Best and Worst of 2009

Submitted by Jennifer Finch [1] on Thu, 12/31/2009 - 3:40pm

Picture courtesy of Flickr user Critical Todd

Every year we are inundated with the "Best of" and "Worst of" lists. This time, I am throwing it out at you. What were your best moments, books, movies of 2009? How about your worst? Here's mine:

Best moments:

Finishing my Master's Degree, Moving to Texas, Finding an awesome apartment that I could afford

Best Books:

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins [2](hands down!)

Best Movies:

(in no particular order)

Transformers 2 [3]

Star Trek [4]

Angels and Demons [5]

GI Joe [6](for kisch factor)

Harry Potter Half Blood Prince [7](I'm too big a potterhead)

Worst moments:

Leaving my teen group in Mississippi, Saying goodbye to children I'd known for their entire lives.

Worst Books:

I didn't really read any bad books, I'm picky!

Worst Movie:

I'll just say that I did see some really bad movies... you fill in the blanks.

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