And all that remains is the assembly; once I've got the pieces woven together and sewn at the edge, I shall have a blanket that's about... um, six foot square. Yeeeeah. Surprisingly, did not have to buy any additional yarn, though my worsted-weight stash is pretty well cleaned out and I'll have to nick one skein back from Mum for the edging.

Onward to other ongoing yearlong endeavours: 2016 marks year eleven of Media Consumption lists, with year ten coming in at 146 books, and 57 films, and ten years tilting at this bloody windmill at a grand total of 965 books and 491 films. Um. Yes. If anyone cares to check the math, go ahead, I'll just be lying here with a cold cloth over my eyes. On to the second ten years:



January: 6 books, 7 films

BOOKS:

• Chimera, Mira Grant
  
• Wolves, Simon Ings
  
• Palimpsest, Charles Stross
  
• Sugar: A Bittersweet History, Elizabeth Abbott
  
• The Man Who Sold the World: David Bowie and the 1970s, Peter Doggett
  
• Missile Gap, Charles Stross
  

FILMS:

• Horns
  
• Far From The Madding Crowd (2015)
  
• Death at A Funeral (2007)
  
• The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
  
• Minions
  
• The Warriors
  
• Mr Peabody And Sherman
  

February: 3 books, 5 films

BOOKS:

• Adventures in Human Being: A Grand Tour From the Cranium to the Calcaneum, Gavin Francis
  
• Political Animals: How Our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics, Richard Shenkman
  
• Silverblind, Tina Connolly
  

FILMS:

• The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
  
• Merry Christmas Mister Lawrence
  
• Grandma
  
• The Hunger
  
• Robocop (2014)
  

March: 13 books, 5 films

BOOKS:

• Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen, Lois McMaster Bujold
  
• The Female Man, Joanna Russ
  
• The Doctors Are In: The Essential and Unofficial Guide to Doctor Who's Greatest Time Lord, Graeme Burk and Robert Smith? (sic)
  
• Nine Essential Things I've Learned About Life, Harold S Kushner
  
• Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage, Elizabeth Gilbert
  
• Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, Sarah Hepola
  
• Listen, Liberal; Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?, Thomas Frank
  
• Seriously Wicked, Tina Connolly
  
• Glitter & Mayhem
  
• Good Bones, Great Pieces: The Seven Essential Pieces That Will Carry You Through A Lifetime, Suzanne McGrath
  
• The Art of Yregrof: The Minds, Motives and Methods of Master Forgers, Noah Charney
  
  re-read: Shards of Honor, Lois McMaster Bujold
  re-read: Barrayar, Lois McMaster Bujold
  

FILMS:

• Suffragette
  
• For No Good Reason
  
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay part 2
  
• The Big Short
  
• Steve Jobs
  

April: 10 books, 5 films

BOOKS:

• Doctor Who: City of Death, Douglas Adams with James Goss
  
• Secrets of An Organized Mom: From the Overflowing Closets to the Chaotic Play Areas : A Room-by-room Guide to Decluttering and Streamlining your Home for A Happier Family, Barbara Reich
  
  re-read: A Civil Campaign, Lois McMaster Bujold
  re-read: Komarr, Lois McMaster Bujold
  re-read: Cetaganda, Lois McMaster Bujold
  re-read: Ethan of Athos, Lois McMaster Bujold
  re-read: Diplomatic Immunity, Lois McMaster Bujold
  re-read: Brothers In Arms, Lois McMaster Bujold
  re-read: Mirror Dance, Lois McMaster Bujold
  re-read: Memory, Lois McMaster Bujold
  

FILMS:

• The Danish Girl
  
• The Mouse That Roared
  
• Good Bye Lenin!
  
• Six-String Samurai
  
• King Kong vs Godzilla
  

May: 8 books, 2 films

BOOKS:

• Naked Money: A Revealing Look at What It Is and Why It Matters, Charles J Wheelan
  
• Howard Who?: Twelve Outstanding Stories of Speculative Fiction, Howard Waldrop
  
• Something More Than Night, Ian Tregillis
  
• Women At War
  
  re-read: Captain Vorpatril's Alliance, Lois McMaster Bujold
  re-read: the Warrior's Apprentice, Lois McMaster Bujold
  re-read: the Vor Game, Lois McMaster Bujold
  re-read: Cryoburn, Lois McMaster Bujold
  

FILMS:

• the Lady in the Van
  
• the Phantom of the Opera (2004)
  

June: 11 books, 4 films

BOOKS:

