2009
Books read: 42 (averaging 3,5 books a month)
Movies watched: 102 (averaging 2 movies a week)
(of the 102 I’ve watched 39 of them I watched in the cinema)
Favorite book read in 2009: What is the What – Dave Eggers and Life of Pi – Yann Martel
Favorite movie watched in 2009: The Wrestler
Concert I enjoyed most: the Lowlands festival of course! Next to that: The Talles Man on Earth in Paradiso
Book I least enjoyed: On the Road – Jack Kerouac
Worst movie: Bride Wars
Books read:
09/11/17 : Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak
09/11/12 : Lelystad – Joris van Casteren
09/10/31 : The Color Purple – Alice Walker
09/09/21 : Cause Celeb – Helen Fielding
09/09/15 : On the Road – Jack Kerouac
09/09/04 : Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse #3) – Charlaine Harris (ebook)
09/08/31 : Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse #2) – Charlaine Harris (ebook)
09/08/28 : Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse #1) – Charlaine Harris (ebook)
09/08/15 : The Tales of Beedle the Bard – J.K. Rowling
09/08/08 : The Chess Machine – Robert Lohr (NL)
09/07/24 : My Sister’s Keeper – Jodi Picoult
09/07/19 : Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling
09/07/07 : The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie – Muriel Sparks
09/07/05 : De Helaasheid der Dingen – Dimitri Verhulst
09/07/01 : Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J.K. Rowling
09/06/28 : High Fidelity – Nick Hornby
09/06/23 : The Girl in the Red Coat – Roma Ligocka (NL)
09/06/11 : Pompeii – Robert Harris (NL)
09/06/10 : The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain
09/06/07 : To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
09/06/05 : What is the What – Dave Eggers
09/06/01 : The Notebook – Nicholas Sparks
09/05/24 : Ordinary People – Judith Guest
09/05/18 : I am the Messenger – Markus Zusak
09/05/11 : Lord of the Flies – William Golding
09/04/30 : Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer
09/04/24 : Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass – Lewis Carroll
09/04/20 : Gomorra – Roberto Saviano
09/03/26 : The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - F. Scott Fitzgerald (ebook on iPhone)
09/03/26 : Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
09/03/22 : Een Tafel Vol vlinders – Tim Krabbe
09/03/21 : De Profundis – Oscar Wilde
09/03/15 : Life of Pi – Yann Martel (NL)
09/02/28 : The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer (NL)
09/02/26 : Eclipse – Stephenie Meyer
09/02/23 : A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
09/02/19 : New Moon – Stephenie Meyer
09/02/05 : Twilight – Stephenie Meyer
09/01/26 : The Jane Austen Book Club – Karen Joy Fowler
09/01/13 : The Road – Cormac McCarthy
09/01/05 : The Reader – Bernhard Schlink (NL)
09/01/02 : De Wintercollectie – Various Writers
Movies watched:
09/12/30 : Avatar (3D)
09/12/30 : The Piano
09/12/29 : Changeling
09/12/22 : Wanted
09/12/16 : Avatar
09/12/06 : Law Abiding Citizen
09/12/04 : Memoirs of a Geisha
09/11/27 : Love Happens
09/11/26 : Jennifer’s Body
09/11/25 : Komt een Vrouw bij de Dokter
09/11/21 : Sissi
09/11/19 : The Twilight Saga: New Moon
09/11/16 : Catch Me If You Can
09/11/15 : Sin City
09/11/11 : 2012
09/11/10 : Julie & Julia
09/11/09 : The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
09/11/09 : The Time Traveler’s Wife
09/11/08 : 500 Days of Summer
09/10/28 : This Is It
09/10/26 : The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
09/10/23 : Live Free or Die Hard
09/10/20 : Big Fish
09/10/14 : Watchmen
09/10/11 : My Sister’s Keeper
09/10/07 : Fame
09/10/06 : Up
09/10/01 : The Ugly Truth
09/09/25 : Chicago
09/09/20 : He’s Just Not That Into You
09/09/17 : Legally Blonde
09/09/16 : Ghost’s of Girlfriends Past
09/09/16 : My Best Friend’s Girl
