2009 in review: a geekspam
So mainly 2009 will go down in history for me as the year we OMG-bought-a-freakin-house! But I did a bunch of other stuff too...
A year in ungodly quantities of media consumables!
Movies Watched (62):
500 Days of Summer
Better Than Chocolate (rewatch)
Bolt!
Bye Bye Birdie (rewatch)
Clueless (rewatch)
Coraline (3D woot!)
Dragon Ball Z
Dressed to Kill (rewatch)
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Equilibrium (rewatch)
Faerie Tale Theatre (rewatch)
Free To Be You and Me (rewatch)
GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
High School Musical 3
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (rewatch)
Hotel for Dogs
Inkheart
Labyrinth (rewatch)
Madagascar 2
Mamma Mia!
Mary Poppins (rewatch)
Men Who Stare At Goats
Monsters vs Aliens
Night at the Museum 2
No Reservations
Noises Off (rewatch)
Once Upon a Mattress
Penelope
Pineapple Express
Ponyo
Reduced Shakespeare Company (x3)
Repo! the Genetic Opera
Santa Buddies
Sense and Sensibility (BBC)
Serenity (rewatch)
She's The Man (rewatch)
Soapdish (rewatch)
Some Kind of Wonderful (rewatch)
Spaceballs (rewatch)
Star Trek (x3)
Star Wars 4-6 (rewatch)
Stick It
Sunshine Cleaning
Super Troopers
Sweeney Todd
Tale of Despereaux
Terminator Salvation
The Fifth Element (rewatch)
The Grinch
The Pirates of Penzeance (rewatch)
The Pirates Who Won't Do Anything
The Proposal
The Watchmen
Tron (rewatch)
Tropic Thunder
Up!
Weird Science (rewatch)
What a Girl Wants
Where the Wild Things Are
Zathura (rewatch)
TV Watched (26):
Alice 2009 miniseries (on TV)
Alice In Wonderland 1980s miniseries (on VHS)
AMTV (on TV)
Austin City Limits 2009 Festival (on Hulu)
Battlestar Galactica season 4.5 (on TV)
Bleach season 1 (on DVD)
Bones seasons 4 & 5 (on TV)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer seasons 2-4 & 6 (DVD, rewatch)
Castle seasons 1 & 2 (on TV)
Chuck season 2 (on TV)
Dollhouse season 1 (on TV and DVD)
Dr. Horrible + commentary (on DVD)
Fullmetal Alchemist season 1 (on DVD)
Futurama, various episodes (on DVD)
Glee season 1 (on TV)
Leverage season 1 (DVD) & 2 (on TV)
Lost season 5 (on TV)
SG-1 season 1 (DVD)
So You Think You Can Dance seasons 5 & 6 (on TV)
Stargate Atlantis season 5 (DVD)
Stargate Universe season 1 (on TV, gave up)
Supernatural seasons 4 & 5 (on TV)
True Blood seasons 1 (DVD) & 2 (on TV)
UT football games (on TV)
Veronica Mars season 1 & 2 (DVD, rewatch)
Warehouse 13 season 1 (on TV)
Listened to (60):
Alphabeat
Asteroid Galaxy
Astronautilus
Beyonce
Cake (re-listen)
Caribou
Clutch
Cool Kids
Cut Copy
Dr. Horrible musical commentary (re-listen)
Dragonette
Fefe Dobson
Fischerspooner (re-listen)
Flight of the Conchords
Franz Ferdinand
Girl Talk
Goldfrapp (re-listen)
Green Day
Innerpartysystem
Interpol (re-listen)
Junior Boys
Justin Timberlake (re-listen)
Kasabian
KMFDM (re-listen)
La Roux
Lady Gaga (like whoa)
Lady Sovereign
Ladyhawke
Lily Allen
Lykke Li
The Magnetic Fields (re-listen)
Metric
MGMT
Michael Jackson (re-listen)
Mika
MSTRKRFT
Muse
Newsies (re-listen)
Nickelback
Nine Inch Nails (re-listen)
Noisettes
Outline
Owl City
Ozomatli
Peaches
Phoenix
Royksopp
Santogold
Shakira
Tapes'n'Tapes
Taylor Swift
The Decemberists
The Faint (re-listen)
The Gossip
The Rapture (re-listen)
They Might Be Giants
Thunderheist
TV on the Radio
V.A.S.T (re-listen)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
And then I read a few books...
I always give myself a hard time because I read reviews for literally hundreds of picture books, chapter books and YA books every month (I ordered 1300+ books for the library in 2009), and I only ever read a handful of them myself, so it FEELS like I fail at reading month after month. But having written down all the books I read this year--even if the list does lean heavily towards picture books and YA fiction--I don't feel so bad!
My goal for 2010 is to read more juvenile fiction/chapter books and more adult fiction/non-fiction!
A little over 300 books in 2009...
