100 Movies & 50 Books in 2008
Rules & Guidelines:
1. I watch 100 movies & read 50 books (or more) in 2008.
2. I keep track of how many I watch/read in this post.
3. I only record first-time movies, but second- or third-time books are fine.
4. I leave the entry public. If you want to recommend any movies or books to me, go for it.
yes, I do steal gratuitously from my flists' interests.
oo1. The Godfather (Jan) ****
oo2. The Blues Brothers (Jan) *****
oo3. The Great Escape (Jan) *****
oo4. Pride & Prejudice (Jan) ****
oo5. Sleepy Hollow (Jan) ***
oo6. Stormbreaker (Jan) *
oo6. Jungle Book 2 (Jan) ***
oo7. Rescue Dawn (Jan) ****
oo8. American Psycho (Jan) ***
oo9. The Illusionist (Jan) *****
o1o. Like Minds (Jan) *****
o11. Cashback (Jan) ***
o12. The Outsiders (Jan) *****
o13. Labyrinth (Jan) I really don't think I can even rate this.
o14. The Land Before Time VI: Secret of Saurus Rock (Jan) **
o15. The Great Debaters (Jan) *****
o16. The Mistress of Spices (Jan) **
o17. 88 Minutes (Jan) ***
o18. The Land Before Time VIII: the Great Freeze (Feb) **
o19. Swing Kids (Feb) *****
o2o. The Dark is Rising (Feb) **
o21. Twins (Feb) **
o22. The Royal Tenenbaums (Feb) *****
o23. Charlie Bartlett (Feb) ****
o24. A Midsummer Night's Dream (Feb) ***
o25. Jumper (Feb) ****
o26. Danny Deckchair (Feb) ****
o27. Spellbound (Feb) *****
o28. Gangs of New York (Feb) ****
o23. The Wild (Mar) ***
o24. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Mar) ****
o25. The Periwig Maker (Short) (Mar) ****
o26. Barnyard (Mar) **
o27. Across the Universe (Mar) *****
o28. Dead Poets Society (Mar) ****
o29. 27 Dresses (Mar) **
o3o. All the Queen's Men (Mar) ****
o31. Sydney White (Mar) **
o32. Lost in Woonsocket (Mar) ****
o33. Penelope (Mar) ****
o34. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Apr) ***
o35. The Wedding Singer (Apr) ***
o36. I Am Legend (Apr) ***
o37. On A Clear Day (Apr) ****
o38. Yellowbeard (Apr) **
o39. Equilibrium (Apr) ***
o4o. Bunny (Short) (Apr) ***
o41. Music Box (Short) (May) ****
o42. Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark (May) ***
o43. Everything Is Illuminated (May) ****
o44. Mansfield Park (May) ***
o45. Alvin & the Chipmunks (May) ***
o46. Green Street Hooligans (May) *****
o47. Amazing Grace (May) ****
o48. Jarhead (May) ***
o49. Blood Drips Heavily on Newsies Square (May) *****
o5o. King Arthur (Jun) **
o51. Iron Man (Jun) ****
o52. Illusion (Jun) *****
o53. Wall-e (Jun) ****
o54. Thoughtcrimes (Jul) **
o55. It's a Boy Girl Thing (Jul) ***
o56. Batman Beyond: the Movie (Jul) ***
o57. Song for a Raggy Boy (Jul) *****
o58. The Dark Knight (Jul) *****
o59. Good Morning, Vietnam (Jul) ****
o6o. The Baker Street Irregulars (Jul) **
o61. Juno (Jul) ****
o62. The Terminal (Aug) ***
o63. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Aug) ****
o64. The Departed (Aug) *****
o65. It's A Wonderful Life (Aug) ***
o66. Wanted (Aug) **
o67. Robin Hood: Men In Tights (Aug) ****
o68. Henry Poole is Here (Aug) ****
o69. The Golden Compass (Aug) **
o7o. Northanger Abbey (Aug) ****
o71. The Fall (Aug) *****
o72. Speak (Aug) ***
o73. The Wedding Date (Sept) **
oo1. The Rules of Survival - Nancy Werlin (Jan)
oo2. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald (Jan)
oo3. The Crucible - Arthur Miller (Feb)
oo4. The Final Solution - Michael Chabon (Feb)
oo5. Immortal - Traci Slatton (Feb)
oo6. A Model World - Michael Chabon (Mar)
oo7. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky (Mar)
oo8. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card (Mar)
oo9. Fray - Joss Whedon (Mar)
o1o. Summerland - Michael Chabon (Mar)
o11. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger (Mar)
o12. Boy Meets Boy - David Levithan (Mar)
o13. The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien (Apr)
o14. Fire and Fog - Dianne Day (Apr)
o15. A Study in Scarlet - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Apr)
o16. The Sign of Four - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Apr)
o17. Nightbirds on Nantucket - Joan Aiken (Apr)
o18. The Stolen Lake - Joan Aiken (May)
o19. In the Belly of the Bloodhound - L. A. Meyer (May)
o2o. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Foer (May)
o21. Blood Fever - Charles Higgins (May)
o22. Mississippi Jack - L.A. Meyer (May)
o23. Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Foer (Jun)
o24. Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer (Aug)
o25. Making Money - Terry Pratchett (Aug)
o26. Monstrous Regiment - Terry Pratchett (Aug)
o27. Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt (Aug)
o28. Mystic and Rider - Sharon Shinn (Aug)
o29. Marianela - Benito Perez Galdos (Aug)
o3o. The Thirteenth House - Sharon Shinn (Aug)
o31. Dark Moon Defender - Sharon Shinn (Aug)
o32. A Countess Below Stairs - Eva Ibbotsen (Sept)
o33. A Song for Summer - Eva Ibbotsen (Sept)
o34. Luck in the Shadows - Lynn Flewelling (Sept)
1. I watch 100 movies & read 50 books (or more) in 2008.
2. I keep track of how many I watch/read in this post.
3. I only record first-time movies, but second- or third-time books are fine.
4. I leave the entry public. If you want to recommend any movies or books to me, go for it.
yes, I do steal gratuitously from my flists' interests.
oo1. The Godfather (Jan) ****
oo2. The Blues Brothers (Jan) *****
oo3. The Great Escape (Jan) *****
oo4. Pride & Prejudice (Jan) ****
oo5. Sleepy Hollow (Jan) ***
oo6. Stormbreaker (Jan) *
oo6. Jungle Book 2 (Jan) ***
oo7. Rescue Dawn (Jan) ****
oo8. American Psycho (Jan) ***
oo9. The Illusionist (Jan) *****
o1o. Like Minds (Jan) *****
o11. Cashback (Jan) ***
o12. The Outsiders (Jan) *****
o13. Labyrinth (Jan) I really don't think I can even rate this.
