[Village Whisper]

Since I said that I'd do an update in June, I think I'll do it now. It's around half a year since I first started this though, and if I listed everything I'd read/watched this would be a huuuge post and no one would read it So, I'll try to keep it brief but sorry in advance if it gets too long!

Books

I've currently read 21 books this year, and my target is 50 (one book behind at the moment). I won't go through them all. The only one I re-read was The Bell Jar, which was far better the first time around. Another disappointing one was The English Patient...I had hardly any idea what was going on through the whole book and I just found it incredibly hard to read. I really did not like that book.

I feel I should mention Fight Club, since I based my whole art project around it after finding the psychological side of it very interesting. I didn't love the violence, but ultimately that wasn't the point of the book so I gave it four stars. I gave Invisible Monsters five at the time, but I can't quite remember why. I obviously liked it though; someone said that the first Chuck Palahniuk book you read will be your favourite, so maybe that's the reason?

I read To Kill A Mockingbird for the first time, which I really liked. I'm glad I didn't read as a set book at school, because I can see how it could be ruined by over-analysing etc.

Lastly, some of you may have noticed that I've been reading a lot of Charlaine Harris, who wrote the books on which True Blood is based (The Southern Vampire Mysteries). I have been reading those books since I was about 14 (I realise now how inappropriate that was, but oh well ), and have bought every one since. Anyway, she has three other series, two of which I have been reading this year: the Lily Bard (Shakespeare) series, and the Aurora Teagarden series. In my opinion, Charlaine Harris can do no wrong. I must own about 30 of her books, which is nearly all of them. I admit I am a bit obsessed! So, for me, the highlight of my reading year so far has been all of these books because when I'm reading them, I honestly don't want them to end. I feel guilty when I've finished one, because it's one less I have left to read unless she writes a whole load more!

Films

I have watched 35 films this year, apparently. A few of them I've seen before, but my dad got a LoveFilm subscription so we've been watching a lot of new ones too.

A few I didn't like were: The House Bunny (what a waste of my time!), Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy (I wanted to like this, but I really didn't get it), The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (again, didn't really get it) and Dark Star (I haaated this!).

Some I liked: Up (I love Kevin ), True Grit (I liked how it was all southern), The Exorcism of Emily Rose (the fact that it's based on a true story is interesting, and I like these stories about possession etc. anyway, even if I don't necessarily believe them...also, scary!), Faster (I thought some bits were really good/clever), Fight Club (good adaptation of the book) and Insidious (that demon is horrible! Pretty scary).

TV

I pretty much always watch the same programmes every year, as the new series start. Sooo, these would be One Tree Hill (I thought the ending was pretty good, but it's sad that it's finished!), Desperate Housewives (same as One Tree Hill, really), 90210 (it's not as good as it used to be, but I'll keep watching anyway because I still love it), Glee (not my favourite, but I still watch it) and Pretty Little Liars (just started its third series, and I'm seriously addicted. I love it!). True Blood hasn't started again yet, but I'll be watching when it does.

Also, Sherlock was really good this year but it's a bit annoying that it won't be back 'til 2014 or something.

I watched the whole of Alcatraz in about two days I think, and I'm really annoyed it got cancelled! As it is, it's been left pretty unfinished. They must have expected to make a second series, surely?

Lastly, I've been rewatching all the Numb3rs series when I don't have anything better to do (and sometimes when I do...). Not many people seem to have seen it before, which is a shame because it's really good. Some episodes are better than others, but still. It's like, super-intelligent crime-solving using maths equations, if anyone's interested

[Emmie3303]

(Original post by Phalanges)
Just you wait until you see the season finale. When you realise that all the new information they introduce is never going to be explained, it will make you very angry. I don't think I've felt this annoyed at a lack of resolution due to cancellation since Dirty Sexy Money, although I was a lot more invested in that show - it still pisses me off that it just ground to a halt.

My friend said the same thing! She said it's fantastic but I'll want to tear my hair out . My Dad has decided not to watch it at all to avoid that feeling. I know what you mean. Flashforward ended really quickly and they were supposed to be doing a wrap up episode. That never happened as far as I know .

[SirMasterKey]

A long while since my last update:

Music
7894 plays. 1124 different artists.

Top plays over the last month have been Out of the Blue, John Powell and Murray Gold.

