courses
non-fiction
*Ain't I A Woman *by bell hooks (on hold)- *
Angular 2 in Action *(on hold)
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Angular 2 Development in TypeScript *(on hold)
- *Code: The Hidden Language of Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software *(in progress)
- Effective Java, 2nd Edition by Joshua Bloch
- *Feminine Mystique, The *by Betty Friedman
- Freedom is a Constant Struggleby Angela Davis
- *Grokking Algorithms *by Aditya Y. Bhargava (in progress)
- ~~*Mind for Numbers, A *~~
by Barbara Oakley (on hold)
- Secret History of Wonder Woman, The by Jill Lepore (in progress)
- *Walk in the Woods, A *by Bill Bryson
novels
- *Akata Witch *by Nnedi Okorafor
*Americanah *by Chimamanda Ngozi Aidichie (on hold)- Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
- Caucasia by Danzy Senna
*Doomsday Book, The *by Connie Willis (in progress) -- or maybe go back if I have trouble falling asleep...- *Edible Woman, The *by Margaret Atwood
- *Graveyard Book, The *by Neil Gaiman
- *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix *(in progress)
- *Interpreter of Maladies *by Jhumpa Lahiri --again
- *Lexicon *by Max Barry (in progress)
- Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
- *Magic for Beginners: Stories *by Kelly Link
- The Faery Handbag, The Hortlak, The Cannon, Magic for Beginners
- *Perfume *by Patrick Suskind
*Red Rising *by Pierce Brown
video games
- *Chrono Cross *(on hold)
- Cradle
- Destiny
- *Fall, The *(on hold)
- Gone Home
- Injustice: Gods Among Us
- Legend of Zelda, The: Majora's Mask
- Life is Strange
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
- Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes
- *Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain *(in progress)
- Overwatch
- Persona 4: Dancing All Night
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
- Secret World, The
- Sequence, The
- Sonic 2 (multiplayer)
- Stanley Parable, The
- Tetris and Dr. Mario (again)
comics/manga
- All You Need is Kill (American adaptation)
- Andre the Giant: Closer to Heaven by Brandon Easton and Denis Medri
- I enjoyed reading this more than Life and Legend. The art is nicer (and colored!) as well. The perspective is all first-person Andre, whereas *Life and Legend *is third-person omniscient (?), so the latter naturally feels less personal. At the same time, I learned a lot more factual stuff regarding wrestling and Andre's mannerisms (e.g., the footnote on Andre calling a lot of people "boss", not just his own literal bosses). Some of these mannerisms were organically placed in Closer to Heaven, but I likely wouldn't have consciously noted them.
- One of the personal notes I learned from this one that wasn't in *Life and Legend *was that Andre may have been especially fond of Robin Wright's (the main actress of The Princess Bride) name because she shares her first name with his estranged daughter.
- Andre the Giant: Life and Legend by Box Brown
- *Astonishing X-Men *by Joss Whedon
- Bitch Planet, vol. 1 π
- *Black Panther: The Complete Collection *by Christopher Priest, vol. 1
- Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story by Frederik Peeters π
- *Chinese Life, A *by Philippe Otie and Li Kunwu
- *Civil War *by Mark Millar
- *Civil War: Captain America/Iron Man *by Ed Brubaker, Charles Knauf, Daniel Knauf, Christos Gage, Brian Michael Bendis
- *Civl War: Punisher War Journal #1 *by Matt Fraction
- Descender, vol. 1 by Jeff Lemire
- Dr. Strange: The Oath by Brian K.Vaughan
- *Evergreen *by Yuyuko Takemiya
- *Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint featuring Batman *by Brian Azzarello
- Fruits Basket, vol. 1-4
- ~~*Garden *~~
by Yuichi Yokoyama
- I can recognize that it is incredibly different and technically masterful in its architectural landscapes and the way these alien people start to make sense of and interact with them. However, it's just not my cup of tea. I want a story with plot and defined characters, and *Garden *does not supply these for me.
- *Genius *by Steven T. Seagle
- being smart but not smart enough, pressures of a researcher to continuously innovate
- Gifted, The,books 1-2 by Damian A. Wassell and Nathan C. Gooden
- Very few words, from perspective of wolf who gains the "gift of intelligence" (more like self-awareness? hightened intelligence? intelligence more like what we as humans are familiar with?) in a post-apocalyptic, bleak, black-and-white world. The intelligence the wolf receives gives him color in this world, and other animals that possess intelligence also are shown to have color. Really neat and different, though I was definitely not clued into the intelligence gift until I read the end notes and reread the story.
- Honey and Clover
- *JLA: A League of One *π
- Lazarus by Greg Rucka, vols. 1-4
- Martian Manhunter, vol. 1 by Rob Williams π
*Mid-Life *by Joe Ollman- Monstress, vol. 1 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
- Ms. Marvel (vol. 2): Civil Warby Brian Reed
- *New X-Men *by Grant Morrison, vols. 1-2
- *Planetes *by Makoto Yukimura π
- Pretty Deadly, vol. 1 by Kelly Sue Deconnick
- *Punisher: Welcome to the War Zone *by Greg Rucka
- Saga*,* vols. 2-6by Brian K. Vaughan
- *Same Difference & Other Stories *by Derek Kirk Kim
- REALLY liked this indie. Hilarious, vulgar, captures the Korean American/Asian/Californian/young and confused experience.
- Star Wars: Darth Vader
- *Star Wars: Princess Leia *by Mark Waid
- *Star Wars: Shattered Empire *by Greg Rucka π
- Storm, Vol. 2: Bring the Thunder (Marvel NOW) π
- Trillium by Jeff Lemire π
- *Voyeur *by Hideo Yamamoto
- Whiteout, vol. 1by Greg Rucka
- Wonder Woman: Earth One, vol. 1 by Grant Morrison π
- *Wonder Woman: Land of the Dead *by Greg Rucka π
- Wonder Woman (New 52), vols. 8-9 by Meredith Finch π
tv series
- Death Note again!
- Game of Thrones, seasons 1, 2, and 3
- Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
- *Insecure *(in progress)
- Jessica Jones
- Lost Village
- Luke Cage, season 1
- *Narcos *seasons 1 and 2
- Orphan Black, season 2 (on hold)
- *Ouran High School Host Club *(on hold)
- Psycho-Pass
- Rick and Morty, seasons 1 and 2
- Silicon Valley, seasons 1, 2, and 3
- *Star Trek *(The Original Series), season 1 (2 in progress)
- *Charlie X, *The Corbomite Maneuver
- Star Trek: Voyager -- Season 5, ep. 11 ;0
- Steins;Gate
- Young Justice, season 1 (in progress)
movies
- *AmΓ©lie *(in progress)
- Ant-man
- Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice
- *Beauty Shop *
- Captain America: Civil War
- Clue
- Confirmation
- Deadpool
- Dogma
- Dr. Strange
- *Ex Machina *again
- Final Fantasy XV: Kingsglaive
- Imitation Game, The
- *Moana *β€ β€ β€
- My Little Sweet Pea (ιΊ¦εγ‘γγοΌ β€
- Serenity
- Spotlight
- Star Trek: Beyond
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars Episode II: The Clone Wars
- *Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens *(again!)
- Star Wars: Rogue One
- Straight Outa Compton
- Suicide Squad
- X-Men: Apocalypse
- Yojimbo
- Zootopia