Goodbye 2010

So not too long ago we had a lesson in Young Women on journal keeping. I am a rotten journal keeper--seriously rotten. And while I could have/should have probably made some sort of commitment about doing better, I, instead, decided it was perhaps time to consolidate the 6 started-but-never-finished journals into 1 or 2 (it turned out to be 1 and 1/2--how sad am I?). And so for about a month I diligently copied my thoughts (even the thoroughly embarrassing ones), and consolidated, and really had quite a lot of fun. In doing so, I was reminded how I used to take some time at the end of the year and write down my favorite things (books, movies, music--the New Kids on the Block played an embarrassingly heavy role in my teen life) and I thought maybe I should try my hand at it again this year.

So here goes, my favorites of 2010 (not necessarily published/aired/or whatever in 2010 but just what was enjoyed by me in 2010):

Books (I figured I must start here since books are my favorite):

Adult Fiction:

1. The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3) by Brandon Sanderson (Fantasy)

2. Death with Interruptions by Jose Saramago

3. Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese

4. Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Adult Non Fiction:

1. Make Gentle the Life of This World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy

2. Bonds of Affection: Civic Charity and the Making of America by Matthew S. Holland

3. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

4. A Short Guide to a Happy Life by Anna Quindlen

Young Adult Fiction:

1. The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had by Kristin Levine

2. The Brooklyn Nine by Alan M. Gratz

3. Shakespeare Bats Cleanup by Ron Koertge

4. Flygirl by Sherrie L. Smith

Junior Fiction:

1. Countdown by Deborah Wiles

2. Behemoth (Leviathan, #2) by Scott Westerfeld (Alternate History, Science Fiction)

3. One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

4. Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine

Picture Books:

1. Bink & Gollie by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee

2. A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip Christian Stead

3. City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems

4. Mirror Mirror by Marilyn Singer

TV Shows:

1. Doctor Who (love the new Doctor--but miss the old one as well)

2. Law & Order UK (we get BBC America on demand and that explains nos. 1 & 2)

3. Blue Bloods (love the family relationships--plus I love me a cop/crime drama)

4. MI:5

Movies (of which I didn't watch many):

1. The Young Victoria

2. Les Miserables-The 25th Anniversary Concert

3. How to Train Your Dragon

4. Ramona and Beezus

Music Artists

1. Pink Martini

2. Adele

3. Dean Martin

4. U2 (a constant)