The Annual Year-End Review
So this is the fourth year that I've done this, the list of everything that I read and all the movies that I've watched this year. I wonder if I should even bother with the movies, seeing as I rarely ever watch them from beginning to end. *shrug*
The grand total of the year, books-wise, is 142. Which just blows my mind. I thought after last year's 105, that I'd never even hit a hundred again, what with moving and all in June. And now I'm looking at my handwritten list and realize that I barely remember some of these books, let alone the author name! This is gonna take a while LOL
Without further adieu....
(* denotes having seen it before)
1. Ten Things I Hate About You* (tv)
2. The Sound of Music* (tv)
3. Cars* (dvd)
4. Knocked Up (tv)
5. HP & the OOTP* (tv)
6. Across the Universe (tv)
7. Atonement (tv)
8. Sweeney Todd (tv)
9. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation* (vhs)
Yeah, didn't see a single movie in the theatre this year. LOL But next year has HP6 and Inkheart, so at least those two, hopefully. :)
* = reread
= = a favorite of the year :)
1. A Certain Slant of Light - Laura Whitcomb
2. Atonement - Ian McEwan
3. I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith
4. The Madonnas of Leningrad - Debra Dean
5. Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood
6. Interred With Their Bones - Jennifer Lee Carroll =
7. The Thrall's Tale - Judith Lindberg
8. And Give You Peace - Jessica Treadway
9. Promises to Keep - Charles de Lint =
10. Reading Lolita in Tehran - Azar Nafisi
11. Solstice Wood - Patricia McKillip
12. The Almost Moon - Alice Sebold
13. Ravens of Avalon - Diana L. Paxson
14. Garden Spells - Sarah Addison Allen
15. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox - Maggie O'Farrell
16. The Magician's Assistant - Ann Patchett
17. The Truth About Celia - Kevin Brockmeier
18. The Witch of Cologne - Tobsha Learner
19. March - Geraldine Brooks
20. Dragonfly in Amber - Diana Gabaldon =
21. Belladonna - Anne Bishop
22. The Stolen Child - Keith Donohue
23. The God of Animals - Aryn Kyle
24. Gluten-Free Girl - Shauna James Ahern
25. The Lasst Summer (of You and Me) - Ann Brashares
26. The World to Come - Dara Horn =
27. Penelope - Marilyn Kaye
28. People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks =
29. The Hunter's Moon - O.R. Melling
30. The True Story of Hansel and Gretel - Louise Murphy
31. Run - Ann Patchett
32. The Summer King - O.R. Melling
33. The Midwife's Tale - Gretchen Moran Laskas
34. A Parchment of Leaves - Silas House
35. The Rossetti Letter - Christi Phillips
36. The Witch of Portobell - Paulo Coelho
37. The Alchemyst - Michael Scott
38. The Blood of Flowers - Anita Amirrezvani
39. Feasting on Asphalt - Alton Brown
40. By Blood Possessed - Elena Santangelo
41. The Queen's Soprano - Carol Dines
42. Alphabet of Thorn - Patricia McKillip
43. More Than You Know - Beth Gutcheon
44. Little (Grrl) Lost - Charles de Lint
45. The Light Bearer's Daughter - O.R. Melling
46. Women Who Love Books Too Much - Brenda Knight
47. The Third Angel - Alice Hoffman
48. Breakfast At Tiffany's - Truman Capote
49. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac - Gabrielle Zevin
50. Lavinia - Ursula K. LeGuin
51. The Sweet Far Thing - Libba Bray
52. How to Breathe Underwater - Julie Orringer
53. A Girl Named Zippy - Haven Kimmel
54. The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
55. The Book of Lost Things - John Connolly =
56. Song of the Sparrow - Lisa Ann Sandell
57. She Got Up Off the Couch - Haven Kimmel
58. The Monsters of Templeton - Lauren Groff =
59. Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn
60. To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
61. Eats, Shoots, and Leaves - Lynne Truss
62. The Looking Glass Wars - Frank Beddor =
