2009 in Books & Movies
Books
#
Date
Title
Author
Year
Rating
1
Feb 12
Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy #3)
Richelle Mead
2008
4
2
Apr 18
Wake
Lisa McMann
2008
3
3
Apr 20
Jessica's Guide To Dating On The Dark Side
Beth Fantaskey
2008
3
4
May 5
The Forest Of Hands And Teeth
Carrie Ryan
2009
3
5
July 26
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
David Grann
2009
3.5
6
Aug 9
Goddess of the Hunt
Tessa Dare
2009
4
7
Sept 7
Blood Promise (Vampire Academy #4)
Richelle Mead
2009
4
8
Sept 13
Simply Scandalous
Tamara Lejeune
2005
4
7
Sept 20
Surrender of a Siren
Tessa Dare
2009
2.5
8
Sept 24
The Leopard Prince
Elizabeth Hoyt
2007
2.5
9
Oct 9
Wicked All Day
Liz Carlyle
2009
2
book rating system
5/5 = Sublime. A keeper. A favorite. I would bring this book to a desert island. I would marry this book and have its children.
4/5 = Above average. Highly enjoyable, and I will probably re-read it at some point. My book-buying dollar spent well.
3/5 = Good. Worth borrowing from the library or a friend. A pleasant way to spend a few hours.
2/5 = Okay. Not quite good but not quite horrible, either. I might have skimmed to the end.
1/5 = Made me rethink my anti- stance on book burning.
Films
#
Date
Title
Director
Year
Rating
1
Jan 9
Tropic Thunder
Ben Stiller
2008
3.5
2
Jan 14
The Dark Knight
Christopher Nolan
2008
4.5
3
Jan 25
Westworld
Michael Crichton
1973
3
4
May 25
The Tomb of Ligeia
Roger Corman
1964
3
5
May 26
Star Trek
J.J. Abrams
2009
4
6
Jun 11
The Rage in Placid Lake
Tony McNamara
2003
3
7
Jun 21
Terminator Salvation
McG
2009
4
8
Jun 25
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Michael Bay
2009
3.5
9
Aug 21
The Last Dragon
Michael Schultz
1985
2
10
Aug 25
Black Sabbath
Mario Bava
1963
3
11
Aug 27
I Am Legend
Francis Lawrence
2007
2.5
12
Aug 27
The House Bunny
Fred Wolf
2008
2.5
13
Sept 22
Semi-Pro
Ken Alterman
2008
3
14
Sept 22
Hancock
Peter Berg
2008
3
15
Sept 23
Quarantine
John Erick Dowdle
2008
3.5
16
Sept 24
Dead of Night
Alberto Cavalcanti
1945
2.5
17
Sept 25
The Hangover
Todd Phillips
2009
3
18
Sept 25
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Gavin Hood
2009
3
19
Sept 25
Watchmen
Zack Snyder
2009
3
20
Sept 25
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tim Burton
2007
3.5
21
Sept 27
Fight Club
David Fincher
1999
3.5
22
Sept 27
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
John Hurwitz/Hayden Schlossberg
2008
3.5
23
Oct 6
X-Men
Bryan Singer
2000
3.5
24
Oct 7
The Bourne Ultimatum
Paul Greengass
2007
3
25
Oct 11
Marley & Me
David Frankel
2008
3
26
Oct 23
Whatever Works
Woody Allen
2009
3.5
27
Oct 25
Friday the 13th
Marcus Nispel
2009
3
28
Oct 26
Righteous Kill
Jon Avnet
2008
3
29
Oct 28
Harlem Nights
Eddie Murphy
1989
3
30
Dec 8
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Chris Weitz
2009
3
31
Dec 10
Alice (TV)
Nick Willing
2009
4
32
Dec 11
Pandorum
Christian Alvart
2009
3
33
Dec 12
Bedtime Stories
Adam Shankman
2008
2.5
34
Dec 13
Død snø (Dead Snow)
Tommy Wirkola
2009
3.5
35
Dec 13
Inglourious Basterds
Quentin Tarantino
2009
4.5
36
Dec 14
Zombieland
Ruben Fleischer
2009
3.5
37
Dec 15
L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo (The Bird with the Crystal Plumage)
Dario Argento
1970
3.5
38
Dec 21
Jennifer's Body
Karyn Kusama
2009
3
39
Dec 22
And Soon The Darkness
Robert Fuest
1970
3
40
Dec 28
Emma (TV)
Jim O'Hanlon
2009
4.5
film rating system
5/5 = Sublime. The Godiva chocolate of films. I will watch it over and over until I can recite every line from memory.
4/5 = Above average. I would buy this on DVD.
3/5 = Good. An enjoyable way to kill a couple hours but not terribly memorable.
2/5 = Eh. This was mediocre. I might not have finished watching it.
1/5 = Very very bad. I want all involved in the creation of this movie to suffer as I have suffered.
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