March 2013

Books:
1) Chester Alan Arthur Zachary Karabel
2) The Pale King David Foster Wallace
3) The Shadow of the Torturer Gene Wolfe
4) Claw of the Concilliator Gene Wolfe
5) Sword of the Lichtor Gene Wolfe
6) Castle of the Autarch Gene Wolfe
7) Mary Vladimir Nabokov
8) Outliers Malcolm Gladwell
9) Grover Cleveland Henry Graff
10) Pulphead John Jeremiah Sullivan
11) 2666 Roberto Bolano
12) Dirt: The Erosion of Civiliations David R Montgomery
13) A Childhood: A biography of a Place Harry Crews
14) A Scanner Darkly Philip K Dick
15) Bag of Bones Stephen King
16) Dimension of Miracles Robert Sheckly


Movies:
1) Seven Psychopaths Martin McDonagh
2) Skyfall Sam Mendes
3) The New World Terrance Malick
4) M Fritz Lang
5) The Town Ben Affleck
6) Badlands Terrance Malick
7) White Krzysztof Kieślowski
8) The Great Moment Preston Sturges
9) The Lodger Alfred Hitchcock
10) How Green Was My Valley John Ford
11) Five Easy Pieces Bob Rafelson
12) The Philadelphia Story George Cukor

February 2013

Books:
1) Battle Cry of Freedom John McPherson
2) Cold Mountain Charles Frazier
3) Memoir From Antproof Case Mark Helprin
4) Moby Dick Herman Melville
5) The Moviegoer Walker Percy
6) Don't Get Too Comfortable David Rakoff
7) The Thanatos Syndrome Walker Percy
8) A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter Miller
9) The first three Swamp Thing graphic novels Alan Moore


Movies:
1) Gross Pointe Blank George Armitage
2) The Game David Fincher

January 2013

Books:
1) The Aleph Jorge Luis Borges
2) More Baths, Less Talk Nick Hornby
3) The Man Who Saved the Union: Ullysses Grant at War and Peace HW Brand
4) The Translator John Crowley
5) Rutherford B. Hayes Hans L. Trefousse
6) Destiny of the Republic Candace Millard
7) Every Love Story is a Ghost Story DT Max
8) A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again David Foster Wallace
9) Girl With Curious Hair David Foster Wallace

Movies:
1) Django Unchained Quentin Tarantino
2) The Hobbit Peter Jackson
3) Intolerable Cruelty Coen Brothers (x2)
4) Looper Rian Johnson
5) Seeking a Friend for the End of the World Lorene Scafaria
6) Shame Steve McQueen

December 2012

Books:

1) Cloud Atlas David Mitchell
2) Anansi Boys Neil Gaiman
3) Both Flesh and Not David Foster Wallace
4) Suttree Cormac McCarthy
5) The Luzhin Defense Vladimir Nabokov
6) The Troika Stepan Chapman
7) Impeached David O Stewart
8) Zorba the Greek Nikos Kazantzakis

Movies:

1) Killing them Softly Andrew Dominik
2) Seven Psychopaths Martin McDonagh
3) LA Confidential Curtis Hanson

November 2012

Books:
Freddy and Frederika Mark Helprin
Essentials of Business Budgeting Robert G Finney
Lancelot Walker Percy
The Second Coming Walker Percy
Light M. John Harrison


Movies:
Rosemary's Baby Roman Polanski
Groundhog Day Harold Ramis
The Third Man Carol Reed
Barton Fink Coen Brothers
Crank Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Fargo Coen Brothers
Wreck It Ralph Rich Moore
Head Bob Rafelson
Speed Jan de Bont
Easy Rider Dennis Hopper
Rushmore Wes Anderson

October 2012

Books
1) Team of Rivals Doris Kearns Goodwin
2) Library and Information Center Management Barbara Moran


Movies
1) Bringing up Baby Howard Hawks
2) Eating Raoul Paul Bartel
3) Glengarry Glen Ross James Foley
4) Brewster's Millions Walter Hill
5) Brotherhood of Blood Michael Roesh
6) Little Shop of Horrors Frank Oz
7) The Master Paul Thomas Anderson

September 2012

Books:
1) Pale Fire Vladimir Nabokov
2) Cosmopolis Don Dellilo
3) Brave New World Aldous Huxley
4) White Buildings Hart Crane

Movies:
1) His Girl Friday Howard Hawks
2) Confidence James Foley
3) Christmas in July Preston Sturges
4) The Palm Beach Story Preston Sturges
5) The Valet Francis Veber
6) Alien Ridley Scott
7) Grosse Pointe Blank George Armitage
8) Wanderlust David Wain
9) Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Shane Black
10) Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie Vilgot Sjoman
11) Mildred Pierce Michael Curtiz
12) Hail the Conquering Hero Preston Sturges
13) Sleepwalk With Me Mike Birbiglia
14) Fast Five Justin Lin
15) Le Samurai Jean Pierre Melville
16) Cabin in the Woods Drew Godard
17) Odd Man Out Carol Reed
18) Do the Right Thing Spike Lee
19) Manhattan Woody Allen
20) Fletch Michael Ritchie
21) The Game David Fincher
22) Looper Rian Johnson
23) Robocop Paul Verhoeven
24) Brazil Terry Gilliam
25) Gremlins Joe Dante