63. Shadow Baby - Alison McGhee
64. A Mango-Shaped Space - Wendy Mass
65. Wonder When You'll Miss Me - Amanda Davis
66. The Mistress of the Art of Death - Ariana Franklin
67. The Patron Saint of Liars - Ann Patchett
68. Alice's Adventures in Wonder and Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll
69. Tangled Webs - Anne Bishop
70. Seeing Redd - Frank Beddor
71. Without You - Anthony Rapp =
72. The House at Riverton - Kate Morton
73. The Myth of You and Me - Leah Stewart
74. Brida - Paulo Coelho
75. Changeling - Kate Horsley
76. Stargirl - Jerry Spinnelli
77. The Secret of Lost Things - Sheridan Hay
78. The Invisible Ring - Anne Bishop
79. The Ruby in the Smoke - Phillip Pullman
80. HP & The Philosopher's Stone - JK Rowling*
81. Gods Behaving Badly - Marie Phillips =
82. The Sugar Queen - Sarah Addison Allen
83. Book of a Thousand Days - Shannon Hale
84. Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer
85. The Tenth Gift - Jane Johnson
86. The Limits of Enchantment - Graham Joyce
87. How to Be Lost - Amanda Ward
88. The Winter Rose - Jennifer Donnelly =
89. Book Lust - Nancy Pearl
90. Maid Marian - Elsa Watson
91. Love, Stargirl - Jerry Spinnelli
92. HP & the Chamber of Secrets - JK Rowling*
93. HP & The Prisoner of Azkaban - JK Rowling*
94. Monique and the Mango Rains - Kris Holloway
95. Love is a Mix Tape - Rob Sheffield =
96. Truth and Beauty - Ann Patchett
97. In the Company of the Courtesan - Sarah Dunant
98. Autobiography of a Face - Lucy Grealy
99. The Sister - Poppy Adams
100. The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken - Laura Schenone
101. Bound - Sally Gunning
102. Everything Under the Sky - Matilde Asensi
103. Devil in the Details - Jennifer Traig
104. Madapple - Christina Meldrum
105. Sepulchre - Kate Mosse =
106. Inkdeath - Cornelia Funke
107. Voyager - Diana Gabaldon =
108. Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout
109. Beastly - Alex Finn
110. The Last Cato - Matilde Asensi
111. The Serpent's Tale - Ariana Franklin
112. The Double Bind - Chris Bohjalian =
113. Looking for Anne of Green Gables - Irene Gammel
114. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer =
115. The Book Thief - Mark Zuszak =
116. The Bell at Sealey Head - Patricia McKillip
117. The Faery Reel - edited by Datlow/Windling
118. Susannah Morrow - Megan Chance
119. Sarah's Key - Tatiana de Rosnay
120. Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
121. Moloka'i - Alan Brennert =
122. Hang My Head and Cry - Elena Santangelo
123. The Adoration of Jenna Fox - Mary E. Pearson
124. The Wednesday Sisters - Meg Waite Clayton
125. Rosewater and Soda Bread - Marsha Mehran
126. The Used World - Haven Kimmel
127. Forests of the Heart - Charles de Lint*
128. Medicine Road - Charles de Lint
129. Into the Wild - Sarah Beth Durst
130. Nefertiti - Michelle Moran =
131. Mary Magdalene: Bride in Exile - Margaret Starbird
132. Ancestors of Avalon - Diana L. Paxson*
133. The Tales of Beedle the Bard - JK Rowling
134. Undine - Penni Russon
135. The Expected One - Kathleen McGowan =
136. The Forest House - MZB*
137. The Company of Swans - Eva Ibbotson
138. The Wednesday Wars - Gary Schmidt
139. Lady of Avalon - MZB*
140. The Swan Kingdom - Zoe Marriott
141. Graceling - Kristin Cashore
142. The Mists of Avalon - MZB*
And that's that. I don't think I'm making it to midnight. Next year, Dick Clark. Next year. :)
Happy New Year everyone. Be safe and have fun :)
The grand total of the year, books-wise, is 142. Which just blows my mind. I thought after last year's 105, that I'd never even hit a hundred again, what with moving and all in June. And now I'm looking at my handwritten list and realize that I barely remember some of these books, let alone the author name! This is gonna take a while LOL
Without further adieu....
