End of Year Tally and Best List

ok, here i go!
Total Books: 98
Library Books: 70
Graphic Novels: 12
Non-Fiction: 15
Audio books: 35

Vintage Mystery Challenge: 9
Science Book Challenge: 3
Once Upon a Time 5: 4
2011 Challenge: 11
Shakepeare Challenge: 5
Off the Shelf  Challenge: 4
RIP VI:1

wow, so challenges this year...ugh.  I was going ok until school started then tanked.  I haven't even looked at any challenges for next year either.   since i don't plan on finishing any other book before midnight, i suppose this tally will stand for my total.


Best Ofs:


I really had a fabulous year reading wise.  and life wise for that matter.


Life:

• meeting my new baby niece Lily and hearing her 5 year old brother say "sometimes i just forget to give her kisses!" in a tone of dismay.  
• starting graduate school and finding out i got in on the drive back from Louisiana.
• meeting more of B's extended family and spending a nice long Christmas vacation in Vermont, with snow, lots and lots of snow!
• Catching Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare in the Park
• Getting a promotion at work without even applying
• spending a wonderful year living with B!

Books, New to me:

• Among Others by Jo Walton
• A Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
• The Commodore, The Letter of Marque and The Thirteen Gun Salute by Patrick O'Brian
• Anathem and Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
• Embassytown by China Mieville
• Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
• The Library at Night and A Reader on Reading by Alberto Manguel
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
• Fables: Witches by Bill Willingham
• The Three Coffins/The Hollow Man by John Dickson Carr

Books, reread:

• Jane Eyre
• To Kill a Mockingbird
• Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, the Prisoner of Azkaban and the Sorceror's Stone
• A Game of Thrones

TV/Movies:  

• Doctor Who: series 2, 3, 5, 6.  I am still working on season 4. 
• The King's Speech
• Machete
• Sherlock series from the BBC
• Game of Thrones series on HBO
• Attack the Block
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2, in 3d

so, it has been a great year for me and i hope for you too.  Hugs all around!  Have a wonderful night!