TV
Watched quite a bit since coming back home, seen the whole of the second series of Rome and it was much much better than the first series in my opinion. Also watched some Spooks from the beginning and then an odd episode of this and that like Futurama and the Simpsons.


Movies
One Day and In Time. Both were alright films in the end. Also watched Austin Powers, Megamind, the Accidental Husband, We'll Take Manhatten. Enjoyed all of them. I forget how good movies are.

Books
Started reading a few books lately, a selection of Grimm's fairy tales, War of the Worlds and some Sherlock Holmes.

[SirMasterKey]

Another long awaited update:

Books
Still pretty poor, finished War of the Worlds and hope to have read Great Gatsby in the coming days.

Films

A couple, Despicable Me which I love, then also War of the Worlds (latest one with Tom Cruise) which I'm not too sure on. Here is what I said in the film fanatics thread:

(Original post by SirMasterKey)
War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise. I'm not too sure what I think. Parts were alright considering I finished the book of it last night and other parts were sheer what the fudge? For example, makes more sense that the Martians attack all the Earth rather than just England and specifically around London. However the sentiment at the end with Cruise's boy somehow surviving the running into the middle of the battle between the army and the Martians...typical hollywood.

I hated as well how they placed effectively three characters into one. Ogilvy, he's meant to be an astronomer but in this he acts as the curate who goes with the narrator and is captured by the Martians after being buried in a house for over a week. However he also became the artilleryman with some of his lines and his digging towards the sewers. I would also have preferred it if the cylinders actually landed in the movie rather than the Martians zapping themselves down to them. It never really explained why the cylinders were there before although one assumes it was the Martians inside died like the Martians in the film.

Overall I'd give it a 5/10. Room for improvement but was rather enjoyable on its own.


I should stop watching movies where I have read the book first

Also seen The Dark Knight Rises, twas good and I didn't predict the ending at all. Finally a film called Blind Dating which was alright.

Music
Not been listening to it too much as been away from laptop, however up to around 8500 plays now.

TV
Simple really: Olympics, Olympics, Olympics.

Other than that I have been watching the usual things here and there, some Doctor Who, Futurama, Family Guy, CSI.

Also got hooked onto Spooks. Seen the first series and now 3 episodes into the second series. It really is enjoyable. Definitely going to try and finish the second series before I move abroad on Tuesday.

[skipp]

Wow I'm really bad at updating!

Just updated all my books, surprised at how many I've got through in the past few months considering how busy I've been, there are so many more I want to get though though, the sooner the better!

I've definitely gone on a Terry Pratchett spree; acurrently loving naything with the Night Watch in, but think I'm going to move on to Master and Commander next

Trying to remember my username and password for all the other sites...then I need to actually remember what I've watched!

[SirMasterKey]

(Original post by skipp)
Wow I'm really bad at updating!

Just updated all my books, surprised at how many I've got through in the past few months considering how busy I've been, there are so many more I want to get though though, the sooner the better!

I've definitely gone on a Terry Pratchett spree; acurrently loving naything with the Night Watch in, but think I'm going to move on to Master and Commander next

Trying to remember my username and password for all the other sites...then I need to actually remember what I've watched!

I wsa beginning to think I'd be the only one to update on here again. Sad times it would have been spamming.

[Emmie3303]

(Original post by SirMasterKey)
I wsa beginning to think I'd be the only one to update on here again. Sad times it would have been spamming.

I'm still hovering and considering doing a massive update when I get time .

[Phalanges]

(Original post by SirMasterKey)
I wsa beginning to think I'd be the only one to update on here again. Sad times it would have been spamming.

I feel bad for not updating in a long time! I've had a severe lack of internet over the last couple of months, I'll have to do a big update over the next couple of days. Well done for keeping the thread going though!

[SirMasterKey]

(Original post by Phalanges)
I feel bad for not updating in a long time! I've had a severe lack of internet over the last couple of months, I'll have to do a big update over the next couple of days. Well done for keeping the thread going though!

I've not been as good as I could have been to be honest.

[Emmie3303]

Time for a monster update .

Music

I've finally realised what scrobbling is so my plays have shot up a little bit. I'm now at 2022 plays, which is still not an entirely accurate representation of how much I've been listening to. Linkin Park and Muse are my top bands at the moment mainly due to the fact that I've been listening to Living Things on repeat for ages now and I couldn't stop playing Map of the Problematique after the Opening Ceremony!

