maybe I'll actually remember to keep track of all this

[jade_sabre]

Books I've read:

January:
His Dark Materials--Philip Pullman
Pride and Prejudice--Jane Austen
*Wuthering Heights--Emily Brontë

February:
*Vanity Fair--William Makepeace Thackeray

March:
*Looking for Alaska--John Green
*Stardust--Neil Gaiman
*The White Darkness--Geraldine McCaughrean
*North and South--Elizabeth Gaskell

April:
*David Copperfield--Charles Dickens
*Adam Bede--George Eliot

May:
The Queen of Attolia--Megan Whalen Turner
*Ophelia--Lisa Klein
*The Lightning Thief--Rick Riordan
*The Sea of Monsters--Rick Riordan
*The Titan's Curse--Rick Riordan
*The Battle of the Labyrinth--Rick Riordan
The King of Attolia--Megan Whalen Turner
Westmark--Lloyd Alexander
The Kestrel--Lloyd Alexander
Growing Up Catholic--a bunch of random people

June:
Sorcery Rising--Jude Fisher
*Wild Magic--Jude Fisher
*The Rose of the World--Jude Fisher
*Austenland--Shannon Hale
*Deerskin--Robin McKinley
*Playing for Pizza--John Grisham
*Bella at Midnight--Diane Stanley

July:
*The Name of the Rose--Umberto Eco
*Inda--Sherwood Smith
*Thief of Time--Terry Pratchett
Darth Maul:  Shadow Hunter--Michael Reaves(?)
*Allegiance--Timothy Zahn
Artemis Fowl:  The Lost Colony--Eoin Colfer
*Artemis Fowl:  The Time Paradox--Eoin Colfer

August:
*Star Wars:  Legacy of the Force--Aaron Allston, Karen Traviss, and Troy Denning

September:

October:
*Northanger Abbey--Jane Austen

November:
*On ne badine pas avec l'amour--Alfred Musset
Ella l'ensorcelée--Gail Carson Levine

December:
*Paper Towns--John Green
*Remains of the Day--Kazuo...Ischiguro...*coughs*


Movies/TV Shows I've Seen (new movies are astrisked, so you can get an idea of how much I love rewatching movies):

January:
*Enchanted
*Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
*National Treasure 2
*Ratatouille
*Arrested Development, season 3, and a few episodes of The Office
Various episodes of Firefly
*Notre Dame Student Film Festival
Sabrina (original)
Roman Holiday

February:
*Gone Baby Gone
A Knight's Tale
*Amadeus
10 Things I Hate About You
Mystery  Men
*The Producers
*The Seventh Seal
Enchanted
Holiday Inn
Bringing Up Baby
Mulan

March:
*The Other Boleyn Girl
*Meet the Robinsons
Pocahontas
Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones
*The Maltese Falcon
*I'm Not There
Doctor Zhivago
*Darby O'Gill and the Little People
*Serenity
Clueless
Sleeping Beauty
*Shutter
*Atonement
Moulin Rouge

April:
*The Fountain
*August Rush
*Clue
Bride and Prejudice
Sweeney Todd:  The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tristan + Isolde
Raiders of the Lost Ark
*Forgetting Sarah Marshall
*Thoroughly Modern Millie
Sense and Sensibility
The Little Mermaid

May:
Hercules
*L.A. Confidential
*Braveheart
*Pillow Talk
Down With Love
Beauty and the Beast
Star Wars:  Episode III:  Revenge of the Sith
Gone with the Wind
*Reefer Madness
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Star Wars:  Episode IV:  A New Hope
Star Wars:  Episode V:  Empire Strikes Back
*The Great Escape
*Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
*Logan's Run

June:
Rocky Horror Picture Show
*Night at the Museum
Stranger Than Fiction
*The Royal Tenenbaums
*Juno
*The Life Aquatic
*Spanglish/Lovers Unite or something
*Love with the Proper Stranger
*Charlie Wilson's War
Once
Notorious
part of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

July:
*27 Dresses
*Howl's Moving Castle
*Psycho
1776
*Wall-E
A Fish Called Wanda
*Prince Caspian
*P.S. I Love You
Love with the Proper Stranger
Avatar Series Finale
*Mamma Mia
The Wizard of Oz

