Books & Films: 2009
A new list for a new year, though it's up much later than usual. As always, feel free to leave me recommendations of stuff you think I'll like :)
The Book List
January
01) Saving Planet Earth by Tony Juniper
02) Selling Olga by Louisa Waugh
February
03) Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
March
04) Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan
05) Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley
April
06) Shakespeare: The World as a Stage by Bill Bryson
07) The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
08) The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
May
09) Silk by Alessandro Baricco (translated by Ann Goldstein)
July
10) Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
August
11) The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
12) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Film List
January
01) 赤壁 2 (Red Cliff 2 - Mandarin)
02) Milk
03) Rachel Getting Married
04) Happy-Go-Lucky
05) Il y a longtemps que je t’aime (I’ve Loved You So Long - French)
06) Doubt
07) The Reader
February
08) The Wrestler
09) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
10) The Visitor
11) Slumdog Millionaire
12) Changeling
13) Frost/Nixon
14) K-20: Kaijin niju menso den (K-20: Legend of the Mask - Japanese)
15) Tropic Thunder
March
16) Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In - Swedish)
17) Confessions of a Shopaholic
18) My Bloody Valentine 3D
19) Becoming Jane
20) In Bruges
April
21) Two Lovers
22) 新宿事件 (Shinjuku Incident - Mandarin)
23) The Terminator
24) Revolutionary Road
25) The International
26) The Jane Austen Book Club
27) X-Men Origins: Wolverine
May
28) Star Trek
29) Terminator 2: Judgment Day
30) Angels & Demons
31) Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
32) The Young Victoria
33) Frozen River
34) Terminator Salvation
35) I'm Not There
June
36) State of Play
37) Brick
38) The Lookout
39) Manic
40) Stop-Loss
July
41) Duplicity
42) Sunshine Cleaning
43) Penelope
44) Starter for 10
45) Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince
46) Public Enemies
47) The Band Wagon
August
48) 竊聽風雲 (Overheard - Mandarin)
49) Definitely, Maybe
50) Up
51) Heat
52) District 9
53) Moon
September
54) The Time Traveller's Wife
55) Tokyo Sonata (Japanese)
56) Inglourious Basterds
57) 500 Days of Summer
October
58) The Hurt Locker
59) Julie & Julia
November
60) Coraline
61) 2012
62) Paranormal Activity
63) An Education
December
64) Gomorra (Italian)
65) Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken (Love In Thoughts - German)
66) Avatar
67) Le Divorce
68) Bend It Like Beckham
69) Sherlock Holmes
70) The Basketball Diaries
Titles seen at the cinema (41)
Notes:
Only listing films I'm seeing for the first time.
Updated December 31, 2009
Previous years' lists: 2008; 2007; 2006; 2005; 2004
The Book List
January
01) Saving Planet Earth by Tony Juniper
02) Selling Olga by Louisa Waugh
February
03) Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
March
04) Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan
05) Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley
April
06) Shakespeare: The World as a Stage by Bill Bryson
07) The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
08) The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
May
09) Silk by Alessandro Baricco (translated by Ann Goldstein)
July
10) Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
August
11) The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
12) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Film List
January
01) 赤壁 2 (Red Cliff 2 - Mandarin)
02) Milk
03) Rachel Getting Married
04) Happy-Go-Lucky
05) Il y a longtemps que je t’aime (I’ve Loved You So Long - French)
06) Doubt
07) The Reader
February
08) The Wrestler
09) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
10) The Visitor
11) Slumdog Millionaire
12) Changeling
13) Frost/Nixon
14) K-20: Kaijin niju menso den (K-20: Legend of the Mask - Japanese)
15) Tropic Thunder
March
16) Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In - Swedish)
17) Confessions of a Shopaholic
18) My Bloody Valentine 3D
19) Becoming Jane
20) In Bruges
April
21) Two Lovers
22) 新宿事件 (Shinjuku Incident - Mandarin)
23) The Terminator
24) Revolutionary Road
25) The International
26) The Jane Austen Book Club
27) X-Men Origins: Wolverine
May
28) Star Trek
29) Terminator 2: Judgment Day
30) Angels & Demons
31) Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
32) The Young Victoria
33) Frozen River
34) Terminator Salvation
35) I'm Not There
June
36) State of Play
37) Brick
38) The Lookout
39) Manic
40) Stop-Loss
July
41) Duplicity
42) Sunshine Cleaning
43) Penelope
44) Starter for 10
45) Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince
46) Public Enemies
47) The Band Wagon
August
48) 竊聽風雲 (Overheard - Mandarin)
49) Definitely, Maybe
50) Up
51) Heat
52) District 9
53) Moon
September
54) The Time Traveller's Wife
55) Tokyo Sonata (Japanese)
56) Inglourious Basterds
57) 500 Days of Summer
October
58) The Hurt Locker
59) Julie & Julia
November
60) Coraline
61) 2012
62) Paranormal Activity
63) An Education
December
64) Gomorra (Italian)
65) Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken (Love In Thoughts - German)
66) Avatar
67) Le Divorce
68) Bend It Like Beckham
69) Sherlock Holmes
70) The Basketball Diaries
Titles seen at the cinema (41)
Notes:
Only listing films I'm seeing for the first time.
Updated December 31, 2009
Previous years' lists: 2008; 2007; 2006; 2005; 2004