This is just a place to write down things I have seen, heard, read, etc. in the year 2003. Stuff with *s are highly recommended. Stuff with (l) means I checked it out of the library. All these lists were started January 1st, 2003. For last year's lists, click here.

Books:
Second Draft of my Life - Sara Lewis *
When the Messenger is Hot...- Elizabeth Crane*
The Boy Next Door - Meggin Cabot (l)
Still Me - Christopher Reeve *
Blessings - Anna Quindlen  *(l)
Nothing is Impossible - Christopher Reeve * (l)
The Quilter's Apprentice - Jennifer Chiaverini (l)
Round Robin - Jennifer Chiaverini (l)
Cross Country Quilters - Jennifer Chiaverini * (l)
The Runaway Quilt - Jennifer Chiaverini (l)
Blue Shoe - Anne Lamott (l) **[such a great book]
The Cat Who Went to Paris - Peter Gethers (l)
Everyday Grace - Marianne Williamson (l) *
The Cat Who Brought Down the House - Lilian Jackson Braun (l)
Tail of the Tipoff - Rita Mae Brown (l)
Grace - Jane Roberts Wood (l)
Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd **
Shopaholic Ties the Knot - Sophie Kinsella
Irish Girls About Town - Various
Out of the Blue- Isabel Wolff
A Year in Provence - Peter Mayle * (l)
Hunger - Elise Blackwell *
What Should I Do With My Life? - Po Bronson ** (l)
Tojours Provence - Peter Mayle (l)
Encore Provence - Peter Mayle (l)
Sunshine and Shadow - Earlene Fowler (l)
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith **
Traveling Mercies - Anne Lamott **
Sushi For Beginners - Marian Keyes (l)*
The Dogs of Babel - Carolyn Parkhurst **
The Right Questions - Debbie Ford *
Tears of the Giraffe - Alexander McCall Smith * (l)
Morality for Beautiful Girls - Alexander McCall Smith * (l)
The Kalahari Typing School for Men - Alexander McCall Smith (l) *
Ready to Fall - Claire Cook (l)
Bingo Queens of Paradise - June Park (l)
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold (l) **
The Dive from Clausen's Pier - Ann Packer (l)
The Last Girls - Lee Smith (l)
Say When - Elizabeth Berg **
Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind - Ann Ross
Big Stone Gap - Adriana Trigiani *
The Dance of the Dissident Daughter - Sue Monk Kidd **
Crooked Little Heart - Anne Lamott *
The Inn at Lake Devine - Elinor Lipman *
Why Girls are Weird - Pamela Ribon
The Joy Diet - Martha Beck
Step, Ball, Change - Jeanne Ray
Joe Jones -Anne Lamott
To the Nines - Janet Evanovich (l)
Big Cherry Holler - Adriana Trigiani (l)
Milk Glass Moon - Adriana Trigiani (l)
All New People - Anne Lamott (l)
Succulent Wild Woman - SARK **
Pitching My Tent - Anita Diamant* (l)
Shepards Abiding - Jan Karon (l)
Spirit of Covington - Joan Medlicott (l)
Miss Julia Takes Over - Ann Ross (l)
Miss Julia Plans a Wedding- Ann Ross (l)
Welcome to My Planet -Shannon Olson ** (l)
Lucia, Lucia - Adriana Trigiani (l)

CDs:
india.arie - Voyage to India
Palladian Ensemble - Bach Trios
Audioslave - Audioslave
David Gray - New Day at Midnight *
Stevie Wonder - The Definitive Collection
Sixpence None the Richer - Divine Discontent **
Maia Sharp - Maia Sharp
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates
Rickie Lee Jones- Rickie Lee Jones
Bob Dylan - Live 1975
Joni Mitchell- Hejira
Chantal Keviazuk - What If It All...
Tift Merritt - Bramble Rose
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (l)
Coldplay - Rush of Blood... * (l)
Sixpence None the Richer - Sixpence None the Richer (l)
various Sinead O'Connor cds (l)
Frou Frou - Details ** (favorite CD in a loooooong time....)
Plumb - Beautiful Lumps of Coal
more new music from Kym!
Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will *
Jennifer Trynin - Cockamamie
Neko Case - Blacklisted ** (amazing)
Liz Phair - Liz Phair (preview copy!) *
even more new music from Kym!!
Gillian Welch - Soul Journey *
Train - My Own Private Nation *
Gemma Hayes - Night on My Side
Michelle Branch - Hotel Paper
Be Good Tanyas - Chinatown
Be Good Tanyas - Blue Horse
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Best Of, Volume 2
Delerium - Chimera
Innocence Mission - Befriended *
Dido - Life For Rent
Natalie Merchant - House Carpenter's Daughter **
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Best Of, Volume 1 (l)
Mary J Blige - No More Drama (l)
Edie Brickell - Volcano
Sarah McLachlan - Afterglow
Enrique Iglesias - Seven
Nelly Furtado - Folklore *

Movies:
Two Weeks Notice
The Lord of the Rings - Fellowship (dvd) *
About Schmidt *
Adaptation
Mothman Prophecies (dvd) *
The Hours **
Catch Me if You Can*
Lord of the Rings: Two Towers **
Bringing Down the House *
Matrix Reloaded *
Shrek (dvd) *
White Oleander (dvd) *
Monsoon Wedding (dvd)
Finding Nemo *
Frida (dvd) *
American Movie (dvd) **
Maid in Manhattan (dvd)
Baraka (dvd) *
Office Space (dvd) *
Koyaanisqatsi (dvd) **
Legally Blonde 2
Pirates of the Caribbean ** (loved it!)
The Contender (dvd)
Whale Rider ** (incredible)
Terminator 3
How to Deal
Charlie's Angels : Full Throttle
Waiting for Guffman (dvd) **
Far From Heaven (dvd) *
Zoolander (dvd)
Lumumba (dvd) *
Bowling for Columbine (dvd) *
Murder on a Sunday Morning (dvd) **
Identity (dvd)
Head of State (dvd)
American Splendor **
Lost in Translation ** (best film of the year)
A Mighty Wind (dvd) *
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (dvd)
Bend It Like Beckham (dvd)
School of Rock *
Mystic River **
Ghost World * (dvd)
Intolerable Cruelty
Rat Race * (dvd)
Pumpkin * (dvd)
The Guru (dvd)
View From the Top (dvd)
Elf **
The Missing
Love Actually *
Bad Santa *

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