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THE MOVIE LIST
*denotes a movie I had seen before, ^a movie I saw in the theater (sadly few this year). bold denotes a movie I recommend to everyone. If it's not bold, that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it or that I would recommend it to some, it just means it's not an "Amazing, EVERYONE should see this" movie. Or, it might mean that I didn't like it. If you want to know, just ask!
January
Waitress
Death Proof
Stick It
Pleasantville*
Enchanted^
The Good Girl*
February
The Fugitive
The Emperor's New Groove*
Hercules*
Tarzan*
Shrek*
Stardust
Juno^
Pan's Labyrinth
Bye Bye Birdie
March
Year of the Dog
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Enchanted*
Big*
Ten Things I Hate About You*
April
Sliding Doors*
Robin Hood*
Drowning Mona
As Good As It Gets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Too Young to Marry
The Hours*
Sweeney Todd
When A Stranger Calls
Once
Rain Man
Mean Girls*
Juno*
May
Enchanted*
Juno*
Foster's Movie: House of Bloo's
Homeless to Harvard
The Devil Wears Prada*
Lilo and Stitch*
Waiting...
27 Dresses
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
Return of the Jedi*
The Slums of Beverly Hills
June
Teeth
Sex and the City^
Freaky Friday*
Kung Fu Panda^
No One Would Tell*
Camp Cucamonga*
Dirty Dancing*
July
Definitely, Maybe
The Baxter
Chicago*
The Devil's Arithmetic
Sugar and Spice
Definitely, Maybe*
Mamma Mia^
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl^
August
Troop Beverly Hills*
Almost Famous
Hairspray (1988)
Curious George*
The Little Mermaid*
Across the Universe
Forrest Gump*
Caffeine
September
Lady and the Tramp*
Hairspray (2007)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl*
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
Father of the Bride Part II*
October
Father of the Bride*
Baby Mama
The Princess Bride*
Dirty Dancing*
November
Made of Honor
Kung Fu Panda*
Big Fish*
Head Over Heels
Sex and the City*
Holiday in Handcuffs
Elmo's Christmas Countodwn
The Incredibles*
The Wedding Date
December
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
The Muppet Christmas Carol*
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Ratatouille*
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie*
Smart People
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Tale of Despereaux^
Burn After Reading
Sleepless in Seattle*
Sleeping Beauty*
Wall-E
The Simpsons Movie*
Gremlins*
Futurama: Bender's Big Score
Mamma Mia*
Of the movies I saw for the first time this year (regardless of when they came out), my five favorites are:
1. Enchanted
2. Juno
3. As Good As It Gets
4. Mamma Mia
5. Definitely, Maybe
My five LEAST favorites (same criteria):
1. Year of the Dog
2. Drowning Mona
3. 27 Dresses
4. Caffeine
5. The Wedding Date
THE BOOK LIST
Only COMPLETED reads are counted, there quite a few this year that I started and didn't finish. I count children's chapter books with some length (yes, I do count Baby-Sitters Club), but not picture books. Graphic novels do count, but single-issue comics do not. It makes sense to me-- just a matter of bulk. * denotes a re-read, and bold denotes a book I recommend to all. As with the movies, not recommending it to ALL doesn't necessarily mean I didn't enjoy it, blah blah blah
January
1. Sweet Sixteen Princess by Meg Cabot
2. The Psychology of Joss Whedon ed. by Joy Davidson
3. Baby-Sitters' European Vacation by Ann M. Martin
4. The Long Way Home by Joss Whedon
5. Mr. Punch by Neil Gaiman*
6. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
7. Spike: Shadow Puppets by Brian Lynch
8. Sunny: Diary Two by Ann M. Martin
9. Claudia and Mean Janine by Ann M. Martin*
10. Claudia and the Sad Good-bye by Ann M. Martin*
11. Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress: a Girl's Guide to the Dungeons and Dragons Game by Shelly Mazzanoble
12. Little (Grrl) Lost by Charles DeLint
February
13. Princess in the Spotlight by Meg Cabot*
14. Tales of the Slayers ed. by Scott Allie
15. Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
16. South Park and Philosophy by Robert Arp
17. The Thief of Always by Clive Barker
18. Coffee at Luke's: An Unauthorized Gilmore Girls Gabfest by Jennifer Crusie
March
