Following reviews of 2011, 2010, and 2009… here is the summary of my blog posts this year… please note this is only to help me remember things I really don’t know why anyone else would be interested:
GIGS, EVENTS & THEATER…
MOVIES (cinema)
- Jan: The Artist
- Feb: Casablanca
- June: The Angels’ Share
- June: A Royal Affair
- August: Brave
- November: Skyfall
- December: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Movies (home, but for some reason significant)
- Jan: The Adjustment Bureau
- May: Hugo
- July: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
RESTAURANTS, blogged about (I don’t blog about every restaurant anymore)…
- March: The Ivy Bar
- May: Browns
- Nov: The Ivy Bar (now known as Distill)
BOOKS read this year….
- Jan: Mark Kermode “The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex”
- Feb: Jack Higgins “The Valhalla Exchange”
- Feb: Simon Kernick “The Murder Exchange”
- March: Rachel Abbott “Only the Innocent”
- April: Suzanne Collins “The Hunger Games”
- June: Tom Rob Smith “Child 44″
- July: Suzanne Collins “Catching Fire”
- July: Dan Brown “The Lost Symbol”
- August: Richard Foss “Rum A Global History”
- September: David Baldacci “Zero Day”
- September: Terry Pratchett “Snuff”
- October: David Baldacci “The Innocent”
- October: Suzanne Collins “Mockingjay”
- November: Lee Child “A Wanted Man”
- December: Stuart Woods “Loitering with Intent”
- December: Stuart Woods “Strategic Movies”
Holidays…
- April: Blair Atholl
- July: CLANkidz
- September: Lagos, Portugal
- October: Rochester trip for Mark’s wedding, (it was a short trip but still a bit of a holiday)
Other Highlights:
- July: we discovered we were going to have a baby – announced after the first scan in September.
Running Totals:
- 2009 – 23 books – 6 Movies – 4 gigs
- 2010 – 33 books – 13 Movies – 10 gigs – 6 restaurants – 4 holidays
- 2011 – 18 books – 2 Movies – 3 gigs – 1 restaurants – 3 holidays
- 2012 – 16 books – 7 Movies – 3 gigs – 3 restaurants – 4 holidays