The year so far

Here is a list of everything I have read and watched (from Christmas Eve, 2006 onwards)
Books
1. Encouragement and the Words of God
2. Prayer and the Voice of God
3. Hearing God's Words - Peter Adam
4. Never Say Die - Tess Gerritsen (quite good - not like her usual gory thrillers)
5. Crusader Gold - David Gibbins (7 Jan) - got a bit lost in this one. A Da Vinci-esque race round the world to find the menorah from the 2nd Temple in Jerusalem, together with some former Nazis, the Mayans etc. - all got a bit confusing. Skim read to the end just to get through it.
6. Blaikie's Book of Modern Manners (2 Feb) - amusing. Has it really taken me 3 weeks to finish reading another book?
7. The Fifth Horseman - James Patterson - predictably OK.
Seem to have fallen off the tracks with my reading. Started too many things at once. Time to go again.... I have read "The Afghan" by the ridiculously right-wing (even by my standards) Frederick Forsyth... when I was at home visiting Dad.
8. The Book of Common Prayer - (20 March) - how wonderful a book!
9. Bad Luck and Trouble - Lee Child (29 March) - I love the Reacher series.
10. The Oath of Canonical Obedience - Gerald Bray (5 April). Slightly complicated section, relatively clear arguments - Good!


CDs
1. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black (catchy, but needs a bit of soap and water. She's an angry young lady)
2. Lily Allen - Alright, Still - another slightly rude young lady, but with a real talent for catchy, witty lyrics.
3. Gnarls Barkley - St.Elsewhere - this one is going to grow on me....
4. Take That - A Beautiful World - can't believe I actually like Take That, but I did like Patience.


Films
1. Lord of War (DVD) - better than I thought that it would be - very interesting journey 4/5
2. The Producers (DVD - original version with Gene Wilder) - a bit weird, and Hitler is not funny = 2/5
3. Cinderella Man (DVD) - excellent film - 5/5.
4. Munich (DVD) - another excellent film - 5/5.
5. Last King of Scotland - excellent, disturbing, bravura performances - 5/5
6. Transporter 2 (DVD) - actually quite entertaining. Some good martial arts sequences 3.5/5
7. S.O.A.P (DVD) - there are snakes! on a plane! - v.cool! 4/5
8. Nacho Libre (DVD) - disappointingly poor - I didn't watch to the end. 1/5
9. Confetti (DVD) - OK, quite funny in parts - 3/5
10. Thank You for Smoking - (DVD) - OK 3/5.
11. Hot Fuzz (Cinema) - one of my favourite films of all time - 11/5!
I've probably missed a few out now, but...
12. Stormbreaker (DVD) - not bad, 3/5.
13. Superman Returns (DVD) - half-watched this, looked quite good, but a bit predictable if you've seen any other comic book film.... 3/5