2008 in a nutshell

Dec 31, 2008 13:30

i am: getting used to a new keyboard
listening to: the wind howling
drinking: british blend tea

in keeping with tradition:


subject line from the first entry of each month:

january: we'll see how long i remember to do this ;)
february: one bizarre hymn
march: looking up from my work
april: snippets: series 3
may: geekgasm, indeed
june: so how shall i presume?
july: sometimes it just turns out that way
august: only robinson crusoe had everything done by friday
september: watchings
october: listing: part two, or possibly twenty
november: past/present
december: twisted


fiction read:

Fool's Errand Robin Hobb
Golden Fool Robin Hobb
Fool's Fate Robin Hobb
The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde
Ella Minnow Pea Mark Dunn
The Last Kingdom Bernard Cornwell
The Pale Horseman Bernard Cornwell
The Lords of the North Bernard Cornwell
Doomsday Book Connie Willis
A Dirty Job Christopher Moore
Fluke Christopher Moore
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
Coyote Blue Christopher Moore
Girl in Hyacinth Blue Susan Vreeland
To Say Nothing of the Dog Connie Willis
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell Susanna Clarke
Mistress of the Art of Death Ariana Franklin
World Without End Ken Follett
The Green Mile Stephen King
Outlander Diana Gabaldon
Sword Song Bernard Cornwell
Voyager Diana Gabaldon
A Falcon For A Queen Catherine Gaskin
Ender's Game Orson Scott Card
Ender's Shadow Orson Scott Card
With No One As Witness Elizabeth George
Lord Foul's Bane Stephen R. Donaldson
The Name of the Rose Umberto Eco
Celestial Navigation Anne Tyler
Careless in Red Elizabeth George
Dark of the Moon John Sandford
Deja Dead Kathy Reichs
Phantom Prey John Sandford
Passage Connie Willis
Death Du Jour Kathy Reichs
Silent in the Grave Deanna Raybourn
A Sight For Sore Eyes Ruth Rendell
The Nature of Monsters Clare Clark
In The Woods Tana French
The History of Love Nicole Krauss
The Accidental Time Machine Joe Haldeman


movies i remember watching:

Apocalypto
Billy Elliot
Pride and Prejudice (BBC Mini-series)
Lost in Austen (ITV Mini-series)
Amadeus
I Am Legend
Flower Drum Song
Oliver
Camelot
The Pursuit of Happyness
Shakespeare in Love

and that's that for 2008. wishing you all a pleasant, productive and prosperous 2009.

today's reading: since updating last i finished in the woods by tana french, reread the last kingdom by bernard cornwell, started and finished the history of love by nicole krauss and the accidental time machine by joe haldeman. i'll be starting three men in a boat (to say nothing of the dog) by jerome k. jerome tonight.

annual book list

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