August:
*Amelie
When Harry Met Sally
Night at the Museum
The Little Mermaid
Casablanca
Notorious
Hercules

September:
*Crossroads

October:
Star Wars:  Episode V:  Empire Strikes Back
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne Supremacy

November:

December:
*La traversée de Paris
*Cliente
*Ghosttown
WALL-E
Sabrina
*Tropic Thunder
Saved!
Juno
*Soylent Green

Theatre/Concerts:

January:
Curtains
The Taming of the Shrew
Fry Street Quartet
Titanic (sort of)

February:
JOSHUA BELL
Kiss Me, Kate

March:
Pippin

April:
Explosions in the Sky
La Boheme
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
Blue and Gold Game
Faust 1859
Christian from Project Runway

May:
Art Institute of Chicago

June:

July:
Atlanta Zoo

August:

September:
Mont St. Michel
Chateaux
LONDON

October:
DUBLIN
Paris

November:
Switzerland
Nantes
Normandy

December:

Comments

[fathomlesssky.livejournal.com]

ewww, Wuthering Heights.

ewww, Heathcliff.

*runs away*

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

yeah, pretty much. Finished the book, and the only characters I like are Cathy Linton and Hareton. And Nelly, when I'm not slightly peeved with her.

[emmaco.livejournal.com]

I think it might be a more attractive book when you're in your mid-teens. I loved Robin Brande's reaction at 15 - very funny :)

PS: you're very organised! I'm still proud of myself for writing down books for the month!

[philia-fan.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link, Emma, I enjoyed reading that, too!

Yeah, I never liked Heathcliff or Cathy. When it comes to the Brontes, give me Charlotte any time.

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

1) Well, I stole the idea from someone else. But it'll be good, because I'm constantly forgetting what I've read/seen. D:

2) Her grown-up reaction was exactly mine. Cathy Linton/Heathcliff/Earnshaw rocks my socks and was pretty much the only character I liked consistently. Thanks for the link, Emma!
Now, one of these days I'll get around to Jane Eyre...

[fathomlesssky.livejournal.com]

Now, one of these days I'll get around to Jane Eyre...

I love love love Jane Eyre--just think Wuthering Heights in reverse and you're good.

[willow-41z.livejournal.com]

Jane Eyre is GOOD. I like it even better than Austen.

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

I read Jane Eyre for the first time last year. And while I liked it very, very much I still like Austen better. But I was amazed at how readable I found Jane Eyre.

[fathomlesssky.livejournal.com]

I think it might be a more attractive book when you're in your mid-teens.

I'm actually at my mid-teens right now and was at my mid-teens when I first read Wuthering Heights, so I dunno. And the link was very entertaining, because it sounds EXACTLY like what my best friend described to me when SHE first read the book... *shudders*

The only redeeming part of that book, to me, was the bit of Hareton/Cathy Linton in the end. (But then my friend just reminded me of the fact that they're first cousins during math...)

[emmaco.livejournal.com]

Maybe I should have said: if you're going to like it, you're more likely to during your teen years :)

[beautyinsleep.livejournal.com]

Ah, Pride and Prejudice, as always, is love.

You've watched some Firefly? How do you like it? Have you seen the episode that your icon comes from? Heehee...

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

I watched the whole series last summer, although I haven't watched Serenity and I keep meaning to and keep not having a chance to. But I, uh, love it.

And I do love the Special Hell one, but I must admit that this one is my favorite. If I'm right, it comes from "Heart of Gold." The second I saw Inara crying I knew I had to have an icon of it--she's just so beautiful, and so sad. So sad. It broke my heart. So I spent hours and hours looking for the icon, and then I found it! :-D

[beautyinsleep.livejournal.com]

Heck yeah! Serenity's pretty awesome. This show is pretty awesome. I can't believe it was canceled after only one season.

Oh my gosh, that whole episode (but especially that scene) is heartwrenching. (Inara reminded me of Thaddeus, actually.) I do love that icon. It's very powerful.

Oh, I was meaning to ask you...do you have any idea when Avatar's going to start up again?

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

I know! Space and cowboys! WHAT IS NOT TO LOVE HUH.

