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
mar 12 2013 ∞
dec 24 2015 +

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
sep 30 2012 ∞
dec 24 2015 +
  • 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
may 4 2012 ∞
jan 31 2014 +
  • 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
feb 18 2011 ∞
jan 31 2012 +
  • personality tests
  • movie previews
  • book stores/libraries
  • chinese takeout
  • board games
  • maps
nov 27 2008 ∞
dec 17 2008 +
  • 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
nov 26 2008 ∞
jan 3 2011 +
  • 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)
aug 14 2011 ∞
nov 27 2011 +

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
nov 26 2008 ∞
jan 3 2011 +
  • curt
  • perturb
  • narcissist
  • nostalgic
dec 5 2008 ∞
dec 18 2008 +
  • empire records
  • now and then
  • dazed and confused
  • 500 days of summer
dec 3 2009 ∞
sep 5 2011 +
  • 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
dec 9 2008 ∞
dec 10 2008 +
  • 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
dec 11 2008 ∞
dec 11 2008 +
  • washington
  • oregon
  • california
  • new mexico
  • louisiana
  • florida
  • south carolina
  • north carolina
  • tennessee
  • kentucky
  • missouri
  • illinois
  • indiana
  • ohio
  • michigan
  • pennsylvania
  • new york
dec 23 2008 ∞
dec 23 2008 +
  • 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
nov 27 2008 ∞
nov 20 2011 +
  • 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
nov 26 2008 ∞
dec 12 2008 +
  • 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
jan 10 2014 ∞
aug 21 2014 +

november

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

december

  • the hobbit
  • on the road
  • les mis
nov 10 2012 ∞
dec 25 2012 +
  • 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
jan 31 2012 ∞
dec 31 2012 +

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
dec 2 2008 ∞
dec 24 2015 +
  • converse sneakers
  • bermuda shorts
  • layered tank top or t-shirt
  • bracelets from africa or india
  • chipped nail polish
nov 27 2008 ∞
nov 27 2008 +
  • get a tattoo
  • get laser eye surgery
  • be a foster parent
  • be a creative writing teacher
  • go on an east coast road trip
nov 29 2008 ∞
nov 7 2009 +
  • 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
feb 10 2009 ∞
dec 19 2009 +
  • 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
dec 1 2008 ∞
dec 18 2008 +
  • 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
dec 4 2008 ∞
dec 25 2015 +
  • calvin and hobbes
  • foxtrot
  • zits
  • sally forth
  • for better or for worse

honorable mention...

  • baby blues
nov 29 2008 ∞
nov 29 2008 +
  • 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
dec 9 2008 ∞
dec 11 2008 +
  • keane
  • barlow girl
  • the pipettes
  • nickel creek
  • rascal flats
dec 11 2008 ∞
dec 11 2008 +

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...

nov 27 2008 ∞
dec 3 2009 +
  • australia
  • belgium
  • chile
  • china
  • egypt
  • fiji
  • greece
  • india
  • israel
  • italy
  • lebanon
  • new zealand
  • peru
  • philippines
  • south africa
  • spain
  • switzerland
  • tanzania
  • thailand
nov 27 2008 ∞
may 24 2010 +
  • 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
nov 27 2008 ∞
dec 12 2008 +
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jan 10 2014 ∞
jan 10 2014 +
  • 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
jan 15 2013 ∞
nov 17 2013 +
  • 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
oct 28 2012 ∞
jul 7 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
nov 26 2008 ∞
feb 25 2010 +
  • 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
feb 25 2010 ∞
dec 29 2010 +
  • 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...

nov 27 2008 ∞
dec 25 2008 +
  • top of a mountain
  • beach at midnight
  • cozy coffee shop
  • kitchen floor
  • parked car
  • roof
  • dock
  • bed
nov 29 2008 ∞
nov 29 2008 +
  • dear old love
  • the elements of style
  • the intellectual devotional
  • 1001 rules for my unborn son
  • the best american nonrequired reading 2008
nov 26 2008 ∞
aug 14 2011 +
  • uber
  • glower
  • retort
  • dubious
dec 5 2008 ∞
dec 11 2008 +
  • 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
nov 27 2008 ∞
nov 27 2008 +
  • 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
dec 11 2008 ∞
dec 11 2008 +
  • 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
dec 11 2008 ∞
dec 23 2008 +
  • montana
  • idaho
  • wyoming
  • colorado
  • south dakota
  • connecticut
  • massachusetts
  • vermont
  • maine
  • alaska
  • hawaii
nov 27 2008 ∞
dec 11 2008 +
  • 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)
nov 27 2008 ∞
nov 28 2008 +