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Books
Fingersmith — Sarah Waters (UK, 2002, 4.5/5)
Break Into Travel Writing — Beth Blair (US/UK, 2013, 3.5/5)
Animal Farm — George Orwell (England, 1945, 5/5)
Manon Lescaut — Abbé Prévost (France, 1731, 3.5/5)
Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë (England, 1847, 3.5/5)
Bartleby — Herman Melville (US, 1853, 4.5/5)
Frankenstein — Mary Shelley (England/Europe, 1818, 4/5)
Metamorphosis — Franz Kafka (German, 1915, 4.5/5)
The Night Bookmobile — Audrey Niffenegger (US, 2010, 4/5)
Don Quixote (graphic novel, vol 1) — Cervantes, illustrated by Rob Davis (Spain, 2011, 4/5)
Watchmen — Alan Moore (1987, 3/5)
To the Lighthouse — Virginia Woolf (England, 1927, 3/5)
The Invisible Man — H. G. Wells (England, 1897, 3/5)
A Grief Observed — C. S. Lewis (1961, 3/5)
The Island of Doctor Moreau — H. G. Wells (1896, 3.5/5)
A Princess of Mars — Edgar Rice Burroughs (1917, 3/5)
Understanding Comics — Scott McCloud (1994, 5/5)
Year of Wonders — Geraldine Brooks (England, 2001, 4/5)
The Sibyl — Pär Lagerkvist (Greece, 1956, 4.5/5)
Short Stories
A Country Doctor — Franz Kafka (1919)
Young Goodman Brown — Nathaniel Hawthorne (1835)
Pigeon Feathers — John Updike (1962)
The Fall of the House of Usher — Edgar Allan Poe (1839)
The Birthmark — Nathaniel Hawthorne (1843)
The Black Cat — Edgar Allan Poe (1843)
Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment — Nathaniel Hawthorne (1837)
Rappaccini’s Daughter — Nathaniel Hawthorne (1844)
The Artist of the Beautiful — Nathaniel Hawthorne (1846)
The Oval Portrait — Edgar Allan Poe (1842)
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar — Edgar Allan Poe (1845)
Revelation — Flannery O’Connor (1965)
The Country of the Blind — H. G. Wells (1904)
The Star — H. G. Wells (1897)
A Simple Soul — Gustave Flaubert (1877)
Pantaloon in Black — William Faulkner (1942)
The Garden of Forking Paths — Jorge Luis Borges (1941)
Emma Zunz — Jorge Luis Borges (1948)
Big Two-Hearted River — Ernest Hemingway (1925)
Lust, Caution — Eileen Chang (1979)
Movies
Vera Drake (Britain, 2004, 7/10)
Gangster Squad (LA, 2013, 8/10)
Confessions of a Shopaholic (New York, 2009, 5/10)
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (Tokyo, 2011, 9/10)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (British India, 2011, 9/10)
Wreck-It Ralph (2012, 8/10)
Les Miserables (France, 2012, 8/10)
Eclair: Okashi Hourouki (Japan, 2011, 8/10)
Namastey London (India/London, 2007, 6/10)
Arietty (Japan, 2010, 9/10)
Beat Girl (London, 2013, 6/10)
Kahaani (India, 2012, 8/10)
Iron Man 2 (2010, 6/10)
Iron Man 3 (2013, 8/10)
Star Trek (2009, 7/10)
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013, 8/10)
The Great Gatsby (US, 2013, 8/10)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Canada, 2010, 8/10)
The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012, 7/10)
The Tale of Desperaux (2008, 6/10)
Gnome and Juliet (2011, 8/10)
Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010, US/UK, 8/10)
Jane Eyre (2011, England, 7/10)
Summer Wars (2009, Japan, 8/10)
The Man of Steel (2013, 6/10)
Les Miserables (1998, France, 8/10) * rewatch
The Iron Lady (2011, Great Britain, 8/10)
Dumbo (1941, 9/10) * rewatch
Drive (2011, US, 8/10)
Kamikaze Girls / Shimotsuma Monogatari (2004, Japan, 8/10)
Watchmen (US, 2009, 8/10)
An American Tail (US, 1986, 8/10)
The Last Unicorn (1982, 8/10)
Chungking Express (Hong Kong, 1994, 8/10)
The Elephant Man (England, 1980, 8/10)
A Separation (Iran, 2011, 9/10)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010, 8/10)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011, 9/10)
Limelight (London, 1952, 8/10)
Unlawful Killing (Britain, 2011, 8/10)
From Up on Poppy Hill (Japan, 2011, 9/10)
The Usual Suspects (US, 1995, 8/10)
Fanaa (India, 2006, 6/10)
Lovelace (US, 2013, 7/10)
Before Midnight (Greece, 2013, 9/10)
Fargo (US, 1996, 9/10)
Captain Phillips (US/Somali, 2013, 9/10)
Gravity (US/Space, 2013, 10/10)
Blackfish (US, 2013, 9/10)
Lust, Caution (China/Hong Kong, 2007, 9/10)
The Edge of Heaven (Turkey, 2007, 7/10)
Frozen (2013, 10/10)
Downfall (Germany, 2004, 8/10)
The Act of Killing (Indonesia, 2012, 8/10)
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[…] ended my reading journey in 2013. I picked up a good pace about half a year into 2013, and read the total of 19 books and 20 short stories. Not yet close to my golden reading year a couple of years back, but I’m feeling more […]