I know! (Yeah, except she's much calmer.) :-D

NO FREAKING CLUE. *sulks*

[emerald-happy.livejournal.com]

oh i totally agree!

Serenity is *insert spoilers spoilers spoilers* but Firefly is better

[philia-fan.livejournal.com]

I just read the graphic novel that's supposed to go between Firefly and Serenity, and it did make the movie make a lot more sense.

[willow-41z.livejournal.com]

... um, your icon appears do be some sort of... lobster? In therapy? Definitely not Inara. :p

[willow-41z.livejournal.com]

Also WATCH SERENITY!!!!! I would say it might give you nightmares but I think your scare tolerance is higher than mine. And if the series didn't disturb you the movie probably won't.

[styromgalleries.livejournal.com]

Ooh! You included theatre, too. That's awesome!

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

well, I keep going to shows and concerts when I'm here, I might as well remember them...

[appellations.livejournal.com]

darjeeling limited! if I remember correctly. Didn't you mention watching it?

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

I did, but that was in December. THIS IS A FRESH START however I feel like I'm already forgetting something D:

[appellations.livejournal.com]

oh CRAP has it been so long already! omg WHERE IS TIME FLYING TO.

*wants to watch Sweeney Todd* it comes out next week though.

[jyms.livejournal.com]

very good choices so far (: Wuthering Heights just blows the mind. in a good way. (but to be honest, i got really confused about the Catherines)

[peggy-2.livejournal.com]

yay for you! I would've listed each of the Pullman books separately, to make the list longer. Don't forget to list books you read for class.

I'm doing the same thing, except I'm keeping a running log Private, then extracting the month and posting. We'll see if I remember to keep it up. It's fun to look back on.

(I'm really liking Plain White T's, which I ended up getting b/c of your squees. I might need to get another CD)

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

Haha, the list is probably going to be only things I read for class, at least for this semester. But on the bright side, I'm reading things for class!

Ooh, that sounds like fun. I might pull this back up every now and then (aside from updating it, of course)! Also, my seminar from last semester has a group that's getting together and watching movies every week, so I'll have lots and lots to write about. :-D

(yay! XD)

[mysteree80.livejournal.com]

Man, Wuthering Heights is such a mess. That being said, it did inspire an awesome song by Kate Bush, so that's cool.

What did you think of the Pullman trilogy? I haven't read them, but I know my parents are fond of the first one, but not so much the others.

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

At least it had a happy ending. I was excited.

That's pretty much how I feel. The first one is really, really good. The second one's okay, and the third one has a bunch of good things but even more bad things. Like the third one, for every time I went "oh, that's a really good scene," I had two or three times when I went "NO PHILIP PULLMAN STOP BEING A PEDAGOGUE." If that's the right use of that world. Anyway, he made my head hurt because he was beating it over with his crappy misinterpretations and moralizing of everything.

[buella-pearl.livejournal.com]

I too read Wuthering Heights just finished it the other day. I feel as if I must be the only person ever to like it. But I liked it far more earlier on the whole older Catherine, Heathcliff relationship. Then I guess once my affections are gained they are not easily lost.

[willow-41z.livejournal.com]

I note that your year has been much more intellectual than mine! I need to watch more artsy movies and go to shows and stuff. My school does mostly "avant-garde" weird stuff, though. But I did see an awesome performance of Twelfth Night in freshman year!

You read Deerskin? What did you think? (Have I asked you this before?) I read the first chapter or two when I was in middle school, or so, and I was frightened of men for at least a month afterwards. O_O

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Hope y'all don't mind my butting in, but I read Deerskin a couple of years ago and liked it a lot. And I'm the biggest wimp about scary/gross/brutal things, especially when they involve children. As long as you know, going in, that there are unpleasant scenes and grimness, you should be ok. It has one of my all-time favorite princes in it. So, you don't need to be frightened of ALL men, just one.

[styromgalleries.livejournal.com]

Aw! I just posted my list, too, Fun stuff!

P.S. You hadn't seen "Braveheart" until this year? Wow. I love that movie! It always makes me happy to be Scottish!! And Mel Gibson's eyes are so deliciously blue in that movie. And amazing accents abound!