Book vs. Movie Challenge – COMPLETE

by | Dec 17, 2009 | Shenanigans

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In 2009 read a minimum of 6 books that have been made into movies and then watch the movie. I finished this yesterday by watching Cold Mountain. Here’s my complete list:

  1. The Reader (movie) – watched Jan 19
    The Reader by Bernhard Schlink – finished Jan 25
  2. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd – finished Apr 3
    The Secret Life of Bees (movie) – watched Jan 2009
  3. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi – finished Jan 30
    Persepolis (movie) – watched Jan 30
  4. The Spiderwick Chronicles Series by Holly Black – finished Feb 8
    The Spiderwick Chronicles (movie) – watched Mar 17
  5. A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley – finished Feb 16
    A Thousand Acres (movie) – watched Feb 27
  6. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris – finished Mar 28
    True Blood: Season 1 (TV series) – finished watching Mar 2
  7. East of Eden by John Steinbeck – finished Mar 15
    East of Eden (movie) – watched Apr 25
  8. Mystic River by Dennis Lehane – finished Mar 15
    Mystic River (movie) – watched Apr 10
  9. Sin City: the Hard Goodbye (Vol. 1) by Frank Miller – finished Mar 29
    Sin City (movie) – watched Apr 29
  10. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks – finished Apr 4
    The Notebook (movie) – finished Aug 4
  11. Watchmen by Alan Moore – finished May 23
    Watchmen (movie) – watched Aug 3
  12. Fried Green Tomatoes by Fanni Flagg – finished May 27
    Fried Green Tomatoes (movie) – watched May 28
  13. Atonement by Ian McEwan – finished June 1
    Atonement (movie) – finished July 12
  14. Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis – finished July 2
    Prince Caspian (movie) – watched January 2009
  15. Marley and Me by John Grogan – finished July 25
    Marley and Me (movie) – watched April 2009
  16. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden – finished August 23
    Memoirs of a Geisha (movie) – watched October 2009
  17. Generation Kill by Evan Wright – finished October 8
    Generation Kill (mini-series) – watched in August 2009
  18. The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje – finished October 25
    The English Patient (movie) – watched September 2009
  19. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Haris – finished May 24
    True Blood: Season 2 (TV series) – finished September 2009
  20. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier – finished June 20
    Cold Mountain (movie) – watched December 16, 2009