Stephenson Family Ties

BOOKS READ IN 2009

All God's Critters Got a Place in the Choir *****
Dont Bite Me, Im Santa Claus by Tom Plummer *****
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak *****
The Book of Mormon (again) *****
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins ****
Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho ****
These Is My Words by Susan E Turner *****
Harvest Home by Thomas Tyron
The Big Fisherman by Lloyd C Douglas *****
The Book That Changed My Life edited by Coady ****
Yearning For the Living God by F. Enzio Busche *****
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan ***
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold ****
The Virgin Queen's Daughter by Ella March Chase ****
Nick of Time by Ted Bell ****
Jumping Off Places by Laura Stratton Friel *****
The Princess Bride by William Goldman ****
Refuge by Terry Tempst Williams ****
Collect Stories by Wallace Stegner *****
The Necklace by Cheryl Jarvis NF ****
Two Old Women by Velma Wallis ****
Chocolat by Joanne Harris ***
Shosha by Isaac Bashevis Singer **
Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster *****
Pioneer Voices of Zion Canyon by Jean M. Smith-Carros ***
The Peacegiver by James L. Ferrell *****
She Touched the World by Sally and Robert Alexander ***
Laddie by Gene Stratton-Porter *****
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne ****
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell *****
Bird Lake Moon by Henkes **
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale ***
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson ****
Crispin by Avi ****
Dave at Night by Gail Carson Levin **e
Chains by Laurie Anderson *****
Body Surfing by Anita Shreve ***
The Shack by Wm Paul Young *****
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant *****
The Day They Gave Babies Away by Dale Eunson **
Geology Underfoot In Southern Utah by Richard Orndorff ****
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch ***
Half Broken Things by Morag Jos *

Favorite Movies

*List is always subject to change. Adding and deleating can occur with some frequency, due to mood swings and fickleness and influenced by whom Im sharing popcorn with!!
The Blind Side
*Sense and Sensibilities
Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theater Version)
*Phantom of the Opera (the newest one with hunky Gerard Butler)
The Visitor
The Vicar of Dibley: A Holy Wholly Happy Ending
Last Chance Harvey
Taking Chance
The Ladies #1 Detective Agency
Sweet Land
Bella
UP
Mamma Mia!!
Henry Poole Is Here
Lost in Austen
Mansfield Park
*Jurassic Park
Meet Joe Black
*Dear Frankie
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
*Enchanted April
Dan in Real Life
*Barefoot in the Park (Yes, the one with Robert Redford!)
*Star Wars (all of them)
*Music and Lyrics
*Wit (heavy, heavy-wonderful,Emma Thompson)
*Diary of a Mad Black Woman
*Lord of the Rings
*Mrs. Palfry at the Clairemont
*Enchanted
*Hairspray
The Last Sin Eater