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Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business, and the World by Don Tapscott
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2018 Movie Review

Incredibles 2

70% (3.5 Stars)

Rottentomatoes: 94%

Ready Player One

70% (3.5 Stars)

Rottentomatoes: 72%

Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom

60% (3 Stars)

Rottentomatoes: 49%

Family Day Gala @ Ipoh Convention Center - 31 August 2018

2018 Oscar Predictions - Round 1 - Best Actor and Actress

Actor

1. Ryan Gosling (First Man)
2. Bradley Cooper (A Star is Born)
3. Willem Dafoe (At Eternity's Gate)
4. John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman)
5. Robert Redford (The Old Man and the Gun)

2nd Tier
Ethan Hawke (First Reformed)
Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)
Steve Carell (Beautiful Boy)
Hugh Jackman (The Front Runner)

Actress

1. Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
2. Glenn Close (The Wife)
3. Viola Davis (Widows)
4. Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
5. Lady Gaga (A Star is Born)

2nd Tier

Yalitza Aparicio (Roma)

Nicole Kidman (Destroyer)

Kiki Layne (If Beale Street Could Talk)

Saoirse Ronan (Mary Queen of Scots)

Game Update

Go (Android)

Completed Reading

The Outsider by Stephen King
My rating: 4 of 5 stars




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Uprooted by Naomi Novik
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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SjWound's Ranking of Digital (Board) Games - Round 2

14.  Small World 2

13.  Ticket to Ride

12.  Tokaido

11.  Mini Metro

10.  Onirim

9.  Star Realms

8.  Jaipur

7.  Card Thief

6. Lords of Waterdeep (New)

5.  Pandemic

4.  Le Havre

3.  Race for the Galaxy

2.  Twilight Struggle

1.  Through the Ages (New)

Dropped Out

Plants vs. Zombie Heroes

Hitman GO

Hearthstone

2018 Oscar Predictions - Round 1 - Best Director

Director

1. Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
2. Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
3. Damien Chazelle (First Man)
4. Bradley Cooper (A Star is Born)
5. Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)

2nd Tier
Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Ryan Coogler (Black Panther)

Completed Reading

The Dollar Meltdown: Surviving the Impending Currency Crisis with Gold, Oil, and Other Unconventional Investments by Charles Goyette
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Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change by Ellen Pao
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds by Michael Lewis
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SjWound's Ranking of 2014 Movies - Round 2

1. Whiplash
2. The Imitation Game
3. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
4. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
5. Interstellar
6. Boyhood
7. Birdman
8. Guardians of the Galaxy
9. The Lego Movie
10. John Wick
11. Big Hero 6
12. American Sniper
13. X-Men: Days of Future Past
14. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
15. Godzilla
16. The Grand Budapest Hotel
17. Edge of Tomorrow
18. How To Train Your Dragon 2
19. The Amazing Spider-Man 2
20. Lucy
21. The Equalizer
22. Transformers: Age of Extinction
23. Neighbors
24. The Raid 2

To Watch

Selma

The Theory of Everything

Foxcatcher

2018 Hugo Awards

The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin - Winner

Other Nominees

The Collapsing Empire, by John Scalzi

New York 2140, by Kim Stanley Robinson

Provenance, by Ann Leckie

Raven Stratagem, by Yoon Ha Lee

Six Wakes, by Mur Lafferty