Book and Movie List for 2009
Here are my lists for the books that I've read and the movies that I've seen (for the first time) in the year 2009.
Books
January
1. Confusion by Elizabeth Jane Howard
2. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
3. The Ten Best Days of My Life by Adena Halpern
4. The House on Fortune Street by Margot Livesey
5. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
6. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
7. Casting Off by Elizabeth Jane Howard
February
8. Love in Idleness by Amanda Craig
9. Beauty by Robin Mckinley
10. A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
11. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
12. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
March
13. Affinity by Sarah Waters
14. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
15. A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
16. Once Upon a Day by Lisa Tucker
17. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
18. Things I've Learned from Women Who've Dumped Me edited by Ben Karlin
19. Naughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman
April
20. The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti
21. A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
22. Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw
23. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
24. Why Do Men Have Nipples? by Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg
May
25. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
26. The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker
27. Alice in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There) by Lewis Carroll
28. A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin
29. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
30. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
June
31. Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery
32. Anne of the Island by Lucy Maud Montgomery
33. I Wish I'd Been There: Twenty Historians Bring to Life Dramatic Events That Changed America edited by Byron Hollinshead
34. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
35. The Little Book by Selden Edwards
36. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
37. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
July
38. Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
39. Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke
40. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss
41. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
42. Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
43. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
44. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (re-read)
August
45. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
46. Evening by Susan Minot
47. Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood by Koren Zailckas
48. Margarettown by Gabrielle Zevin
49. On Love by Alain de Botton
50. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
51. Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
52. Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
September
53. Breakfast with Tiffany by Edwin John Wintle
54. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
55. The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
56. Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
57. Anne of Windy Poplars by Lucy Maud Montgomery
58. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
59. Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk
October
60. From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
61. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
62. My Booky Wook by Russell Brand
63. The Heroines by Eileen Favorite
64. Anne's House of Dreams by Lucy Maud Montgomery
65. Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
November
66. The Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
67. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
68. Anne of Ingleside by Lucy Maud Montgomery
69. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
70. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
71. White Teeth by Zadie Smith
December
72. Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul by Karen Abbott
73. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
74. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (re-read)
