The Best Books and Movies of 2007
And now…it’s time for the most self-indulgent time of year, making “Best Of” lists! As if writing a blog itself wasn’t self-indulgent enough, now I’m going to assume that you actually care what I think was the best music and TV shows of the year. Note that unlike some prior years, I’m not able to write about the best films of the year because I think I only saw ten of them at most…that being said, a few that stood out particularly were: There Will Be Blood, Ratatouille, Superbad, Knocked Up and plan on seeing Zodiac, No Country For Old Men, Juno, The King of Kong and The Darjeeling Unlimited as soon as possible.
As far as books go, some of the best books I’ve read this year were published long before 2007. Nitpicking about publishing date seems foolish, so here are the best books I read this year:
Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid On Earth
Then We Came To The End
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History in Four Meals
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
...and the best book I read this year, and one of the best books I’ve ever read, is Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. What an astonishing piece of literature. Damn, I hate it when Oprah is right.
A bit later (should you care), my picks for the best TV shows of the year as well as my favorite 2007 CD's.