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