Books

I've been reading rather a lot. Since the last update I've read:

Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Belinda Goes to Bath by M.C. Beaton
The Eagle by Rosemary Sutcliff
This Is Not The End of the Book by Jean Claude-Carriere and Umberto Eco
Dragon Slippers Trilogy by Jessica Day George
Very Good, Jeeves by P.G Wodehouse
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett
London's Strangest Tales by Tom Quinn
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy
Penelope Goes to Portsmouth by M.C. Beaton
Hamlet
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

I'm currently reading:
Marco Polo Travels
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James

I'll put my thoughts into separate spoilers within this spoiler in case you want to see what I thought of this lot . There are no actual spoilers for the books in here unless I say so after the title.

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Monsters of Men

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This is the last in the Chaos Walking trilogy. It's a very good read and the horrors of war are portrayed really well. I was very impressed overall and I only had a few small gripes with it.

Clockwork Angel

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I read this on the recommendation of an online friend and I'm glad I did. Some moments of bad writing aside it is a very gripping book and the world Cassie Clare has created is quite wonderful at times. The characters are engaging enough. I'll definitely be reading the sequel.

Belinda Goes to Bath and Penelope Goes to Portsmouth

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These are the second and third books in the Travelling Matchmaker series that I started a while ago. They're very fun books to read. Perfect regency fluff with enough substance to make them worth reading.

The Eagle

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I really loved this book. The style, the characters, the pacing were all great. Some of the passages were just beautiful. I'd recommend this to anyone even if they don't like historical fiction. It's well worth reading.

This Is Not the End of the Book

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I bought this book a few years ago at the Hay Festival after listening to Jean Claude Carriere speak. He came across as a very funny and perceptive man. The book is just as brilliant. It is in the form of a conversation between an interviewer and his interviewees: Jean Claude Carriere and Umberto Eco. The main aim of the book is to discuss the impact of the e-book on physical books but they delve into all sorts of issues and cover the history of books, media in general and society. It's a great read.

The Dragon Slippers Trilogy

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I thought this series was YA when I bought it as the protagonist is about 17. It is actually a children's series but I still enjoyed reading it. The first book was good but I didn't like the second and third as much.

Very Good, Jeeves

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I'm going to take Stephen Fry's advice and just say that there is no point in analysing Wodehouse. He's too witty and brilliant for that.

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

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I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I really enjoyed the story and the style. I felt like the book was very readable yet it was still very rich. The heroine was brilliantly strong and I loved the parts narrated by her.

The Hunger Games Trilogy MAJOR SPOILERS HERE

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I LOVED the first book. I found it very gripping despite knowing what was going to happen, having seen the film. I wasn't a fan of Katniss herself. The second book was good. It was a little repetitive but the clock idea and the fact that she didn't labour the build up part again made the story unique enough to be enjoyable. The third book was just...

1) Why did she kill Prim?! What was the point in Katniss volunteering if Prim was just going to get blown up anyway.
2) Finnick didn't even get a proper death.
3) Characters were dropping left right and centre just for the sake of it.
4) Katniss blacked out just when things were getting interesting.
5) Peeta was just gone. It was all to convenient. He was a problem because Collins would have had to deal with the love triangle more directly if he was the same old Peeta. I hated the decision to rob him of his memories and feelings.
6) Why did Katniss say she wanted the Hunger Games to continue with Capitol children?!
7) It just felt like she gave up and couldn't be bothered to write the climax of the book.

ARGHHHHHHH

Okay. I think I'm calm now. On we go...

Lords and Ladies

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Oh I loved this. The witches are some of my favourite Pratchett characters so I really enjoyed this. It's a kind of parody of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Brilliant.

London's Strangest Tales

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Pretty interesting reading although it's more of a tourist guide than anything else. It definitely provided a few laughs and made me want to visit London!

North and South

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I quite liked this. I preferred the minor characters to the major ones and found the heroine a little annoying. I really liked Mr Thornton's character. Some of the manufacturing parts were a bit dull but overall the story was great. I loved Frederick and Mr Bell.

Little Women

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I did enjoy reading this but it wasn't completely to my taste. It was a little bit to preachy and I felt that the lessons were learned far too easily. I loved Jo's character. Elements of her reminded me of myself. I felt that the other girls were sketched a little too thinly.

The Night Circus

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This is one of those books that you're either going to love and cherish or you're going to find it boring. I loved it. It was so full of life and she described sounds, sights, smells and tastes so well. The circus itself is a fantastic creation. Again, I preferred the minor characters and I felt more for Bailey than I did for Marco or Celia. Very interesting book.

