I'm giving paperoverboard a bit of a rest as I work on some other writing projects in 2012. But it will rise from the ashes as looming outrages merit.
Favorite books read 2011*
Favorite films (seen) in 2011
1. Le Havre
2. Wah Dem Do
3. Weekend
4. Another Year
6. Melancholia
7. Bridesmaids
8. The Arbor
10. Incendies
Favorite drama 2011
I saw one play. But it
would have been best of the year had I seen 100: Tony Kushner’s The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalismand Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures.
Favorite Tunes (heard and
loved) in 2011
1. The Color
of Rain/ William Brittelle
2. Dignified
Man/ Songbird Sing
3. I Never
Learnt to Share/ James Blake
4. Powa/
Tune-Yards
5. Scandal
at the Parkade/ Owen Pallett
6. Stony
& Cory/ Kid Creole & the Coconuts
7. José
Larralde-Quimey Neuquén/ Chancha via Circuito
8. Excuse me
baby/ Dizzy K. Falola
9. Voice/
Ani DiFranco
10. One Day we
will Pay/ Coati Mundi
Other writing projects?...
ReplyDeleteNice (non-amazon, substantive) linking.
I always depend on John for dispatches from the front when it comes to fine writing. Couldn't agree more with his selection of the Hollinghurst, and now I have to pick up the Cole on his recommendation. And let's give a shout-out to the recent Elizabeth Taylor reissues from The New York Review of Books, as well as Picador's new omnibus of the Patrick Melrose novels by St. Aubyn (At Last).
ReplyDeleteThere's a movement being launched called "Twelve for Twelve," urging readers to choose a book of merit to read each month. One coud do worse than to sample from John's list.