2023

 

 

Films

 

 

a)    Bullet Train by David Leitch

b)    Arthur Miller: Writer by Rebecca Miller

c)    The Pale Blue Eyes by Scott Cooper

d)    The Banshees of Insherin by Martin McDonagh

e)    Everything Everywhere All at Once Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert

f)     The Bridge on the River Kwai

g)    The Vikings

h)    Molly’s Game by Aaron Sorkin

i)      Meet Cute by Alex Lehman

j)      Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 by James Gunn

k)    The Sunset Limited by Tommy Lee Jones

l)      The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent by Tom Gormican

m)  Tag by Jeff Tomsic

n)    Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves by John Francis Daley and Jonathon Goldstein

o)    The Super Mario Bros. Movie by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic

p)    Travellin’ Band: Creedance Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall by Bob Snealon

q)    Seven Kings Must Die by Edward Bazalgette

r)     Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse by Joaquim Dos SantosKemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson

s)    Reptile by Grant Singer

t)     It Chapter 2 by Andy Muschietti

u)    News of the World by Paul Greengeass

v)     Old Henry by Potsh Ponicroli

w)  The Lobster by Yorgis Lanthimos

x)    Sly by Thom Zimny

y)    Centurion by Neil Marshall

z)    Napoleon by Ridley Scott

 

 

 

Television Series

 

 

i.               Letterkenney S. 11

ii.              The Handmaid’s Tale S.4

iii.            Mom S 1, 2

iv.            House of the Dragon S1

v.             Last Kingdom S5

vi.            Archer S13

vii.          Vikings S5 (half)

viii.         Titans S4

ix.            Preacher S4

x.             Five Came Back

xi.            The Crown S5

xii.          All the Light We Cannot See

xiii.         Peaky Blinders S4

xiv.         Arnold by Lesley Chilcott

xv.          The Winter King S1

xvi.          

 

 

Books

 

January 1-March 19

 

1.       The Vikings and their Enemies by Philip Line

2.       Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

3.       The History of the English Language by Seth Lerer

4.       Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert

5.       The Book of Lost Tales Part 2 by J.R.R. Tolkien

6.       Letters from a Stoic by Seneca

7.       Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

8.       The World of J.R.R. Tolkien by Dimitra Fimi

9.       Carl Jung: How to Believe by Mark Vernon

10.   The Practicing Mind by Thomas M. Sterner

11.   Children of Ash and Elm by Neil Price

12.   The Dark Phoenix Saga by Chris Claremont and John Byrne

13.   Tolkien’s Ordinary Virtues by Mark Eddy Smith

14.   The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

15.   X-Men: Days of Future Past by Chris Claremont and John Byrne

16.   X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills by Chris Claremont

17.   The Sicilian by Mario Puzo

18.   Unf#ck Your Brain by Faith G. Harper

19.   X-Men: X-Tinction Agenda by Chris Claremont and Louise Simonson

20.   The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

21.   Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

22.   1066: The Year That Changed Everything by Jenifer Paxton

23.   The Worthy Mind by Meadow DeVor

24.   Medieval Europe by Chris Wickham

25.   The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley

26.   The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman

27.   The Renegade by Jack Whyte

28.   The Art of War by Sun Tzu

 

March 20-June 21

 

29.   Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

30.   Hamlet: Globe to Globe by Dominic Dromgoole

31.   Lear: The Great image of Authority by Harold Bloom

32.   Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

33.   Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

34.   The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

35.   Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

36.   To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

37.   Fairy Tale by Stephen King

38.   The Music’s All That Matters by Paul Stump

39.   The Lays of Beleriand by J.R.R. Tolkien

40.   The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

41.   The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

42.   All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

43.   Wool by Hugh Howey

44.   Children of Dune by Frank Herbert

45.   Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

46.   The Tempest by William Shakespeare

47.   Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

48.   The Sunset Limited by Cormac McCarthy

 

June 22-Sept 20

 

49.   Bear by Marian Engel

50.   The 7 Habits of Highly Effecting People by Stephen R. Covey

51.   Bedtime Affirmations by Stephens Hyang

52.   Laughing Shall I Die by Tom Shippey

53.   The Shaping of Middle-Earth by J.R.R. Tolkien

54.   The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler

55.   Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

56.   The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

57.   The Crucible by Arthur Miller

58.   How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith

59.   The Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace Stegner

60.   The Rez Sisters by Thomson Highway

61.   Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman

62.   Tales from the Perilous Realm by J.R.R. Tolkien

63.   The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

64.   Retrain Your Brain by Seth J. Gillihan

65.   Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

 

Sept 20-Dec 31

 

66.   The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer

67.   The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck

68.    The Lost Road and Other Writings by J. R. R. Tolkien

69.   The 6 Habits of Growth by Brendon Burchard

70.   The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

71.   The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy

72.   The Gunslinger by Stephen King

73.   Dreamer of Dune by Brian Herbert

74.   The Practicing Stoic by Ward Farnsworth

75.   The Chrysalids by John Wyndham

76.   Heinskringla by Snorre Sturlason

77.   Epictetus: Discourses, Fragments, and Handbook trans: Robin Hard

78.   Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

79.   Macbeth by William Shakespeare

80.   The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett

81.   Night by Elie Eisel

82.   Lord of the Flies by William Golding

83.   The Road by Cormac McCarthy

84.   Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

85.   The Nuremberg Trial by John Tusa and Ann Tusa

86.   Brave New World by Aldous Huxley