Challenge 2009
BOOKS
JANUARY
01. Tommy Wieringa - Joe Speedboot 4/5
02. Aiden Chambers - Dance on my grave (NL) 2,5/5
03. Andrew Davidson - The gargoyle (NL) 3,5/5
04. Haruki Murakami - Kafka on the shore (NL) 4,5/5
05. J. D. Salinger - The catcher in the rye 4/5
06. Lemony Snicket - The bad beginning (#1) 4/5
FEBRUARY
07. James Frey - My friend Leonard 4/5
08. Alessandro Barrico - Silk (NL) 2,5/5
09. Janet Fitch - White oleander 3,5/5
10. Haruki Murakami - A wild sheep chase (NL) 3,5/5
MARCH
11. Marcus Zusack - The book thief (NL) 4,5/5
12. Lemony Snicket - The reptile room (#2) 4/5
13. John Irving - A widow for one year (NL) 3,5/5
APRIL
14. Elizabeth Gilbert - Eat, pray, love (NL) 4/5
15. Lemony Snicket - The wide window (#3) 4/5
16. Anne Rice - Interview with the vampire 5/5
MAY
17. Anne Rice - The vampire Lestat 4,5/5
18. Floortje Zwigtman - Kersenbloed 2,5/5
19. George Orwell - Animal farm 3/5
20. Anne Rice - Queen of the damned 5/5
21. Leon de Winter - Het recht op terugkeer 3/5
22. Lemony Snicket - The miserable mill (#4) 4/5
JUNE
23. Stephenie Meyer - Twilight 3,5/5
24. Stephenie Meyer - New moon 2,5/5
25. Tommy Wieringa - Caesarion 3,5/5
JULY
26. Isabel Allende - La ciudad de las bestias (NL) 2,5/5
27. Jon Krakauer - Into the wild (NL) 4/5
28. Bill Bryson - The lost continent 4/5
29. Nicholson Baker - Vox 4/5
30. Oscar Wilde - The importance of being earnest 4/5
31. Carlos Ruiz Zafón - El juego del ángel (NL) 4/5
AUGUST
32. Douglas Adams - The long dark tea-time of the soul 3,5/5
33. Lemony Snicket - The austere academy (#5) 4/5
SEPTEMBER
34. Belle de Jour - Intimate adventures of a London call girl 4/5
35. Paolo Giordano - La solitudine dei numeri primi (NL) 4/5
36. Agatha Christie - A Caribbean mystery (#11, NL) 3/5
37. Niccolò Ammaniti - Come Dio comanda (NL) 4/5
OCTOBER
38. Anne Rice - The tale of the body thief 4,5/5
39. Isabel Allende - Inés del alma mía (NL) 4/5
40. Rascha Peper - Oesters 3,5/5
41. Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's 2,5/5
NOVEMBER
42. Hella Haasse - Oeroeg 3/5
43. Keith R.A. DeCandido - Supernatural: Nevermore 2,5/5
44. Kluun - Klunen 4/5
45. P.J. Thomese - J. Kessels, the novel 3/5
DECEMBER
46. Anne Rice - Blood and gold 4/5
47. Lemony Snicket - The ersatz elevator (#6) 4/5
48. Niccolò Ammaniti - Ti prendo e ti porto via (NL) 4,5/5
49. Rascha Peper - Dooi 4/5
50. Richard Bachman - The regulators (NL) 3,5/5
MOVIES
JANUARY
--. The Dark Knight 4,5/5
01. Zwartboek 4,5/5
--. Lost in Translation 4/5
--. Love Actually 4,5/5
--. The Devil Wears Prada 4/5
02. March of the Penguins 4,5/5
--. Velvet Goldmine 4/5
03. 1408 3,5/5
--. Mamma Mia! 4,5/5
FEBRUARY
04. The curious case of Benjamin Button 4/5
05. The Jane Austen book club 4/5
06. A prairie home companion 3,5/5
07. Lions for lambs 2/5
--. The river wild 3,5/5
08. Pan's labyrinth 3,5/5
09. The Savages 4/5
10. Doubt 4/5
11. Eagle eye 4/5
12. Awake 3,5/5
13. Raise your voice 2/5
MARCH
14. Magnolia 4/5
15. Enchanted 3/5
16. Vantage point 3,5/5
17. Ober 1/5
--. Zomerhitte 3,5/5
APRIL
--. Interview with the vampire 4/5
--. LotR - The fellowship of the ring 5/5
--. A walk on the moon 4/5
MAY
18. Changeling 4/5
--. Closer 3,5/5
19. The reader 5/5
20. Angels & demons 4/5
21. Sweeney Todd 4/5
--. The holiday 4/5
22. The hunt for Gollum 2/5
23. Milk 5/5
JUNE
24. Billy Elliot 4/5
25. The libertine 3,5/5
26. Reservation road 3,5/5
27. What happens in Vegas 3,5/5
28. Lars and the real girl 4/5
29. Into the wild 4,5/5
JULY
30. Slumdog millionaire 4,5/5
--. Shakespeare in love 5/5
31. Loving Annabelle 2/5
32. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince 4/5
33. Vicky Cristina Barcelona 4/5
AUGUST
34. Public Enemies 3,5/5
35. Twilight 2/5
36. Seven Pounds 4/5
37. Ice Age 3 4/5
SEPTEMBER
38. C.R.A.Z.Y. 4/5
39. The boat that rocked 4,5/5
40. Kung fu panda 4/5
41. Pearl Harbour 3,5/5
42 De storm 3/5
--. Milk 5/5
43. Sunshine cleaning 4,5/5
--. Music & lyrics 4/5
OCTOBER
44. Up 4/5
45. Wolverine 3/5
NOVEMBER
46. Julie & Julia 4/5
47. Marley and me 3,5/5
48. (500) Days of Summer 4,5/5
DECEMBER
49. Ice princess 3,5/5
50. It's complicated 4/5
51. Towelhead 4/5
Links to previous challenges:
2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008.