Bests of 2012
I had a lot of amazing experiences this year. Since this blog is supposed to be a book blog, those will go first.
Books:
New to Me:
Movies:
I know I'm genre heavy, I'm a nerd :)
Life, not least important though it is coming last:
Books:
New to Me:
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- Reamde by Neal Stephenson
- Nerd Do Well by Simon Pegg
- The Violinist's Thumb by Sam Kean
- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
- More Baths Less Talking by Nick Hornby
- The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
- The Unwritten Vol. 6: Tommy Taylor and the War of Words
- Astonishing X-men Torn and Unstoppable
- American Vampire Volume 3
- The Shining by Stephen King
- The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
- Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Movies:
I know I'm genre heavy, I'm a nerd :)
- The Avengers!
- Moonrise Kingdom
- The Dark Knight Rises
- Cloud Atlas
- The Woman in Black
- The Cabin in the Woods
- Silver Linings Playbook
Life, not least important though it is coming last:
- We got Married! maybe i should have put this at the very top of the post,
- Having all our family and friends meet and get along so well!
- We bought a house! I never got around to posting about it but Ben and I bought a house at the end of August.
- Shakespeare in the Park did Much Ado About Nothing and it was wonderful
- Seeing Neil deGrasse Tyson speak at Vanderbilt
- Learning everything there is to know about competitive swimming while watching the Olympics with B.
- Finishing my 3rd semester of my Master's with some great classes.
Wow, congrats on a great year! I knew you got married but don't think I knew you got a house. Congratulations, those are some major exciting changes in a year. Very happy for you both.
ReplyDeleteNo need to apologize about the genre stuff, its all good!
I had forgotten that this was your first time with Neverwhere. Great book. Glad you too enjoyed Ready Player One. I'm going to have to re-check out the newest Hornby at some point. I love the other ones but am just not in the mood right now. I will be sometime this year though and am sure I'll enjoy it.
Happy New Year to you!
You bought a house??? Congrats!!!! It really was an AWESOME year for you Mel :D And I keep hearing about Ready Player One…I apparently really need to get that one...
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on getting married and getting to see Neil DeGrasse Tyson. I saw him a few years ago in Memphis. He's a wonderful speaker and writer.
ReplyDeleteCarl- thanks! We got the house at the end of August then moved a few weeks after. With having significantly more school work than previous semesters, my blogging went down and I just never wrote the house post.
ReplyDeleteChris- Thanks also! I believe you are old enough to appreciate Ready Player One. take it for a spin on audiobook; Wil Wheaton reads and is great!
Jim- Thanks also!
So many exciting and wonderful things for you. Congrats on all the great books, and that marriage bit! ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks Andi!
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