Book and Movie List for 2008
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 2008.
Books
January
1. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
2. The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips
3. I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert
4. Persuasion by Jane Austen
5. Blessed Are the Cheesemakers by Sarah-Kate Lynch
6. You Remind Me of Me by Dan Chaon
February
7. Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
8. Single: The Art of Being Satisfied, Fulfilled, and Independent by Judy Ford
9. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
10. The Giver by Lois Lowry
March
11. Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
12. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
13. Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
14. The Life Before Her Eyes by Laura Kasischke
15. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro
16. Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome
April
17. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
18. Emma by Jane Austen
19. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
20. The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
21. The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue
22. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
May
23. Leaving Home by Anita Brookner
24. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
25. Love is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield
26. Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
27. The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
28. A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
29. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
June
30. Marley & Me by John Grogan
31. The Trial by Franz Kafka
32. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
33. Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose
34. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
35. The Anxiety of Everyday Objects by Aurelie Sheehan
July
36. As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann
37. My Life As a Whale by Dyan Sheldon
38. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
August
39. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
40. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
41. When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
42. Elliott Smith by Autumn De Wilde
43. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
September
44. Watchmen by Alan Moore
45. House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
46. The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
47. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
48. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
49. My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger
October
50. The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
51. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
52. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
November
53. Endangered Pleasures: In Defense of Naps, Bacon, Profanity, and Other Indulgences by Barbara Holland
54. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
55. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
56. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
57. Passage by Connie Willis
58. Snobs by Julian Fellowes
59. The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin
60. The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard
December
61. The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them edited by Roxanne J. Coady and Joy Johannessen
62. It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
63. Marking Time by Elizabeth Jane Howard
64. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
65. Colors of the Mountain by Da Chen
66. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
Movies
January
1. Waitress
2. The Namesake
3. Kinky Boots
4. Scoop
5. I Am Legend
6. Breakfast on Pluto
7. The Weather Man
8. Northanger Abbey (2007 Masterpiece version)
9. No Country for Old Men
10. Mansfield Park (2007 Masterpiece version)
February
11. The Ten
12. There Will Be Blood
13. Rescue Dawn
14. The Lookout
15. Before Night Falls
16. Epic Movie
17. Definitely, Maybe
18. Vantage Point
19. Click
20. Hard Candy
March
21. Be Kind Rewind
22. Just Friends
23. Funny Games
24. Drillbit Taylor
25. Sergei Prokofiev's Peter & the Wolf
26. Eagle vs Shark
27. American Gangster
28. I Could Never Be Your Woman
April
29. Away From Her
30. Fingersmith
31. Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
32. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
33. Smart People
34. The Jane Austen Book Club
May
35. Miss Potter
36. National Treasure
37. The Holiday
38. Starter for 10
39. The Ballad of Jack and Rose
40. Wristcutters: A Love Story
41. Lars and the Real Girl
42. Margot at the Wedding
43. Sky High
44. Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
June
45. Shrek the Third
46. Driving Lessons
47. Get Smart
48. The Happening
49. In Bruges
50. I'm Not There
July
51. Tongan Ninja
52. Into the Wild
53. Ratatouille
54. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
55. The Kite Runner
56. Equilibrium
57. Penelope
58. The Dark Knight
59. Semi-Pro
60. The Other Boleyn Girl
61. The Bank Job
62. Cloverfield
August
63. Year of the Dog
64. 27 Dresses
65. Pineapple Express
66. Step Brothers
67. Grave of the Fireflies
68. Tropic Thunder
69. Spider-Man 3
70. The Savages
71. Scary Movie 4
72. 2 Days in Paris
73. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
74. Persepolis
75. The Life Before Her Eyes
76. Son of Rambow
September
77. Reprise
78. Becoming Jane
79. Smiley Face
80. Flakes
81. Fever Pitch (1997)
82. Charlie Bartlett
83. Someone To Eat Cheese With
October
84. The Foot Fist Way
85. Blindness
86. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
87. Twice Upon a Yesterday
88. Baby Mama
89. Run Fatboy Run
90. I Love Your Work
November
91. The Fall
92. Kabluey
93. Role Models
94. Snow Angels
95. This Is England
96. Sex and the City
97. Beautiful Girls
98. All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise
99. Australia
100. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
December
101. Iron Man
102. Speed Racer
103. Bride and Prejudice
104. Mamma Mia!
105. Sydney White
106. P.S. I Love You
107. The Visitor
108. Slumdog Millionaire
109. Marley & Me
110. American Teen
111. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
AND
Concerts/Shows
1. Flight of the Conchords, Chicago Theatre (May 14th)
2. Rufus Wainwright, Horseshoe Hammond Casino (Oct. 17th)
3. The Decemberists, Edman Chapel at Wheaton College (Oct. 31st)
