A look at how I diverted myself this year.
Books
BEST BOOKS I READ (OR RE-READ) THIS YEAR, listed in the order I read (or reread) them:
Time’s Arrow by Martin Amis
Hamlet by William Shakespeare, ed. by Ann Thompson and Neil Taylor
The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
Hamlet: The Texts of 1603 and 1623 by William Shakespeare, ed. by Ann Thompson and Neil Taylor
Othello by William Shakespeare, ed. by EAJ Honigmann
Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
King Lear by William Shakespeare, ed. by RA Foakes
Macbeth by William Shakespeare, ed. by Kenneth Muir
The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford
Coriolanus by William Shakespeare, ed. by Philip Brockbank
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Plays
For my picks for the best of 2010 in Chicago theater, please see Monday's post, "Playbook XVII: The Coasties: Fool’s Gold Coast’s First Annual Non-Monetary Awards Recognizing Achievement in the Dramatic Arts."
Movies
BEST NEW FILMS I SAW THIS YEAR:
1. Please Give.
2. White Material.
3. Avatar.
Primary Interests This Year
Chicago, television, the Tea Party Movement, my parents, musicals, sex, the gays, books, the Internet, movies, my sisters.
Fool’s Four
FOUR GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THIS OTHERWISE ROTTEN YEAR:
1. The rescue of the Chilean miners.
2. The repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell.”
3. The birth of my dog Lucy.
4. It's gonna end soon.
A Foolish Flashback
ONE YEAR AGO: "A look at how I diverted myself in 2009."
Glitter
Finally, here's some excellent New Year's Eve advice from Kay Thompson and Fred Astaire.
Happy 2011, everybody!
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