Reader

I'm not that great at actually sitting down and reading, There always seems to be too many other things going on. So this year I set myself a target of just reading a book a month ie twelve over the course of the year. Eleven of them are here - the twelfth was actually the first book I read back in January but it was from the library and it went back. Eagle-eyed viewers may spot another library book in the pile - I got it out in February but what with One Thing And Another it's still in my possession until the libraries open once again.

With no more further ado -

Fiona Mozley - Elmet
Andrew Michael Hurley - Starve Acre
Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go
Richard Ford - Rock Springs
Christopher Isherwood - Goodbye To Berlin
Peter Carey - True History Of The Kelly Gang
Pete Paphides - Broken Greek
Jason Williamson - Happy Days
Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood - The Testaments
Edward St Aubyn - Never Mind
Patricia Highsmith - Little Tales Of Misogyny


And, as seems customary on this day throughout my blip 'career', here's top tens for favourite films and albums of the year.

Films
1. The Lighthouse
2. Parasite
3. True History Of The Kelly Gang
4. Uncut Gems
5. Babyteeth
6. Portrait Of A Lady On Fire
7. The Vast Of Night
8. Queen & Slim
9. Rocks
10. The Invisible Man

Albums
1. Baxter Dury - The Night Chancers
2. Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song
3. Keeley Forsyth - Debris
4. Bright Eyes - Down In The Weeds Where The World Once Was
5. Julianna Barwick - Healing Is A Miracle
6. Working Men's Club - Working Men's Club
7. The Idealist - Anti-Fascist Dubs, Spiritual Electronics And Unconscious House Music
8. Craven Faults - Erratics & Unconformities
9. Luke Haines & Peter Buck - Beat Poetry For The Survivalist
10. Daniel Avery - Love & Light

Phew.

Album Of The Year