09/09/08 : The Rebound
09/09/08 : The Informers
09/09/07 : Lost in Translation
09/08/27 : Inglourious Basterds
09/08/26 : 27 Dresses
09/08/17 : Coco avant Chanel
09/08/13 : The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
09/08/11 : Hard Candy
09/08/03 : Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
09/07/31 : Twilight
09/07/20 : Waltz With Bashir
09/07/15 : Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
09/07/15 : Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
09/07/14 : Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
09/07/13 : Adventureland
09/07/12 : 17 Again
09/07/07 : Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
09/07/04 : The Hangover
09/06/30 : Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
09/06/28 : Sunshine Cleaning
09/06/28 : State of Play
09/06/24 : Lucky Number Slevin
09/06/23 : Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen
09/06/20 : Made of Honor
09/06/18 : The Proposal
09/06/17 : Match Point
09/05/25 : The Duchess
09/05/23 : He’s Just Not That Into You
09/05/22 : Freaky Friday
09/05/12 : Angels & Demons
09/05/12 : Gomorra
09/05/10 : The Wrestler
09/05/03 : The Boat that Rocked
09/05/03 : Bedtime Stories
09/04/27 : Milk
09/04/26 : Bride & Prejudice
09/04/23 : Yes Man
09/04/12 : Bend it Like Beckham
09/04/07 : The Reader
09/04/06 : Bride Wars
09/04/03 : The Illusionist
09/04/02 : Fast & Furious
09/03/31 : Monsters vs Aliens
09/03/29 : 25th Hour
09/03/26 : Die Welle
09/03/15 : Elizabethtown
09/03/09 : Entre Les Murs
09/03/08 : Rachel Getting Married
09/03/07 : Bolt
09/03/06 : Finding Forrester
09/03/01 : Georgia Rule
09/02/26 : The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
09/02/21 : RocknRolla
09/02/20 : The King of Kong
09/02/15 : Slumdog Millionaire
09/02/07 : The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
09/02/02 : Burn After Reading
09/01/30 : Elephant
09/01/25 : The Jane Austen Book Club
09/01/22 : Valkyrie
09/01/16 : Running with Scissors
09/01/15 : Twilight
09/01/13 : Revolutionary Road
09/01/12 : Run Fatboy Run
09/01/04 : Australia
09/01/04 : High School Musical
09/01/02 : The Edge of Love
09/01/01 : Slumdog Millionaire
If a title is blue it means that I watched it in the cinema.
Books bought:
09/12/25 : Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert (NL – Christmas present from Niels)
09/12/25 : Sarah’s Key – Tatiana de Rosnay (NL – Christmas present from Niels)
09/12/24 : Light on Snow – Anita Shreve (Christmas present from parents)
09/12/24 : Mortal Prey – John Sandford (Christmas present from parents)
09/12/24 : Best of Friends – Cathy Kelly (Christmas present from parents)
09/12/24 : Northern Lights – Nora Roberts (Christmas present from parents)
09/12/24 : Three Fates – Nora Roberts (Christmas present from parents)
09/12/24 : Tara Flynn – Geraldine O’Neill (Christmas present from parents)
09/12/24 : The Sleeping Doll – Jeffery Deaver (Christmas present from parents)
09/12/24 : Garden of Beasts – Jeffery Deaver (Christmas present from parents)
09/12/24 : The Red Dahlia – Lynda La Plante (Christmas present from parents)
09/12/24 : The Tenth Circle – Jodi Picoult (Christmas present from parents)
09/12/19 : Mother Murphy’s Second Law: Love, Sex, Marriage and Other Disasters – Bruce Lansky (NL – gift from Niels for Murphy’s b-day)
09/10/14 : Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak
09/10/14 : Watchmen – Alan Moore
09/08/14 : Lelystad – Joris van Casteren
09/08/05 : The Tales of Beedle the Bard – J.K. Rowling
09/07/29 : Life of Pi – Yann Martel
09/07/27 : The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Milan Kundera
09/07/27 : The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
09/07/24 : De Kleine Blonde Dood – Boudewijn Buch
09/07/04 : Publieke Werken – Thomas Rosenboom
09/06/28 : Mutiny on the Bounty – John Boyne
