January 2012 - Things I Read, Things I Watched & Things I Decided I Want to Read

I decided that instead of waiting until the end of the year to do a round-up of things I enjoyed watching/reading, I'll do one at the end of every month. So, here's January's....

Some books I read & liked - 

Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol.

The Snowman by Jo Nesbo / America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines by Gail Collins / The Night Watch by Sarah Waters / I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley

Wildwood by Colin Meloy, illustrated by Carson Ellis.

Some movies / shows I'm glad I saw - 

I watched the final season of In Treatment. The sessions with teenagers / kids are always my favorites & almost make me wish that Paul Weston solely dealt with people under the age of 25.

Midnight in Paris. Fashion/costume observation: I chose these images because I was rather obsessed with the series of shirt dresses Rachel McAdams wore. Everything she wore had a belt & I was into it.

Tailor Tinker Soldier Spy. So much to say, but I'll just bring up another fashion/costume observation: the chubby boy's blue glasses = so good.

Plus, I rewatched (among other things) - 

Burn After Reading (because I love watching Brad Pitt be so amazingly ridiculous).

Fast Times at Ridgemont High. I want to go out to eat at the kitschy German restaurant that the Rat takes Stacy to.... dining in glossy leather armchairs: the height of, um, glamour? Something.

Finally, I thought I'd list the books that I discovered over the course of the month and added to my wishlist / decided I want to read at some point.

Arcadia by Lauren Groff.

The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist.

Walt Disney's Donald Duck: "Lost in the Andes" by Carl Barks.

Almost Silent by Jason / Flatscreen by Adam Wilson / The Fallback Plan by Leigh Stein

Hope: A Tragedy by Shalom Auslander.

Marshmallow Madness by Shauna Sever, photos by Leigh Beisch.

No Bears by Meg McKinlay, illustrated by Leila Rudge.

Outside Your Window: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Mark Hearld / Oh No, George! by Chris Haughton / Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen

Twentieth-Century Fashion in Detail by Valerie D. Mendes & Claire Wilcox / The Bust DIY Guide to Life by Laurie Henzel & Debbie Stoller / V&A Pop Patterns by Oriole Cullen

The Samaritan by Fred Venturini.

Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler, illustrated by Maira Kalman.

Making it New: The Art and Style of Sara & Gerald Murphy by Calvin Tomkins / Lucile: London, Paris, New York and Chicago by Valerie D. Mendes & Amy de la Haye / The Romantic Egoists A Pictorial Autobiography from the Scrapbooks and Albums of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald