Movies & Books 2009

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Books Read in 2009

Best: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susannah Clarke

  1. Green Tea and Other Ghost Stories – J.S. LeFanu
  2. Bollywood Nights – Sobhaa De
  3. The Smartest Investment Book You’ll Ever Read – Daniel R. Solin
  4. Everything Matters – Ron Currie Jr.
  5. Marilyn Monroe – Barbara Leaming
  6. Prince of Darkness – Barbara Michaels
  7. Labor Day – Joyce Maynard
  8. Superfreakonomics – Steven Dubner and Steven Levitt
  9. Peony In Love – Lisa See
  10. Austenland – Shannon Hale
  11. The Wedding Girl – Madeline Wyckham
  12. Code of the Woosters – PG Wodehouse
  13. One Night Stands and Lost Weekends – Lawrence Block
  14. Just A Geek – Wil Wheaton
  15. Coronation Street: The Saga – Katherine Hardy
  16. The Cutie – Westlake
  17. Blue Christmas – Mary Kay Andrews
  18. Sharp Teeth – Toby Barlow
  19. The Fixer-Upper – Mary Kay Andrews
  20. A Spoonful of Poison – MC Beaton
  21. Carry On, Jeeves – P.G. Wodehouse
  22. Murder on the Flying Scotsman – Carola Dunn
  23. Savannah Breeze – Mary Kay Andrews
  24. Maisie Dobbs – Jacqueline Winspear
  25. The Reader – Bernhard Schlink
  26. Death Do Us Part – ed. Harlan Coben
  27. Savannah Blues – Mary Kay Andrews
  28. 8th Confession – James Patterson
  29. The Memory Keeper’s Daughter – Kim Edwards
  30. The Haunting of Josie – Kay Hooper
  31. The Ruins – Scott Smith
  32. Blink – Malcolm Gladwell
  33. 999 – ed. Al Sarrantonio
  34. I, Robot – Isaac Asimov
  35. The Little Lady Agency – Hester Browne
  36. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies – Jane Austen and Seth Graham-Smith
  37. The Secret of Shadow Ranch – Carolyn Keene
  38. The Woods – Harlan Coben
  39. Little Saigon – T. Jefferson Parker
  40. Little Girl Lost – Richard Aleas
  41. The Inimitable Jeeves – P.G. Wodehouse
  42. Hissy Fit – Mary Kay Andrews
  43. The Prestige – Christopher Priest
  44. Requiem for a Mezzo – Carola Dunn
  45. Nancy Drew & The Secret of Lilac Inn – Carolyn Keene
  46. The Ghost and Mrs. McClure – Alice Kimberly
  47. Body Movers – Stephanie Bond
  48. The Thirteenth Tale – Diane Setterfield
    See notes on here.
  49. The Ballad of Peckham Rye – Muriel Spark
  50. What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal – Zoe Heller
  51. Henry Reed’s Babysitting Service – Keith Richardson
  52. The Bell Witch: An American Haunting – Brent Monahan
    Made me scared of the dark more than once…
  53. The Last Camel Died at Noon – Elizabeth Peters
  54. Basket Case – Carl Hiaasen
  55. From A Buick 8 – Stephen King
  56. Thurber on Crime – Robert Lopresti, ed.
  57. The Haunting of Hill House – Shirley Jackson
  58. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell – Susannah Clarke
    Amazing! I love them both a little bit…
  59. The Winter Garden Mystery – Carola Dunn
  60. Nancy Drew & The Bungalow Mystery – Carolyn Keene
  61. Nancy Drew & The Hidden Staircase – Carolyn Keene
  62. The Accusers – Lindsey Davis
    Not as strong as its forebears, but I love Falco!
  63. Nancy Drew & Secret of the Old Clock – Carolyn Keene
    My sure path to 100 books this year. ;)
  64. Middlesex – Jeffrey Euginedes
    Reminded me of reading Nabokov, but the cleverness is more familiar.
  65. Mermaid Saga – Rumiko Takahashi
    Very sad, but enjoyable manga!

Movies Watched in 2009

Best: Noises Off (1992)

  1. Cheaper by the Dozen
  2. The Mutant Chronicles (2008)
  3. The Blind Side (2009)
  4. REC
  5. 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
  6. Inside Deep Throat
  7. Omagh
  8. Noises Off! (1992)
  9. Hancock (2009)
  10. Saturn 3
  11. Beavers: IMAX (1998)
  12. American Movie (1999)
  13. The Haunting of Molly Hartley
  14. Duchess of Duke Street
  15. 2012 (2009)
  16. Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008)
  17. Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (2008)
  18. Loads of Coronation Street (2009)
  19. Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday (2009)
  20. Zombieland (2009)
  21. Skeleton Key
  22. Scanners
  23. Paranormal Activity (2009)
  24. IT Crowd, Season 3
  25. IT Crowd, Season 2
  26. The Informant
  27. Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs
  28. Quarantine
  29. Lots of Coronation Street
  30. Ponyo
  31. District 9
  32. Revenge of the Sith
  33. Night of the Living Dead (~1960)
  34. The IT Crowd
  35. Lakeview Terrace (2008)
  36. Fawlty Towers
  37. Law & Order SVU: Season One
  38. Dead Like Me: Life After Death (2008)
  39. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
  40. The Ruins (2008)
  41. Up (2009)
  42. Drag Me To Hell (2009)
  43. Star Trek (2009)
  44. The Prestige (2006)
  45. Zack and Miri Make A Porno (2007)
  46. The Watchmen (2009)
  47. An American Haunting (2006)
  48. Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
    I loved this movie!
  49. Gran Torino (2009)
    High school drama, but strangely moving.
  50. 3:10 To Yuma (2008)
    I enjoyed this, despite that rotten Russell.
  51. Vantage Point (2008)
    A largely uninteresting undertaking.
  52. The Haunting (1963)
    Closer to the story, which made it a little…dull…
  53. A Caribbean Mystery (1989)
    I don’t know why I keep watching/reading Agatha Christie; I don’t particularly care for her…
  54. Supernova (1999)
  55. Basic Instinct (1992)
    Actually, I really enjoyed this movie.
  56. Dead Space: Downfall (2009)

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