January (34)
YA Fiction (2):
Impossible by Nancy Werlin
Prom Dates from Hell by Rosemary Clement-Moore
Juvenile Fiction (1):
The Dark is Rising sequence by Susan Cooper (re-read)
Picture Books (31):
365 Penguins by Jean-Luc Fromental (re-read)
Alistair in Outer Space by Marilyn Sadler
Baby Brains and RoboMom by Simon James
Baron von Baddie and the Ice Ray Incident by George McClements (re-read)
Behold the Brave Umbrellaphants by Jack Prelutsky (re-read)
Benjamin McFadden and the Robot Babysitter by Timothy Bush
Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
Duck in the Truck by Jez Alborough
Farm Fresh Cats by Scott Santoro (re-read)
Fillmore and Geary Take Off! by Mark Shulman
Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree by Eileen Christelow
Hello Robots by Bob Staake
Hi Pizza Man! by Virgina Walter (re-read)
If You Take a Mouse to the Movies by Laura Numeroff (re-read)
Irving and Muktuk: Two Bad Bears by Daniel Pinkwater
I've Got an Elephant by Anne Ginkel
Little Penguins Tale by Audrey Wood (re-read)
Little Polar Bear by Hans de Beer
Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney (re-read)
Mail Harry to the Moon! by Robie Harris
Me and My Robot by Tracey West
Mommy? by Maurice Sendak
My Penguin Osbert by Elizabeth Kimmel
Penguin by Polly Dunbar
Pet Boy by Keith Graves
Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner (re-read)
Skippyjon Jones in the Doghouse by Judy Schachner
Sock Monkey Rides Again by Cece Bell
Ten Naughty Little Monkeys by Suzanne Williams
We've All Got Belly Buttons! by David Martin
Why? by Lindsay Camp
February (17)
YA Fiction (2):
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
The Emerald Tablet by P.J. Hoover
Picture Books (15):
A Fish Out of Water by Helen Palmer
And to Name But Just a Few: Red, Yellow, Green and Blue by Laurie Rosenwald
Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel (re-read)
Burger Boy by Alan Durant
Don’t Be Silly Mrs Millie! by Judy Cox
Happy Valentines Day Dolores by Barbara Samuels
Hieronymus Betts and His Unusual Pets by M.P. Robertson
If You'll Be My Valentine by Cynthia Rylant
Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen
Mr Brown Can Moo! Can You? by Dr. Seuss
Queen of Hearts by Mary Engelbreit
Slugs in Love by Susan Pearson
The Lorax by Dr Seuss (re-read)
Wait! I Want To Tell You a Story by Tom Williams
Young MacDonald by David Milgrim
March (36)
YA Fiction (2):
Revelations (Blue Bloods #3) by Melissa de la Cruz
The Good Ghoul's Guide to Getting Even by Julie Kenner
Juvenile Fiction (1):
A Maze Me: Poems for Girls by Naomi Shihab Nye
Picture Books (33):
‘Twas the Day Before Zoo Day! By Catherine Ipcizade
Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek by Deborah Hopkinson
Boom Town by Sonia Levitin
Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs by Giles Andreae
Chowder by Peter Brown (re-read)
Count the Ways, Little Brown Bear by Jonathon London
Dinosailers by Deb Lund
Dog Blue by Polly Dunbar
Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies by Carolyn Crimi
How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning by Rosalyn Schanzer
How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long & David Shannon
How to Take Your Grandmother to the Museum by Lois Wyse
I’d Really Like to Eat a Child by Sylviane Donnio
If I Ran the Zoo by Dr Seuss (re-read)
John, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith
Jumpy Jack & Googily by Meg Rosoff
Lola with Wings by Raquel Mancera
Looking for a Moose by Phyllis Root
Mr. Lincoln’s Whiskers by Karen Winnick
Pirate Girl by Cornelia Funke
Pirate Pete by Kim Kennedy
Pirates Don’t Change Diapers by Melinda Long & David Shannon
Pssst! by Adam Rex
Saving the Liberty Bell by Megan McDonald
Sparrow Jack by Mordicai Gerston
Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs by Alan Katz
The Perfect Nest by Catherine Friend
The Tale of Custard the Dragon by Lynn Munsinger
The Tree That Would Not Die by Ellen Levine
Tiger Can't Sleep by S.J. Fore
Wild About Books by Judy Sierra
You Can Do Anything Daddy! by Michael Rex
April (32)
Adult Fiction (1):
The Watchmen by Alan Moore (re-read)
YA Fiction (4):
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
The Declaration by Gemma Malley
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
The Latent Powers of Dylan Fontaine by April Lurie
Picture Books (27):
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein (re-read)
Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman (re-read)
Bunny Cakes (Max and Ruby) by Rosemary Wells
Duck in the Truck by Jez Alborough (re-read)
Hot Hippo by Mwenye Hadithi
It’s Raining Pigs & Noodles by Jack Prelutsky
Jabuti, the Tortoise by Gerald McDermott
Just a Minute by Yuyi Morales
Katie Loves the Kittens by John Himmelman
Love and Roast Chicken by Barbara Knutson
Mighty Jackie: the Strike-Out Queen by Marissa Moss
Mouse Practice by Emily Arnold McCully
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems
Pajama Day! by Lynn Plourde
Playing Right Field by Willy Welch
Raven by Gerald McDermott
Russell the Sheep by Rob Scotton
Soggy Saturday by Phyllis Root
The Clumsy Click Bug by Eric Carle
The Fish Who Could Wish by John Bush & Korky Paul
The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (re-read)
Underwear by Mary Elise Monsell
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein (re-read)
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? by various
