2012 Media Review
1. Lips Touch: Three Times - Laini Taylor*
2. Daughter of Smoke and Bone - Laini Taylor*
3. The Fault in Our Stars - John Green*
4. Secrets of the Foreign Office - William Le Queux
5. Cause for Alarm - Eric Ambler
6. A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness**
7. The Gathering (Darkness Rising #1)- Kelley Armstrong
8. Atomsk - Carmichael Smith
9. The Name of the Star - Maureen Johnson*
10. Live and Let Die - Ian Fleming
11. The Manchurian Candidate - Richard Condon
12. In the Performance of Duty - Julian Semyonov
13. Crush - Richard Siken***
14. White Cat - Holly Black*
15. The Double Image - Helen MacInnes
16. The Revenant - Sonia Gensler*
17. This Dark Endeavor (The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein #1)- Kenneth Oppel**
18. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - John le Carre
19. Red Glove - Holly Black*
20. Mercury - Hope Larson
21. The Penultimate Peril - Lemony Snicket*
22. The Matarese Circle - Robert Ludlum
23. The End - Lemony Snicket*
24. Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid - Lemony Snicket
25. The Berlin Game - Len Deighton
26. Working Stiff - Rachel Caine
27. Black Heart - Holly Black*
28. I Hunt Killers - Barry Lyga**
29. The Mysterious Howling (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #1) - Maryrose Wood*
30. The Three Incestuous Sisters - Audrey Niffenegger
31. Dragonswood - Janet Lee Carey
32. The Hidden Gallery (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #2) - Maryrose Wood*
33. Inside Out (Insider #1) - Maria V. Snyder
34. Outside In (Insider #2) - Maria V. Snyder*
35. How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous - Georgia Bragg
36. A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) - George R.R. Martin*
37. The Unseen Quest (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #3) - Maryrose Wood*
38. Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian (Artemis Fowl #8 THE LAST ONE EVER NOOOO) - Eoin Colfer*
39. Alice on Board (Alice #24) - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
40. A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire #2) - George R.R. Martin*
41. The Calling (Darkness Rising #2) - Kelley Armstrong
42. Code Name Verity - Elizabeth Wein**
43. Fly by Night (Fly by Night #1) - Frances Hardinge*
44. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking - Susan Cain**
45. Fly Trap (Fly by Night #2) - Frances Hardinge **
46. A Brief History of Montmaray (The Montmaray Journals #1) - Michelle Cooper*
47. Such Wicked Intent (The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein #2) - Kenneth Oppel*
48. The FitzOsbornes in Exhile (The Montmaray Journals #2) - Michelle Cooper*
49. The FitzOsbornes at War (The Montmaray Journals #3) - Michelle Cooper*
50. Candy Butchers - Mary Borsellino*
51. A Face Like Glass - Frances Hardinge*
52. Escape from "Special" - Miss Lasko-Gross
53. A Mess of Everything - Miss Lasko-Gross
54. The Collected Essex County - Jeff Lemire
55. I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith*
56. The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls - Claire Legrand*
57. The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman*
58. The Kneebone Boy - Ellen Potter*
59. Well Witched / Verdigris Deep - Frances Hardinge*
60. Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones*
61. Days of Blood and Starlight - Laini Taylor*
1. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows*
2. Margin Call*-ish
3. Cowboys & Aliens
4. Mission to Moscow
5. 50/50*
6. Live and Let Die
7. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
8. Star 80
9. Death of a Centerfold
10. Taken
11. The Hunger Games*
12. Another Earth
13. The Sum of All Fears
14. Vanished Empire
15. Tangled*
16. Iron Man 2
17. The Avengers
19. A Dangerous Method*
20. Sense & Sensibility*
21. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol*
22. Brave*
23. The Amazing Spider-Man
24. The Woman in Black*
25. Magic Mike*
26. When Harry Met Sally*
27. The Dark Knight Rises*
28. Moonrise Kingdom*
29. Dark Shadows
30. Looper*
31. The Messenger Boy (Kurer)*
32. Argo*
33. The Cabin in the Woods
34. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
35. Rear Window
36. Skyfall** (fave of the year)
37. A Royal Affair*
38. Lawless*
39. Men in Black III
40. The Silver Linings Playbook*
41. Eight Below*
1. Sherlock, Series 2**
2. Archer, Season 1*
3. Fringe, Season 2*
4. Fringe, Season 3*
5. Archer, Season 2*
6. White Collar, Season 3*
7. The Killing, Season 1*
8. Archer, Season 3*
9. The Borgias, Season 1*
10. Awkward Black Girl, Season 1*
11. BBC's Pride & Prejudice*
12. House, Season 8* ;___; (starred for the last arc only)
13. Revenge, Season 1*
14. Community, Season 3
15. Supernatural, Season 7
16. The Vampire Diaries, Season 3*
17. Gossip Girl, Season 5 (skimwatch)
18. a silly amount of Say Yes to the Dress
19. Scandal, Season 1 (skimwatch)
20. Game of Thrones, Season 1*
21. Game of Thrones, Season 2*
22. The Borgias, Season 2*
23. The Hour, Series 1*
24. The Legend of Korra, Season 1*
25. Political Animals, Season 1
26. Suits, Season 2*
27. White Collar, Season 4
28. Bomb Girls, Season 1*
29. The Bletchley Circle, Series 1
30. Homeland, Season 1*
31. Dexter, Season 4*
32. Dexter, Season 5*
33. The Hour, Series 2*
34. Downton Abbey, Series 3? 4? i think
35. Dexter, Season 7*
36. Homeland, Season 2*
Most notable fics read in 2012 - this section still being put together! Obviously, all highly rec'd.
1. Love Takes Hostages - scorpiod1 (TVD, S/D/E)
2. The Republic of Heaven - blind_author (Sherlock, S/J)
3. all the Inception fic by paxlux (Inception, A/E)
4. The Anatomist - rosa_acicularis (Sherlock, Molly/Moriarty)
5. Volta - weatherfront (Inception, A/E)
6. Antimony - jibrailis (Inception, A/E)
7. A Modest Proposal & Involuntary Commitment - ignaz (House, House/Wilson)
8. Holmes Branch of Physics series - paxlux (Sherlock, Mycroft/Sherlock)
9. Limited Release - rageprufrock (XMFC - E/C)
10. The Red Country - jibrailis (Alice in Wonderland prequel, Red Queen/White Queen)
* = recommended