in 2015..

• tiny beautiful things
• scary close
• persuasion
• lean in
• a walk in the woods
• why not me?
• (all the light we cannot see)
• big magic
• started but didn't finish: unbroken

in 2014...

• beloved
• mansfield park
• the fault in our stars
• divergent
• insurgent
• one more thing
• carry on, warrior
• the book thief
• a moveable feast

in 2015...

• george ezra

in 2014...

• ellie goulding

in 2013...

• mumford and sons
• judah & the lion
• the head and the heart
• gungor

in 2012...

• joshua radin/a fine frenzy
• gungor
• seryn
• brandi carlile
• laura marling
• feist
• the shins
• rocky volatado

• spiritual slavery to spiritual sonship
• grace (eventually): thoughts on faith
• the hunger games trilogy
• jane eyre
• eat pray love
• traveling mercies
• pride and prejudice
• wuthering heights
• sense and sensibility
• love does (1/2)
• a farewell to arms
• the handmaid's tale
• their eyes were watching god
• morning star: the biography of lucy stone
• the sun also rises
• the perks of being a wallflower

• amelie
• valentine's day (1/2)
• beverly hills ninja
• tommy boy
• mean girls
• the family man
• napoleon dynamite
• armageddon (1/2)
• cast away
• garden state
• 13 going on 30
• up
• gladiator
• marley & me
• just friends
• shutter island
• inception
• he's just not that into you
• elizabethtown (1/2)
• hook
• ordinary people

• personality tests
• movie previews
• book stores/libraries
• chinese takeout
• board games
• maps

• the hobbit
• the chronicles of narnia
• the history of love
• life of pi
• dear american airlines
• prep
• cold tangerines
• relentless pursuit
• bittersweet
• shantaram
• it's a wonderful lie
• one day, all children
• radical
• great house
• sh*t my dad says
• the bell jar

started, but have yet to finish...

• switch
• it's not that i'm bitter
• the psychology of everyday life

• a chance to die
• east of eden
• travels with charley
• culture of honor
• a million miles in a thousand years
• spiritual slavery to spiritual sonship
• everything is illuminated
• grapes of wrath
• (cold tangerines)
• (the feminine mystique)

in no particular order...

• half the sky
• the spirit of food
• the white tiger - aravind adiga
• influence - mary kate & ashley olsen
• the road - cormac mccarthy
• the red tent - anita diamant
• a fine balance - rohinton mistry
• anne of green gables - lucy maud montgomery
• everything is illuminated - jonathan safran foer
• love in the time of cholera - gabriel garcía márquez

• curt
• perturb
• narcissist
• nostalgic

• empire records
• now and then
• dazed and confused
• 500 days of summer

• aimee mann
• alanis morissette
• alicia keys
• brandi carlile
• britney spears
• brooke fraser
• celine deion
• dar williams
• dido
• ella fitzgerald
• enya
• fiona apple
• leslie feist
• imogen heap
• ingrid michaelson
• jem
• jewel
• kelly clarkson
• kt tunstall
• maria mena
• norah jones

• the fray
• the shins
• the killers
• the beatles
• the strokes
• the cardigans
• the beach boys
• the cranberries
• the flaming lips
• the decemberists
• the magnetic fields
• the polyphonic spree
• the new pornographers

• washington
• oregon
• california
• new mexico
• louisiana
• florida
• south carolina
• north carolina
• tennessee
• kentucky
• missouri
• illinois
• indiana
• ohio
• michigan
• pennsylvania
• new york

• evangeline (messenger of good news)
• josephine (god will increase)
• isabella (god is my oath)
• joanna (god is gracious)
• victoria (conqueror)
• ophelia (helper)
• sophie (wisdom)
• asha (hope)
• abra (mother of nations)
• zoey (life)

after someone...

• lucy stone

after place...

• india
• italy
• romania
• nepal
• france
• berlin

• russell crowe
• viggo mortensen
• leonardo dicaprio
• george clooney
• elijah wood
• johnny depp
• heath ledger
• ryan gosling
• james franco
• liam neeson
• nicholas cage
• dustin hoffman
• williem dafoe

from the older days...