You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer by Shana Corey
May (34)
Adult Fiction (1):
A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K Hamilton
YA Fiction (1):
Eternal by Cynthia Leitich-Smith
Picture Books (32):
Are You a Horse? by Andy Rash
Baa for Beginners by Deborah Fajerman
Book Fiesta by Pat Mora
Bubba the Cowboy Prince by Helen Ketterman
Cowgirl Rosie and her Five Baby Bison by Stephen Gulbis
Doggone Dogs by Karen Beaumont
Freckle-face Strawberry by Julianne Moore
Gladys Goes Out to Lunch by Derek Anderson
Hooray a Pinata by Elisa Kleven
How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Mark Teague
I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont (re-read)
I Know an Old Teacher by Anne Bowen
Mrs McBloom, Clean Up Your Room by Kelly DiPucchio
My Monster Mama Loves Me So by Laura Leuck (re-read)
My Working Mom by Peter Glassman (re-read)
Pumpkin Fiesta by Caryn Yacowitz
Roawr by Barbara Joosse
Say Hola to Spanish by Susan Middleton Elya
Sing Sophie by Dayle Ann Dodds
Sip, slurp, soup, soup, caldo, caldo, caldo by Diane Gonzales Bertrand
Sixteen Cows by Lisa Wheeler
Super-Completely and Totally the Messiest by Judith Viorst
The Big Wide-Mouthed Frog by Ana Martin Larranga
The Bunnies Are Not in Their Beds by Marisabina Russo
The Cow That Was the Best Moo-ther by Andy Cutbill
The Cowboy ABC by Chris Demarest
The Gingerbread Cowboy by Janet Squires
The Great Texas Hamster Drive by Eric Kimmel
The Three Armadillies Tuff by Jackie Mims Hopkins
Warthogs Paint by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Weird Parents by Audrey Wood
What Do Parents Do (When You’re Not Home) by Jeanie Franz Ransom
June (19)
Adult Fiction (3):
A Caress of Twilight by Laurell K. Hamilton
Seduced by Moonlight by Laurell K. Hamilton
A Stroke of Midnight by Laurell K. Hamilton
YA Fiction (2):
Nation by Terry Pratchett
The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams
Picture Books (14):
Boo Hoo Bird by Jeremy Tankard
Can I Have a Stegosaurus, Mom? Can I? Please? by Lois Grambling
Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell
Help Me, Mr. Mutt!: Expert Answers for Dogs with People Problems by Janet Stevens
Lady Liberty: a Biography by Doreen Rappaport
Moo Cow Kaboom by Thacher Hurd
Mrs. McTats and Her Houseful of Cats by Alyssa Capucilli
My Cat, the Silliest Cat in the World by Gilles Bachelet
Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth
Silly Suzy Goose by Petr Horacek
The Kiss That Missed by David Melling
Watch Me Throw the Ball! (Elephant & Piggie) by Mo Willems
Who Wants a Dragon? by James Mayhew
Wink: the Ninja Who Wanted to Be Noticed by Julie Phillipps
July (23)
Adult Fiction (5):
Dead Until Dark (Sookie #1) by Charlaine Harris
Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie #3) by Charlaine Harris
Club Dead (Sookie #3) by Charlaine Harris
Dead to the World (Sookie #4) by Charlaine Harris
Dead as a Doornail (Sookie #5) by Charlaine Harris
YA Fiction (3):
Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd
Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Juvenile Fiction/Non-fiction (2):
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson
Yum! Mmmm! Que Rico!: America's Sproutings by Pat Mora
Picture Books (13):
A Birthday for Cow by Jan Thomas
Clap Your Hands by Lorinda Cauley
Cows Can’t Fly by David Milgrim
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight by Jane Yolen (re-read)
I Am Invited to a Party! (Elephant & Piggie) by Mo Willems (re-read)
If you’re Happy and You Know It by James Warhola
Lazy Ozzie by Michael Coleman
Luck of the Loch Ness Monster: a Tale of Picky Eating by Alice Weaver Flahert
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: a Cuban Folktale by Carmen Agra Deedy
The ABC book by Dr Seuss
The Baby BeeBee Bird by Diane Massie
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear by Audrey & Don Wood (re-read)
Too Many Toys by David Shannon
August (38)
Adult Fiction (4):
Definitely Dead (Sookie #6) by Charlaine Harris
All Together Dead (Sookie #7) by Charlaine Harris
From Dead to Worse (Sookie #8) by Charlaine Harris
Dead and Gone (Sookie #9) by Charlaine Harris
YA Fiction (4):
Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith (re-read)
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
How Not to Be Popular by Jennifer Ziegler
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Picture Books (34):
A Splendid Friend, Indeed by Suzanne Bloom
Bad Baby by Ross MacDonald
Baron Von Baddie and the Ice-Ray Incident (re-read)
Big Smelly Bear by Britta Teckentrup
Burger Boy by Alan Durant (re-read)
Dinosaur Starts School by Pamela Duncan Edwards
From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
George and Martha by James Marshall
Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester (re-read)
How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms? by Jane Yolen
How Do Dinosaurs Go To School? by Jane Yolen (re-read)
Hunter's Best Friend at School by Laura Elliott
I Love My New Toy! (Elephant & Piggie) by Mo Willems
If I Were a Jungle Animal by Amanda Ellery
I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry
Kapow! by George O'Connor
Kat Kong by Dav Pilkey (re-read)
No Babysitters Allowed by Amber Stewart
Old Tom, Many of Mystery by Leigh Hobbs
Perfect Friend by Yelena Romanova
Picnic with Piggins by Jane Yolen
Superhero ABC by Bob McLeod
That’s What Friends Do by Kathryn Cave