19. Planet Cat A CAT-alog by Sandra Choron, Harry Choron, and Arden Moore
20. And When She Opened the Closet, All the Clothes Were Polyester! by Bill Amend
21. Princess in Love by Meg Cabot*
22. Abby's Lucky Thirteen by Ann M. Martin
23. Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
24. Deenie by Judy Blume
25. What, Me Pregnant? by Lynn Johnston
26. Death By Field Trip by Bill Amend
27. Your Momma Thinks Square Roots are Vegetables by Bill Amend
28. I'm Flying, Jack- I Mean Roger by Bill Amend
29. Schulz and Peanuts by David Michealis
April
30. The Kind of Girl I Am by Julia Watts
31. Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep by Gail Carson Levine
32. The Princess Test by Gail Carson Levine
33. The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan
34. Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
35. Women's Studies by Julia Watt
36. Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper by Diablo Cody
May
37. Go Ask Malice: A Slayer's Diary by Robert Joseph Levy
38. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
39. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
40. Firestarters: 100 Job Profiles to Inspire Young Women by Kelly Beatty and Dale Salvaggio Bradshaw
41. Television Without Pity: 752 Things We Love to Hate (and Hate to Love) about TV by Tara Ariano and Sarah D. Bunting
June
42. Mary Anne and the Memory Garden by Ann M. Martin
43. The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty
44. But I Love Him: Protecting Your Daughter From Controlling, Abusive, Dating Relationships by Dr. Jill Murray
45. When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
46. Altared: Bridezillas, Breakups, Big Love, and What Women Really Think About Contemporary Weddings ed. by Colleen Curran
47. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: False Memories by Jim Pascoe
48. Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream by Barbara Ehrenreich
July
49. The Boy Book by E. Lockhart
50. What We Keep by Elizabeth Berg
51. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
August
52. M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman
53. The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout, PhD
54. Eleven Minutes by Paul Coelho
55. Places I Never Meant to Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers ed. by Judy Blume
56. Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy by Sonya Sones
57. The Forbidden Game Volume 1: The Hunter by LJ Smith*
58. One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding by Rebecca Mead
September
59. Something New: Wedding Etiquette for Rule Breakers, Traditionalists, and Everyone in Between by Elise MacAdam
60. King Dork by Frank Portman
61. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson*
62. Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot
63. The Mediator #1: Shadowland by Meg Cabot
October
64. Jessi and the Bad Baby-Sitter by Ann M. Martin
65. Vegan Virgin Valentine by Carolyn Mackler
66. Claudia and Mean Janine by Ann M. Martin and Raina Telgemeier
67. Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door by Lynne Truss
68. The Devil's Panties Vol. 1 by Jennie Breeden
69. Comic Book Tattoo ed. by Rantz A. Hoseley
70. Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life Vol 1 by Bryan Lee O'Malley
November
71. The Blue Girl by Charles DeLint
72. The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
73. Bad Girls of the Bible by Liz Curtis Higgs
74. My Life as a Furry Red Monster by Kevin Clash
75. The Friendship Crisis by Marla Paul
December
76. Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy by Geralyn Lucas
77. The Mediator #2: Ninth Key by Meg Cabot
78. Sugar Rush by Jill Burchill
79. Angel: After the Fall Volume 1 by Brian Lynch
80. Angel: After the Fall Volume 2: First Night by Brian Lynch
81. Sorcerers and Secretaries Volume 1 by Amy Kim Ganter
82. Sorcerers and Secretaries Volume 2 by Amy Kim Ganter
Of the books I read for the first time this year (regardless of when they came out), my five favorites are:
1. The Kind of Girl I Am
2. Prep
3. When You Are Engulfed in Flames
4. One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding
5. The Tale of Despereaux
Least favorite book that I actually finished? TWILIGHT, duh!
