2011 Books Read and Films Seen

Again, for the sake of posterity, the lists of books that I read and films that I saw in 2011:

2011 Reading List (Out of 4 Stars)
China Mountain Zhang (Maureen F. McHugh, 1992) ***

• Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell, 2004) *****
• Cyberabad Days (Ian McDonald, 2009) ****
• Embassytown (China Miéville, 2011) ***
• Faust: Part One (J.W. von Goethe, 1808; trans David Luke, 2008)
• Filaria (Brent Hayward, 2008) ***
• Fleetwood (William Godwin, 1805)
• The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins, 2008) [reread]
• King Lear (Shakespeare, 1603-1606)
• Neuromancer (William Gibson, 1984) [reread]
• Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro, 2005) [reread]
• Paradise Lost (John Milton, 1667/1674) [reread]
• Rich Dad Poor Dad (Robert Kiyosaki, 2010)
• Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen, 1811)
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey, 1989/2004)
• Spin (Robert Charles Wilson, 2006) *** 1/2
• Under Heaven (Guy Gavriel Kay, 2010) ***
• Walsingham (Mary Robinson, 1797)

• 2011 Films Seen (Out of 4 Stars)
• The Adjustment Bureau (2011) ** 1/2
• Another Earth (2011) *** 1/2
• Another Year (2010) ****
• Barney's Version (2011) ***
• Biutiful (2010) ***
• Black Swan (2010) *** 1/2
• Blue Valentine (2010) *** 1/2
• The Descendants (2011) ****
• Drive (2011) ****
• The Fighter (2010) *** 1/2
• The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2010) *** 1/2
• Haevnen (In A Better World) (2010) *****
• Half Nelson (2006) *** 1/2
• Hanna (2011) *** 1/2
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (2011) ****
• Hereafter (2010) *** 1/2
• Hugo (2011) ****
• The Ides of March (2011) ***
• In Bruges (2008) *** 1/2
• Incendies (2010) ****
• Jack Goes Boating (2010) ***
• Jane Eyre (2011) ****
• The King's Speech (2010) ****
• Lars and the Real Girl (2007) *** 1/2
• Lawrence of Arabia (1962) ****
• Le Havre (2011) ***
• Limitless (2011) ***
• Mansfield Park (1999) *** 1/2
• Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) *** 1/2
• Meek's Cutoff (2011) *** 1/2
• Melancholia (2011) ** 1/2
• Midnight in Paris (2011) *** 1/2
• Moneyball (2011) ***
• Puss in Boots (2011) ***
• Rabbit Hole (2010) *** 1/2
• Ran (1985) ***
• Rango (2011) *** 1/2
• Sense and Sensibility (1995) *** 1/2
• Somewhere (2010) *** 1/2
• Source Code (2011) ***
• Take Shelter (2011) ****
• Thor (2011) ** 1/2
• The Town (2010) ***
• The Tree of Life (2011) ***
• True Grit (2010) ***
• Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) ** 1/2
• Wendy and Lucy (2008) *** 1/2
• The Whistle Blower (2011) *** 1/2
• Winter's Bone (2010) ****
• You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger(2010) ** 1/2