Books of 2015
Jan. 18th, 2016 05:59 pmIn Praise of Older Women – Stephen Vinzinczey
Broken Homes – Ben Aaronovitch
Marina – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
From a Distance – Raffaella Barker
Singled Out – Virginia Nicholson
Findings – Kathleen Jamie (nf)
Half Bad – Sally Green
The Silver Star – Jeannette Walls
A Song for Ella Gray – David Almond
Bone Jack – Sara Crowe
The Year of the Rat – Clare Furniss
We Were Liars – E. Lockhart
Foxglove Summer – Ben Aaronovitch
The Prince’s Boy – Paul Bailey
The Lost Books of the Odyssey – Zachary Mason
Dust’n’Bones – Chris Mould
The Mercy of Thin Air – Romlyn Domingue
The Old Ways – Robert Macfarlane (nf)
Meet the Austins – Madeleine L’Engle
The Moon At Night – Madeleine L’Engle
Twenty-Four Days of Christmas – Madeleine L’Engle
And Both Were Young – Madeleine L’Engle
A Ring of Endless Light – Madeleine L’Engle
The Green Road Into The Trees – Hugh Thompson (nf)
Girl Friday – Jane Green
Summer Falls and Other Stories – Amelia Williams
Five Children on the Western Front – Kate Saunders
The Wolf Princess – Cathryn Constable
H is for Hawk – Helen Macdonald
Twilight – William Gay
Instrumental – James Rhodes (nf)
The Arm of the Starfish – Madeleine L’Engle
Mr Mac and Me – Esther Freud
Lucky Us – Amy Bloom
Trigger Warning – Neil Gaiman
Absolute Pandemonium – Brian Blessed (nf)
(bold = book from the library and nf = non-fiction) I read a lot more this year than last year, probably due to the fact it wasn't half as stressful (despite becoming an aunt for the first time).
Films
The Theory of Everything
The Imitation Game
All This Mayhem
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
No
My Old Lady
Big Eyes
Kon-Tiki
The Eichmann Show
Big Hero 6
Shaun the Sheep Movie
The Book of Life
Birdman
Foxcatcher
Penguins of Madagascar
Whiplash
Wild
Jupiter Ascending
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Maxine Peake as Hamlet
Paddington
Selma
Argo
Love Is Strange
Still Alice
Lost River
Interstellar
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Burlesque
Cinderella
The Legend of Princess Kaguya
Far From The Madding Crowd
Cobain: Montage of Heck
Prometheus
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Mad Max: Fury Road
Testament of Youth
Pitch Perfect
Jurassic World
Annie
Mr Holmes
Cake
Terminator Genisys
Amy
Inside Out
Tomorrowland
Song of the Sea
The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson
Woman in Gold
Ant-Man
The Water Diviner
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
The Man from UNCLE
45 Years
John Wick
Mud
The Martian
Danny Collins
Marshlands
Macbeth
SPECTRE
Suffragette
Crimson Peak
The Lobster
Mockingjay Part II
The Lady in the Van
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
(bold = rented from TV or ITunes, italic = seen in cinema, no style means I saw it on the TV)
Broken Homes – Ben Aaronovitch
Marina – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
From a Distance – Raffaella Barker
Singled Out – Virginia Nicholson
Findings – Kathleen Jamie (nf)
Half Bad – Sally Green
The Silver Star – Jeannette Walls
A Song for Ella Gray – David Almond
Bone Jack – Sara Crowe
The Year of the Rat – Clare Furniss
We Were Liars – E. Lockhart
Foxglove Summer – Ben Aaronovitch
The Prince’s Boy – Paul Bailey
The Lost Books of the Odyssey – Zachary Mason
Dust’n’Bones – Chris Mould
The Mercy of Thin Air – Romlyn Domingue
The Old Ways – Robert Macfarlane (nf)
Meet the Austins – Madeleine L’Engle
The Moon At Night – Madeleine L’Engle
Twenty-Four Days of Christmas – Madeleine L’Engle
And Both Were Young – Madeleine L’Engle
A Ring of Endless Light – Madeleine L’Engle
The Green Road Into The Trees – Hugh Thompson (nf)
Girl Friday – Jane Green
Summer Falls and Other Stories – Amelia Williams
Five Children on the Western Front – Kate Saunders
The Wolf Princess – Cathryn Constable
H is for Hawk – Helen Macdonald
Twilight – William Gay
Instrumental – James Rhodes (nf)
The Arm of the Starfish – Madeleine L’Engle
Mr Mac and Me – Esther Freud
Lucky Us – Amy Bloom
Trigger Warning – Neil Gaiman
Absolute Pandemonium – Brian Blessed (nf)
(bold = book from the library and nf = non-fiction) I read a lot more this year than last year, probably due to the fact it wasn't half as stressful (despite becoming an aunt for the first time).
Films
The Theory of Everything
The Imitation Game
All This Mayhem
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
No
My Old Lady
Big Eyes
Kon-Tiki
The Eichmann Show
Big Hero 6
Shaun the Sheep Movie
The Book of Life
Birdman
Foxcatcher
Penguins of Madagascar
Whiplash
Wild
Jupiter Ascending
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Maxine Peake as Hamlet
Paddington
Selma
Argo
Love Is Strange
Still Alice
Lost River
Interstellar
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Burlesque
Cinderella
The Legend of Princess Kaguya
Far From The Madding Crowd
Cobain: Montage of Heck
Prometheus
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Mad Max: Fury Road
Testament of Youth
Pitch Perfect
Jurassic World
Annie
Mr Holmes
Cake
Terminator Genisys
Amy
Inside Out
Tomorrowland
Song of the Sea
The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson
Woman in Gold
Ant-Man
The Water Diviner
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
The Man from UNCLE
45 Years
John Wick
Mud
The Martian
Danny Collins
Marshlands
Macbeth
SPECTRE
Suffragette
Crimson Peak
The Lobster
Mockingjay Part II
The Lady in the Van
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
(bold = rented from TV or ITunes, italic = seen in cinema, no style means I saw it on the TV)