My Entertainment Round-up Of 2008

So 2008 is almost over and, along with countless other blogs, I thought I’d post my “Best Of” lists for film and books.

I’ve been really pleased with my reading this year - I set myself the resolution that I’d read 12 books over the year (and have easily surpassed that), to try and get myself back on track after reading 7, 7 and 9 books from 2005 to 2007 respectively. Not only that, I also set myself the target of reading the first 30 Three Investigator books between mid-2008 and the end of 2010 and have accomplished the first stage of that too. So, without further ado, my favourite books of the year.

My Books Of The Year

1. My Word Is My Bond
2. If Chins Could Kill
3. Alison
4. Rain Dogs
5. The Vertigo Murders
6. Breeding Ground
7. Dark Hollow
8. Is It Me?
9. The Autobiography - Johnnie Walker
10. Classic Saturday Night Telly

and the rest (in order):

11. TV Cream Toys
12. Islington Crocodiles
13. Blockbuster
14. The Autobiography - Eric Clapton
15. Attack Of The Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons
16. Sculpting A Galaxy
17. Scientific Progress Goes Boink
18. Boys' Toys
19. Rain
20. George Lucas - The Creative Impulse
21. Postcards From Terri
22. Best New Horror 19
23. My Boring-Ass Life
24. Total Film 50 Greatest Interviews
25. Romeo's Pain
26. The Hollower
27. Don't Stop Me Now
28. On The Edge

Top 10 Non-fiction
1. My Word Is My Bond
2. If Chins Could Kill
3. Is It Me?
4. The Autobiography - Johnnie Walker
5. The Encyclopaedia of Classic Saturday Night Telly
6. TV Cream Toys
7. Blockbuster
8. The Autobiography - Eric Clapton
9. Sculpting A Galaxy
10. Boys' Toys

Top 10 Fiction
1. Alison
2. Rain Dogs
3. The Vertigo Murders
4. Breeding Ground
5. Dark Hollow
6. Islington Crocodiles
7. Rain
8. Postcards From Terri
9. Best New Horror 19
10. Romeo's Pain

In addition, I read 7 Three Investigator books to give me a total of 35 reads in the year, my best figure since 2003!


With films, this is my list of favourites of those that I saw for the first time this year. It might be that they were released prior to 2008 but since I haven’t been to the cinema in years, I generally have to wait for the DVD. Anyway, here we go…

My Films Of The Year 

1. Eastern Promises
2. Son Of Rambow
3. Them/Ils
4. Mamma Mia
5. Juno
6. Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
7. Iron Man
8. The Bank Job
9. Vacancy
10. Cloverfield

11. Rambo
12. Planet Terror
13. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
14. Hancock
15. Doomsday
16. Transformers
17. In Bruges
18. All The Boys Love Mandy Lane
19. Run, Fatboy, Run
20. Over Her Dead Body
21. Deathproof
22. National Treasure 2
23. Shoot 'Em Up
24. Paradise Lost
25. Black Sheep
26. Undead
27. Catch & Release
28. Superhero Movie
29. Bee Movie
30. St Trinians
31. Rush Hour 3
32. Knocked Up
33. Walk Hard
34. Wanted


So that’s me - it’s been a good year, all in all and let’s hope 2009 has some great things in store for all of us.

See you next year!