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Happy New Year

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Sunday, January 1st, 2006 10:46 am

new year violet

2005 was definitely the year of photography for me. The purchase of my Canon Rebel XT DSLR and the subsequent discovery of Flickr has re-energized an interest that I've pursued all my adult life, but only recently with such confidence and joy. It's been a lifeline in many ways, as have this journal and the contacts I make in these two fora.

Wishing all my LJ friends a peaceful 2006 filled with the rewards of friendship, love, pleasures (whatever they may be) and hopefully laughter.
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A few "bests" to round out the year

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Saturday, December 31st, 2005 04:01 pm
I don't believe I could think of ten of anything that rated as a "best" - there've been quite a lot of "passably entertaining" but not a lot of memorable. I should get out more, and should take up some kind of 50 book challenge to inspire my brain, too. Anyway, for what it's worth, here goes:

Best movie seen in 2005: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Hands down. No contest. It's hard even to think of a runner up. (I know this was released in 2004, but I saw it on dvd)

Best novel: Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell. Runners up: Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro, and Case Histories, Kate Atkinson (not necessarily in that order; I'm hedging my bets).

Best Fantasy: Od Magic, Patricia McKillip, with The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold coming a close second.

Best Children's book: The Sea of Trolls, Nancy Farmer, with Conrad's Fate, Diana Wynne Jones as the runner up. (sorry Harry).

Happy New Year, everyone!
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