• james stewart
• carey grant
• henry fonda
• gregory peck
• george c. scott
• robert preston

• frances ha
• enough said
• rush
• blue jasmine
• about time
• the spectacular now
• stuck in love
• funny girl
• charade
• the secret life of walter mitty
• bridget jones diary
• philomena
• sisterhood of the traveling pants
• sisterhood of the traveling pants 2
• bend it like beckham
• the hunger games 2
• the lego movie (1/2)
• good will hunting
• star wars: return of the jedi
• the notebook
• a lot like love

november

• lincoln
• anna karenina
• life of pie
• silver linings playbook

december

• the hobbit
• on the road
• les mis

• the fellowship of the ring (disc 2)
• the debt
• dan in real life
• dead poet's society
• the vow
• you've got mail
• 500 days of summer
• crazy stupid love
• before sunrise
• before sunset
• the artist
• wall-e
• furious love
• enchanted
• jane eyre
• happythankyoumoreplease
• pride and prejudice
• sabrina
• the kids are alright
• fight club
• midnight in paris

in 2015...

• cinderella
• insurgent
• jurassic world
• inside out
• me and earl and a dying girl
• the intern
• mockingjay: part 2
• star wars: the force awakens
• brooklyn

in 2014...

• her
• grand budapest hotel
• the fault in our stars
• how to train your dragon 2
• what if
• the 100 foot journey

in 2013...

• iron man 3

• converse sneakers
• bermuda shorts
• layered tank top or t-shirt
• bracelets from africa or india
• chipped nail polish

• get a tattoo
• get laser eye surgery
• be a foster parent
• be a creative writing teacher
• go on an east coast road trip

• cat's cradle - kurt vonnegut
• the thing about life is that one day you'll be dead - david shields
• extremely loud and incredibly close - jonathan safran foer
• water for elephants - sara gruen
• the adventures of huckleberry finn - mark twain
• the adventures of tom sawyer - mark twain
• the prince and the pauper - mark twain
• braking on ice - jesse strunk
• anne frank: the diary of a young girl - anne frank
• outliers: the story of successs - malcolm gladwell
• they do it with mirrors - agatha christie
• a million miles in a thousand years - donald miller
• the lovely bones - alice sebold

• call one friend
• write one letter
• read for one hour
• write in my diary
• leave the house at least once
• take one tablespoon fish oil
• scrapbook/put pictures in photo album

• east of eden
• grapes of wrath
• the scarlet letter
• great expectations
• pride and prejudice
• sense and sensibility
• mansfield park
• a connecticut yankee in king arthur's court

to read again...

• winesburg, ohio
• the great gatsby
• to kill a mockingbird

• calvin and hobbes
• foxtrot
• zits
• sally forth
• for better or for worse

honorable mention...

• baby blues

• ben folds
• ben kweller
• billy joel
• bob marley
• cat stevens
• damien rice
• derek webb
• elliot smith
• elton john
• frank sinatra
• jack johnson
• jason mraz
• john mayer
• johnny cash
• jon foreman
• jose gonzalez
• joshua radin
• justin timberlake
• kanye west
• matt costa
• michael buble

• keane
• barlow girl
• the pipettes
• nickel creek
• rascal flats

in 2009...

• phoenix, arizona
• santa fe, new mexico
• oklahoma city, oklahoma
• little rock, arkansas
• nashville, tennessee
• atlanta, georgia
• new york city, new york
• dublin, ireland
• galway, ireland
• brasov, romania
• sofia, bulgaria
• thessaloniki, greece
• veliko tarnovo, bulgaria
• istanble, turkey
• arad, israel
• rama, israel
• nazareth, israel
• jerusalem, israel

in 2008...

• australia
• belgium
• chile
• china
• egypt
• fiji
• greece
• india
• israel
• italy
• lebanon
• new zealand
• peru
• philippines
• south africa
• spain
• switzerland
• tanzania
• thailand

• liv tyler
• kate winslet
• rachel mcadams
• angelina jolie
• natalie portman
• nicole kidman
• charlize theron
• jennifer connelly
• audrey tautou
• alison lohman
• helena bonham carter

from the older days...

