Year in Review 2007

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I didn't realize until I did this thing how little I actually posted this year. In July, my first and only post was on July 26th. That was the worst month.

Coming Up: Books I Read in 2007, and Movies I Watched in 2007.

Hope everyone has a wonderful New Year's Eve!

Books I Read in 2007

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Totals
Fiction - 27
Non-Fiction - 8
Young Adult - 29
Overall Total = 64

Canadian Authors - 13 and a half (a book with two authors where one is Canadian)
Female Authors - 46
(This time I am not including YA in fiction/non-fiction counts)

Favourites
Fiction:
The Good Fairies of New York - Martin Millar
Punk rock fairies? Hell yeah! Very entertaining.
The Gum Thief - Douglas Coupland
An interesting look at the relationship between a teenager and her co-worker, who turns out to have gone to highschool with her mother.
The Line Painter - Claire Cameron
And I'm not just listing it because I won a copy. It really was interesting. A woman's partner dies, and she heads on a road trip up north, where her car breaks down. Creepiness and weirdness ensues.
The Scott Pilgrim graphic novels, 1-3 - Bryan Lee O'Malley
Fun story, and it's neat recognizing places in the story, since they take place in Toronto. I really need to get #4.

Non-Fiction:
Television Without Pity: 752 Things We Love to Hate (and Hate to Love) About Television - Tara Ariano & Sarah Bunting
I love trivia, especially pop culture trivia, and this book offers way more than I'd ever need to know about television
On a Cold Road - Dave Bidini
A re-read, but I love it. Recounts touring adventures of Canadian bands.

Young Adult:
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - Rachel Cohn & David Leviathan
So good. She wrote Norah's POV, he wrote Nick's. I really enjoyed it (which is why I read it more than once).
Mosh Pit - Kristyn Dunnion
I love YA books about punk stuff, apparently. Plus, it's Canadian!

Apparently I read fewer books this year than last year (I read 78 in 2006). I hope to read more this year. And I hope to read more Fiction than YA next year (even if YA is totally one of my guilty pleasures).