The Year in Review
So it's coming up on New Year's eve, so here's the media I've 'consumed' this year.
BOOKS READ
* = borrowed from friends/family
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The Further Adventures of Clancy of the Overflow - Damien White (unpublished)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
Coraline - Neil Gaiman
Fragile Things - Neil Gaiman
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J. K. Rowling
This Alien Shore - C. S. Friedman
*Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J. K. Rowling
*Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson
Singularity Sky - Charles Stross
Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
Making Money - Terry Pratchett
Heaven's Net Is Wide - Lian Hearn
Sluggly Freelance : Little Evils (Megatome 02 - Books 4-6) - Pete Abrams
Black Sun Rising - Celia Friedman
The Adventures of Dr. McNinja Volume One - Christopher Hastings and Kent Archer
Lu-Tze's Yearbook of Enlightenment 2008 - Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs and Paul Kidby
Absolute Sandmand Volume 2 - Neil Gaiman et al.
The Dangerous Book for Boys - Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden
Books purchased but not yet read:
His Dark Materials - Phillip Pullman
Glasshouse - Charles Stross
The Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson
Iron Sunrise - Charles Stross
When True Night Falls - Celia Friedman
Crown of Shadows - Celia Friedman
DVDS PURCHASED
Bubba Ho-Tep
Hogfather
Clerks II
12 Monkeys
Zoolander
Gremlins
The Abyss
Reservoir Dogs
Austin Powers : International Man of Mystery
Austin Powers : The Spy Who Shagged Me
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Babylon 5 : The Lost Tales : Voices in the Dark
Farscape S1
Farscape S2
Farscape S3
Farscape S4
Mr and Mrs Smith
Brazil
The Frighteners
CDS PURCHASED
The Unfinished Spelling Errors of Bolkein - Martin Pearson
On A Clear Night - Missy Higgins
Places Like This - Architecture in Helsinki
Kala - M.I.A.
Begin To Hope (Special Edition) - Regina Spektor
On Night - Holly Throsby
Under The Town - Holly Throsby
Lily for the Spectre - Stephanie Dosen
The Moon Looked On - Clare Bowditch
Yes Yes Vindictive - Operator Please
GIGS
Architecture in Helsinki + Yacht
Sophie Koh
Holly Throsby + Stephanie Dosen
Clare Bowdith and the Feeding Set + Via Tania
TV
The Daily Show
The Chaser's War on Everything
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
Burn Notice
Reaper
Terminator : The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Californication
Bionic Woman
Dexter
Eureka
Robot Chicken
A Bit of Fry and Laurie
Chuck
Pushing Daisies
Moonlight
The IT Crowd
Drawn Together
The 4400
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Sam and Max: Freelance Police
Newstopia
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (S4-5, DVD)
Angel (S1-2, DVD)
Farscape (S1-4, DVD)
MOVIES
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
Transformers - 9/10
Knocked Up - 7.5/10
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - 7/10
The Simpsons Movie - 7/10
Die Hard 4.0 - 8.5/10
Black Sheep - 8/10
Ratatouille - 9/10
Stardust - 10/10
Day Watch - 9/10
Waitress - 9/10
Stranger than Fiction
Beowulf (3D) - 7/10
A Dog's Breakfast
Futurama - Bender's Big Score
The Invasion
The Golden Compass - 8.5/10
I Am Legend
And that's a wrap!
BOOKS READ
* = borrowed from friends/family
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
Coraline - Neil Gaiman
Fragile Things - Neil Gaiman
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J. K. Rowling
This Alien Shore - C. S. Friedman
*Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J. K. Rowling
*Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson
Singularity Sky - Charles Stross
Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
Making Money - Terry Pratchett
Heaven's Net Is Wide - Lian Hearn
Sluggly Freelance : Little Evils (Megatome 02 - Books 4-6) - Pete Abrams
Black Sun Rising - Celia Friedman
The Adventures of Dr. McNinja Volume One - Christopher Hastings and Kent Archer
Lu-Tze's Yearbook of Enlightenment 2008 - Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs and Paul Kidby
Absolute Sandmand Volume 2 - Neil Gaiman et al.
The Dangerous Book for Boys - Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden
Books purchased but not yet read:
His Dark Materials - Phillip Pullman
Glasshouse - Charles Stross
The Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson
Iron Sunrise - Charles Stross
When True Night Falls - Celia Friedman
Crown of Shadows - Celia Friedman
DVDS PURCHASED
Bubba Ho-Tep
Hogfather
Clerks II
12 Monkeys
Zoolander
Gremlins
The Abyss
Reservoir Dogs
Austin Powers : International Man of Mystery
Austin Powers : The Spy Who Shagged Me
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Babylon 5 : The Lost Tales : Voices in the Dark
Farscape S1
Farscape S2
Farscape S3
Farscape S4
Mr and Mrs Smith
Brazil
The Frighteners
CDS PURCHASED
The Unfinished Spelling Errors of Bolkein - Martin Pearson
On A Clear Night - Missy Higgins
Places Like This - Architecture in Helsinki
Kala - M.I.A.
Begin To Hope (Special Edition) - Regina Spektor
On Night - Holly Throsby
Under The Town - Holly Throsby
Lily for the Spectre - Stephanie Dosen
The Moon Looked On - Clare Bowditch
Yes Yes Vindictive - Operator Please
GIGS
Architecture in Helsinki + Yacht
Sophie Koh
Holly Throsby + Stephanie Dosen
Clare Bowdith and the Feeding Set + Via Tania
TV
The Daily Show
The Chaser's War on Everything
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
Burn Notice
Reaper
Terminator : The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Californication
Bionic Woman
Dexter
Eureka
Robot Chicken
A Bit of Fry and Laurie
Chuck
Pushing Daisies
Moonlight
The IT Crowd
Drawn Together
The 4400
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Sam and Max: Freelance Police
Newstopia
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (S4-5, DVD)
Angel (S1-2, DVD)
Farscape (S1-4, DVD)
MOVIES
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
Transformers - 9/10
Knocked Up - 7.5/10
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - 7/10
The Simpsons Movie - 7/10
Die Hard 4.0 - 8.5/10
Black Sheep - 8/10
Ratatouille - 9/10
Stardust - 10/10
Day Watch - 9/10
Waitress - 9/10
Stranger than Fiction
Beowulf (3D) - 7/10
A Dog's Breakfast
Futurama - Bender's Big Score
The Invasion
The Golden Compass - 8.5/10
I Am Legend
And that's a wrap!