• julie andrews
• shirley maclaine
• barbra streisand
• katharine hepburn
• audrey hepburn
• deborah kerr
• judy garland

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• begin each item with an asterisk

• in and out
• about a boy
• to rome with love
• the words
• the perks of being a wallflower
• argo
• breakfast at tiffany's
• les miserables
• singin' in the rain
• water for elephants
• parental guidance
• pitch perfect (x2)
• mud
• the perks of being a wallflower
• orange county
• tiny furniture
• 500 days of summer
• silver linings playbook
• when harry met sally
• the help
• katy perry documentary

• The Pursuit of Happyness - December 2006
• In the Land of Women - April 2007
• Juno - May 2007
• Marley & Me - March 2009
• The Kids Are All Right - October 2010
• Eat Pray Love - November 2010
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower - October 2012
• Life of Pi - November 2012
• Before Midnight - June 2013
• Her - January 2014
• The Fault in Our Stars - June 2014
• Cinderella - March 2015
• Me and Earl and the Dying Girl - July 2015

• little miss sunshine
• the savages
• the land before time
• adventures in babysitting
• say anything
• pride & prejudice
• empire records
• win a date with tad hamilton
• garden state
• now and then
• twilight
• almost famous
• you've got mail
• kinsey
• the cake eaters
• sixteen candels
• the wedding singer
• troop beverly hills
• dodgeball: a true underdog story
• ten things i hate about you
• the mist

• sex and the city
• notting hill
• 500 days of summer
• how to lose a guy in 10 days
• juno
• 27 dresses
• bring it on
• pirates of the carribean (1/2)
• pretty woman
• you've got mail
• hitch
• the proposal
• alice in wonderland (1/2)
• rent
• yes man
• adventureland
• office space
• big daddy
• she's the man
• mrs. doubtfire
• how to train your dragon

• off the map - kika kat
• the man of my dreams - curtis sittenfeld
• the catcher in the rye - j.d. salinger
• the urban halo - craig greenfield
• the irresistible revolution - shane claiborne
• chasing daylight - erwin mcmanus
• culture shock: india - gitanjal kolanad
• the shack - william p. young
• the city of joy - dominique lapier
• on the road - jack kerouac
• the kite runner - khaled hosseini
• when you are engulfed in flames - david sedaris
• twilight - stephanie meyer
• new moon - stephanie meyer
• holidays on ice - david sedaris
• the purpose of christmas - rick warren
• the christmas sweater - glenn beck

started, but have yet to finish...

• top of a mountain
• beach at midnight
• cozy coffee shop
• kitchen floor
• parked car
• roof
• dock
• bed

• dear old love
• the elements of style
• the intellectual devotional
• 1001 rules for my unborn son
• the best american nonrequired reading 2008

• uber
• glower
• retort
• dubious

• beck
• oasis
• blondie
• bob dylan
• ben harper
• nick drake
• the smiths
• jimi hendrix
• joni mitchell
• the sex pistols
• the mamas and the papas
• the velvet underground

• azure ray
• mates of state
• the weepies
• the submarines
• the white stripes
• the postal service
• the bird and the bee
• over the rhine
• tegan and sara
• shane & shane
• simon & garfunkel

• a fine frenzy
• anathallo
• arcade fire
• badly drawn boy
• belle and sebastion
• beirut
• bright eyes
• cary brothers
• coldplay
• counting crows
• death cab for cutie
• eisley
• explosions in the sky
• goo goo dolls
• grateful dead
• guster
• iron & wine
• jars of clay
• journey
• lifehouse
• marcy playground

• montana
• idaho
• wyoming
• colorado
• south dakota
• connecticut
• massachusetts
• vermont
• maine
• alaska
• hawaii

• jesse (gift)
• rainn (abundant blessings from above)
• james (my father's middle name, my grandpa's first name, one of my favorite books of the bible)
• jude (beatles' song, book of the bible)