Thursday, January 01, 2015

Reading List, 2012-2013

  • NW, Zadie Smith (last book of 2013)
  • Long Division Kiese Laymon
  • Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell
  • eleanor and park, Rainbow Rowell
  • The Flight of Gemma Hardy, Margot Livesey
  • Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs
  • Transformations, Anne Sexton
  • Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel
  • Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel
  • Dodger, Terry Pratchett
  • A Small Hotel, Robert Olen Butler
  • Life After Life, Kate Atkinson
  • Come August, Come Freedom, Gigi Amateau
  • The Cassoulet Saved Our Marriage, Ed. Caroline Grant and Lisa Catherine Harper
  • Lies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dresses, Ron Koertge
  • Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, A New English Version, Philip Pullman
  • The Member of the Wedding, Carson McCullers (last book of 2012--43 books)
  • Wonderstruck, Brian Selznick
  • Son, Lois Lowry
  • Code Name: Verity, Elizabeth Wein
  • I am the Messenger, Markus Zusak
  • Brighton Rock, Graham Greene
  • Making up Megaboy, Virginia Walter and Katrina Roeckelein
  • Princess Academy, Shannon Hale
  • King Dork, Frank Portman
  • Alison Wonderland, Helen Smith
  • My Name is Mina, David Almond
  • Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Salman Rushie
  • The Pigman, Paul Zindel
  • The Magician King, Lev Grossman
  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
  • Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Laini Taylor
  • Fire, Kristin Cashore
  • Bitterblue, Kristin Cashore
  • Graceling, Kristin Cashore
  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
  • American Gods, Neil Gaiman
  • Thirteen Reasons Why, Jay Asher
  • My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins & Fenway Park, Steve Kluger
  • The Marriage Plot, Jeffrey Eugenides
  • Snuff, Terry Pratchett
  • Starry River of the Sky, Grace Lin (ARC)
  • The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind, Meg Medina
  • Are You My Mother?, Alison Bechdel
  • Wild, Cheryl Strayed
  • Bewitching: The Kendra Chronicles, Alex Flinn
  • Lindy's Diary, Alex Flinn
  • Gregor and the Code of Claw, Suzanne Collins
  • Gregor and the Marks of Secret, Suzanne Collins
  • Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods, Suzanne Collins
  • Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane, Suzanne Collins
  • Gregor the Overlander, Suzanne Collins
  • The Chaos, Nalo Hopkinson
  • The Hare with Amber Eyes, Edmund de Waal
  • Fun Home, Alison Bechtel
  • Claiming Georgia Tate, Gigi Amateau
  • The Edge of Maybe, Ericka Lutz
  • Hogfather, Terry Pratchett
  • The Fault in Our Stars, John Green

Viewing List, 2012-2013

  • American Hustle (last film of 2013)
  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
  • Enough Said
  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  • Metropolis (2010 restored print)
  • The Hurt Locker
  • Bad Lieutenant
  • Snatch
  • Stand Up Guys
  • Twenty Feet from Stardom
  • The Kings of Summer
  • Cloud Atlas
  • Frances Ha
  • Iron Man 3
  • Bernie
  • Searching for Sugarman
  • Midnight in Paris (last movie of 2012--33 films)
  • Django Unchained
  • Holiday Inn
  • The Conversation
  • Ghost Dog
  • Argo
  • Neil Young: Journeys
  • Doc Martin (movie--prequel to TV series)
  • Men in Black III
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild
  • Down in the Valley
  • The Way
  • The Front Page
  • Dark Shadows
  • Prometheus
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
  • Snow White and the Huntsman
  • 12 Monkeys
  • The Avengers
  • A Life Less Ordinary
  • Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
  • Damsels in Distress
  • The Cabin in the Woods
  • Microcosmos
  • Mirror, Mirror
  • The Iron Lady
  • Soul Kitchen
  • Local Hero
  • The Artist
  • Beastly
  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
  • Belle et la Bete (first of 2012)