Goodbye, 2008.

New Year's resolutions tomorrow, but, for now, here are a few things I enjoyed (or not) in 2008.

Books I Liked

Dad Rules - Andrew Clover
The Believers - Zoe Heller
Starter for Ten - David Nicholls
Karlology - Karl Pilkington
Collected Stories - Richard Yates
The Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst
Bringing Nothing to the Party - Paul Carr
A Dangerous Liaison - Carole Seymore-Jones
On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan
North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People - Toby Young

Books I Didn't Like As Much As I Thought I Was Going To

That Old Ace in the Hole - Annie Proulx
The Understudy - David Nicholls
The Cement Garden - Ian McEwan

Books I Wasn't Expecting To Like, But Did

Northern Lights
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass

Films I Liked

Lars and the Real Girl
Knocked Up
Stranger Than Fiction
Lovely & Amazing
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Casino Royale

Film I Was Expecting to Like, But Didn't

Sex and the City

Most-listened to CDs (According to iTunes)

Amy Winehouse - Frank
Bitter:Sweet - The Mating Game
Noisettes - What's the Time Mr Wolf?
Adele - 19
Kings of Convenience - Quiet Is the New Loud
Cake - Comfort Eagle

Favourite/Most Successful Recipes

Rachel Allen's Lemon Tart
Gordon Ramsay's 'Perfect' Scrambled Eggs
James Martin's Banoffee Shortbread
Ina Garten's Cupcakes
And
(as always)
Raspberry & Blueberry Lime Drizzle Cake

A Random Assortment of Everything Else I Enjoyed

The best birthday I've had in years
Charlie Brooker's Screen Burn
Sarah Palin
The third series of Ugly Betty
My Kitchenaid mixer
Last.fm
Walking across the fields with the puppy most days
30 Rock
Krispy Kreme doughnuts
The endless hours of conversations with Alice