Under the Greenwood Tree

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This was surprisingly amusing for a Hardy novel. I'm so used to being simultaneously amazed by Hardy's skill and his ability to depress me that this came as quite a surprise. It didn't grip my heart in any sort of way but I did enjoy reading it. I didn't like the heroine as she was very naive and a little bit cruel sometimes.

Hamlet

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I read this after going to see an open air performance at Windermere. The Globe take 3 or 4 plays on tour every year and we try to go when they come near us. In 2007 I saw Romeo and Juliet (Richard Madden was playing Romeo!) and last year we went to see As You like It. They're always wonderful performances.

Harry Potter

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Just...Harry Potter.

Films

Since the last update I've watched a lot of random films and I've been on a bit of a Marvel kick. I've seen...


For the first time...
Cherrybomb
A Lonely Place to Die
Thor
Rat Race
Toy Story 3
This Means War
A Shine of Rainbows
Spring 1941
The Change-Up
Soul Surfer
Serenity
33 Postcards
That's What I Am
Iron Man
Puss In Boots
The Art of Getting By
Captain America: The First Avenger
Iron Man 2

Re-watched...
Bridesmaids
Gladiator
X-Men: First Class
The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants
The School of Rock
Jumper
Jane Eyre
Never Let Me Go
The Incredible Hulk

MARVEL

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Okay so the main reason for my Marvel kick is because of Thor and this man right here.

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After seeing Thor I desperately wanted to see the Avengers but it had already been and gone at the cinema by the time I realised I wanted to see it. So I've pre-ordered the DVD and it will be coming in a week or so. In the mean time I've been watching all the build up films. Iron Man is of course a franchise in itself but the smaller films like Captain America are more like prequels. I loved both Iron Man films. RDJ is so brilliant as Tony Stark. I love the Pepper Pots/Tony Stark exchanges. Captain America was entertaining enough. I've seen the Incredible Hulk half a dozen times before and I know Mark Ruffalo has taken over as Hulk now. I liked Ed Norton but I think Mark Ruffalo will bring a bit more humour to the role.

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I re-watched X-men: First Class a few weeks ago because I loved it the first time round and I've long been a fan of James McAvoy. I'm starting to like Michael Fassbender as an actor a lot too. He was fantastic in Jane Eyre. I saw that in the cinema and I bought the DVD recently. It's a great adaptation.

OTHER RE-WATCHES

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Bridesmaids made me laugh so much when I saw it with my friends in the cinema so I re-watched it with my mam. Aside from a few silly scenes the film really is quite hilarious. Chris O'Dowd is great. I love Gladiator. It's so beautifully filmed and the score is fantastic. I'm not so sure about Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants is a film I watch when I'm on a nostalgia kick. My friends and I used to love it. School of Rock. Need I say anything else? I've always liked Jumper despite what the critics and lots of people say about it. It's entertaining enough and Jamie Bell is great. I don't know why I felt compelled to re-watch Never Let Me Go. It's such a depressing yet gripping film. I suppose I was curious to revisit the performances of the three leads.

FIRST TIME FILMS

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Cherrybomb was okay. I liked seeing Rupert Grint out of Hogwarts. A Lonely Place to Die was actually not that bad. I was interested to see if Ed Speelers could act better than when he played Eragon. He was a little better. I watched Rat Race and Toy Story 3 with my friends. I've never really been that attached to Toy Story but I still found it fun to watch. Rat Race was funny enough. Rowan Atkinson provided lots of laughs but some of it was stupid. I must say the cow hot air balloon scene was equally ludicrous and entertaining . I've long had a soft spot for Chris Pine so I really only watched This Means War to see his performance. It was very entertaining and there were some really funny moments. Tom Hardy and Chris Pine played well off eachother.

A Shine of Rainbows was quite sweet but it was a bit airy-fairy. Young Joffrey (Jack Gleeson) was in it and he was very good. Spring 1941 was actually pretty good. Joseph Fiennes played a man fleeing from the Nazis in Poland (if I remember rightly) with his family. The present day parts were weak to say the least but the 1941 parts were quite engaging. The Change-Up was predictable and not that good to be honest. Soul Surfer is one of those films that I get halfway through and wonder why I'm actually watching it. It was nothing special.

