The Year So Far...
Stealing from someone else, I can't remember who, at the end of last year, I did a few posts with the year in review. For me, of course, my review was mostly about the 'media' I had 'consumed', that is - movies, tv, music and books.
So... this year I decided to keep track of such stuff from the beginning rather than having to tax my memory and perhaps miss something out. And so far, 2007 has been the year of the book for me. Even more particularly, the year of Neil Gaiman... I'm a late Gaiman reader (of course, mainly through Good Omens which he co-authored with Terry Pratchett) but have taken this year's opportunities to begin building up my Gaiman collection a bit more. Opportunities? Well, I work in the city now, and I've also signed up to Borders' weekly emails... so whenever they've got a nice big discount out on books, I make the effort to go and see if there's anything I want to buy. And sometimes there isn't. But most of the time, I come back with one extra book on the pile.
Therefore, here is the Year so far - in Books, DVDs, CDs, TV shows and movies. The movies have links to my posts with reviews in them, where applicable
BOOKS READ
(and mostly purchased, whether it be this year or earlier)
Wintersmith - Terry Pratchett
2007 Ankh-Morpork Post Office Diary - Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs & Paul Kidby
2005 Discworld Almanack - Terry Pratchett & Bernard Pearson
The Discworld Mappe - Terry Pratchett & Stephen Briggs
The Streets of Ankh-Morpork - Terry Pratchett & Stephen Briggs
A Tourist's Guide to Lancre - Terry Pratchett & Stephen Briggs
Death's Domain - Terry Pratchett & Paul Kidby
Once More With Footnotes - Terry Pratchett
Where's My Cow? - Terry Pratchett
Astounding Science Fiction, April 1958, British Edition
Smoke and Mirrors - Neil Gaiman
Stardust - Neil Gaiman
Antares Dawn - Michael McCollum
Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman
Xombie : Dead on Arrival - James Farr
Avenue Q : The Book
Looks, Brains and Everything (Scary Go Round) - John Allison
Blame the Sky (Scary Go Round) - John Allison
Skellington (Scary Go Round) - John Allison
The Retribution Index (Scary Go Round) - John Allison
Girl Spy (Scary Go Round) - John Allison
Heavy Metal Hearts + Flowers (Scary Go Round) - John Allison
Press Send - John McLaren
America The Book : Teacher's Edition - Jon Stewart et al.
Sluggy Freelance : Born of Nifty (Megatome 01 - Books 1-3) - Pete Abrams
Sluggy Freelance : Game Called on Account of Naked Chick (Book 4) - Pete Abrams
Sluggy Freelance : Yippy, Skippy, The Evil! (Book 5) - Pete Abrams
Sluggy Freelance : The Bug, The Witch, and The Robot (Book 6) - Pete Abrams
Sluggy Freelance : A Very Big Bang (Book 7) - Pete Abrams
Sluggy Freelance : Fire and Rain (Book 8) - Pete Abrams
Sluggy Freelance : Dangerous Days Ahead (Book 9) - Pete Abrams
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
The Further Adventures of Clancy of the Overflow - Damien White (unpublished)
Firefly : The Official Companion : Volume 2
DVDS PURCHASED
DVDs marked with a * are on order but haven't arrived yet.
DVDs marked with a + are ones I haven't had a chance to watch yet (even if I've seen the movie/show before)
Bubba Ho-Tep
Hogfather
Clerks II
12 Monkeys+
Austin Powers : International Man of Mystery*
Austin Powers : The Spy Who Shagged Me*
Austin Powers in Goldmember+
Zoolander*
Gremlins
The Abyss
Babylon 5 : The Lost Tales : Voices in the Dark*
CDS PURCHASED
By far the shortest list so far this year... not as many new albums that have truly caught my ear yet.
The Unfinished Spelling Errors of Bolkein - Martin Pearson
On A Clear Night - Missy Higgins
TV SHOWS WATCHED
Some new shows on my radar, others continuing from previous seasons, and yet others just rewatching what I've already got...
The Daily Show
Stargate SG-1
Stargate Atlantis
Heroes
My Name Is Earl
Battlestar Galactica
Day Break
Doctor Who
Numb3rs
Veronica Mars
Primeval
The Worst Week of My Life
The Dresden Files
Painkiller Jane
Drive
Sanctuary
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python's Personal Best
Life on Mars
ReGenesis
Full Metal Alchemist
Ghost in the Shell : Stand Alone Complex
Jekyll
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (S4-5, DVD)
Angel (S1-2, DVD)
MOVIES WATCHED
With review links where there are some. Not all of them have been watched in the cinema! Also cross reference with the DVD list above :)
Flushed Away - 8/10
Pan's Labyrinth - 8/10
Idiocracy
Hot Fuzz - 8.5/10
Sunshine - 6/10
TMNT
Happily N'ever After
300 - 8/10
Grandma's Boy
Spider-man 3 - 7.5/10
Pirates of the Caribbean : At World's End - 9/10
Shrek the Third - 7/10
Tales From Earthsea - 6/10
Fantastic Four : The Rise of the Silver Surfer - 6/10
And that's a wrap! A fully updated list of all of these, will of course appear at the end of the year :)
So... this year I decided to keep track of such stuff from the beginning rather than having to tax my memory and perhaps miss something out. And so far, 2007 has been the year of the book for me. Even more particularly, the year of Neil Gaiman... I'm a late Gaiman reader (of course, mainly through Good Omens which he co-authored with Terry Pratchett) but have taken this year's opportunities to begin building up my Gaiman collection a bit more. Opportunities? Well, I work in the city now, and I've also signed up to Borders' weekly emails... so whenever they've got a nice big discount out on books, I make the effort to go and see if there's anything I want to buy. And sometimes there isn't. But most of the time, I come back with one extra book on the pile.