(* denotes having seen it before)
1. Ten Things I Hate About You* (tv)
2. The Sound of Music* (tv)
3. Cars* (dvd)
4. Knocked Up (tv)
5. HP & the OOTP* (tv)
6. Across the Universe (tv)
7. Atonement (tv)
8. Sweeney Todd (tv)
9. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation* (vhs)
Yeah, didn't see a single movie in the theatre this year. LOL But next year has HP6 and Inkheart, so at least those two, hopefully. :)
* = reread
= = a favorite of the year :)
1. A Certain Slant of Light - Laura Whitcomb
2. Atonement - Ian McEwan
3. I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith
4. The Madonnas of Leningrad - Debra Dean
5. Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood
6. Interred With Their Bones - Jennifer Lee Carroll =
7. The Thrall's Tale - Judith Lindberg
8. And Give You Peace - Jessica Treadway
9. Promises to Keep - Charles de Lint =
10. Reading Lolita in Tehran - Azar Nafisi
11. Solstice Wood - Patricia McKillip
12. The Almost Moon - Alice Sebold
13. Ravens of Avalon - Diana L. Paxson
14. Garden Spells - Sarah Addison Allen
15. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox - Maggie O'Farrell
16. The Magician's Assistant - Ann Patchett
17. The Truth About Celia - Kevin Brockmeier
18. The Witch of Cologne - Tobsha Learner
19. March - Geraldine Brooks
20. Dragonfly in Amber - Diana Gabaldon =
21. Belladonna - Anne Bishop
22. The Stolen Child - Keith Donohue
23. The God of Animals - Aryn Kyle
24. Gluten-Free Girl - Shauna James Ahern
25. The Lasst Summer (of You and Me) - Ann Brashares
26. The World to Come - Dara Horn =
27. Penelope - Marilyn Kaye
28. People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks =
29. The Hunter's Moon - O.R. Melling
30. The True Story of Hansel and Gretel - Louise Murphy
31. Run - Ann Patchett
32. The Summer King - O.R. Melling
33. The Midwife's Tale - Gretchen Moran Laskas
34. A Parchment of Leaves - Silas House
35. The Rossetti Letter - Christi Phillips
36. The Witch of Portobell - Paulo Coelho
37. The Alchemyst - Michael Scott
38. The Blood of Flowers - Anita Amirrezvani
39. Feasting on Asphalt - Alton Brown
40. By Blood Possessed - Elena Santangelo
41. The Queen's Soprano - Carol Dines
42. Alphabet of Thorn - Patricia McKillip
43. More Than You Know - Beth Gutcheon
44. Little (Grrl) Lost - Charles de Lint
45. The Light Bearer's Daughter - O.R. Melling
46. Women Who Love Books Too Much - Brenda Knight
47. The Third Angel - Alice Hoffman
48. Breakfast At Tiffany's - Truman Capote
49. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac - Gabrielle Zevin
50. Lavinia - Ursula K. LeGuin
51. The Sweet Far Thing - Libba Bray
52. How to Breathe Underwater - Julie Orringer
53. A Girl Named Zippy - Haven Kimmel
54. The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
55. The Book of Lost Things - John Connolly =
56. Song of the Sparrow - Lisa Ann Sandell
57. She Got Up Off the Couch - Haven Kimmel
58. The Monsters of Templeton - Lauren Groff =
59. Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn
60. To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
61. Eats, Shoots, and Leaves - Lynne Truss
62. The Looking Glass Wars - Frank Beddor =
63. Shadow Baby - Alison McGhee
64. A Mango-Shaped Space - Wendy Mass
65. Wonder When You'll Miss Me - Amanda Davis
