Books, Films and TV Shows of 2011
This year I decided to keep a list of what I watched and read, and rated everything.
NOTE: These are only for things I watched or read for the first time
BOOKS (Series)
Total Read = 37
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Doctor Who: Apollo 23, Justin Richards - One of my favourite Doctor Who Books (and I've read alot of them)
The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins - I'd heard so much about this book, and after seeing the trailer for the film I couldn't wait to read it. And it actually did live up to all the hype! A brilliant read. I love the concept, and it's all so brilliantly thought out.
Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins - After The Hunger Games, I didn't really know how the excitement could be kept up for another 2 books. Although this starts off slow, by the end it definatly lives up to the first book!
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| 9th Judgement (Women's Murder Club), James Patterson | Dead Until Dark + Living Dead in Dallas + Club Dead + Dead to the World + Dead as a Doornail + Definatly Dead All Together Dead + From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse), Charlaine Harris | Devil Bones (Temperance Brennan), Kathy Reichs | Doctor Who: Judgement of the Judoon, Colin Brake | Doctor Who: Night of the Humans, David Llewellyn | Doctor Who: The Slitheen Excursion, Simon Guerrier | The Ruby in the Smoke + The Shadow in the North (Sally Lockhart), Philip Pullman | The Girl on the Landing, Paul Torday |
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| A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire), George R. R. Martin | A Study in Scarlet + The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes), Arthur Conan Doyle | Black Swan Rising (Black Swan Rising), Lee Carroll | Dead and Gone + Dead in the Family + A Touch of Dead (Sookie Stackhouse), Charlaine Harris | Doctor Who: The Forgotten Army, Brian Minchin | Doctor Who: The Story of Martha, Dan Abnett | House at Riverton, Kate Morton | Kiss and Die (Johnny Mann), Lee Weeks | Tempted (House of Night), P.C.Cast | The Tiger in the Well + The Tin Princess (Sally Lockhart), Philip Pullman |
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| The Historian, Elizabeth Kostova |
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| Blood Runs Cold, Alex Barclay | David Tennant: A Life in Time and Space, Nigel Goodall |
Currently Reading
Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins
FILMS
Total Watched = 44
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Back to the Future - I've wanted to see this for ages, and it was so worth the wait!
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - This was always going to be here! I've loved all the films and this was a brilliant ending (although I wasn't so sure about the final showdown between Harry and Voldemort).
Wall-E - This was such an adorable film! The story line was really sweet, and I loved Wall-E
Wild Target - I've never heard much about this film. The only reason I watched it was because the main characters are played by Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt and Rupert Grint, and Martin Freeman is also in it. It turned out to be a brilliant film, and I loved the comedy in it.
Unknown - Great thriller! There were twists all over the place. You have no chance of guessing the reveal!
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| Batman (1989)| Cop Out | Easy A | Inception | Red Riding Hood | The Disappearance of Alice Creed | Tamara Drewe | The Girl Who Played with Fire | The King's Speech | The Switch | Whip It |
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| An Education | Black Swan | Becoming Jane | Chalet Girl | Coco Before Chanel | Date Night | Edward Scissorhands | Horrible Bosses | How to Train Your Dragon | I Am Legend | I Am Number Four | Marley and Me | Miss Potter | Morning Glory | The Edge of Love | The Nightmare Before Christmas | Valentine's Day |
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| Bonnie and Clyde | Cats and Dogs | Duplicity | Eat, Pray, Love | Gnomeo and Juliet | Sex and the City | Twilight Saga: Eclipse |
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| Due Date | The Informant! (Didn't even finish this) | Nine | The Blair Witch Project |
In 2012:
The Hunger Games
Snow White and the Huntsman
In Time
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (US)
TV SHOWS (SERIES/SEASONS)
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Being Human (UK) (S3) - Another great series. I'm intrigued to see what happens next.
Bones (S3) - I absolutly loved the Gormagon story arc. The best that I've seen in a Crime show.
CSI:NY (S1) - A brilliant first season! I love most of the characters, but Mac makes the show.
CSI:NY (S2) - The best series of the show that I've seen (I'm now half way through S4).
Doctor Who (S6) - I thought the second half of the series was stronger than the first. Favourite episodes: The Doctor's Wife, The Girl Who Waited and Closing Time.
Fresh Meat (S1) - Its nice to see such a brilliantly funny UK comedy aimed at my age. Even better than The Inbetweeners IMO
Merlin (S4) - The best series so far. I think that show found it feet in series 3, and just keeps getting better.
True Blood (S1) - My favourite of the 3 seasons, but the the first book was my favourite as well. I like how they've only loosley followed the books, and changed things so that it works better for TV.
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| Camelot | CSI:NY (S3) | Bones (S2 & 6) | Happy Endings (S1) | Misfits (S3) | Outnumbered (S4) | Secret Diary of a Call Girl (S4) | The Big Bang Theory (S4) | The Fades (S1) | True Blood (S2 & 3) |
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| Bones (S4 & 5) | Glee (S2) | Grey's Anatomy (S4 & 5) | Perfect Couples (S1) | Private Practice (S1) | Silent Witness (S14) | Spooks (S10) | The Body Farm (S1) | Torchwood: Miracle Day |
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| The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff |
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Currently Watching:
The Big Bang Theory (S5)
How I Met Your Mother (S7)
CSI:NY (S4)
Pan Am (S1)
Charlie's Angels (S1)
Happy Endings (S2)
Great Expectations
New Girl