2012 favorites
Stuff I read
Favorite book of the year . . . Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
General fiction . . . Bliss by O.Z. Livaneli
Historical fiction . . . The Dark Monk by Oliver Pötzsch
Crime thriller . . . The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen (Mercy outside of North America)
New-to-me author . . . (tie) The Righteous by Michael Wallace and Exit 22 by p.m. terrell
Young adult fiction . . . The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Novella . . . Snatched by Karin Slaughter
Nonfiction . . . Why We Get Fat by Gary Taubes
Magazine . . . (tie) Runner's World and Huffington Post Magazine
Music I listened to
Band . . . Imagine Dragons
Artist . . . Pitbull*
Album . . . (tie) Night Visions by Imagine Dragons and Slipstream by Bonnie Raitt
Song . . . (tie) Some Nights by Fun; Hold On by Alabama Shakes; and Crystallize by Lindsey Stirling
Song that most of my friends have probably never heard of . . . Genesis by Grimes
Artist Discovery . . . (tie) Imagine Dragons and Lindsey Stirling
Local (North Carolina) music . . . (tie) Carolina Chocolate Drops and Trinity Seed
Song rediscovery . . . Ready To Go by Republica
Workout tune . . . We Run The Night by Havana Brown featuring Pitbull
*I listened to Pitbull more than any other artist this year because so many of his collaborations with other artists are on my workout playlist!
Things I watched
TV show . . . Homeland
New TV show . . . (tie) The Newsroom and Scandal
News/Current Events TV show . . . GPS with Fareed Zakaria (CNN)
TV movie . . . Hatfields & McCoys (miniseries)
Full-length movie . . . The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Theater Movie . . . The Hunger Games (in all fairness, this was the ONLY movie we saw in theaters this year! I wanted to see others, but we just never made it.)
Miscellaneous things I liked or enjoyed
Game . . . Words With Friends
Social Network . . . Twitter
Web site . . . My Fitness Pal
iPhone/iPad app . . . My Fitness Pal
Vacation . . . Turkey
Weekend Getaway . . . Asheville
Exercise . . . completing the couch-to-5K program!
Shopping . . . online at Duluth Trading Company and LLBean
New store . . . Whole Foods SouthPark!
Coffee . . . Starbucks Blonde Veranda beans
Favorite book of the year . . . Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
General fiction . . . Bliss by O.Z. Livaneli
Historical fiction . . . The Dark Monk by Oliver Pötzsch
Crime thriller . . . The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen (Mercy outside of North America)
New-to-me author . . . (tie) The Righteous by Michael Wallace and Exit 22 by p.m. terrell
Young adult fiction . . . The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Novella . . . Snatched by Karin Slaughter
Nonfiction . . . Why We Get Fat by Gary Taubes
Magazine . . . (tie) Runner's World and Huffington Post Magazine
Music I listened to
Band . . . Imagine Dragons
Artist . . . Pitbull*
Album . . . (tie) Night Visions by Imagine Dragons and Slipstream by Bonnie Raitt
Song . . . (tie) Some Nights by Fun; Hold On by Alabama Shakes; and Crystallize by Lindsey Stirling
Song that most of my friends have probably never heard of . . . Genesis by Grimes
Artist Discovery . . . (tie) Imagine Dragons and Lindsey Stirling
Local (North Carolina) music . . . (tie) Carolina Chocolate Drops and Trinity Seed
Song rediscovery . . . Ready To Go by Republica
Workout tune . . . We Run The Night by Havana Brown featuring Pitbull
*I listened to Pitbull more than any other artist this year because so many of his collaborations with other artists are on my workout playlist!
Things I watched
TV show . . . Homeland
New TV show . . . (tie) The Newsroom and Scandal
News/Current Events TV show . . . GPS with Fareed Zakaria (CNN)
TV movie . . . Hatfields & McCoys (miniseries)
Full-length movie . . . The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Theater Movie . . . The Hunger Games (in all fairness, this was the ONLY movie we saw in theaters this year! I wanted to see others, but we just never made it.)
Miscellaneous things I liked or enjoyed
Game . . . Words With Friends
Social Network . . . Twitter
Web site . . . My Fitness Pal
iPhone/iPad app . . . My Fitness Pal
Vacation . . . Turkey
Weekend Getaway . . . Asheville
Exercise . . . completing the couch-to-5K program!
Shopping . . . online at Duluth Trading Company and LLBean
New store . . . Whole Foods SouthPark!
Coffee . . . Starbucks Blonde Veranda beans