66. The Mistress of the Art of Death - Ariana Franklin
67. The Patron Saint of Liars - Ann Patchett
68. Alice's Adventures in Wonder and Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll
69. Tangled Webs - Anne Bishop
70. Seeing Redd - Frank Beddor
71. Without You - Anthony Rapp =
72. The House at Riverton - Kate Morton
73. The Myth of You and Me - Leah Stewart
74. Brida - Paulo Coelho
75. Changeling - Kate Horsley
76. Stargirl - Jerry Spinnelli
77. The Secret of Lost Things - Sheridan Hay
78. The Invisible Ring - Anne Bishop
79. The Ruby in the Smoke - Phillip Pullman
80. HP & The Philosopher's Stone - JK Rowling*
81. Gods Behaving Badly - Marie Phillips =
82. The Sugar Queen - Sarah Addison Allen
83. Book of a Thousand Days - Shannon Hale
84. Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer
85. The Tenth Gift - Jane Johnson
86. The Limits of Enchantment - Graham Joyce
87. How to Be Lost - Amanda Ward
88. The Winter Rose - Jennifer Donnelly =
89. Book Lust - Nancy Pearl
90. Maid Marian - Elsa Watson
91. Love, Stargirl - Jerry Spinnelli
92. HP & the Chamber of Secrets - JK Rowling*
93. HP & The Prisoner of Azkaban - JK Rowling*
94. Monique and the Mango Rains - Kris Holloway
95. Love is a Mix Tape - Rob Sheffield =
96. Truth and Beauty - Ann Patchett
97. In the Company of the Courtesan - Sarah Dunant
98. Autobiography of a Face - Lucy Grealy
99. The Sister - Poppy Adams
100. The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken - Laura Schenone
101. Bound - Sally Gunning
102. Everything Under the Sky - Matilde Asensi
103. Devil in the Details - Jennifer Traig
104. Madapple - Christina Meldrum
105. Sepulchre - Kate Mosse =
106. Inkdeath - Cornelia Funke
107. Voyager - Diana Gabaldon =
108. Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout
109. Beastly - Alex Finn
110. The Last Cato - Matilde Asensi
111. The Serpent's Tale - Ariana Franklin
112. The Double Bind - Chris Bohjalian =
113. Looking for Anne of Green Gables - Irene Gammel
114. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer =
115. The Book Thief - Mark Zuszak =
116. The Bell at Sealey Head - Patricia McKillip
117. The Faery Reel - edited by Datlow/Windling
118. Susannah Morrow - Megan Chance
119. Sarah's Key - Tatiana de Rosnay
120. Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
121. Moloka'i - Alan Brennert =
122. Hang My Head and Cry - Elena Santangelo
123. The Adoration of Jenna Fox - Mary E. Pearson
124. The Wednesday Sisters - Meg Waite Clayton
125. Rosewater and Soda Bread - Marsha Mehran
126. The Used World - Haven Kimmel
127. Forests of the Heart - Charles de Lint*
128. Medicine Road - Charles de Lint
129. Into the Wild - Sarah Beth Durst
130. Nefertiti - Michelle Moran =
131. Mary Magdalene: Bride in Exile - Margaret Starbird
132. Ancestors of Avalon - Diana L. Paxson*
133. The Tales of Beedle the Bard - JK Rowling
134. Undine - Penni Russon
135. The Expected One - Kathleen McGowan =
136. The Forest House - MZB*
137. The Company of Swans - Eva Ibbotson
138. The Wednesday Wars - Gary Schmidt
139. Lady of Avalon - MZB*
140. The Swan Kingdom - Zoe Marriott
141. Graceling - Kristin Cashore
142. The Mists of Avalon - MZB*
And that's that. I don't think I'm making it to midnight. Next year, Dick Clark. Next year. :)
Happy New Year everyone. Be safe and have fun :)