Lists of 2009
There are many of you on my flist who are posting lists about the past decade. I'm simply AMAZED! I can hardly remember what I did last week, let alone a DECADE's worth of events (both big and little, exciting and mundane). I have highlights (mostly travel), but even those I remember the year's wrong. My memory is really, really liquid. For good and bad.
Anyway, my brother and I decided a few years ago that we'd keep track of the number of books we read vs. the number of movies. The reasoning being that one should read more books than they see movies -- and in doing so, feel more educated. Ha ha. Since neither of us have children, we haven't discussed how many PBs = movie. And short stories don't count unless you read the entire collection; just like watching 15 mins of a movie then abandoning it doesn't count either. (It's our game and we'll make the rules as we like! LOL) Oh, one more thing! If you reread the same book more than one time in a year, it doesn't count as a new read, and rewatching the same movie in the same year doesn't count either. I've marked those with "x2" where applicable. :D
The list of movies I watched this year (in watching order):
Here are the books I read this year (in reading order):
I actually feel respectable with both numbers. I saw robinellen read 247 books this year. I can't even fathom that number. My habits are roughly 3 books/2 movies per month. It works for me. Also, if you have a rec that's not on the list above but you think matches my tastes, please share. :D
Anyway, my brother and I decided a few years ago that we'd keep track of the number of books we read vs. the number of movies. The reasoning being that one should read more books than they see movies -- and in doing so, feel more educated. Ha ha. Since neither of us have children, we haven't discussed how many PBs = movie. And short stories don't count unless you read the entire collection; just like watching 15 mins of a movie then abandoning it doesn't count either. (It's our game and we'll make the rules as we like! LOL) Oh, one more thing! If you reread the same book more than one time in a year, it doesn't count as a new read, and rewatching the same movie in the same year doesn't count either. I've marked those with "x2" where applicable. :D
The list of movies I watched this year (in watching order):
- For Whom the Bell Tolls; Sam Wood (1943)
- Stardust; Matthew Vaughn (2007) x2
- Shallow Grave; Danny Boyle (1995) x2
- The Wicker Man; Robin Hardy (1973)
- X-Files: I want to believe; Chris Carter (2008)
- The Brothers Grimm; Terry Gilliam (2005)
- X-MEN Origins: Wolverine; Gavin Hood (2009)
- Boondock Saints; Troy Duffy (1999)
- Gladiator; Ridley Scott (2000)
- My Super Ex-Girlfriend; Ivan Reitman (2006)
- Kingdom of Heaven; Ridley Scott (2005)
- Rent; Chris Columbus (2005)
- Thumbelina; Don Bluth & Gary Goldman (1994)
- Instinct; Jon Turteltaub (1999)
- Slumdog Millionaire; Danny Boyle & Loveleen Tandan (2008)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; David Yates (2009) x2
- Run Fatboy Run; David Schwimmer (2007) x2
- Shaun of the Dead; Edgar Wright (2004)
- Keeping the Faith; Edward Norton (2000)
- 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer; Tim Story (2007)
- The Shop Around the Corner; Ernst Lubitsch (1940)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame: A Dog Named Christmas; Peter Werner (2009)
- Star Trek; J. J. Abrams (2009)
- Angels & Demons; Ron Howard (2009)
- V for Vendetta; James McTeigue (2005)
- Legend; Ridley Scott (1985)
Here are the books I read this year (in reading order):
- Lament: a faerie queen’s deception; Maggie Stiefvater (YA) 325
- Blood and Chocolate; Annette Curtis Klaus (YA) 264
- The Silver Kiss; Annette Curtis Klaus (YA) 198
- Graceling; Kristin Cashore (YA) 471
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog; Muriel Barbery (F) 325
- Moonlight and Vines; Charles de Lint (F) 384
- Living Dead Girl; Elizabeth Scott (YA) 170
- Murder on the Orient Express; Agatha Christie (F) 212
- The Bartimaeus Trilogy: Book One, The Amulet of Samarkand; Jonathan Stroud (YA) 462
- Kindred; Octavia E. Butler (Sci-Fi) 264
- The Graveyard Book; Neil Gaiman (YA) 307
- Hunger Games; Suzanne Collins (YA) 374
- The Sea, the Sea; Iris Murdoch (F) 528
- A Girl Named Disaster; Nancy Farmer (YA) 306
- The House of the Scorpion; Nancy Farmer (YA) 380
- Why We Suck: a Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid; Dr. Denis Leary (NF - Humor) 240
- Shiver; Maggie Stiefvater (YA) 390 x2
- The Sea of Trolls; Nancy Farmer (YA) 450
- The Wandering Unicorn; Manuel Mujica Lainez (F - Sci-Fi) 322
- Godmother, the Secret Cinderella Story; Carolyn Turgeon (F) 273
- hush, hush; Becca Fitzpatrick (YA) 391
- The Knife of Never Letting Go: Book One, Chaos Walking; Patrick Ness (YA) 479
- The Forest of Hands and Teeth; Carrie Ryan (YA) 308
- Storm Glass; Maria V. Snyder (YA) 488
- Demon’s Lexicon; Sarah Rees Brennan (YA) 322
- The Adoration of Jenna Fox; Mary E. Pearson (YA) 265
- Freedom in Exile: the autobiography of the Dalai Lama (NF - Bio) 271
- The Time Traveler’s Wife; Audrey Niffenegger (F) 537
- Under the Feet of Jesus; Helena María Virmonte (F) 176
- The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane; Katherine Howe (F) 384
- Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and the Struggle; LJ Smith (YA) 512
- Ballad, a Gathering of Faerie; Maggie Stiefvater (YA) 352
- Born to Run: a hidden tribe, superathletes, and the greatest race the world has never seen; Christopher McDougall (NF) 282
- Peace Like a River; Leif Enger (F) 311
- Fragile Eternity; Melissa Marr (YA) 389
- Fire; Kristin Cashore (YA) 461
- As You Wish; Jackson Pearce (YA) 298
- Magic Under Glass; Jaclyn Dolamore (YA) 225
I actually feel respectable with both numbers. I saw robinellen read 247 books this year. I can't even fathom that number. My habits are roughly 3 books/2 movies per month. It works for me. Also, if you have a rec that's not on the list above but you think matches my tastes, please share. :D