That's What Friends Are For by Valeri Gorbachev
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Noble (re-read)
The Mystery of Eatum Hall by Cathy Tincknell
The Nutshell Kids by Maurice Sendak (re-read)
The Recess Queen by Alexis O’Neill (re-read)
The Sleepy Little Alphabet by Judy Sierra
To the Beach by Linda Ashman
Today I Will Fly! (Elephant & Piggie) by Mo Willems
Tuff Fluff: the Case of Duckie’s Missing Brain by Scott Nash
Whatever Happened to the Dinosaurs by Bernard Most
Where Do Balloons Go? by Jamie Lee Curtis
September (27)
YA Fiction (2):
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
My Road Trip to the Pretty Girl Capital of the World by Brian Yansky
Juvenile Fiction(1):
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (re-read)
Picture Books (24):
April Foolishness by Teresa Bateman
Are You Ready to Play Outside? (Elephant & Piggie) by Mo Willems
Being a Pig is Nice: A Child's Eye View of Manners by Sally Lloyd-Jones
Big Chickens by Leslie Helakoski
Chicken Butt by Erica Perl
Chickens to the Rescue by John Himmelman (re-read)
Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers by Laura Numeroff
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big by Berkeley Breathed
Grandpa's Teeth by Rod Clements
Harry Hungry by Steven Salerno
Hippo Goes Bananas by Marjorie Dennis Murray
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire by Diane deGroat
Nonsense! by Sally Kahler Phillips (re-read)
Our Granny by Margaret Wild
Peanut Butter and Jellyfishes: A Very Silly Alphabet by Brian Cleary
Queenie: One of the Family by Bob Graham
Sheila Rae the Brave by Kevin Henkes
Snog the Frog by Tony Bonning
The Perfect Nest by Catherine Friend (re-read)
What Grandma's Can't Do by Douglas Wood
When Martha’s Away by Bruce Ingram
When You Visit Grandma & Grandpa by Anne Bowen
Whoops! But It Wasn't Me (Charlie & Lola) by Lauren Child)
You're Weird by Kevin Luthardt
October (26 ½)
Adult Fiction (½):
Dark Lover by J.R. Ward (never finished)
YA Fiction (2):
Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr
Sprout by Dale Peck
Picture Books (24):
10 Trick or Treaters by Janet Schulman
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst (re-read)
Doctor Ted by Andrea Beatty
Earl the Squirrel by Don Freeman
Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems (re-read)
Fifi the Ferocious by Lucas Miller (re-read)
Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley (re-read)
Goodnight Owl by Pat Hutchins
Hansel and Gretel by James Marshall
Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins
I Don’t Like Gloria by Kaye Umansky (re-read)
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Alison Jackson
It’s A Bad Day by Mary Ellen Friday
I've Got an Elephant by Anne Ginkel (re-read)
Just a Bad Day by Mercer Mayer
Nobody’s Diggier Than a Dog by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (re-read)
Poor Puppy by Nick Bruel (re-read)
Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend by Melanie Watt
Shoo! Scat! by Lois Grambling
Silly Sally by Audrey Wood
Terrific by Jon Agee
The Cake that Mack Ate by Rose Robart
The Grumpy Morning by Pamela Duncan Edwards
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! by Mo Willems
November (21)
YA Fiction (3):
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
The Splendor Falls by Rosemary Clement-Moore
The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
Juvenile Fiction (3):
Calvin Coconut by Graham Salisbury
Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise
Tap Dancing on the Roof by Linda Sue Park
Picture Books (15):
Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker
Elvira by Margaret Shannon
Frog Girl by Paul Owen Lewis
I’m a Turkey by Jim Arnosky
Sootface: An Ojibwa Cinderella by Robert San Souci
Sparrow Girl by Sara Pennypacker
Ten Little Fish by Audrey Wood
Thank You Sarah by Laurie Halse Anderson
That Book Woman by Heather Henson
The Egg by M.P. Robertson
The Girl who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
The Knight and the Dragon by Tomie De Paola
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch (re-read)
The Teacher From the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
This Little Chick by John Lawrence
December (21)
YA Fiction (4):
David Inside Out by Lee Bantle
Evernight by Claudia Gray
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Zombie Blondes by James Brian
Picture Books (17):
Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
Bats at the Library by Brian Lies
Bounce by Doreen Cronin
Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester (re-read)
I See Santa Everywhere by Glenn McCoy
I’m Not Cute by Jonathan Allen
King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood (re-read)
Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen (re-read)
Minerva Louise on Christmas Eve by Janet Morgan Stoeke
Mother, Mother, I Want Another by Maria Robbins
Score One for the Sloths by Helen Lester
Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell
Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester (re-read)
The Napping House by Audrey Wood (re-read)
The Squeaky Door by Margaret Read MacDonald
What Dogs Want For Christmas by Kandy Radzinski
Wild About Books by Judy Sierra (re-read)
So yeah. More elementary school and middle school aged books. More grown-up books. More non-fiction. Any/all of those would be good :)
A year in ungodly quantities of media consumables!