*denotes a movie I had seen before, ^a movie I saw in the theater (sadly few this year). bold denotes a movie I recommend to everyone. If it's not bold, that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it or that I would recommend it to some, it just means it's not an "Amazing, EVERYONE should see this" movie. Or, it might mean that I didn't like it. If you want to know, just ask!
January
Waitress
Death Proof
Stick It
Pleasantville*
Enchanted^
The Good Girl*
February
The Fugitive
The Emperor's New Groove*
Hercules*
Tarzan*
Shrek*
Stardust
Juno^
Pan's Labyrinth
Bye Bye Birdie
March
Year of the Dog
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Enchanted*
Big*
Ten Things I Hate About You*
April
Sliding Doors*
Robin Hood*
Drowning Mona
As Good As It Gets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Too Young to Marry
The Hours*
Sweeney Todd
When A Stranger Calls
Once
Rain Man
Mean Girls*
Juno*
May
Enchanted*
Juno*
Foster's Movie: House of Bloo's
Homeless to Harvard
The Devil Wears Prada*
Lilo and Stitch*
Waiting...
27 Dresses
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
Return of the Jedi*
The Slums of Beverly Hills
June
Teeth
Sex and the City^
Freaky Friday*
Kung Fu Panda^
No One Would Tell*
Camp Cucamonga*
Dirty Dancing*
July
Definitely, Maybe
The Baxter
Chicago*
The Devil's Arithmetic
Sugar and Spice
Definitely, Maybe*
Mamma Mia^
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl^
August
Troop Beverly Hills*
Almost Famous
Hairspray (1988)
Curious George*
The Little Mermaid*
Across the Universe
Forrest Gump*
Caffeine
September
Lady and the Tramp*
Hairspray (2007)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl*
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
Father of the Bride Part II*
October
Father of the Bride*
Baby Mama
The Princess Bride*
Dirty Dancing*
November
Made of Honor
Kung Fu Panda*
Big Fish*
Head Over Heels
Sex and the City*
Holiday in Handcuffs
Elmo's Christmas Countodwn
The Incredibles*
The Wedding Date
December
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
The Muppet Christmas Carol*
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Ratatouille*
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie*
Smart People
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Tale of Despereaux^
Burn After Reading
Sleepless in Seattle*
Sleeping Beauty*
Wall-E
The Simpsons Movie*
Gremlins*
Futurama: Bender's Big Score
Mamma Mia*
Of the movies I saw for the first time this year (regardless of when they came out), my five favorites are:
1. Enchanted
2. Juno
3. As Good As It Gets
4. Mamma Mia
5. Definitely, Maybe
My five LEAST favorites (same criteria):
1. Year of the Dog
2. Drowning Mona
3. 27 Dresses
4. Caffeine
5. The Wedding Date
THE BOOK LIST
Only COMPLETED reads are counted, there quite a few this year that I started and didn't finish. I count children's chapter books with some length (yes, I do count Baby-Sitters Club), but not picture books. Graphic novels do count, but single-issue comics do not. It makes sense to me-- just a matter of bulk. * denotes a re-read, and bold denotes a book I recommend to all. As with the movies, not recommending it to ALL doesn't necessarily mean I didn't enjoy it, blah blah blah
January
1. Sweet Sixteen Princess by Meg Cabot
2. The Psychology of Joss Whedon ed. by Joy Davidson
3. Baby-Sitters' European Vacation by Ann M. Martin
4. The Long Way Home by Joss Whedon
5. Mr. Punch by Neil Gaiman*
6. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
7. Spike: Shadow Puppets by Brian Lynch
8. Sunny: Diary Two by Ann M. Martin
9. Claudia and Mean Janine by Ann M. Martin*
10. Claudia and the Sad Good-bye by Ann M. Martin*
11. Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress: a Girl's Guide to the Dungeons and Dragons Game by Shelly Mazzanoble
12. Little (Grrl) Lost by Charles DeLint
February
13. Princess in the Spotlight by Meg Cabot*
14. Tales of the Slayers ed. by Scott Allie
15. Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
16. South Park and Philosophy by Robert Arp
17. The Thief of Always by Clive Barker
18. Coffee at Luke's: An Unauthorized Gilmore Girls Gabfest by Jennifer Crusie
March
19. Planet Cat A CAT-alog by Sandra Choron, Harry Choron, and Arden Moore