I watched Serenity because I've recently watched Firefly, the TV show that Serenity came from. I'll talk about them below in the TV section. 33 Postcards was interesting. Guy Pearce plays a man who has been sponsoring a Chinese orphan from afar and when they meet things get a bit complicated. That's What I Am is a coming of age story about individuality and bullying. It was quite good. I indulged in Puss In Boots. It was pretty hilarious in places and bordering on ridiculous and crazy in others. It is a great addition to the Shrek universe. As much as I admire Freddie Highmore as an actor I can't say I was very impressed with The Art of Getting By. It was all a bit too forced and the writing wasn't that great.

TV

I'll fill this in tomorrow but at the moment I'm re-watching series 1 of Roswell and I've been right back through every Downton Abbey episode in preparation for the new series in a few weeks. I've also watched Firefly , which I absolutley loved. I'm really sad it was cancelled so early on. Also, if you haven't watched A Touch of Cloth then you really need to go and watch it. It's completely insane.

I think that's me done for now...



Well done if you survived this far. Have a cookie .

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[SirMasterKey]

Update time.

Books
No further developments for the fiction works. Doubt that I reach my target for the year but who knows maybe I'll go on a massive reading spree.

Films
No more since my last update.

TV
Quite a bit actually, I've been watching some with two housemates almost every night for a while.

We've gone through some:

Scrubs, Blackadder Goes Forth, South Park, Family Guy, and now we've settled down watching How I Met Your Mother. Currently on the 2nd series after one of them on a trip to see their boyfriend watched the rest of series 1.

Music
I've now gone past 10k mark for music tracks. Now on 10,764 plays. Top artists of the last month: Ben Woods, Howard Shore and John Powell.

Top tracks of the last month: top 11 from Ben Woods.

[Emmie3303]

So how did everyone get on?

[SirMasterKey]

(Original post by Emmie3303)
So how did everyone get on?

Going to do a big update in the next day or so.

[Emmie3303]

(Original post by SirMasterKey)
Going to do a big update in the next day or so.

Me too . Hope you had a nice Christmas/New Year!

[SirMasterKey]

(Original post by Emmie3303)
Me too . Hope you had a nice Christmas/New Year!

Aye it was quite good. Yours?


And time for the big review!


Books

A disappointment. I had aimed for what I thought would be a modest 32 books. I didn't manage 10 complete books. Finished 7 and mid way in 3. I guess I just don't make as much time for reading as I would like to.

Books read:

The Hobbit
War of the Worlds
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
The Great Gatsby
The Hound of Baskervilles
The Raven [if that can even be counted as a book]
Babylon Revisited and other stories

Books still to finish:
The Historian
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories
Grimms Fairy Tales

You might notice that three of these are short story collections which I prefer as I can read one and then just another. The Historian I simply lost my place within the book as my bookmark vanished and I had moved abroad and left it behind.

Music
My total scrobbles on last.fm was 13,106 tracks.

This included listening to 1,202 different artists.

The most popular artists:

1) Howard Shore 1006 plays
2) (Oxford) Out of the Blue 596 plays
3) Frank Sinatra 565 plays
4) Murray Gold 539 plays
5) John Powell 537 plays
6) The Corrs 417 plays
7) Ludovico Einaudi 401 plays
8) Take That 394 plays
9) Claude-Michel Schönberg 322 plays
10) BBC National Orchestra of Wales 301 plays

The top ten tracks:

1) Howard Shore – Amon Hen (35)
2) Howard Shore – The Treason of Isengard (34)
2) Howard Shore – Concerning Hobbits (34)
2) Howard Shore – The Bridge of Khazad-Dûm (34)
5) Howard Shore – A Knife in the Dark (32)
5) Howard Shore – The Breaking of the Fellowship (32)
5) Howard Shore – The Prophecy (32)
8) Howard Shore – Lothlórien (31)
8) Out of the Blue – Don't You Want Me (31)
10) Howard Shore – The Hornburg (30)

I am actually surprised by a couple in there considering some of my least favourite Howard Shore LOTR tracks are in there but oh well. The list isn't too surprising when you consider that Howard Shore has racked up a massive 1006 plays in the year. Almost all of which was his LOTR.


Movies

43 films watched. It would have been nice to see at least 52 and so averaged at least one a week which I might make my goal for this year!

Anyway the films will be in the spoiler, in no particular order!

