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Top Readers
James Donahue  480 books
Steve Gadd  313
Steven Krise  257
Jeff Gadd  195
Mike Gadd  151
Jonathan Misirian  147
Tony Pisarenkov  118
Brad Snyder  117
Kristin Schrock  105
Micaela Larkin  105


Length of Books
0-99 pp.  graph 85
100-199  graph 310
200-299  graph 732
300-399  graph 590
400-499  graph 295
500-599  graph 127
600-699  graph 55
700-799  graph 37
800-899  graph 19
900-999  graph 16
1000+  graph 13


Top Authors
Jeffery Deaver  20 titles
Graham Greene  19
Terry Pratchett  16
Dean R. Koontz  15
J. K. Rowling  15
John Gardner  14
Lloyd Alexander  14
Alexander McCall Smith  13
Evelyn Waugh  13
Lemony Snicket  13


When We Read
Jan  graph 227
Feb  graph 185
Mar  graph 199
Apr  graph 197
May  graph 195
Jun  graph 208
Jul  graph 210
Aug  graph 179
Sep  graph 183
Oct  graph 138
Nov  graph 165
Dec  graph 193


Top Page Counts
James Donahue  166595
Steve Gadd  92854
Steven Krise  86071
Jeff Gadd  71623
Mike Gadd  59492
Jonathan Misirian  44609
Tony Pisarenkov  37441
Micaela Larkin  35364
Brad Snyder  32671
Kristin Schrock  32362


Top Filmgoers
Steve Gadd  176 titles
A Bennett  170
Julie Gephart  164
Kristin Schrock  135
Tony Pisarenkov  129
Ray Hunley  82
Mike Gadd  81
Steven Krise  40
Jaqi Ross  33
Jeff Gadd  13


How We Rate Movies
 10  graph 35
 9  graph 84
 8  graph 190
 7  graph 199
 6  graph 190
 5  graph 155
 4  graph 85
 3  graph 53
 2  graph 28
 1  graph 17
 0  graph 5
 -1  graph 1


Top Venues
DVD  177
Basic cable  105
Netflix DVD  68
DVD at home  62
Mysteriously free HBO  35
DVD Rental  17
Reston Town Center  17
AFI Silver Theatre, Silver Spring, MD  13
Hollywood Video DVD  13
owned VHS  13


When We See Movies
Jan  graph 91
Feb  graph 100
Mar  graph 106
Apr  graph 67
May  graph 63
Jun  graph 79
Jul  graph 107
Aug  graph 93
Sep  graph 82
Oct  graph 95
Nov  graph 91
Dec  graph 70


Top Movie Viewings
Lost in Translation  5
Sin City  5
The Matrix Reloaded  5
Chicago  4
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days  4
My Big Fat Greek Wedding  4
The Italian Job  4
The Pianist  4
About Schmidt  3
Adaptation  3


(recently added books)

Touching the Void
by Joe Simpson, 215 pages
Steve Gadd   Wednesday, July 01, 2009



I Love You, Beth Cooper
by Larry Doyle, 272 pages
Brad Snyder   Friday, June 26, 2009

Read like a movie script for one of those teen coming of age movies. Halfway through, I did a search. Due in theaters July 10, 2009. Don't waste your time.

Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth
by Richard Fortey, 344 pages
Steven Krise   Tuesday, June 23, 2009

A biography of sorts of life on earth, starting with biogenesis and finishing up (predictably) with Homo sapiens. The greatest amount of detail was given to the 3 billion years from biogenesis to the Cambrian "explosion".

Grendel (audio)
by John Gardner, 0 pages
Steve Gadd   Tuesday, June 23, 2009

"My advice to you, my violent friend, is to seek out gold and sit on it."

A Crack in the Edge of the World
by Simon Winchester, 417 pages
Steve Gadd   Friday, June 19, 2009

The story of San Francisco's destruction during the 1906 earthquake and fire, along with a helpful overview of plate tectonics.

Winning methods of bluffing & betting in poker
by Lynne Taetzsch, 128 pages
Steven Krise   Friday, June 19, 2009

Nice little book with suggestions about how to read people, bluff, and most importantly conceal your own style.

Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer
by Maureen Ogle, 422 pages
Steven Krise   Thursday, June 18, 2009

An thoroughly engaging, informative, and well-documented history of commercial beer brewing in America. The story begins in the frenetic frontier towns of Milwaukee an St Louis in the 1840s and traces all the important brewers and the events that shaped American brewing up through the early 2000s.

Play Winning Poker...In No Time
by Alison Pendergast, 183 pages
Steven Krise   Monday, June 15, 2009

If you've played any kind of poker - winning or otherwise then this isn't the book for you. A shallow, uninteresting intro to poker that covers the topics you expect, giving advice you've already heard.

The Everything Learning German Book
by Edward Swick, 305 pages
Steven Krise   Friday, June 05, 2009

A thorough but not overwhelming overview of German syntax and grammar.

Discover Your Roots
by Paul Blake and Maggie Loughran, 237 pages
Steven Krise   Thursday, May 28, 2009

Written in the "52 Ideas" style where there are 52 chapters, each one focused on a particular theme or idea. The more astute will note that this means each chapter is slightly more than 4.5 pages long meaning each great idea is either commonsense or discussed too shallowly to offer any real insight. On the whole, useless.


(recently added movies)

The International
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Steve Gadd   DVD   Thursday, June 11, 2009

The glossy international scenes and shootout at the Guggenheim fail to make up for the synthetic story and wooden performances.

Michael Clayton
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Steve Gadd   Flexplay DVD   Saturday, April 04, 2009

Seven stars for the movie, which was nothing less or more than expected. And a 9.5 for the Flexplay DVD format. For the price of a rental, you get a pristine unscratched disc and two days to watch it, with nothing to return. The only downside is the barebones menu with no extras.

The Visitor
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Steve Gadd   DVD   Sunday, March 29, 2009



Happy Go Lucky
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Steve Gadd   DVD   Saturday, March 28, 2009



The Wrestler
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Steve Gadd   Fairfax Regal Cinemas   Friday, March 13, 2009

Nothing really bad about the movie, but not all that much going for it either.

Charlie Wilson's War
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Steve Gadd   DVD   Tuesday, March 03, 2009



Eşkıya
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Steve Gadd   bittorrent cinema   Saturday, January 31, 2009

The best parts were the makings of a watchable film; can't quite make out how the rest got in.

Edward Scissorhands
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Steve Gadd   DVD at home   Tuesday, January 20, 2009



Slumdog Millionaire
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Steve Gadd   Regal Countryside Cinema   Friday, January 16, 2009



Ghost Town
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Steve Gadd   DVD at home   Wednesday, December 31, 2008