Reading/Viewing Stats for the first half of 2026

We are halfway through 2026. It is time to reflect on the media and literature that I have consumed to this point in the year.

It has been a good year for streaming shows. I really enjoyed Wonderman, Maul: Shadowlord, and

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Season 2, but the big surprise for me was The Residence. This Netflix murder mystery drew me in with quirky humor, a likeable yet eccentric detective, and a compelling cast of characters. There were moments in a few episodes that seemed a bit superfluous, but it is a detective story.

I have been taking advantage of the Marvel Unlimited app with thousands of Marvel Comics. I finally finished up my full read-through of X-Factor, and after reading the more recent Imperial story, I have moved on to the Ultimate universe. I have to say, an early impression is that I have been missing out on some very good storytelling!

I have read some good books this year so far. I am trying to catch as many baseball games as I can, as both the Cubs and Tigers are in a mid-season surge, and I keep looking at the sad amount of podcasts that I have listened to this year.

Well, here is the data for the halfway mark of 2026.

Movies Watched: 9

Rewatch: 6

First Time: 3

In Theater: 2

T.V. shows streamed: 63

First time: 61

Rewatch: 2

Books Read: 9

Fiction: 7

Nonfiction: 2

Pages Read: 2,074

Audiobooks: 0

Fiction:

Nonfiction:

Hours Listened:

Books Abandoned: 0

Fiction:

Nonfiction:

Pages Read;

Short Stories Read: 0

Fiction:

Nonfiction:

Pages Read:

Comic Books Read: 114

Print: 41

Digital: 73

Book Titles:

Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerun

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Duke Volume 1 by Joshua Williamson (Graphic Novel)

Transformers Volume 1 by Daniel Warren Johnson (Graphic Novel)

The Fallbacks: Bound for Ruin by Jaleigh Johnson

All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison (Graphic Novel)

Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson

Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire by Dr. Chris Kempshall

Dating and Dragons by Kristy Boyce

Movies Watched:

KPop Demon Hunters

Mario Brothers

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Mandalorian and Grogu

Ticket to Paradise

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

Karate Kid

Good Morning Vietnam

T.V. Series Watched:

Wonder Man

Vox Machina Season 2

Vox Machina Season 3

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2

Maul: Shadow Lord

Daredevil Season 2

Big Mistakes

The Residence

Podcasts: 8

Lost Ballparks (3)

The Colbycast (2)

The Rebel Basecard Podcast (2)

Coffee with Kenobi (1)

MLB Team’s Games listened: (min 5 innings)

Total: 38

San Francisco Giants (Spring training 2)

Chicago Cubs (Spring Training 3)

Chicago White Sox (Spring Training 1)

World Baseball Classic (4)

Chicago Cubs (12)

Detroit Tigers (5)

New York Yankees

San Francisco Giants

Anaheim Angels

Washington Nationals

Tampa Bay Rays

Atlanta Braves

Miami Marlins (3)

Chicago White Sox

San Diego Padres

Colorado Rockies

Reading/Viewing Stats 1st Quarter 2026

It is time for the first quarter of 2026 report, where I share how much I have been watching, reading, and listening to content. I have been kind of disappointed in my overall reading stats, but I have to remind myself that I do a lot of reading in tabletop role-playing game manuals. That reading doesn’t get recorded because I am not finishing any books, but reading and getting information piece by piece. Anyway, here are the reading, viewing, and listening stats for the first quarter of 2026.

Movies Watched: 3

Rewatch: 2

First Time: 1

In Theater:

T.V. shows streamed: 37

First time: 37

Rewatch:

Books Read: 6

Fiction: 5

Nonfiction: 1

Pages Read: 1002

Audiobooks:

Fiction:

Nonfiction:

Hours Listened:

Books Abandoned:

Fiction:

Nonfiction:

Pages Read;

Short Stories Read:

Fiction:

Nonfiction:

Pages Read:

Comic Books Read: 42

Print: 18

Digital: 24

Book Titles:

Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerun

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Duke Volume 1 by Joshua Williamson (Graphic Novel)

Transformers Volume 1 by Daniel Warren Johnson (Graphic Novel)

The Fallbacks: Bound for Ruin by Jaleigh Johnson

All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison (Graphic Novel)

Movies Watched:

KPop Demon Hunters

Mario Brothers

T.V. Series Watched:

Wonder Man

Vox Machina Season 2

Vox Machina Season 3

Percey Jackson and the Olympians Season 2

Podcasts: 3

The Colbycast (2)

The Rebel Basecard Podcast (1)

MLB Team’s Games listened: (min 5 innings)

Total: 29

San Francisco Giants (Spring training 2)

Chicago Cubs (Spring Training 3)

Chicago White Sox (Spring Training 1)

World Baseball Classic (4)

Chicago Cubs (7)

Detroit Tigers (5)

New York Yankees

San Francisco Giants

Anaheim Angels

Washington Nationals

Tampa Bay Rays

Atlanta Braves

Miami Marlins

Stats Gathered January 1 - April 12, 2026

Fantasy Baseball is Back: Introducing the 2026 Coca-Cola Kids A-Team (Updated 6/28/26)

I always look forward to the baseball season to watch my Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers make a run for the World Series. I’ve been a fan of the Cubs since I was a tiny little child, and I have been a fan of the Tigers since 1984.

