52 Books in 2014

Last year I set myself the challenge of reading 52 books (so, one a week) and I actually managed it (with one extra, though many were plays/poems/etc...)! The books, in order of date read are: 

1) Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe - Jenny Coglan 

2) Les Amours - Pierre de Ronsard

3) Le Bel Inconnu - Renaut de Beaujeu 

4) This Star Won't Go Out - Esther Earl 

5) The Happy Housewife - Heleen van Royen 

6) Thursdays in the Park - Hilary Boyd 

7) Le bleu est une couleur chaude - Julie Maroh 

8) Frog Music - Emma Donoghue 

9) Central Cambridge: A Guide to the University and Colleges - Kevin Taylor 

10) A Little Love Song - Michelle Magorian 

11) The Fault in Our Stars - John Green 

12) Let It Snow - John Green 

13) All My Friends are Dead - Avery Monsen 

14) My Mother Said I Never Should - Charlotte Keatley 

15) Phaedra - Jean Racine 

16) Bluestockings - Jane Robinson 

17) Kimberly's Capital Punishment - Richard Milward 

18) Fifty Shades Darker - E.L James 

19) Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy - Helen Fielding 

20) A Tiny Bit Marvellous - Dawn French 

21) Oh Dear Silvia - Dawn French 

22) You're the One That I Want - Giovanna Fletcher 

23) A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf 

24) The Infinite Gift - Charles Yang 

25) Tiny Sunbirds Far Away - Christie Watson 

26) Wedding Night - Sophie Kinsella 

27) 1000 Years of Annoying the French - Stephen Clarke 

28) Call the Midwife - Jennifer Worth 

29) Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolf 

30) Ourika - Claire de Duras 

31) Where Have All the Boys Gone? - Jenny Coglan 

32) The Complete Maus - Art Speigelman 

33) Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding 

34) Atonement - Ian McEwan 

35) French Lessons - Ellen Sussman 

36) A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing - Eimear McBride 

37) Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides 

38)  Christmas with Billy and Me - Giovanna Fletcher 

39) Billy and Me - Giovanna Fletcher 

40) La folle journée ou le mariage de figaro - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais 

41) Everyday Sexism - Laura Bates 

42) The Christmas Truce - Carol Ann Duffy 

43) Mrs Scrooge - Carol Ann Duffy 

44) Bethlehem: A Christmas Poem - Carol Ann Duffy 

45) Not That Kind of Girl - Lena Dunham 

46) The Christmas Mystery - Jostein Gaarder 

47) L'éducation sentimentale - Gustave Flaubert 

48) Wenceslas: A Christmas Poem - Carol Ann Duffy 

49) Another Night Before Christmas - Carol Ann Duffy 

50) A Child's Christmas in Wales - Dylan Thomas 

51) Le barbier de Séville ou la précaution inutile - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais 

52) Pugs in Costumes 

53) The Dinosaur that Pooped Christmas - Tom Fletcher 

100 Films of 2014...

Every year for the last couple of years I have set myself the challenge of reading 50 books and watching 100 films. I may have somewhat failed on the films...(though did succeed on the books!) In case you're interested, here are the films I watched in 2014...(bold means it was the first time I had seen it)

1. Anchorman (2004) – Adam McKay
2. Disgrace (2008) – Steve Jacobs
3. The Room (2003) – Tommy Wiseau
4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) – Stephen Chbosky
5. Intouchables (2011) – Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano
6. This is the End (2013) – Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
7. The Great Gatsby (2012) – Baz Luhrman
8. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001) – Chris Columbus 
9. Little Voice (1998) - Mark Herman 
10. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2003) - Chris Columbus
11. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) - Blake Edwards
12. Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009) - Marc Lawrence 
13. Moulin Rouge (2001) - Baz Luhrman 
14. Tomboy (2011) - Céline Sciamma 
15. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) - Gil Jungey 
16. Like Crazy (2011) - Drake Doremus  
17. After Porn Ends (2010) - Bruce Wagoner 
18. Morning Glory (2010) - Roger Michell 
19. The Magdalene Sisters (2002) - Peter Mullan 
20. Anita and Me (2002) - Metin Hüseyin 
21. Strangers on a Train (1951) - Alfred Hitchcock 
22. Cléo de 5 à 7 (1963) - Agnès Varda 
23. Breathe In (2013) - Drake Doremus 
24. The Bling Ring (2013) - Sofia Coppola
25. Love Me if You Dare (2003) - Yann Samuell 
26. Jeune et Jolie (2013) - François Ozon 
27. The Artist (2011) - Michel Hazanavicius
28. Muppets Most Wanted (2014) - James Bobin  
29. Clueless (1995) - Amy Heckerling 
30. My Best Friend's Girl (2008) - Howard Deutch 
31. Friends with Kids (2011) - Jennifer Westfeldt 
32. Warm Bodies (2013) - Jonathon Levine 
33. Crazy Stupid Love (2011) - Glenn Ficarra, John Requa 
34. History Boys (2006) - Nicholas Hytner
35. Eat, Pray, Love (2010) - Ryan Murphy 
36. Rachel Getting Married (2008) - Jonathan Demme  
37. The Notebook (2004) - Nick Cassavetes 
38. My Sister's Keeper (2009) - Nick Cassavetes 
39. The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) - Robert Schwentke 
40. Blue Murder at St Trinians (1957) - Frank Launder 
41. 101 Dalmatians (1961) Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronomi 
42. Frozen (2013) - Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee 
43. The Fault in Our Stars (2014) - Josh Boone 
44. Saving Mr Banks (2014) - John Lee Hancock 
45. Lovelace (2013) - Rob Epstein, Jefferey Friedman 
46. Sunshine on Leith (2013) - Dexter Fletcher
47. Ratatouille (2007) - Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava 
48. Her (2013) - Spike Jonze
49. Philomena (2013) - Stephen Frears 
50. Catching Fire (2013) - Francis Lawrence 
51. Begin Again (2014) - John Carney 
52. The Lego Movie (2014) - Phil Lord, Christopher Miller 
53. Boyhood (2014) - Richard Linklater 
54. The Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) - James Gunn
55. August: Osage County (2013) - John Wells 
56. The Inbetweeners 2 (2014) 
57. The World's End (2012) - Edgar Wright
58. Mary Poppins (1964) - Robert Stevenson 
59. A Long Way Down (2014) - Pascal Chaumeil 
60. Brief Encounter (1945) - David Lean 
61. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) - Jim Sharman 
62. Beauty and the Beast (1991) - Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
63. Pocahontas (1995) - Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg 
64. Remember Sunday (2013) - Jeff Bleckner
65. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) - Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise 
66. Tarzan (1991) - Chris Buck, Kevin Lima 
67. Anastasia (1997) - Don Bluth, Gary Goldman 
68. Supersize Me (2004) - Morgan Spurlock 
69. Nativity (2009) - Debbie Isitt 
70. Just Like Heaven (2005) - Mark Waters
71. The Aristocats (1970) - Wolfgang Reithermann  
72. 9 to 5 (1980) - Colin Higgins 
73. Love Actually (2003) - Richard Curtis 
74. Paddington (2014) - Paul King 
75. Lady and the Tramp (1955) - Clyde Geronomi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamiliton Luske 
76. What We Do in the Shadows (2014) - Jermaine Clement and Taika Wakiki