Sunday, January 02, 2011

Vacation

Books read: 
The Sea of Monsters- Rick Riordan
Death of A Valentine- M.C. Beaton
The Double Comfort Safari Club- Alexander McCall Smith
Merry, Merry Ghost- Carolyn Hart
Bright Hair About the Bone- Beverly Cleverly
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew- Margaret Sidney

DVDs watched:
Wallander Season 1
MacLeod's Daughters  S1 D1-2
24 S1 D1-2
Wycliffe S1 D1-2
Hamish MacBeth S2 D2
Big Love S3 D4 (or was it 5?)
Amexicano

Crafting:
14? inches of crochet afghan for Afghan for Afghans
1 hand towel
3 dishcloths, 2 more in progress
1.3 mitts

Museums visited:
Lacis
Legion of Honor
De Young
California Academy of Sciences
Oakland Museum of California

Other experiences:
dinner and AVE concert with CL, Christmas Eve dinner @ LJ's, narrowly escaping jury duty, knitting at EV's, New Year's Eve dinner and crafting with CA

Saturday, January 01, 2011

The Year in Books

Total Read: 60
Mystery: 30
Fiction: 5
Juvenile: 5
graphic novel: 2
Memoir/Biography: 4
Art: 4
Food: 4
Other Non-fiction: 7
Bests:
The First Paul- Marcus Borg & John Crossan
The Black Echo- Michael Connely
Young, Gifted, and Black- 
Whatever It Takes- Paul Tough
Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun- Geoffrey Canada
Strength in What Remains- Tracy Kidder
To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee
Tomato Red- Daniel Woodrell