Movies Watched (62):
500 Days of Summer
Better Than Chocolate (rewatch)
Bolt!
Bye Bye Birdie (rewatch)
Clueless (rewatch)
Coraline (3D woot!)
Dragon Ball Z
Dressed to Kill (rewatch)
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Equilibrium (rewatch)
Faerie Tale Theatre (rewatch)
Free To Be You and Me (rewatch)
GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
High School Musical 3
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (rewatch)
Hotel for Dogs
Inkheart
Labyrinth (rewatch)
Madagascar 2
Mamma Mia!
Mary Poppins (rewatch)
Men Who Stare At Goats
Monsters vs Aliens
Night at the Museum 2
No Reservations
Noises Off (rewatch)
Once Upon a Mattress
Penelope
Pineapple Express
Ponyo
Reduced Shakespeare Company (x3)
Repo! the Genetic Opera
Santa Buddies
Sense and Sensibility (BBC)
Serenity (rewatch)
She's The Man (rewatch)
Soapdish (rewatch)
Some Kind of Wonderful (rewatch)
Spaceballs (rewatch)
Star Trek (x3)
Star Wars 4-6 (rewatch)
Stick It
Sunshine Cleaning
Super Troopers
Sweeney Todd
Tale of Despereaux
Terminator Salvation
The Fifth Element (rewatch)
The Grinch
The Pirates of Penzeance (rewatch)
The Pirates Who Won't Do Anything
The Proposal
The Watchmen
Tron (rewatch)
Tropic Thunder
Up!
Weird Science (rewatch)
What a Girl Wants
Where the Wild Things Are
Zathura (rewatch)
TV Watched (26):
Alice 2009 miniseries (on TV)
Alice In Wonderland 1980s miniseries (on VHS)
AMTV (on TV)
Austin City Limits 2009 Festival (on Hulu)
Battlestar Galactica season 4.5 (on TV)
Bleach season 1 (on DVD)
Bones seasons 4 & 5 (on TV)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer seasons 2-4 & 6 (DVD, rewatch)
Castle seasons 1 & 2 (on TV)
Chuck season 2 (on TV)
Dollhouse season 1 (on TV and DVD)
Dr. Horrible + commentary (on DVD)
Fullmetal Alchemist season 1 (on DVD)
Futurama, various episodes (on DVD)
Glee season 1 (on TV)
Leverage season 1 (DVD) & 2 (on TV)
Lost season 5 (on TV)
SG-1 season 1 (DVD)
So You Think You Can Dance seasons 5 & 6 (on TV)
Stargate Atlantis season 5 (DVD)
Stargate Universe season 1 (on TV, gave up)
Supernatural seasons 4 & 5 (on TV)
True Blood seasons 1 (DVD) & 2 (on TV)
UT football games (on TV)
Veronica Mars season 1 & 2 (DVD, rewatch)
Warehouse 13 season 1 (on TV)
Listened to (60):
Alphabeat
Asteroid Galaxy
Astronautilus
Beyonce
Cake (re-listen)
Caribou
Clutch
Cool Kids
Cut Copy
Dr. Horrible musical commentary (re-listen)
Dragonette
Fefe Dobson
Fischerspooner (re-listen)
Flight of the Conchords
Franz Ferdinand
Girl Talk
Goldfrapp (re-listen)
Green Day
Innerpartysystem
Interpol (re-listen)
Junior Boys
Justin Timberlake (re-listen)
Kasabian
KMFDM (re-listen)
La Roux
Lady Gaga (like whoa)
Lady Sovereign
Ladyhawke
Lily Allen
Lykke Li
The Magnetic Fields (re-listen)
Metric
MGMT
Michael Jackson (re-listen)
Mika
MSTRKRFT
Muse
Newsies (re-listen)
Nickelback
Nine Inch Nails (re-listen)
Noisettes
Outline
Owl City
Ozomatli
Peaches
Phoenix
Royksopp
Santogold
Shakira
Tapes'n'Tapes
Taylor Swift
The Decemberists
The Faint (re-listen)
The Gossip
The Rapture (re-listen)
They Might Be Giants
Thunderheist
TV on the Radio
V.A.S.T (re-listen)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
And then I read a few books...
I always give myself a hard time because I read reviews for literally hundreds of picture books, chapter books and YA books every month (I ordered 1300+ books for the library in 2009), and I only ever read a handful of them myself, so it FEELS like I fail at reading month after month. But having written down all the books I read this year--even if the list does lean heavily towards picture books and YA fiction--I don't feel so bad!
My goal for 2010 is to read more juvenile fiction/chapter books and more adult fiction/non-fiction!
A little over 300 books in 2009...
