The best of 2011

Best books (that I've read this year)

1. The Remains Of The Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

2. North And South by Elizabeth Gaskell

3. Adventures In Two Worlds by A.J. Cronin

4. The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne

5. Enduring Love by Ian McEwan

6. The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster

7. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin

8. Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje

9. Paradoxical Undressing by Kristin Hersh

10. The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest by Stieg Larsson

Best albums (that I bought in 2011).

In alphabetical order.

A Thousand Years Of Popular Music by Richard Thompson

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Debut by Bjork

Everything All The Time by Band Of Horses

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

God Willing & The Creek Don't Rise by Ray Lamontagne

Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes

Limbo by Throwing Muses

Passenger by Lisa Hannigan

Philharmonics by Agnes Obel

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

University by Throwing Muses

Best films of 2011 (that I saw. Due to ill health I missed quite a few films that looked great, like Drive, Midnight After Paris, etc. They will be on my dvd list of 2012.)

1. The King's Speech

2. True Grit

3. The Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes

4. Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy

5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (US version)

6. The Fighter

7. Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows

8. 127 Hours

9. Source Code

10. Limitless

Best DVD's (that I watched in 2011)

1. Amadeus

2. Of Gods And Men

3. The Secrets In Their Eyes

4. North And South (2003 tv version)

5. Away We Go

6. The Remains Of The Day

7. 21 Grams

8. The Orphanage

9. Harry Brown

10. Adam

Babes of 2011 (my favorite part of the list)

1. Lucy Liu

2. Amanda Seyfried

3. Norah Jones

4. Nia Long

5. Camilla Belle

6. Cobie Smulders (Robin from How I Met Your Mother)

7. Freida Pinto

8. Zoe Saldana

9. Monica Bellucci

10. Anna Friel