2009 books and movies
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my 2009 book list
1.) Out Stealing Horses - Per Petterson, *.5
2.) The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger *****
3.) The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde ***
4.) What Maisie Knew - Henry James ***
5.) Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad ***.5
6.) Howards End - E.M. Forster **.5
7.) Gulliver's Travels - Johnathan Swift **.5
8.) The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford **
9.) Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte ****
10.) To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf **
11.) As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner **.5
12.) Rasselas: Prince of Abissinia - Samuel Johnson **
13.) Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys **.5
14.) The Hour I First Believed - Wally Lamb ****
15.) Love the one You're With - Emily Giffin **.5
16.) The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton **.5
17.) Perfume - Patrick Suskind **.5
18.) Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert ****
19.) Drinking: A Love Story - Caroline Knapp **
20.) The Beach - Alex Garland **
21.) Paint It Black - Janet Fitch **.5
22.) Julia's chocolates - Cathy Lamb **.5
23.) Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden ****
24.) The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger **** (yes, I reread it)
25.) Harry Potter and teh Sorcerer's Stone - JK Rowling
26.) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
27.) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
28.) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - JK Rowling
29.) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - JK Rowling
30.) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - JKRowling
31.) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling
32.) Smashed - Koren Zailckas
33.) The Abs Diet
34.) The Adventures of Huck Finn - Mark Twain
35.) Macbeth - Shakespeare
36.) The Awakening - Kate Chopin
37.) The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgsen Burnett
38.) Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
39.) As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner
40.) A Streetcar Named Desire - Tennessee Williams
41.) This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen - Tadeusz Borowski
42.) Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
43.) Tess of the d'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
44.) The Other Side of the Island - Allegra Goodman
45.) The Crucible - Arthur Miller
46.) Walk Two Moons - Sharon Creech (read for children's lit course)
47.) Dawn - Octavia Butler
48.) Wishin' and Hopin' - Wally Lamb
Movies *(worst)-****(best)
1.) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ***.5
2.) Seven Pounds ***.5
3.) Marley and Me **.5
4.) Cruel Intentions **
5.) Marie Antoinette **
6.) Gran Torino *
7.) Beowulf **
8.) He's Just Not That Into You *.5
9.) Taken **.5
10.) Rob Roy ***
11.) Slumdog Millionare ****
12.) The New World **.5
13.) The Count of Monte Cristo ***.5
14.) Jurassic Park **
15.) Ordinary People ***.5
16.) Vicky Cristina Barcelona **
17.) The Reader ****
18.) Stand by Me **
19.) The Libertine ****
20.) Armageddon **
21.) Schindler's List ****
22.) Chacun cherche son chat ***
23.) The Duchess ***.5
24.) Little Women ***
25.) The Age of Innocence ***5
26.) Rachel Getting Married ***
27.) Blonde: the Marilyn Monroe story
28.) Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal goddess
29.) Ghosts of Girlfriends Past ***
30.) Disturbia ***
31.) The Hangover ***
32.) Mean Girls
33.) The Proposal **.5
34.) Harry Potter and teh Sorcerer's Stone - JK Rowling
35.) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
36.) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
37.) Bruno *
38.) Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
39.) Memoirs of a Geisha
40.) The Ugly Truth
41.) The Time Traveler's Wife
42.) Stepbrothers
43.) Say Anything
44.) Lost in Translation
45.) American History X
46.) American Psycho
47.) L.A. Confidential
48.) Pan's Labyrinth
49.) Away We Go
50.)Contact
my 2009 book list
1.) Out Stealing Horses - Per Petterson, *.5
2.) The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger *****
3.) The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde ***
4.) What Maisie Knew - Henry James ***
5.) Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad ***.5
6.) Howards End - E.M. Forster **.5
7.) Gulliver's Travels - Johnathan Swift **.5
8.) The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford **
9.) Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte ****
10.) To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf **
11.) As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner **.5
12.) Rasselas: Prince of Abissinia - Samuel Johnson **
13.) Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys **.5
14.) The Hour I First Believed - Wally Lamb ****
15.) Love the one You're With - Emily Giffin **.5
16.) The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton **.5
17.) Perfume - Patrick Suskind **.5
18.) Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert ****
19.) Drinking: A Love Story - Caroline Knapp **
20.) The Beach - Alex Garland **
21.) Paint It Black - Janet Fitch **.5
22.) Julia's chocolates - Cathy Lamb **.5
23.) Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden ****
24.) The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger **** (yes, I reread it)
25.) Harry Potter and teh Sorcerer's Stone - JK Rowling
26.) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
27.) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
28.) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - JK Rowling
29.) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - JK Rowling
30.) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - JKRowling
31.) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling
32.) Smashed - Koren Zailckas
33.) The Abs Diet
34.) The Adventures of Huck Finn - Mark Twain
35.) Macbeth - Shakespeare
36.) The Awakening - Kate Chopin
37.) The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgsen Burnett
38.) Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
39.) As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner
40.) A Streetcar Named Desire - Tennessee Williams
41.) This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen - Tadeusz Borowski
42.) Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
43.) Tess of the d'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
44.) The Other Side of the Island - Allegra Goodman
45.) The Crucible - Arthur Miller
46.) Walk Two Moons - Sharon Creech (read for children's lit course)
47.) Dawn - Octavia Butler
48.) Wishin' and Hopin' - Wally Lamb
Movies *(worst)-****(best)
1.) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ***.5
2.) Seven Pounds ***.5
3.) Marley and Me **.5
4.) Cruel Intentions **
5.) Marie Antoinette **
6.) Gran Torino *
7.) Beowulf **
8.) He's Just Not That Into You *.5
9.) Taken **.5
10.) Rob Roy ***
11.) Slumdog Millionare ****
12.) The New World **.5
13.) The Count of Monte Cristo ***.5
14.) Jurassic Park **
15.) Ordinary People ***.5
16.) Vicky Cristina Barcelona **
17.) The Reader ****
18.) Stand by Me **
19.) The Libertine ****
20.) Armageddon **
21.) Schindler's List ****
22.) Chacun cherche son chat ***
23.) The Duchess ***.5
24.) Little Women ***
25.) The Age of Innocence ***5
26.) Rachel Getting Married ***
27.) Blonde: the Marilyn Monroe story
28.) Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal goddess
29.) Ghosts of Girlfriends Past ***
30.) Disturbia ***
31.) The Hangover ***
32.) Mean Girls
33.) The Proposal **.5
34.) Harry Potter and teh Sorcerer's Stone - JK Rowling
35.) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
36.) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
37.) Bruno *
38.) Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
39.) Memoirs of a Geisha
40.) The Ugly Truth
41.) The Time Traveler's Wife
42.) Stepbrothers
43.) Say Anything
44.) Lost in Translation
45.) American History X
46.) American Psycho
47.) L.A. Confidential
48.) Pan's Labyrinth
49.) Away We Go
50.)Contact