January (34)
YA Fiction (2):
Impossible by Nancy Werlin
Prom Dates from Hell by Rosemary Clement-Moore
Juvenile Fiction (1):
The Dark is Rising sequence by Susan Cooper (re-read)
Picture Books (31):
365 Penguins by Jean-Luc Fromental (re-read)
Alistair in Outer Space by Marilyn Sadler
Baby Brains and RoboMom by Simon James
Baron von Baddie and the Ice Ray Incident by George McClements (re-read)
Behold the Brave Umbrellaphants by Jack Prelutsky (re-read)
Benjamin McFadden and the Robot Babysitter by Timothy Bush
Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
Duck in the Truck by Jez Alborough
Farm Fresh Cats by Scott Santoro (re-read)
Fillmore and Geary Take Off! by Mark Shulman
Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree by Eileen Christelow
Hello Robots by Bob Staake
Hi Pizza Man! by Virgina Walter (re-read)
If You Take a Mouse to the Movies by Laura Numeroff (re-read)
Irving and Muktuk: Two Bad Bears by Daniel Pinkwater
I've Got an Elephant by Anne Ginkel
Little Penguins Tale by Audrey Wood (re-read)
Little Polar Bear by Hans de Beer
Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney (re-read)
Mail Harry to the Moon! by Robie Harris
Me and My Robot by Tracey West
Mommy? by Maurice Sendak
My Penguin Osbert by Elizabeth Kimmel
Penguin by Polly Dunbar
Pet Boy by Keith Graves
Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner (re-read)
Skippyjon Jones in the Doghouse by Judy Schachner
Sock Monkey Rides Again by Cece Bell
Ten Naughty Little Monkeys by Suzanne Williams
We've All Got Belly Buttons! by David Martin
Why? by Lindsay Camp
February (17)
YA Fiction (2):
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
The Emerald Tablet by P.J. Hoover
Picture Books (15):
A Fish Out of Water by Helen Palmer
And to Name But Just a Few: Red, Yellow, Green and Blue by Laurie Rosenwald
Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel (re-read)
Burger Boy by Alan Durant
Don’t Be Silly Mrs Millie! by Judy Cox
Happy Valentines Day Dolores by Barbara Samuels
Hieronymus Betts and His Unusual Pets by M.P. Robertson
If You'll Be My Valentine by Cynthia Rylant
Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen
Mr Brown Can Moo! Can You? by Dr. Seuss
Queen of Hearts by Mary Engelbreit
Slugs in Love by Susan Pearson
The Lorax by Dr Seuss (re-read)
Wait! I Want To Tell You a Story by Tom Williams
Young MacDonald by David Milgrim
March (36)
YA Fiction (2):
Revelations (Blue Bloods #3) by Melissa de la Cruz
The Good Ghoul's Guide to Getting Even by Julie Kenner
Juvenile Fiction (1):
A Maze Me: Poems for Girls by Naomi Shihab Nye
Picture Books (33):
‘Twas the Day Before Zoo Day! By Catherine Ipcizade
Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek by Deborah Hopkinson
Boom Town by Sonia Levitin
Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs by Giles Andreae
Chowder by Peter Brown (re-read)
Count the Ways, Little Brown Bear by Jonathon London
Dinosailers by Deb Lund
Dog Blue by Polly Dunbar
Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies by Carolyn Crimi
How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning by Rosalyn Schanzer
How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long & David Shannon
How to Take Your Grandmother to the Museum by Lois Wyse
I’d Really Like to Eat a Child by Sylviane Donnio
If I Ran the Zoo by Dr Seuss (re-read)
John, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith
Jumpy Jack & Googily by Meg Rosoff
Lola with Wings by Raquel Mancera
Looking for a Moose by Phyllis Root
Mr. Lincoln’s Whiskers by Karen Winnick
Pirate Girl by Cornelia Funke
Pirate Pete by Kim Kennedy
Pirates Don’t Change Diapers by Melinda Long & David Shannon
Pssst! by Adam Rex
Saving the Liberty Bell by Megan McDonald
Sparrow Jack by Mordicai Gerston
Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs by Alan Katz
The Perfect Nest by Catherine Friend
The Tale of Custard the Dragon by Lynn Munsinger
The Tree That Would Not Die by Ellen Levine
Tiger Can't Sleep by S.J. Fore
Wild About Books by Judy Sierra
You Can Do Anything Daddy! by Michael Rex
April (32)
Adult Fiction (1):
The Watchmen by Alan Moore (re-read)
YA Fiction (4):
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
The Declaration by Gemma Malley
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
The Latent Powers of Dylan Fontaine by April Lurie
Picture Books (27):
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein (re-read)
Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman (re-read)
Bunny Cakes (Max and Ruby) by Rosemary Wells
Duck in the Truck by Jez Alborough (re-read)
Hot Hippo by Mwenye Hadithi
It’s Raining Pigs & Noodles by Jack Prelutsky
Jabuti, the Tortoise by Gerald McDermott
Just a Minute by Yuyi Morales
Katie Loves the Kittens by John Himmelman
Love and Roast Chicken by Barbara Knutson
Mighty Jackie: the Strike-Out Queen by Marissa Moss
Mouse Practice by Emily Arnold McCully
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems
Pajama Day! by Lynn Plourde
Playing Right Field by Willy Welch
Raven by Gerald McDermott
Russell the Sheep by Rob Scotton
Soggy Saturday by Phyllis Root
The Clumsy Click Bug by Eric Carle
The Fish Who Could Wish by John Bush & Korky Paul
The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (re-read)
Underwear by Mary Elise Monsell
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein (re-read)
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? by various