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The Lion King
The Lion King 2
Skyfall
Merry Madagascar
Sint
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Detachment
Puss in Boots
Moulin Rouge
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
Scary Movie
War of the Worlds
Johnny English
Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
Blind Dating
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight Rises
Despicable Me
Bert and Dickie
Fight Club
Doctor Who
One Day
In Time
We'll Take Manhattan
The Accidental Husband
Austin Powers
Megamind
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Third Star
The Usual Suspects
Munich
Quantum of Solace
Star Trek: First Contact
The King's Speech
Gnomeo and Juliet
The Borrowers
Spy Hard
Hero
Robin Hood (Disney)
Ratatouille
Black Sheep
Wall-E

Thinking about it now I can't remember if I saw the revamped Star Trek in the last year or in December 2011. I won't count it therefore and so is not in the above list.

TV

followmy.tv has me at having wasted 15 days 20 hours and 35 minutes.

I watched quite a few shows but most notably would be Big Bang Theory (2 days, 2 hours and 30 minutes), How I Met Your Mother (1 day, 10 hours), Star Trek TOS (1 day 10 hours) and Scrubs (1 day 17 hours).

One thing of note is that one show is down for almost twice as long as it should be however I do not mind this. For example I was not able to add Match of the Day properly nor all the time I was watching sports so that figure will actually be much much higher considering all of the football and cricket I have watched throughout the year. Would add several days onto it I imagine. Also got to factor in repeats. Then of course I was clued to the Olympics and would have racked up a couple of days there at least as well. Overall my figure could easily be more towards a month in front of the TV.


Games
I never really did this but I'll do it anyway.

Played Rome Total War, Fifa 11 and a couple of other old retro Playstation games likes Crash Bandicoot 2+3. I have played several small online games though. But too many to count and list.

[SirMasterKey]

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How did everyone do then, assuming you kept it up!

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How did everyone do then, assuming you kept it up!

Managed to watch 78 films across the year, thats all I kept track of

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I managed to reach my goal of 25 books. I currently have a stash of books that I really need to read - it is just so easy to walk into a charity shop and buy a book for 60p. I have 13 books from Christmas/my birthday/charity shops that I hope I manage to get through by summer time. Best book of the year probably The Rose Petal Beach by Dorothy Koomson, my favourite author so no surprise there! Worst book I read would probably have to be the Fatherland by Robert Harris, I just found it such a drag and I was quite disappointed, as my sister loved it so I thought it would be a good read.

Music wise, I feel I have listened to more musicians than previously, include Bear's Den, Of Monster and Men, Jake Bugg, Birdy, Lana Del Rey, Bombay Bicycle Club, the Maccabees, Oh Land, Ben Howard, Arcade Fire, Kimbra and Gotye. My favourite album of that I heard for the first time this year would have to be Babel my Mumford and Sons, and the best track from that album Hopeless Wanderer. Another great album would have to The Suburbs by Arcade Fire. I came across them on youtube and heard the single the suburbs and fell in love with that song.

My top 3 tracks of the year according to last.fm are:
1. Blur - Fool's Day
2. Johnny Flynn - The Water
3. Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know

My top 3 artists of the year according to last.fm are:
1. Blur
2. Mumford and Sons
3. Laura Marling

I must say I am surprised with Laura Marling, I had not realised I listened to her so much! While Laura Marling, I would have to say her album is the one I am looking forward to the most this year.

I recently got some new artists, so hopefully I will continuing listening to more people. Musicians I got include the Pierces, Radiohead, The Vaccines, Fun, Arctic Monkeys, Bruno Mars, Lianna La Havas, the Lumineers, Paloma Faith and Radiohead. Hope everyone had a great 2012 and has an even better 2013!

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The only thing I ended up keeping track of was films I saw at the cinema, 17 in total.

The list for anyone that cares!

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The Artist
Albert Nobbs
Brave
Carnage
Dark Shadows
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hunger Games
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Iron Lady
Liberal Arts
Moonrise Kingdom
Prometheus
Pitch Perfect
Red Lights
Skyfall
Titanic 3D
Ted

EDIT: Forgot about my last.fm account...

Top 3 Artists in the last 12 months:
1. Alicia Keys
2. Gipsy Kings
3. Selena (not Gomez, Selena Quintanilla!)

Top 3 Tracks in the last 12 months:
1. Selena - Como La Flor
2. Loreen - Euphoria
3. James Blake - A Case Of You