Therefore, here is the Year so far - in Books, DVDs, CDs, TV shows and movies. The movies have links to my posts with reviews in them, where applicable
BOOKS READ
(and mostly purchased, whether it be this year or earlier)
Wintersmith - Terry Pratchett
2007 Ankh-Morpork Post Office Diary - Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs & Paul Kidby
2005 Discworld Almanack - Terry Pratchett & Bernard Pearson
The Discworld Mappe - Terry Pratchett & Stephen Briggs
The Streets of Ankh-Morpork - Terry Pratchett & Stephen Briggs
A Tourist's Guide to Lancre - Terry Pratchett & Stephen Briggs
Death's Domain - Terry Pratchett & Paul Kidby
Once More With Footnotes - Terry Pratchett
Where's My Cow? - Terry Pratchett
Astounding Science Fiction, April 1958, British Edition
Smoke and Mirrors - Neil Gaiman
Stardust - Neil Gaiman
Antares Dawn - Michael McCollum
Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman
Xombie : Dead on Arrival - James Farr
Avenue Q : The Book
Looks, Brains and Everything (Scary Go Round) - John Allison
Blame the Sky (Scary Go Round) - John Allison
Skellington (Scary Go Round) - John Allison
The Retribution Index (Scary Go Round) - John Allison
Girl Spy (Scary Go Round) - John Allison
Heavy Metal Hearts + Flowers (Scary Go Round) - John Allison
Press Send - John McLaren
America The Book : Teacher's Edition - Jon Stewart et al.
Sluggy Freelance : Born of Nifty (Megatome 01 - Books 1-3) - Pete Abrams
Sluggy Freelance : Game Called on Account of Naked Chick (Book 4) - Pete Abrams
Sluggy Freelance : Yippy, Skippy, The Evil! (Book 5) - Pete Abrams
Sluggy Freelance : The Bug, The Witch, and The Robot (Book 6) - Pete Abrams
Sluggy Freelance : A Very Big Bang (Book 7) - Pete Abrams
Sluggy Freelance : Fire and Rain (Book 8) - Pete Abrams
Sluggy Freelance : Dangerous Days Ahead (Book 9) - Pete Abrams
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
The Further Adventures of Clancy of the Overflow - Damien White (unpublished)
Firefly : The Official Companion : Volume 2
DVDS PURCHASED
DVDs marked with a * are on order but haven't arrived yet.
DVDs marked with a + are ones I haven't had a chance to watch yet (even if I've seen the movie/show before)
Bubba Ho-Tep
Hogfather
Clerks II
12 Monkeys+
Austin Powers : International Man of Mystery*
Austin Powers : The Spy Who Shagged Me*
Austin Powers in Goldmember+
Zoolander*
Gremlins
The Abyss
Babylon 5 : The Lost Tales : Voices in the Dark*
CDS PURCHASED
By far the shortest list so far this year... not as many new albums that have truly caught my ear yet.
The Unfinished Spelling Errors of Bolkein - Martin Pearson
On A Clear Night - Missy Higgins
TV SHOWS WATCHED
Some new shows on my radar, others continuing from previous seasons, and yet others just rewatching what I've already got...
The Daily Show
Stargate SG-1
Stargate Atlantis
Heroes
My Name Is Earl
Battlestar Galactica
Day Break
Doctor Who
Numb3rs
Veronica Mars
Primeval
The Worst Week of My Life
The Dresden Files
Painkiller Jane
Drive
Sanctuary
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python's Personal Best
Life on Mars
ReGenesis
Full Metal Alchemist
Ghost in the Shell : Stand Alone Complex
Jekyll
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (S4-5, DVD)
Angel (S1-2, DVD)
MOVIES WATCHED
With review links where there are some. Not all of them have been watched in the cinema! Also cross reference with the DVD list above :)
Flushed Away - 8/10
Pan's Labyrinth - 8/10
Idiocracy
Hot Fuzz - 8.5/10
Sunshine - 6/10
TMNT
Happily N'ever After
300 - 8/10
Grandma's Boy
Spider-man 3 - 7.5/10
Pirates of the Caribbean : At World's End - 9/10
Shrek the Third - 7/10
Tales From Earthsea - 6/10
Fantastic Four : The Rise of the Silver Surfer - 6/10
And that's a wrap! A fully updated list of all of these, will of course appear at the end of the year :)