books and movies of 2006
Forthwith, a continually updated list of books ("books" = "books read for pleasure that are not Baby-Sitters Club or Sweet Valley High"), movies, and TV on DVD I've consumed in 2006. I'm only listing first-time viewings and readings.
Movies (31)
Layer Cake, 1/6
Brokeback Mountain, 1/7
Trapped in the Closet, 1/7
Breast Men, 1/7
Seeing Other People, 1/7
Drop Dead Gorgeous, 2/3
Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle, 2/3
Napoleon Dynamite, 2/18
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Where the Heart Is, 5/26
The DaVinci Code, 5/27
X-Men, 6/12
X-Men 2, 6/12
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, 7/7
Syriana, 7/30
Batman Begins, 9/5
Dreamer, 9/6
TransAmerica, 9/7
The Illusionist, 9/9
The Lords of Dogtown, 9/12
Capote, 9/14
Mr. and Mrs. Smith, 9/15
St. Elmo's Fire, 9/20
Mrs. Henderson Presents, 9/20
Pride and Prejudice (2005), 9/27
Best In Show, 9/28
Lost in Translation, 9/29
Everything Is Illuminated, 10/5
The Constant Gardener, 10/7
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (OMNIMAX), 10/14
The Prestige, 10/31
Books (18)
Size 12 is Not Fat, Meg Cabot, 1/6
The Midnight Work, Kassandra Sims (k_sims), 1/12
The Reverse of the Medal, Patrick O'Brian, 1/13
Avalon High, Meg Cabot, 1/16
The Letter of Marque, Patrick O'Brian, 1/28
The Thirteen-Gun Salute, Patrick O'Brian, 2/7
The Nutmeg of Consolation, Patrick O'Brian, 2/19
Owls Well That Ends Well, Donna Andrews
His Majesty's Dragon, naominovik
Throne of Jade, naominovik
Spin, Robert Charles Wilson
Black Powder War, naominovik, 7/4
The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank, Ellen Feldman, 7/29
A Great and Terrible Beauty, Libba Bray, 8/13
Spindle's End, Robin McKinley, 8/19
A Corner of the Universe, Ann M. Martin, 10/21
Mediator, Book 1: Shadowlands, Meg Cabot, 10/29
The Prestige, Christopher Priest, 11/4
TV on DVD (6)
The Dead Zone S1, 1/5
The Dead Zone S2
The Dead Zone S3
Veronica Mars S1
Star Trek: The Next Generation S5
The O.C. S1
Previous years:
2005
Movies (31)
Layer Cake, 1/6
Brokeback Mountain, 1/7
Trapped in the Closet, 1/7
Breast Men, 1/7
Seeing Other People, 1/7
Drop Dead Gorgeous, 2/3
Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle, 2/3
Napoleon Dynamite, 2/18
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Where the Heart Is, 5/26
The DaVinci Code, 5/27
X-Men, 6/12
X-Men 2, 6/12
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, 7/7
Syriana, 7/30
Batman Begins, 9/5
Dreamer, 9/6
TransAmerica, 9/7
The Illusionist, 9/9
The Lords of Dogtown, 9/12
Capote, 9/14
Mr. and Mrs. Smith, 9/15
St. Elmo's Fire, 9/20
Mrs. Henderson Presents, 9/20
Pride and Prejudice (2005), 9/27
Best In Show, 9/28
Lost in Translation, 9/29
Everything Is Illuminated, 10/5
The Constant Gardener, 10/7
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (OMNIMAX), 10/14
The Prestige, 10/31
Books (18)
Size 12 is Not Fat, Meg Cabot, 1/6
The Midnight Work, Kassandra Sims (k_sims), 1/12
The Reverse of the Medal, Patrick O'Brian, 1/13
Avalon High, Meg Cabot, 1/16
The Letter of Marque, Patrick O'Brian, 1/28
The Thirteen-Gun Salute, Patrick O'Brian, 2/7
The Nutmeg of Consolation, Patrick O'Brian, 2/19
Owls Well That Ends Well, Donna Andrews
His Majesty's Dragon, naominovik
Throne of Jade, naominovik
Spin, Robert Charles Wilson
Black Powder War, naominovik, 7/4
The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank, Ellen Feldman, 7/29
A Great and Terrible Beauty, Libba Bray, 8/13
Spindle's End, Robin McKinley, 8/19
A Corner of the Universe, Ann M. Martin, 10/21
Mediator, Book 1: Shadowlands, Meg Cabot, 10/29
The Prestige, Christopher Priest, 11/4
TV on DVD (6)
The Dead Zone S1, 1/5
The Dead Zone S2
The Dead Zone S3
Veronica Mars S1
Star Trek: The Next Generation S5
The O.C. S1
Previous years:
2005