First of all, Nashville.
No, wait, first off all
Happy New Year blogosphere. Here is to a 2014 that is super wonderful.
Second of all, Nashville.
I know, I know, I am (always) a little late to the party but this show is immense. Everything about it appeals to
my little country loving heart - why yes. I do have one of those. Of you even
know how many Keith Urban albums are in my car right now? - and I can actually
feel myself getting sucked right in. The story, the characters, the MUSIC. I
need that soundtrack man. Even though I have only actually watched the one
episode, suddenly the cancellation of Smash
seems a little less tragic ;) If you need a show to watch, basically, then Nashville is currently
being repeated.
I wonder what it says
about me, how easily I get immersed in a fictional world. All the books. Nashville. Glee. Brothers & Sisters. House. Once
Upon A Time. Lordy, Once Upon A Time,
that show, though. I might even give it a blog post all to itself, because of
Robert Carlyle who I have loved since his Hamish Macbeth days. Anyway, the
point is that I have begun this year by allowing myself to be sucked into another television show because I cannot
stop with the living inside of the worlds that are not real. Alongside which, Helen and I have just begun The Great Ally McBeal Rewatch of 2014.
Yeah, that’s a thing, a really amazing thing. Ally McBeal was such a great show
and you know what’s funny? The DVD’s aren’t in widescreen, s’like instagram TV.
Ha.
But but but, to the
point, which is (thirdly) what were my favourite books of 2013 I hear you ask.
Actually, I don't, but 2013 was a GOOD year and so I'm going to tell you
anyway.
The Fault in Our Stars introduced me to John Green, who is not only a
man who knows how to use his words but who also seems to be a genuinely awesome
guy. I want to be his friend. Oh who am I kidding? I have a massive author!crush
on the guy. TFiOS is incredible. It broke me, it broke me into more pieces than
I can count, it made me laugh, it made me so sad my chest hurt, it made me cry
so hard I had wet neck. It hurt, it hurt a lot. & I would recommend it to
anybody in a heartbeat.
Wonder is a very special book, it is an important book. It is raw
and honest and real. It's a book I am so glad I read and a book I urge you all
to read. Now. Go, go, go.
The Night Rainbow is the prettiest book I have read on a long
time, it's a re-read for sure.
The Uncommon Reader has left me wondering why it has taken me my whole life to get to know Alan Bennett.
And finally but never
ever finally, Eleanor and Park.
AMAZING. The other four are on no particular order but this is absolutely my
number one. This book is so good I barely know how to explain it. I want to
keep it to myself and I want the world to read it. It's a little piece of
magic.
2014
has a lot of work to do if it wants to come anywhere close to any of these. So
there, go forth and read. I promise they're worth the time.