09/06/28 : My Sister’s Keeper – Jodi Picoult
09/06/28 : Bright Shiny Morning – James Frey
09/06/24 : Trainspotting – Irvine Welsh (NL)
09/06/20 : Zon, zee, weg ermee! – Gordon Medcalf (NL – bday prezzie from Niels)
09/06/20 : Op reis? Voor geen prijs! – Dan Hiscocks (NL – bday prezzie from Niels)
09/06/20 : Herken Mij – Esther Verhoef – (NL – bday prezzie from Niels)
09/06/20 : De Helaasheid der Dingen – Dimitri Verhulst (NL – bday prezzie from Niels)
09/06/20 : 3 Minuten Meditaties – David Harp (NL – bday prezzie from Niels)
09/06/20 : The Chess Machine – Robert Lohr (NL – bday prezzie from Niels)
09/06/18 : High Fidelity - Nick Hornby (birthday prezzie from Joris)
09/05/12 : The Girl in the Red Coat – Roma Ligocka (NL)
09/03/28 : I am the Messenger – Markus Zusak
09/03/24 : The Divine Comedy – Dante Alighieri
09/03/24 : Lord of the Flies – William Golding
09/03/24 : The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain
09/03/24 : Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
09/03/24 : Gulliver’s Travels – Jonathan Swift
09/03/24 : Romeo and Juliet – William Shakespeare
09/03/24 : The Color Purple – Alice Walker
09/03/19 : Een Tafel Vol Vlinders – Tim Krabbe (NL – boekenweek gift)
09/03/19 : Nr. 19 – Michele van Rees (NL)
09/03/19 : Gomorra – Roberto Saviano
09/01/31 : Blood Meridian – Cormac McCarthy
09/01/31 : The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson
09/01/27 : A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini (NL)
09/01/23 : Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer
09/01/23 : Eclipse – Stephenie Meyer
09/01/23 : New Moon – Stephenie Meyer
09/01/23 : Twilight – Stephenie Meyer
09/01/13 : The Jane Austen Book Club – Karen Joy Fowler
09/01/07 : Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass – Lewis Carroll
09/01/07 : The Notebook – Nicholas Sparks
09/01/05 : The Reader – Bernhard Schlink (NL)
Bought:
09/12/25 : Good Will Hunting (Christmas present from Niels)
09/12/25 : The Piano (Christmas present from Niels)
09/12/22 : We Were Soldiers (purchase gift from Makro)
09/12/22 : Wanted
09/12/22 : Changeling
09/12/22 : Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
09/12/22 : Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
09/12/02 : Memoirs of a Geisha (gift from BonbonBloc)
09/10/27 : Running Scared
09/10/10 : The Fall
09/10/10 ; Grey’s Anatomy Season 4
09/09/14 : Grey’s Anatomy Season 2
09/08/25 : Grey’s Anatomy Season 3
09/08/04 : The Wrestler
09/07/30 : Twilight
09/07/30 : The Life of David Gale
09/07/30 : Big Fish
09/07/10 : Slumdog Millionaire
09/06/30 : Dances with Wolves
09/06/30 : Into the Wild
09/06/30 : Amelie
09/06/30 : Lost Highway
09/06/30 : 27 Dresses
09/06/30 : Reservoir Dogs
09/06/20 : The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (b-day prezzie from Niels)
09/06/04 : Man About Town
09/06/04 : The Painted Veil
09/06/04 : Made of Honor
09/05/27 : Match Point
09/05/27 : Hard Candy
09/05/27 : Little Children
09/05/27 : Rabbit Proof Fence
09/05/27 : Grey’s Anatomy Season 1
09/02/15 : Juno
09/01/03 : Georgia Rule
Music bought
09/09/29 : Shallow Grave – The Tallest Man on Earth
09/05/08 : It’s Not Me, It’s You – Lily Allen
09/03/27 : All I Ever Wanted - Kelly Clarkson
09/03/27 : Heavier Things – John Mayer
09/03/27 : Only by the Night – Kings of Leon
09/01/16 : Piano Solos – Dustin O’Halloran
09/01/16 : Piano Solos, Vol. 2 – Dustin O’Halloran
09/01/16 : Love is Hell – Ryan Adams
Concerts
09/09/29 : The Tallest Man on Earth @ Paradiso
09/08/21-22-23 : A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise Festival @ Walibi World
09/07/25 : Lady GaGa @ Paradiso
09/05/07 : Lily Allen @ Melkweg
09/05/05 : Shearwater/Great Lake Swimmers @ Paradiso
09/03/22 : Tina Turner @ Gelredome
09/03/04 : Rachael Yamagata @ Paradiso
09/02/28 : Pink! @ Ahoy