Books and Movies 2011

Every year at this time, I publish an incomplete list of the books I read and the movies I saw during the previous year. Once again, this is a partial list.

Booklist 2011

Adult Fiction:

1. House Rules, Jody Picoult. 1-17-11
2. Among the Mad, Jacqueline Winspear, 1-24-11
3. Vanishing Acts, Jodi Picoult. 2-16-11
4. The Penelopiad. Margaret Atwood, 3-18-11
5. Life Before Man, Margaret Atwood, 3-31-11
6. Clan of the Cave Bear, Jean Auel, 4-16-11, rr
7. The Valley of Horses, Jean Auel, rr
8. Persuasion, Jane Austin, 4-29-11
9. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Philip K. Dick, 4-3-11
10. Nights of Rain and Stars, Maeve Binchy, 5-5-11
11. Emma, Jane Austen, 5-19-11
12. The Muse of Art, Piers Anthony
13. Why Didn’t they ask Evans? Agatha Christie
14. The Valley of Horses, Jean Auel
15. The Mammoth Hunters, Jean Auel
16. The Blood of Flowers, Anita Amirrezvani, 6-10-11
17. Moral Disorder, Margaret Atwood, 6-20-11
18. Tortilla Flat, John Steinbeck, July 2011
19. Last Resort, Hannah Alexander, July 2011
20. The Plains of Passage, Jean Auel, July 2011, rr
21. Shelters of Stone, Jean Auel, July 2011, rr
22. The White Queen, Phillipa Gregory, Aug 27, 2011
23. High Noon, Nora Roberts, September 7, 2011
24. Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas, Tom Robbins, 9-8-11
25. Off Season, Ann Rivers Siddon. 9-9-11
26. Undead and Unfinished, MaryJanice Davidson, 9-14-11
27. Rant, Chuck Palahniuk, 9-22-11
28. The Reef, by Nora Roberts, 10-4-11
29. Night Vision, Randy Wayne White, 10-22-11
30. Dragon’s Eyes, Stephen King, 10-31-11
31. One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey, rr, 11-2-11
32. Hyperion, Dan Simmons, 11-28-11
33. A Change in Altitude, Anita Shreve, 12-12-11

Adult Nonfiction/How-to/Self-help

1. The Power of a Positive No: How to Say No and Still Get to Yes, William Ury, 2-1-11
2. The Power of a Positive No: How to Say No and Still Get to Yes, William Ury, 2-23-11, rr
3. The Power of a Positive No:  how to stay No and Still Get to Yes, William Ury, 3-3-11, rr
4. Identical Strangers, Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein, 3-12-11
5. Healthy Sleep, Andrew Weil and Rueben Naiman, 3-15-11
6. Healthy Sleep, Andrew Weil and Rueben Naiman, 4-2-11, rr
7. Healthy Sleep, Andrew Weil and Rueben Naiman, 4-25-11, rr

Teen Novels:

1. Leaving Fishers, by Margaret Patterson Haddix
2. Amy, Mary Hooper, July 2011
3. Into the WIld Nerd Yonder, Julie Halpern, 8-25-11

Children’s Novels:

1. Missee Lee, Arthur Ransome, 1-10-11
2. White Sands, Red Menace, Ellen Klages, 2-5-11
3. Judy Moody #1, Megan McDonald, Peter Reynolds, 3-28-11
4. The Hunted, Gloria Skurzynski and Alane Ferguson, 3-30-11
5. The Museum of Thieves, Lian Tanner, 4-8-11
6. The Picts and the Martyrs, Arthur Ransome, 5-31-11
7. No More Dead Dogs, Gordon Korman, July 2011
8. Turtle in Paradise, Jennifer L. Holm, Aug 27, 2011
9. Fudge-a-mania, Judy Blume, Aug 26, 2011
10. The Miserable Mill, Lemony Snicket, September 1, 2011
11. Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs, September 3, 2011
12. Surviving the Applewhites, by Stephanie S. Tolan, September 3, 2011.
13. The Animal Shelter Mystery, Gertrude Chandler Warner, 9-10-11
14. The Cay, Theordore Taylor, 9-10-11
15. The Misfits, James Howe, 9-20-11
16. Scrambled Eggs, Totally Summer, 9-22-11
17. Shadow Spinner, Susan Fletcher, 10-3-11
18. The Little Gymnast, Sheila Haigh, 10-6-11
19. Fourth Grade Rats, Jerry Spinelli, 10-17-11
20. City of Lies, Lian Tanner, 12-10-11

Children’s Picture books:

1. The House that Drac Built, Judy Sierra, Will Hildebrand. 2X, rr, 1-10-11
2. Goat’s Adventure in Alphabet Town, Janet McDonnel, 2-12-11
3. Eating the Alphabet, Fruits and Vegetables from A to Z, Lois Ehlert, 3-20-11
4. The House that Drac Built, Judy Sierra, Will Hildebrand, rr, 3-20-11
5. Twas the Fright before Christmas, Judy Sierra, Will Hildebrand, 3-20-11
6. Twas the Fright before Christmas, Judy Sierra, Will Hildebrand, rr, 3-21-11
7. A Time to Keep: The Tasha Tudor Book of Holidays, by Tasha Tudor,  3-24-11
8. Pablo's Tree, Pat mora, Cecily Lang, 3-2711
9. The Monster Princess, DJ MacHale, Alexandra boiger
10. Three scoops and a fig, Sara Laux Akin, Susan Kathleen Hartung
11. Slimy Slugs and Grubby Bugs, 3-27-11
12. A teeny Tiny Baby, Amy Schwartz, 3-29-11, 2X
13. I love You as much,  Laura Krausee Melmed, Henri Sorensen, 2X
14. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see? Bill Martin. Eric Carle, July 2011, 2X
15. Germs Germs germs, Bobbi Katz, Steve Bjorkman, July 9, 2011
16. Little People of the Night, Laura Bannon, 8-24-11
17. Fairy Trails, Susan Middleton Elya, 8-16-11

Movies 2011

1. The Back Swan, 2-3-11
2. The King’s Speech 2-14-11
3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Swedish version, 2-25-11
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo boiler
5. The Adjustment Bureau, 3-5-11
6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part !! with K and Rachel
7. Cowboys and Aliens, 8-22-11, with K and Rachel
8. Spy Kids 4, with Keith and Nathaniel, 8-29-11
9. Rise of the Planet of the Apes, with Keith, 9-1-11
10. Contagion, with Keith,Graham and Kristina,  9/21/11
11. Real Steel, with Keith, 10-15-11
12. The Gril with the Dragon Tattoo, American version, 12-27-11

rr= reread