75. Rainbow Valley by Lucy Maud Montgomery
76. Rilla of Ingleside by Lucy Maud Montgomery
77. My Life in France by Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme
78. Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
Movies
January
1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
3. The Reader
4. The House Bunny
5. Hamlet 2
6. Brideshead Revisited
7. Ghost Town
8. Inkheart
9. The Duchess
10. Love and Other Disasters
11. The Promotion
February
12. Milk
13. Revolutionary Road
14. 24 Hour Party People
15. RocknRolla
16. Burn After Reading
17. The Secret Life of Bees
18. 21
19. Death at a Funeral
20. Hancock
21. Wanted
22. Sex Drive
23. WALL•E
March
24. How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
25. Watchmen
26. Let the Right One In
27. Happy-Go-Lucky
28. The Station Agent
29. The Rocker
30. I Love You, Man
31. The Rage in Placid Lake
32. Ed Wood
April
33. Seven Pounds
34. Synecdoche, New York
35. Baghead
36. Twilight
37. Yes Man
38. Bedtime Stories
39. Feast of Love
40. Rachel Getting Married
41. Kung Fu Panda
42. Doubt
43. Changeling
44. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
May
45. The Nanny Diaries
46. Green Street Hooligans
47. Dedication
48. The Wrestler
49. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
50. Rocket Science
51. Fred Claus
52. Last Chance Harvey
53. I Capture the Castle
54. Rory O'Shea Was Here
55. Repo! The Genetic Opera
56. Zack and Miri Make a Porno
June
57. Up
58. The Hangover
59. Frost/Nixon
60. Bolt
61. Spring Breakdown
62. The Cake Eaters
63. My Neighbor Totoro
64. Cold Comfort Farm
65. Confessions of a Shopaholic
66. Fanboys
67. My Sister's Keeper
68. Star Trek
69. Anne of Green Gables
70. He's Just Not That Into You
July
71. Castle in the Sky
72. Waltz with Bashir
73. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
74. Push
75. Two Lovers
76. Horton Hears a Who!
77. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
78. Blood and Chocolate
August
79. Funny People
80. 17 Again
81. (500) Days of Summer
82. Coraline
83. The Edge of Love
84. Sunshine Cleaning
85. Inglourious Basterds
86. The Time Traveler's Wife
87. Adventureland
September
88. State of Play
89. Rudo y Cursi
90. The Great Buck Howard
91. Good Dick
October
92. Away We Go
93. Year One
94. We Are Wizards
95. In the Mood for Love
96. Where the Wild Things Are
97. Whip It
98. The Brothers Bloom
November
99. Easy Virtue
100. Brick
101. The Proposal
102. Brüno
103. Fantastic Mr. Fox
104. Land of the Lost
105. Lymelife
December
106. Paper Heart
107. The Goods
108. Julie & Julia
109. Entre les murs (The Class)
110. Taking Woodstock
111. Duplicity
112. District 9
113. Avatar
114. Sherlock Holmes
AND
Concerts/Shows
1. David Sedaris, Paramount Theatre - Aurora, IL (April 23)
2. Flight of the Conchords, Arie Crown Theater - Chicago, IL (April 28)
3. Franz Ferdinand, Riviera Theatre - Chicago, IL (April 30)
4. Regina Spektor, Chicago Theatre (September 12)
2008 List
Books
January
1. Confusion by Elizabeth Jane Howard
2. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
3. The Ten Best Days of My Life by Adena Halpern
4. The House on Fortune Street by Margot Livesey
5. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
6. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
7. Casting Off by Elizabeth Jane Howard
February
8. Love in Idleness by Amanda Craig
9. Beauty by Robin Mckinley
10. A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
11. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
12. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
March
13. Affinity by Sarah Waters
14. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
15. A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
16. Once Upon a Day by Lisa Tucker
17. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
18. Things I've Learned from Women Who've Dumped Me edited by Ben Karlin
19. Naughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman
April
20. The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti
21. A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
22. Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw
23. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
24. Why Do Men Have Nipples? by Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg
May
25. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
26. The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker
27. Alice in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There) by Lewis Carroll
28. A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin
29. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
30. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
June
31. Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery
32. Anne of the Island by Lucy Maud Montgomery
33. I Wish I'd Been There: Twenty Historians Bring to Life Dramatic Events That Changed America edited by Byron Hollinshead
34. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
35. The Little Book by Selden Edwards
36. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
37. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
July
38. Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
39. Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke
40. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss
41. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
42. Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
43. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
44. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (re-read)
August
45. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
46. Evening by Susan Minot
47. Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood by Koren Zailckas
48. Margarettown by Gabrielle Zevin
49. On Love by Alain de Botton
50. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
51. Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
52. Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
September
53. Breakfast with Tiffany by Edwin John Wintle
54. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
55. The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
56. Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
57. Anne of Windy Poplars by Lucy Maud Montgomery
58. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
59. Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk
October
60. From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
61. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
62. My Booky Wook by Russell Brand
63. The Heroines by Eileen Favorite
64. Anne's House of Dreams by Lucy Maud Montgomery
65. Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
November
66. The Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
67. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
68. Anne of Ingleside by Lucy Maud Montgomery
69. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
70. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
71. White Teeth by Zadie Smith
December
72. Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul by Karen Abbott
73. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
74. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (re-read)
75. Rainbow Valley by Lucy Maud Montgomery
76. Rilla of Ingleside by Lucy Maud Montgomery
77. My Life in France by Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme
78. Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
Movies
January
1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
3. The Reader
4. The House Bunny
5. Hamlet 2
6. Brideshead Revisited
7. Ghost Town
8. Inkheart
9. The Duchess
10. Love and Other Disasters
11. The Promotion
February
12. Milk
13. Revolutionary Road
14. 24 Hour Party People
15. RocknRolla
16. Burn After Reading
17. The Secret Life of Bees
18. 21
19. Death at a Funeral
20. Hancock
21. Wanted
22. Sex Drive
23. WALL•E
March
24. How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
25. Watchmen
26. Let the Right One In
27. Happy-Go-Lucky
28. The Station Agent
29. The Rocker
30. I Love You, Man
31. The Rage in Placid Lake
32. Ed Wood
April
33. Seven Pounds
34. Synecdoche, New York
35. Baghead
36. Twilight
37. Yes Man
38. Bedtime Stories
39. Feast of Love
40. Rachel Getting Married
41. Kung Fu Panda
42. Doubt
43. Changeling
44. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
May
45. The Nanny Diaries
46. Green Street Hooligans
47. Dedication
48. The Wrestler
49. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
50. Rocket Science
51. Fred Claus
52. Last Chance Harvey
53. I Capture the Castle
54. Rory O'Shea Was Here
55. Repo! The Genetic Opera
56. Zack and Miri Make a Porno
June
57. Up
58. The Hangover
59. Frost/Nixon
60. Bolt
61. Spring Breakdown
62. The Cake Eaters
63. My Neighbor Totoro
64. Cold Comfort Farm
65. Confessions of a Shopaholic
66. Fanboys
67. My Sister's Keeper
68. Star Trek
69. Anne of Green Gables
70. He's Just Not That Into You
July
71. Castle in the Sky
72. Waltz with Bashir
73. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
74. Push
75. Two Lovers
76. Horton Hears a Who!
77. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
78. Blood and Chocolate
August
79. Funny People
80. 17 Again
81. (500) Days of Summer
82. Coraline
83. The Edge of Love
84. Sunshine Cleaning
85. Inglourious Basterds
86. The Time Traveler's Wife
87. Adventureland
September
88. State of Play
89. Rudo y Cursi
90. The Great Buck Howard
91. Good Dick
October
92. Away We Go
93. Year One
94. We Are Wizards
95. In the Mood for Love
96. Where the Wild Things Are
97. Whip It
98. The Brothers Bloom
November
99. Easy Virtue
100. Brick
101. The Proposal
102. Brüno
103. Fantastic Mr. Fox
104. Land of the Lost
105. Lymelife
December
106. Paper Heart
107. The Goods
108. Julie & Julia
109. Entre les murs (The Class)
110. Taking Woodstock
111. Duplicity
112. District 9
113. Avatar
114. Sherlock Holmes
AND
Concerts/Shows
1. David Sedaris, Paramount Theatre - Aurora, IL (April 23)
2. Flight of the Conchords, Arie Crown Theater - Chicago, IL (April 28)
3. Franz Ferdinand, Riviera Theatre - Chicago, IL (April 30)
4. Regina Spektor, Chicago Theatre (September 12)
2008 List