You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer by Shana Corey
May (34)
Adult Fiction (1):
A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K Hamilton
YA Fiction (1):
Eternal by Cynthia Leitich-Smith
Picture Books (32):
Are You a Horse? by Andy Rash
Baa for Beginners by Deborah Fajerman
Book Fiesta by Pat Mora
Bubba the Cowboy Prince by Helen Ketterman
Cowgirl Rosie and her Five Baby Bison by Stephen Gulbis
Doggone Dogs by Karen Beaumont
Freckle-face Strawberry by Julianne Moore
Gladys Goes Out to Lunch by Derek Anderson
Hooray a Pinata by Elisa Kleven
How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Mark Teague
I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont (re-read)
I Know an Old Teacher by Anne Bowen
Mrs McBloom, Clean Up Your Room by Kelly DiPucchio
My Monster Mama Loves Me So by Laura Leuck (re-read)
My Working Mom by Peter Glassman (re-read)
Pumpkin Fiesta by Caryn Yacowitz
Roawr by Barbara Joosse
Say Hola to Spanish by Susan Middleton Elya
Sing Sophie by Dayle Ann Dodds
Sip, slurp, soup, soup, caldo, caldo, caldo by Diane Gonzales Bertrand
Sixteen Cows by Lisa Wheeler
Super-Completely and Totally the Messiest by Judith Viorst
The Big Wide-Mouthed Frog by Ana Martin Larranga
The Bunnies Are Not in Their Beds by Marisabina Russo
The Cow That Was the Best Moo-ther by Andy Cutbill
The Cowboy ABC by Chris Demarest
The Gingerbread Cowboy by Janet Squires
The Great Texas Hamster Drive by Eric Kimmel
The Three Armadillies Tuff by Jackie Mims Hopkins
Warthogs Paint by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Weird Parents by Audrey Wood
What Do Parents Do (When You’re Not Home) by Jeanie Franz Ransom
June (19)
Adult Fiction (3):
A Caress of Twilight by Laurell K. Hamilton
Seduced by Moonlight by Laurell K. Hamilton
A Stroke of Midnight by Laurell K. Hamilton
YA Fiction (2):
Nation by Terry Pratchett
The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams
Picture Books (14):
Boo Hoo Bird by Jeremy Tankard
Can I Have a Stegosaurus, Mom? Can I? Please? by Lois Grambling
Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell
Help Me, Mr. Mutt!: Expert Answers for Dogs with People Problems by Janet Stevens
Lady Liberty: a Biography by Doreen Rappaport
Moo Cow Kaboom by Thacher Hurd
Mrs. McTats and Her Houseful of Cats by Alyssa Capucilli
My Cat, the Silliest Cat in the World by Gilles Bachelet
Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth
Silly Suzy Goose by Petr Horacek
The Kiss That Missed by David Melling
Watch Me Throw the Ball! (Elephant & Piggie) by Mo Willems
Who Wants a Dragon? by James Mayhew
Wink: the Ninja Who Wanted to Be Noticed by Julie Phillipps
July (23)
Adult Fiction (5):
Dead Until Dark (Sookie #1) by Charlaine Harris
Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie #3) by Charlaine Harris
Club Dead (Sookie #3) by Charlaine Harris
Dead to the World (Sookie #4) by Charlaine Harris
Dead as a Doornail (Sookie #5) by Charlaine Harris
YA Fiction (3):
Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd
Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Juvenile Fiction/Non-fiction (2):
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson
Yum! Mmmm! Que Rico!: America's Sproutings by Pat Mora
Picture Books (13):
A Birthday for Cow by Jan Thomas
Clap Your Hands by Lorinda Cauley
Cows Can’t Fly by David Milgrim
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight by Jane Yolen (re-read)
I Am Invited to a Party! (Elephant & Piggie) by Mo Willems (re-read)
If you’re Happy and You Know It by James Warhola
Lazy Ozzie by Michael Coleman
Luck of the Loch Ness Monster: a Tale of Picky Eating by Alice Weaver Flahert
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: a Cuban Folktale by Carmen Agra Deedy
The ABC book by Dr Seuss
The Baby BeeBee Bird by Diane Massie
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear by Audrey & Don Wood (re-read)
Too Many Toys by David Shannon
August (38)
Adult Fiction (4):
Definitely Dead (Sookie #6) by Charlaine Harris
All Together Dead (Sookie #7) by Charlaine Harris
From Dead to Worse (Sookie #8) by Charlaine Harris
Dead and Gone (Sookie #9) by Charlaine Harris
YA Fiction (4):
Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith (re-read)
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
How Not to Be Popular by Jennifer Ziegler
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Picture Books (34):
A Splendid Friend, Indeed by Suzanne Bloom
Bad Baby by Ross MacDonald
Baron Von Baddie and the Ice-Ray Incident (re-read)
Big Smelly Bear by Britta Teckentrup
Burger Boy by Alan Durant (re-read)
Dinosaur Starts School by Pamela Duncan Edwards
From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
George and Martha by James Marshall
Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester (re-read)
How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms? by Jane Yolen
How Do Dinosaurs Go To School? by Jane Yolen (re-read)
Hunter's Best Friend at School by Laura Elliott
I Love My New Toy! (Elephant & Piggie) by Mo Willems
If I Were a Jungle Animal by Amanda Ellery
I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry
Kapow! by George O'Connor
Kat Kong by Dav Pilkey (re-read)
No Babysitters Allowed by Amber Stewart
Old Tom, Many of Mystery by Leigh Hobbs
Perfect Friend by Yelena Romanova
Picnic with Piggins by Jane Yolen
Superhero ABC by Bob McLeod