• Plant Breeding for the Home Gardener: How to Create Unique Vegetables & Flowers, Joseph Tychonievich
  
• Fire on the Mountain, Terry Bisson
  
• Chaos Choreography, Seanan McGuire
  
• How to Get Dressed: A Costume Designer's Secrets for Making your Clothes Look, Fit, and Feel Amazing, Alison Freer
  
• How Not to Be A Dick: An Everyday Etiquette Guide, Meghan Doherty
  
• Make the Bread, Buy the Butter: What You Should and Shouldn't Cook From Scratch--over 120 Recipes for the Best Homemade Foods, Jennifer Reese
  
• A Gentleman Gets Dressed up: What to Wear, When to Wear It, How to Wear It, John Bridges
  
• A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess
  
• Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity, Douglas Rushkoff
  
  re-read: Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
  re-read: Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
  

FILMS:

• Chinatown
  
• Pretty Woman
  
• Chi-Raq
  
• Safe House
  

July: 9 books, 3 films

BOOKS:

• Who Owns the Future?, Jaron Lanier
  
• Human For A Day
  
• Uprooted, Naomi Novik
  
• Fantasy Gone Wrong
  
• The Story of English in 100 Words, David Crystal
  
• We, Yevgeny Zamyatin
  
• Chess and The Art of War: Ancient Wisdom to Make You A Better Player, Al Lawrence
  
• Devoured: From Chicken Wings to Kale Smoothies : How What We Eat Defines Who We Are, Sophie Egan
  
• Time and Time Again, Ben Elton
  

FILMS:

• Race
  
• Eddie the Eagle
  
• Divergent: Allegiant
  

August: 7 books, 4 films

BOOKS:

• Revisionary, Jim C Hines
  
• The End of the Perfect 10:
  The Making and Breaking of Gymnastics' Top Score -- from Nadia to Now, Dvora Meyers
  
• Hello, Jell-o!: 50+ Inventive Recipes for Gelatin Treats and Jiggly Sweets, Victoria Belanger
  
• the Nightmare Stacks, Charles Stross
  
• the Heir, Kiera Cass
  
• the Crown, Kiera Cass
  
• Metropolis, Thea von Harbou
  

FILMS:

• Snowpiercer
  
• Purple Rain
  
• Primer
  
• the Jacket
  

September: 9 books, 3 films

BOOKS:

• Were You Born on the Wrong Continent?: How the European Model Can Help You Get A Life, Thomas Geoghegan
  
• Witches of Lychford, Paul Cornell
  
• Visitor, C J Cherryh
  
• American Cake: From Colonial Gingerbread to Classic Layer, the Story Behind More Than 125 of Our Best-loved Cakes From Past to Present, Anne Byrn
  
• Detroit: An American Autopsy, Charlie LeDuff
  
• Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for A Future on Earth?, Alan Weisman
  
• The Art of Waiting: On Fertility, Medicine, and Motherhood, Belle Boggs
  
  re-read: Faust Eric, Terry Pratchett
  re-read: Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett
  

FILMS:

• the Lobster
  
• Scotland, PA
  
• TiMER
  

October: 7 books, 1 film

BOOKS:

• Too Like the Lightning, Ada Palmer
  
• The Thirteen Clocks, James Thurber
  
• The Dream Quest of Vellitt Boe, Kij Johnson
  
• Ghost Talkers, Mary Robinette Kowal
  
• Blood of Tyrants, Naomi Novik
  
  re-read: A Brother's Price, Wen Spencer
  re-read: the Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes
  

FILMS:

• Ghostbusters (2016)
  

November: 4 books, 3 films

BOOKS:

• Mirabile, Janet Kagan
  
• Knitting in America, Melanie Falick
  
• How Carrots Won the Trojan War: Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables, Rebecca Rupp
  
• Geektastic: Stories From the Nerd Herd
  

FILMS:

• 1984 (1956)
  
• the Syrian Bride
  
• Star Trek Beyond
  

December: 5 books, 3 films

BOOKS:

• Fifty Plants That Changed the Course of History, Bill Laws
  
• Between Dog and Wolf: Understanding the Connection and the Confusion, Jessica Addams
  
• League of Dragons, Naomi Novik
  
• The geek feminist revolution, Kameron Hurley
  
• Sparrow Hill Road, Seanan McGuire
  

FILMS:

• Broken Flowers
  
• Mississippi Burning
  
• Akeelah and the Bee
  

Tags: 2015_stitch_by_stitch, booklists
feeling: well-read