Challenge 2008
BOOKS
JANUARY
01. Khaled Hosseini - A thousand splendid suns (NL) 3,5/5
02. Tracy Chevalier - The lady and the unicorn (NL) 2,5/5
FEBRUARY
03. Douglas Carlton Abrams - The lost diary of Don Juan (NL) 2/5
04. Haruki Murakami - Sputnik sweetheart (NL) 4/5
05. Boudewijn Büch - De kleine blonde dood 4/5
06. Tim Krabbé - Het gouden ei 4/5
MARCH
07. Anna Enquist - De thuiskomst 4/5
08. Christopher Priest - The prestige 4/5
09. Agatha Christie - One, two, buckle my shoe (#70) (NL) 3,5/5
10. Agatha Christie - Murder at the vicarage (#3) (NL) 3,5/5
APRIL
11. Dave Eggers - You shall know our velocity (NL) 3,5/5
12. Tatamkhulu Afrika - Bitter Eden (NL) 3/5
13. Marlena de Blasi - A thousand days in Venice (NL) 3/5
14. Marianne Frederiksson - Anna, Hanna och Johanna (NL) 4/5
MAY
15. Truman Capote - In cold blood (NL) 4/5
16. Jonathan Safran Foer - Everything is illuminated (NL) 3,5/5
17. Harper Lee - To kill a mockingbird 3,5/5
JUNE
18. Saša Stanišić - Wie der Soldat das Grammofon repariert (NL) 4/5
19. Terry Pratchett - Wings 4/5
JULY
20. Agatha Christie - 4.50 from Paddington (#2) (NL) 3,5/5
21. Anna Enquist - Het meesterwerk 3,5/5
22. Ian McEwan - On Chesil Beach (NL) 3/5
23. Philippa Gregory - The other Boleyn girl (NL) 4,5/5
24. Louisa May Alcott - Little women 2/5
25. Agatha Christie - Sparkling cyanide (#?) (NL) 2,5/5
AUGUST
26. Julie Orringer - How to breathe underwater (NL) 4/5
27. Patricia Highsmith - Carol (NL) 4/5
28. Kluun - Komt een vrouw bij de dokter 4/5
29. Sheila Kohler - Cracks (NL) 3/5
30. Jamie O'Neill - Disturbance (NL) 3,5/5
31. Daniel Tammet - Born on a blue day (NL) 4,5/5
32. Isabel Allende - La casa de los espíritus (NL) 4/5
SEPTEMBER
33. Elle Eggels - De gedroomde man 4/5
34. James Frey - A million little pieces (NL) 4/5
OCTOBER
35. Steven Hall - The raw shark texts (NL) 3/5
36. Michael Cunningham - The hours (NL) 4/5
37. Dave Eggers - A heartbreaking work of staggering genius (NL) 3,5/5
NOVEMBER
38. Sylvia Brownrigg - Pages for you 3/5
39. Karin Giphart - Iets tussen broer en zus 2/5
40. Virginia Woolf - Mrs Dalloway 3/5
41. Floortje Zwigtman - Schijnbewegingen 4,5/5
DECEMBER
42. Isabel Allende - La suma de los días (NL) 4,5/5
43. Robert Louis Stevenson - The strange case of Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde 3,5/5
44. Floortje Zwigtman - Tegenspel 4/5
45. Haruki Murakami - After the quake (NL) 3/5
46. Charles Lewinsky - Melnitz (Het lot van de familie Meijer) (NL) 5/5
MOVIES
JANUARY
01. Elizabeth: The Golden Age 4/5
02. The Score 3,5/5
03. Out of Time 3,5/5
04. Rendition 4/5
05. After the Sunset 3,5/5
06. The Thomas Crown Affair 2,5/5
07. The Good German 1,5/5
08. Veronica Guerin 3,5/5
09. Capote 4/5
10. Little Miss Sunshine 4/5
11. Proof 4/5
12. Birth 3/5
FEBRUARY
13. Transamerica 4/5
14. Simon 4,5/5
15. Atonement 4/5
MARCH
APRIL
16. Ratatouille 4,5/5
MAY
17. The Wedding Planner 3/5
18. Zomerhitte 3,5/5
--. Spiderman 3 4/5
JUNE
19. My own private Idaho 4/5
20. Le temps qui reste 3,5/5
21. Reinas 3/5
21,5. Twilight of the Gods 0,5/5
22. My beautiful laundrette 3/5
23. El cielo dividido 3,5/5
JULY
24. Mysterious skin 4/5
25. Sleuth 4/5
--. Somethings gotta give 4,5/5
--. Chocolat 4,5/5
26. Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe 3,5/5
27. The other Boleyn girl 3/5
AUGUST
28. The Dark Knight 4,5/5
29. Juno 4,5/5
--. The devil wears Prada 4/5
SEPTEMBER
30. In the valley of Elah 3,5/5
31. Gone baby gone 4,5/5
32. Someone like you 2,5/5
33. Mamma mia! 4/5
34. The hours 4/5
35. Heartburn 2,5/5
OCTOBER
36. Marvin's room 4/5
37. Adaptation 3,5/5
38. The manchurian candidate 3,5/5
39. Prime 3/5
40. The last Samurai 4/5
--. Notting Hill 3,5/5
NOVEMBER
41. Evening 3,5/5
42. The bucket list 3/5
DECEMBER
--. Alles is liefde 5/5
43. Stardust 4/5
44. I'm not there 2,5/5
44,5. Shrek the Halls 3,5/5
--. Shrek 4/5
45. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events 3,5/5
Links to previous challenges:
2005, 2006 & 2007
Link to 2009