That’s What Friends Do by Kathryn Cave
That's What Friends Are For by Valeri Gorbachev
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Noble (re-read)
The Mystery of Eatum Hall by Cathy Tincknell
The Nutshell Kids by Maurice Sendak (re-read)
The Recess Queen by Alexis O’Neill (re-read)
The Sleepy Little Alphabet by Judy Sierra
To the Beach by Linda Ashman
Today I Will Fly! (Elephant & Piggie) by Mo Willems
Tuff Fluff: the Case of Duckie’s Missing Brain by Scott Nash
Whatever Happened to the Dinosaurs by Bernard Most
Where Do Balloons Go? by Jamie Lee Curtis
September (27)
YA Fiction (2):
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
My Road Trip to the Pretty Girl Capital of the World by Brian Yansky
Juvenile Fiction(1):
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (re-read)
Picture Books (24):
April Foolishness by Teresa Bateman
Are You Ready to Play Outside? (Elephant & Piggie) by Mo Willems
Being a Pig is Nice: A Child's Eye View of Manners by Sally Lloyd-Jones
Big Chickens by Leslie Helakoski
Chicken Butt by Erica Perl
Chickens to the Rescue by John Himmelman (re-read)
Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers by Laura Numeroff
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big by Berkeley Breathed
Grandpa's Teeth by Rod Clements
Harry Hungry by Steven Salerno
Hippo Goes Bananas by Marjorie Dennis Murray
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire by Diane deGroat
Nonsense! by Sally Kahler Phillips (re-read)
Our Granny by Margaret Wild
Peanut Butter and Jellyfishes: A Very Silly Alphabet by Brian Cleary
Queenie: One of the Family by Bob Graham
Sheila Rae the Brave by Kevin Henkes
Snog the Frog by Tony Bonning
The Perfect Nest by Catherine Friend (re-read)
What Grandma's Can't Do by Douglas Wood
When Martha’s Away by Bruce Ingram
When You Visit Grandma & Grandpa by Anne Bowen
Whoops! But It Wasn't Me (Charlie & Lola) by Lauren Child)
You're Weird by Kevin Luthardt
October (26 ½)
Adult Fiction (½):
Dark Lover by J.R. Ward (never finished)
YA Fiction (2):
Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr
Sprout by Dale Peck
Picture Books (24):
10 Trick or Treaters by Janet Schulman
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst (re-read)
Doctor Ted by Andrea Beatty
Earl the Squirrel by Don Freeman
Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems (re-read)
Fifi the Ferocious by Lucas Miller (re-read)
Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley (re-read)
Goodnight Owl by Pat Hutchins
Hansel and Gretel by James Marshall
Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins
I Don’t Like Gloria by Kaye Umansky (re-read)
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Alison Jackson
It’s A Bad Day by Mary Ellen Friday
I've Got an Elephant by Anne Ginkel (re-read)
Just a Bad Day by Mercer Mayer
Nobody’s Diggier Than a Dog by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (re-read)
Poor Puppy by Nick Bruel (re-read)
Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend by Melanie Watt
Shoo! Scat! by Lois Grambling
Silly Sally by Audrey Wood
Terrific by Jon Agee
The Cake that Mack Ate by Rose Robart
The Grumpy Morning by Pamela Duncan Edwards
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! by Mo Willems
November (21)
YA Fiction (3):
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
The Splendor Falls by Rosemary Clement-Moore
The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
Juvenile Fiction (3):
Calvin Coconut by Graham Salisbury
Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise
Tap Dancing on the Roof by Linda Sue Park
Picture Books (15):
Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker
Elvira by Margaret Shannon
Frog Girl by Paul Owen Lewis
I’m a Turkey by Jim Arnosky
Sootface: An Ojibwa Cinderella by Robert San Souci
Sparrow Girl by Sara Pennypacker
Ten Little Fish by Audrey Wood
Thank You Sarah by Laurie Halse Anderson
That Book Woman by Heather Henson
The Egg by M.P. Robertson
The Girl who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
The Knight and the Dragon by Tomie De Paola
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch (re-read)
The Teacher From the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
This Little Chick by John Lawrence
December (21)
YA Fiction (4):
David Inside Out by Lee Bantle
Evernight by Claudia Gray
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Zombie Blondes by James Brian
Picture Books (17):
Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
Bats at the Library by Brian Lies
Bounce by Doreen Cronin
Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester (re-read)
I See Santa Everywhere by Glenn McCoy
I’m Not Cute by Jonathan Allen
King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood (re-read)
Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen (re-read)
Minerva Louise on Christmas Eve by Janet Morgan Stoeke
Mother, Mother, I Want Another by Maria Robbins
Score One for the Sloths by Helen Lester
Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell
Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester (re-read)
The Napping House by Audrey Wood (re-read)
The Squeaky Door by Margaret Read MacDonald
What Dogs Want For Christmas by Kandy Radzinski
Wild About Books by Judy Sierra (re-read)
So yeah. More elementary school and middle school aged books. More grown-up books. More non-fiction. Any/all of those would be good :)