2011 - Books & Films
A new year calls for a new list.
As always, recommendations of titles you think I'd like or should read/watch are most welcome :)
The Book List
January
01) Smart Casual by Niamh Shaw
02) The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson (Translated by Reg Keeland)
April
03) Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain
June
04) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
05) Dead Reckoning (Southern Vampire Series 11) by Charlaine Harris
06) Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
July
07) Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain by Portia de Rossi
08) Limitless (aka The Dark Fields) by Alan Glynn
09) The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
10) Something Blue by Emily Giffin
August
11) Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate #1) by Gail Carriger
12) Changeless (The Parasol Protectorate #2) by Gail Carriger
13) Blameless (The Parasol Protectorate #3) by Gail Carriger
September
14) Heartless (The Parasol Protectorate #4) by Gail Carriger
December
15) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Film List
January
01) Love & Other Drugs
02) The Fighter
February
03) Alice in Wonderland (2010)
04) The King's Speech
05) Black Swan
06) Carrie (1976)
07) The Kids Are Alright
08) True Grit (2010)
March
09) The Way Back
10) The Man From Nowhere (Korean)
April
11) Limitless
12) To Catch A Thief
13) Source Code
14) 黑社會 (Election - Cantonese)
May
15) Thor (2011)
16) Kung Fu Panda 2
17) Jane Eyre (2011)
June
18) X-Men: First Class
19) Fish Tank
20) Angel (2007)
July
21) À la folie... pas du tout (He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not - French)
22) BUtterfield 8
23) Annie Hall
24) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
25) Bridesmaids
26) Wu Xia (武俠 - Mandarin)
August
27) Captain America: The First Avenger
28) Womb
29) Beginners
30) Tangled
31) How To Train Your Dragon
September
32) Crazy, Stupid, Love.
33) Contagion
October
34) Fright Night (2011)
35) The Conspirator
36) Midnight in Paris
37) The Help
November
38) The Ides of March
39) Drive
40) Something Borrowed
41) Larry Crowne
42) Somewhere
December
43) 竊聽風雲2 (Overheard 2 - Cantonese)
44) Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
45) The Artist
46) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
47) War Horse
Titles seen at the cinema: 32
Notes:
Only listing films I'm seeing for the first time.
Updated Jan 1, 2012
Previous years' lists: 2010; 2009; 2008; 2007; 2006; 2005; 2004
As always, recommendations of titles you think I'd like or should read/watch are most welcome :)
The Book List
January
01) Smart Casual by Niamh Shaw
02) The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson (Translated by Reg Keeland)
April
03) Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain
June
04) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
05) Dead Reckoning (Southern Vampire Series 11) by Charlaine Harris
06) Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
July
07) Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain by Portia de Rossi
08) Limitless (aka The Dark Fields) by Alan Glynn
09) The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
10) Something Blue by Emily Giffin
August
11) Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate #1) by Gail Carriger
12) Changeless (The Parasol Protectorate #2) by Gail Carriger
13) Blameless (The Parasol Protectorate #3) by Gail Carriger
September
14) Heartless (The Parasol Protectorate #4) by Gail Carriger
December
15) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Film List
January
01) Love & Other Drugs
02) The Fighter
February
03) Alice in Wonderland (2010)
04) The King's Speech
05) Black Swan
06) Carrie (1976)
07) The Kids Are Alright
08) True Grit (2010)
March
09) The Way Back
10) The Man From Nowhere (Korean)
April
11) Limitless
12) To Catch A Thief
13) Source Code
14) 黑社會 (Election - Cantonese)
May
15) Thor (2011)
16) Kung Fu Panda 2
17) Jane Eyre (2011)
June
18) X-Men: First Class
19) Fish Tank
20) Angel (2007)
July
21) À la folie... pas du tout (He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not - French)
22) BUtterfield 8
23) Annie Hall
24) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
25) Bridesmaids
26) Wu Xia (武俠 - Mandarin)
August
27) Captain America: The First Avenger
28) Womb
29) Beginners
30) Tangled
31) How To Train Your Dragon
September
32) Crazy, Stupid, Love.
33) Contagion
October
34) Fright Night (2011)
35) The Conspirator
36) Midnight in Paris
37) The Help
November
38) The Ides of March
39) Drive
40) Something Borrowed
41) Larry Crowne
42) Somewhere
December
43) 竊聽風雲2 (Overheard 2 - Cantonese)
44) Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
45) The Artist
46) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
47) War Horse
Titles seen at the cinema: 32
Notes:
Only listing films I'm seeing for the first time.
Updated Jan 1, 2012
Previous years' lists: 2010; 2009; 2008; 2007; 2006; 2005; 2004