20. And When She Opened the Closet, All the Clothes Were Polyester! by Bill Amend
21. Princess in Love by Meg Cabot*
22. Abby's Lucky Thirteen by Ann M. Martin
23. Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
24. Deenie by Judy Blume
25. What, Me Pregnant? by Lynn Johnston
26. Death By Field Trip by Bill Amend
27. Your Momma Thinks Square Roots are Vegetables by Bill Amend
28. I'm Flying, Jack- I Mean Roger by Bill Amend
29. Schulz and Peanuts by David Michealis
April
30. The Kind of Girl I Am by Julia Watts
31. Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep by Gail Carson Levine
32. The Princess Test by Gail Carson Levine
33. The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan
34. Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
35. Women's Studies by Julia Watt
36. Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper by Diablo Cody
May
37. Go Ask Malice: A Slayer's Diary by Robert Joseph Levy
38. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
39. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
40. Firestarters: 100 Job Profiles to Inspire Young Women by Kelly Beatty and Dale Salvaggio Bradshaw
41. Television Without Pity: 752 Things We Love to Hate (and Hate to Love) about TV by Tara Ariano and Sarah D. Bunting
June
42. Mary Anne and the Memory Garden by Ann M. Martin
43. The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty
44. But I Love Him: Protecting Your Daughter From Controlling, Abusive, Dating Relationships by Dr. Jill Murray
45. When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
46. Altared: Bridezillas, Breakups, Big Love, and What Women Really Think About Contemporary Weddings ed. by Colleen Curran
47. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: False Memories by Jim Pascoe
48. Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream by Barbara Ehrenreich
July
49. The Boy Book by E. Lockhart
50. What We Keep by Elizabeth Berg
51. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
August
52. M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman
53. The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout, PhD
54. Eleven Minutes by Paul Coelho
55. Places I Never Meant to Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers ed. by Judy Blume
56. Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy by Sonya Sones
57. The Forbidden Game Volume 1: The Hunter by LJ Smith*
58. One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding by Rebecca Mead
September
59. Something New: Wedding Etiquette for Rule Breakers, Traditionalists, and Everyone in Between by Elise MacAdam
60. King Dork by Frank Portman
61. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson*
62. Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot
63. The Mediator #1: Shadowland by Meg Cabot
October
64. Jessi and the Bad Baby-Sitter by Ann M. Martin
65. Vegan Virgin Valentine by Carolyn Mackler
66. Claudia and Mean Janine by Ann M. Martin and Raina Telgemeier
67. Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door by Lynne Truss
68. The Devil's Panties Vol. 1 by Jennie Breeden
69. Comic Book Tattoo ed. by Rantz A. Hoseley
70. Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life Vol 1 by Bryan Lee O'Malley
November
71. The Blue Girl by Charles DeLint
72. The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
73. Bad Girls of the Bible by Liz Curtis Higgs
74. My Life as a Furry Red Monster by Kevin Clash
75. The Friendship Crisis by Marla Paul
December
76. Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy by Geralyn Lucas
77. The Mediator #2: Ninth Key by Meg Cabot
78. Sugar Rush by Jill Burchill
79. Angel: After the Fall Volume 1 by Brian Lynch
80. Angel: After the Fall Volume 2: First Night by Brian Lynch
81. Sorcerers and Secretaries Volume 1 by Amy Kim Ganter
82. Sorcerers and Secretaries Volume 2 by Amy Kim Ganter
Of the books I read for the first time this year (regardless of when they came out), my five favorites are:
1. The Kind of Girl I Am
2. Prep
3. When You Are Engulfed in Flames
4. One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding
5. The Tale of Despereaux
Least favorite book that I actually finished? TWILIGHT, duh!