o14. The Land Before Time VI: Secret of Saurus Rock (Jan) **
o15. The Great Debaters (Jan) *****
o16. The Mistress of Spices (Jan) **
o17. 88 Minutes (Jan) ***
o18. The Land Before Time VIII: the Great Freeze (Feb) **
o19. Swing Kids (Feb) *****
o2o. The Dark is Rising (Feb) **
o21. Twins (Feb) **
o22. The Royal Tenenbaums (Feb) *****
o23. Charlie Bartlett (Feb) ****
o24. A Midsummer Night's Dream (Feb) ***
o25. Jumper (Feb) ****
o26. Danny Deckchair (Feb) ****
o27. Spellbound (Feb) *****
o28. Gangs of New York (Feb) ****
o23. The Wild (Mar) ***
o24. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Mar) ****
o25. The Periwig Maker (Short) (Mar) ****
o26. Barnyard (Mar) **
o27. Across the Universe (Mar) *****
o28. Dead Poets Society (Mar) ****
o29. 27 Dresses (Mar) **
o3o. All the Queen's Men (Mar) ****
o31. Sydney White (Mar) **
o32. Lost in Woonsocket (Mar) ****
o33. Penelope (Mar) ****
o34. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Apr) ***
o35. The Wedding Singer (Apr) ***
o36. I Am Legend (Apr) ***
o37. On A Clear Day (Apr) ****
o38. Yellowbeard (Apr) **
o39. Equilibrium (Apr) ***
o4o. Bunny (Short) (Apr) ***
o41. Music Box (Short) (May) ****
o42. Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark (May) ***
o43. Everything Is Illuminated (May) ****
o44. Mansfield Park (May) ***
o45. Alvin & the Chipmunks (May) ***
o46. Green Street Hooligans (May) *****
o47. Amazing Grace (May) ****
o48. Jarhead (May) ***
o49. Blood Drips Heavily on Newsies Square (May) *****
o5o. King Arthur (Jun) **
o51. Iron Man (Jun) ****
o52. Illusion (Jun) *****
o53. Wall-e (Jun) ****
o54. Thoughtcrimes (Jul) **
o55. It's a Boy Girl Thing (Jul) ***
o56. Batman Beyond: the Movie (Jul) ***
o57. Song for a Raggy Boy (Jul) *****
o58. The Dark Knight (Jul) *****
o59. Good Morning, Vietnam (Jul) ****
o6o. The Baker Street Irregulars (Jul) **
o61. Juno (Jul) ****
o62. The Terminal (Aug) ***
o63. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Aug) ****
o64. The Departed (Aug) *****
o65. It's A Wonderful Life (Aug) ***
o66. Wanted (Aug) **
o67. Robin Hood: Men In Tights (Aug) ****
o68. Henry Poole is Here (Aug) ****
o69. The Golden Compass (Aug) **
o7o. Northanger Abbey (Aug) ****
o71. The Fall (Aug) *****
o72. Speak (Aug) ***
o73. The Wedding Date (Sept) **
oo1. The Rules of Survival - Nancy Werlin (Jan)
oo2. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald (Jan)
oo3. The Crucible - Arthur Miller (Feb)
oo4. The Final Solution - Michael Chabon (Feb)
oo5. Immortal - Traci Slatton (Feb)
oo6. A Model World - Michael Chabon (Mar)
oo7. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky (Mar)
oo8. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card (Mar)
oo9. Fray - Joss Whedon (Mar)
o1o. Summerland - Michael Chabon (Mar)
o11. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger (Mar)
o12. Boy Meets Boy - David Levithan (Mar)
o13. The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien (Apr)
o14. Fire and Fog - Dianne Day (Apr)
o15. A Study in Scarlet - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Apr)
o16. The Sign of Four - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Apr)
o17. Nightbirds on Nantucket - Joan Aiken (Apr)
o18. The Stolen Lake - Joan Aiken (May)
o19. In the Belly of the Bloodhound - L. A. Meyer (May)
o2o. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Foer (May)
o21. Blood Fever - Charles Higgins (May)
o22. Mississippi Jack - L.A. Meyer (May)
o23. Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Foer (Jun)
o24. Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer (Aug)
o25. Making Money - Terry Pratchett (Aug)
o26. Monstrous Regiment - Terry Pratchett (Aug)
o27. Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt (Aug)
o28. Mystic and Rider - Sharon Shinn (Aug)
o29. Marianela - Benito Perez Galdos (Aug)
o3o. The Thirteenth House - Sharon Shinn (Aug)
o31. Dark Moon Defender - Sharon Shinn (Aug)
o32. A Countess Below Stairs - Eva Ibbotsen (Sept)
o33. A Song for Summer - Eva Ibbotsen (Sept)
o34. Luck in the Shadows - Lynn Flewelling (Sept)