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Best of 2012 … from the staff of Coquitlam Public Library

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happynewyear2012-132012 was a very uneven year to be sure. The year’s darker moments aside, literary pop culture ran the gamut from the sublime to the, er, well … see for yourself.

Happy New Year!

Best Read of 2012

1. 50 Shades of Grey – E. L. James  (2 votes)
2. Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins  (2 votes)
3. Insurgent – Veronica Roth (2 votes)
4. Divergent – Veronica Roth
5. A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving
6. A Wedding in Haiti – Julia Alvarez
7. Everyday Kitchen for Kids – Jennifer Low
8. Game of Thrones – George R. R. Martin
9. Irma Voth – Miriam Toews
10. Midnight for Charlie Bone – Jenny Nimmo
11. Mudbound – Hillary Jordan
12. My Friend Michael – Frank Cascio
13. Self-Made Man – Norah Vincent
14. State of Wonder – Ann Patchett
15. The Help – Kathryn Stockett
16. The Selector of Souls – Shauna Singh Baldwin
17. The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes
18. The Time Keeper – Mitch Albom
19. The Wise Man’s Fear – Patrick Rothfuss
20. Twice Born – Margaret Mazzantini

Best Movie of 2012

1. Hunger Games  (4 votes)
2. Life of Pi  (2 votes)
3. Pitch Perfect  (2 votes)
4. Skyfall (2 votes)
5. The Hobbit (2 votes)
6. Cloud Atlas (2 votes)
7. Argo
8. Flight
9. Ice Age 4: Continental Drift
10. Lawless
11. Les Miserables
12. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
13. Terribly Happy
14. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
15. The Dark Knight Rises
16. The Vow

Best Album of 2012

1. The Truth about Love – Pink (2 votes)
2. Red – Taylor Swift (2 votes)
3. Babel – Mumford & Sons (2 votes)
4. 21 – Adele
5. Aciients – Snakebeard [EP]
6. Bad 25th Anniversary edition – Michael Jackson
7. El Camino – Black Keys
8. Picture of Health – Headstones
9. Kisses on the Bottom – Paul McCartney
10. Old Ideas – Leonard Cohen
11. On the Road – Katchafire
12. Radicals – Dan Mangan
13. Merry Christmas, Baby – Rod Stewart
14. Strangeland – Keane
15. anything country

Best YouTube Video of 2012

1. Gangnam Style – 9 votes

2. 2 year old dancing the jive

3. Felix Baumgartner’s supersonic freefall from 128k (or any like it)

4. Make-a-Wish, Push all the Buttons

5. Basset hound sings Billie Holiday

6. Play Change – Episode 71

7. Nahko Bear (Medicine for the People)

8. Best Christmas Lights Display

9. More Mitt – A Bad Lip Reading Soundbite

10. News Anchor Fail 2012

11. Various renditions of Frank Ocean’s “Thinkin’ About You” but especially this one accompanied by piano

Best TV Show of 2012

1. Big Bang Theory (4 votes)
2. Mad Men (3 votes)
3. Downton Abbey (2 votes)
4. The Walking Dead (2 votes)
5. Archer
6. Breaking Bad
7. Flashpoint
8. Game of Thrones
9. Nashville
10. NBA on TNT
11. Once Upon a Time
12. Parenthood
13. Revenge
14. Rosemary and Thyme
15. Sherlock Series 2
16. Supernatural
17. The Mentalist
18. The Wire

Best Secret Favourite TV Shows of 2012

1. Say “Yes” to the Dress (3 votes)
2. America’s Next Top Model
3. Arrow
4. Duck Dynasty (because my son likes it…but it is funny)
5. Friends (reruns over and over and over)
6. Happily Divorced
7. Housewives of Vancouver
8. Master Chef
9. Moonshiners
10. Pawn Stars
11. Pretty Little Liars
12. Sex and the City
13. Soap Operas
14. The Bachelor
15. The Real Housewives of Vancouver
16. The Voice
17. some infomercials – like the one I saw in the states that shows you how to lose the extra layer around the waist by first applying an ‘activating lotion’ to said area, then wearing a special belt that helps to melt the fat away

We Wish These Would Go Away

1. Honey Boo Boo (8 votes)
2. Toddlers and Tiaras (2 votes)
3. 90% of reality shows
4. most current TV
5. Reality Television except the travel and cooking shows
6. America’s Next Top Model
7. Dance Moms
8. Dubstep
9. Glee
10. Khloe Kardashian on the X Factor..so annoying!
11. Movie reruns
12. Real Housewives of Vancouver
13. Sisterwives
14. The Bachelor
15. slush