4. Stella, The Vic Theatre (Dec. 5th)
2007 List
Books
January
1. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
2. The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips
3. I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert
4. Persuasion by Jane Austen
5. Blessed Are the Cheesemakers by Sarah-Kate Lynch
6. You Remind Me of Me by Dan Chaon
February
7. Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
8. Single: The Art of Being Satisfied, Fulfilled, and Independent by Judy Ford
9. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
10. The Giver by Lois Lowry
March
11. Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
12. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
13. Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
14. The Life Before Her Eyes by Laura Kasischke
15. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro
16. Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome
April
17. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
18. Emma by Jane Austen
19. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
20. The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
21. The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue
22. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
May
23. Leaving Home by Anita Brookner
24. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
25. Love is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield
26. Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
27. The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
28. A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
29. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
June
30. Marley & Me by John Grogan
31. The Trial by Franz Kafka
32. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
33. Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose
34. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
35. The Anxiety of Everyday Objects by Aurelie Sheehan
July
36. As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann
37. My Life As a Whale by Dyan Sheldon
38. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
August
39. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
40. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
41. When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
42. Elliott Smith by Autumn De Wilde
43. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
September
44. Watchmen by Alan Moore
45. House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
46. The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
47. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
48. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
49. My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger
October
50. The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
51. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
52. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
November
53. Endangered Pleasures: In Defense of Naps, Bacon, Profanity, and Other Indulgences by Barbara Holland
54. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
55. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
56. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
57. Passage by Connie Willis
58. Snobs by Julian Fellowes
59. The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin
60. The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard
December
61. The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them edited by Roxanne J. Coady and Joy Johannessen
62. It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
63. Marking Time by Elizabeth Jane Howard
64. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
65. Colors of the Mountain by Da Chen
66. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
Movies
January
1. Waitress
2. The Namesake
3. Kinky Boots
4. Scoop
5. I Am Legend
6. Breakfast on Pluto
7. The Weather Man
8. Northanger Abbey (2007 Masterpiece version)
9. No Country for Old Men
10. Mansfield Park (2007 Masterpiece version)
February
11. The Ten
12. There Will Be Blood
13. Rescue Dawn
14. The Lookout
15. Before Night Falls
16. Epic Movie
17. Definitely, Maybe
18. Vantage Point
19. Click
20. Hard Candy
March
21. Be Kind Rewind
22. Just Friends
23. Funny Games
24. Drillbit Taylor
25. Sergei Prokofiev's Peter & the Wolf
26. Eagle vs Shark
27. American Gangster
28. I Could Never Be Your Woman
April
29. Away From Her
30. Fingersmith
31. Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
32. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
33. Smart People
34. The Jane Austen Book Club
May
35. Miss Potter
36. National Treasure
37. The Holiday
38. Starter for 10
39. The Ballad of Jack and Rose
40. Wristcutters: A Love Story
41. Lars and the Real Girl
42. Margot at the Wedding
43. Sky High
44. Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
June
45. Shrek the Third
46. Driving Lessons
47. Get Smart
48. The Happening
49. In Bruges
50. I'm Not There
July
51. Tongan Ninja
52. Into the Wild
53. Ratatouille
54. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
55. The Kite Runner
56. Equilibrium
57. Penelope
58. The Dark Knight
59. Semi-Pro
60. The Other Boleyn Girl
61. The Bank Job
62. Cloverfield
August
63. Year of the Dog
64. 27 Dresses
65. Pineapple Express
66. Step Brothers
67. Grave of the Fireflies
68. Tropic Thunder
69. Spider-Man 3
70. The Savages
71. Scary Movie 4
72. 2 Days in Paris
73. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
74. Persepolis
75. The Life Before Her Eyes
76. Son of Rambow
September
77. Reprise
78. Becoming Jane
79. Smiley Face
80. Flakes
81. Fever Pitch (1997)
82. Charlie Bartlett
83. Someone To Eat Cheese With
October
84. The Foot Fist Way
85. Blindness
86. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
87. Twice Upon a Yesterday
88. Baby Mama
89. Run Fatboy Run
90. I Love Your Work
November
91. The Fall
92. Kabluey
93. Role Models
94. Snow Angels
95. This Is England
96. Sex and the City
97. Beautiful Girls
98. All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise
99. Australia
100. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
December
101. Iron Man
102. Speed Racer
103. Bride and Prejudice
104. Mamma Mia!
105. Sydney White
106. P.S. I Love You
107. The Visitor
108. Slumdog Millionaire
109. Marley & Me
110. American Teen
111. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
AND
Concerts/Shows
1. Flight of the Conchords, Chicago Theatre (May 14th)
2. Rufus Wainwright, Horseshoe Hammond Casino (Oct. 17th)
3. The Decemberists, Edman Chapel at Wheaton College (Oct. 31st)
4. Stella, The Vic Theatre (Dec. 5th)
2007 List