Books and Films 2012

One summer on my school holidays I read so many books I won a medal from Corstorphine Library. The medal was on a blue and red striped ribbon and had a bear on it. Receiving this was one of the proudest moments of my life (and perhaps suggested I wasn’t like the other kids).  In order to recreate this moment of greatness I have set myself the challenge to read 50 books this year. When I succeed everyone can buy me an appropriate gift.  Last year I set myself the same challenge and managed a paltry 18 books. The horror see the list. The year before I managed 31. In my defence I did spend 10 months of that year living up Japanese mountains.  To see my list from 2010 see this post from my old journal. Listing the movies I have watched serves no purpose.

I am always looking for recommendations for good books and films so please leave me a comment with any suggestions.

Books Read

1. One Day by David Nicholls
2. Dark Star Safari by Paul Theroux
3. Swahili for the Broken Hearted by Peter Moore
4. The Lying Game by Sara Shepherd
5. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
6. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
7. The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
8. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
9. 50 Shades of Grey
10. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Films Watched

1. Be Kind Rewind
2. Sorority Wars
3. Waitress
4. Nowhere Boy
5. Country Strong
6. Just Go With It
7. The Hangover Part II
8. Horrible Bosses
9. The Help
10. Tin Tin
11. Madagascar
12. I Don’t Know How She Does It
13. Fame
14. The Goonies
15. What’s your Number?
16. Friends with Benefits
17. No Strings Attached
18. Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
19. Something Borrowed
20. Breaking Dawn
21. Bobby
22. A Little Bit of Heaven
23. My Week with Marilyn
24. The Muppets
25. One Day
26. Get Him to the Greek
27. Water for Elephants
28. The Vow
29. What to Expect When Your Expecting
30. Magic Mike
31. Brave
32. 21 Jump Street
33. Wanderlust
34. Friends with Kids
35. Despicable Me
36. Hotel Transylvania
37. This Means War
38. The Lucky One