In 1988, I found a new reason to love the game, Fantasy Baseball. I have played on some iteration of fantasy baseball every year since the paper and pencil years, checking statistics in the USA Today every Tuesday to score, to my first online baseball league on Sandbox? or something like that. Now I play in two leagues, hence the A-team and B-team, and this is the 25th year I have had the Coca-Cola Kids A-Team in the League of the Gorgeous Rogues. At fifteen weeks, I will create a new post offering my thoughts on the team as we enter the summer months. Until then, I will update this post with weekly match-up results and any roster changes that I make.

Week 1: Coca-Cola Kids vs. Brutes FBC 2-15 “Kids off to a Bad Start…Horrible, Actually” (4th Division, 9th League)

Week 2: Coca-Cola Kids (2-15-3) vs. BrownTown (3-15-2) 5-11 “Things Couldn’t Be Much Worse for the Kids: Looking for a Turnaround” (5th Division, 10th League)

Week 3: Coca-Cola Kids (7-26-7) vs. Pacaya Chiltepes (17-17-6) 5-9 “Chiltepes Offense Too Much for the Kids” (5th Division, 10th League)

Week 4: Coca-Cola Kids (12-35-13) vs. Affianced Buddhas (30-24-6) 3-12 “Kids Offense Anemic as it Fails to Score”

Week 5: Coca-Cola Kids (15-47-18) vs. Fried Chicken Bucket (37-36-7) 7-11 “

Week 6: Coca-Cola Kids vs. Fried Chicken Bucket 9-9 “Kids Power Creates a Draw with Fried Chicken” (5th Division, 10th League)

Week 7: Coca-Cola Kids vs. ACEsymptomatic 3-17 “Kids Pitchers Miss Qualifying for Points by .1 Innings” (5th Division, 10th League)

Week 8: Coca-Cola Kids vs. The Mecca of Red Necka 8-9 “Kid’s Hitting Shows Up to Almost Cause a Draw”

Week 9: Coca-Cola Kids vs. Oxford Publicans 6-12 “Kid’s Pitching Doesn’t show Up This Week: 1 Point”

Week 10: Coca-Cola Kids vs. Orange Drink 11-8 “Pitching Still Struggles but Hitting Lifts Kids”

Week 11: Coca-Cola Kids vs. Oxford Publicans 13-6 “Kids Redeem Themselves from Week 9”

Week 12: Coca-Cola Kids vs. Brutes FBC 7-10 “Kid’s Pitchers Fall Just Short of Getting Win”

Week 13: Coca-Cola Kids vs. Pacaya Chiltepes 6-13 “Chiltepes Dominate Kids Across the Scoring Board”

Week 14: Coca-Cola Kids (85-142-33) vs. Affianced Buddhas (149-85-26)  9-9  "Kids Split Even with 1st Place Buddhas"  

Hope springs eternal at this point of the season, so here are the members of the Coca-Cola Kids A-Team (updated 4/26/26).

Position Players

C: Dillon Dingler, Detroit Tigers

1B: Kazuma Okamoto, Toronto Blue Jays

2B: Ketel Marte, Arizona Diamondbacks (Keeper)

3B: Eugenio Suarez, Cincinnati Reds

SS: Andres Gimenez, Toronto Blue Jays

OF: Julio Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners (Keeper)

OF: Kyle Schwarber, Philadelphia Phillies

OF: Randy Arozarena, Seattle Mariners

Utility: Taylor Ward, Baltimore Orioles

Bench

OF: Rafael Devers, San Francisco Giants

C: Cal Raleigh, Seattle Mariners (Keeper)

SS: Xander Bogaerts, San Diego Padres

1B/2B: Kody Clemens, Minnesota Twins

Pitchers

SP: Logan Webb, San Francisco Giants

SP: Freddie Peralta, New York Mets

SP: Jesus Luzardo, Philadelphia Phillies

SP: Robbie Ray, San Francisco Giants

RP: Robert Suarez, Atlanta Braves

RP: Mason Montgomery, Pittsburgh Pirates

P: Caleb Thielbar, Chicago Cubs

P: Ranger Suarez, Boston Red Sox

Bench

RP: Pete Fairbanks, Miami Marlins

RP: Seranthony Dominguez, Chicago White Sox

IL: Carlos Estevez, Kansas City Royals

Reading/Viewing Stats 2025 Final

Another year has passed, and I have now recorded five years of Reading/Viewing stats.  I have added a few categories and taken some away over the years, but the core of how many movies and streaming shows I have watched and how many books and comic books I have remain the core of my reflection.  

