2009 Reading/Watching Report
HAPPY NEW YEAR and HAPPY NEW DECADE to everyone on my friends list.
I'm happy because my Auburn Tigers just won a fantastic (and fantastical) football game. I hope everyone had safe and festive times last night and that your year is the best ever.
For the second year in a row, I kept lists of the books I read and movies I watched. I know I probably missed some, but here are the numbers as I recorded them:
Books read: 47 (down from 106)
Books read for the first time: 29
Rereads: 18
Fiction: 32
Nonfiction: 15
Best new book read: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, I guess
Movies watched: 57 (down from 122)
In theaters: 4
For the first time: 30
Re-watches: 27
Best new (to me) movie watched: Serenity!!
Best new movie watched in the theater: Hmmm ... The Princess and the Frog
TV season DVDs watched: 20/7 shows (up from 12/3 shows)
For the first time: 20
Re-watches: 0
Best new (to me) show watched: OMG Firefly!!!
Plays seen in theaters: 3
Best production: South Pacific, Broadway
Last year I was amazed that for the first time ever I watched more movies than I read books. This year not only did I repeat that, I also read/watched shockingly few of either - less than half of last year's total. Instead I spent the whole year making up for 15 years worth of not watching TV.
I also attended one football game (Rice/Vanderbilt) and, umm, I think that's about it.
I'm happy because my Auburn Tigers just won a fantastic (and fantastical) football game. I hope everyone had safe and festive times last night and that your year is the best ever.
For the second year in a row, I kept lists of the books I read and movies I watched. I know I probably missed some, but here are the numbers as I recorded them:
Books read: 47 (down from 106)
Books read for the first time: 29
Rereads: 18
Fiction: 32
Nonfiction: 15
Best new book read: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, I guess
Movies watched: 57 (down from 122)
In theaters: 4
For the first time: 30
Re-watches: 27
Best new (to me) movie watched: Serenity!!
Best new movie watched in the theater: Hmmm ... The Princess and the Frog
TV season DVDs watched: 20/7 shows (up from 12/3 shows)
For the first time: 20
Re-watches: 0
Best new (to me) show watched: OMG Firefly!!!
Plays seen in theaters: 3
Best production: South Pacific, Broadway
Last year I was amazed that for the first time ever I watched more movies than I read books. This year not only did I repeat that, I also read/watched shockingly few of either - less than half of last year's total. Instead I spent the whole year making up for 15 years worth of not watching TV.
I also attended one football game (Rice/Vanderbilt) and, umm, I think that's about it.