Looking at the statistics, I am down in all the categories except movies watched.  Thinking about the year, there are a few possible reasons for that.  First is the new category that I added.  I did not multitask (reading or watching things) when I was listening to the baseball games.  Many of the 80+ games I listened to would have been spent reading or streaming a show.  Second, I did read a ton of gaming rulebooks.  I don't count those unless I read them cover to cover, but I usually read only the parts I need or are interested in at that moment.  

I do have some standout favorites of the year.  My top novel is I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys.  Her works are so well-written and researched, and I Must Betray You is my favorite of all her books and a standout this year.  This book about the Romanian Revolution in 1989 really highlights the fear of living in a regime built upon lies and violence.  

My favorite movie experience this year was watching Ferris Bueller's Day Off with my family.  My wife and I laughed at the out-of-date references and jokes, but our favorite was the relationship between Ed Rooney (Jeffrey Jones) and Grace (Edie McClurg).   Even more was how our high school graduate daughter caught many of the references.  

Two streaming programs stood out to me this year Andor: Season Two and Taylor Swift: End of an Era.

Andor: Season Two brings the story of Andor and the Rebellion up to the events of Rogue One.  Additionally, this series sheds light on the evil and dangers of the Empire that continues to bring cost and depth to the original trilogy.  Taylor Swift: End of an Era is an excellent documentary of the Eras tour and who Taylor Swift is on a personal level.  It documents the behind the curtain life of not only Swift, but many of her dancers, singers, and band.  It humanizes this group of people whom we otherwise only see as stars of the music industry.  

I continue to read through the 1980/1990s X-Factor run.  It is taking me forever to do this as I am only reading in spurts instead of buckling down to just finish it.  Regardless of how I am reading this series, I am enjoying it.  I have also enjoyed the current run of The Amazing Spider-Man as it is making its run up to issue 1000.  

	2025,	2024
Movies Watched	21	16
Rewatch	12	8
First Time	9	7
In Theater	4	1
TV Series (Streamed)	128	138
Rewatch	22	49
First Time	106	89
Podcast Episodes	30	37
Time Listened	1742	1561
Books Read	13	21
Graphic Novels
Fiction	9	18
Non-Fiction	4	3
Pages Read	3281	4480
Audio Books	0	2
Fiction	0	3
Non-Fiction	0
Hours Listened	0	16:50
Books Abandoned	3	2
Fiction	3	2
Non-fiction
Pages Read		258
Short Stores Read	0	0
Fiction	0	0
Non-Fiction	0	0
Pages Read	0	0
Comic Books Read	175	189
Print	73	123
Digital	102	66

Book Titles:  

Void Rivals: Vol. 1 More than Meets the Eye by Robert Kirkman Art by Lorenzo de Felicia (Graphic Novel)

The Salt Thief: Ghandi's Heroic March to Freedom by Neil Bascomb

The Library Mule of Cordoba by Wilfred Lupano and Leonard Chemineau, art by Christopher Bouchard (Graphic Novel)

Phandel we and Below: The Shattered Obelisk 

The Davenports (abandoned)

I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetya

Dungeons and Dragons: Worlds and Realms by Adam Lee

Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch

Meirlich and Oga's by Annabelle Hiel

Star Wars X-Wing: Rogue Squadron by Michael Stackpole

Operatic by Kyo Maclear art by Byron Eggenschwiler (Graphic Novel)

X-Men: Bizarre Love Triangle by Peter Milligan Art Salvador Larroca

Starfinder: Era of the Eclipse by Tim Pratt

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Movies Watched:

Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Wicked

Captain America: Brave New World (Theater)

Inside Out  2

Rogue One

Star Wars: A New Hope (theater)

Elemental 

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

Thunderbolts (theater)

Hamilton

Avengers: Infinity War

Superman (theater)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Back to the Future

Fantastic Four

Home Alone

It's a Wonderful Life

White Christmas 

T.V. Series Watched: 

Skeleton Crew

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man 

Music By John Williams

Andor season 1

Fur Babies

Disney Treasure

Light and Magic season 1

Andor Season 2

Star Wars Rebels

Dance Moms Season 2

Dead to Me season 1

Dead to Me season 2

Dead to Me season 3

Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld

Pepsi, Where's my Jet?

Star Wars Visions Season 3

Vox Machina Season 1

Stranger Things Season (various eps.)

Stranger Things Season 5

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2

Wizard of Paws season 2

Taylor Swift End of an Era

Podcasts:

Rebel Base card Podcast (3)

60 Songs that Explain the 90's (2)

The Colbycast (4)

Teachers in the Dungeon (1)

Lost Ballparks (13)

Classic Baseball Radio (5)

Coffee with Kenobi (2)

MLB Team's Games listened: (min 5 innings)

Chicago Cubs (34)

Detroit Tigers (27)

San Francisco Giants (5)

Seattle Mariners (4)

New York Yankees (2)

Texas Rangers (2)

New York Mets (2) 

Kansas City Royals

Washington Nationals

Pittsburgh Pirates (2)

San Diego Padres 

Miami Marlins

Milwaukee Brewers 

Boston Red Sox (2)

Philadelphia Phillies 

New York Mets

Tampa Bay Rays