Duff at the Movies 2012

  • Django Unchained (12/31)
  • Silver Linings Playbook (12/26)
  • Anna Karenina (11/22)
  • Skyfall (Bond) (11/10)
  • Arbitrage (10/27)
  • Argo (10/20)
  • To Rome with Love (9/17)
  • Looper (9/10)
  • Magic Mike (9/9)
  • Killer Joe (9/8)
  • The Bourne Legacy (9/7)
  • Celeste and Jesse Forever (8/18)
  • The Dark Knight Rises (Batman) (7/27)
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild (7/20)
  • People Like Us (7/6)
  • Moonrise Kingdom (6/29)
  • Rock of Ages (6/20?)
  • Prometheus (6/16)
  • Snow White & the Huntsman (6/2)
  • Battleship (5/26)
  • The Avengers (5/22)
  • Dark Shadows (5/11)
  • Cabin in the Woods (4/28?)
  • Hunger Games (3/24)
  • Friends with Kids (3/14)
  • Margaret (2/22)
  • A Separation (2/4)
  • Carnage (1/22)
  • The Artist (1/18)
  • Hugo (3D) (1/15)
  • Contraband (1/13)
  • Pariah (1/9)
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1/8)
  • The Descendants (1/7)

Books Read in 2012

date refers to date finished; i.e., just b/c I finished two books in a given day doesn’t mean I read two entire books that day!

  • Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern (12/27)
  • If I Lie, by Corrine Jackson (12/26)
  • The Fighting Man, by Gerald Seymour (12/25)
  • Fox Tracks, by Rita Mae Brown (12/25)
  • Paper Towns, by John Green (12/24)
  • Sleeper: Season One, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (12/23) (graphic novel)
  • The Shell Seekers, by Rosamunde Pilcher (12/21) (reread)
  • Thrall, by Natasha Trethewey (12/20) (poetry)
  • Looking for Alaska, by John Green (12/19)
  • Outpost, by Ann Aguirre (12/16)
  • Revival Vol 1: You’re Among Friends, by Tim Seeley (12/16) (graphic novel)
  • Mercy Thompson: Homecoming, by Patricia Briggs (12/2) (graphic novel)
  • Morning Glories, Vol 1: For a Better Future, by Nick Spencer (12/2) (graphic novel)
  • Enclave, by Ann Aguirre (12/1)(reread)
  • The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides (11/25)
  • Little Red Riding Hood, by J. Grimm, illu by Trina Schart Hyman (11/10)
  • Little Red Riding Hood, by Jacob Grimm, illu by Daniel Egneus (11/9)
  • The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate (10/29)
  • Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord, by Sarah MacLean (10/27)
  • Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (10/26) (graphic novel)
  • The Stranger’s Child, by Alan Hollinghurst (10/25)
  • The Raven Boys, by Maggie Stiefvater (10/21)
  • American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang (10/15) (graphic novel)
  • Emiko Superstar, by Mariko Tamaki (10/13) (graphic novel)
  • The Michigan Mega Monsters (American Chillers #1), by Jonathan Rand (10/12)
  • From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konisburg (10/4)
  • Any Small Goodness, by Tony Johnston (9/29)
  • The Thief Lord, by Cornelia Funke (9/27)
  • A Tale Dark & Grimm, by Adam Gidwitz (9/21)
  • A Wanted Man, by Lee Child (9/19)
  • The Book Whisperer, by Donalyn Miller (8/30)
  • Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech (8/29)
  • Far Arden, by Kevin Cannon (8/27) (graphic novel)
  • Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns, by Hena Khan(8/27) (picture book)
  • Hark a Vagrant, by Kate Beaton (8/16) (graphic novel)
  • Throne of the Crescent Moon, by Saladin Ahmed (8/15)
  • Dragondrums, by Anne McCaffrey (8/9) (reread)
  • The White Dragon, by Anne McCaffrey (8/9) (reread)
  • Dragonsinger, by Anne McCaffrey (8/8) (reread)
  • Dragonsong, by Anne McCaffrey (8/8) (reread)
  • Dragonquest, by Anne McCaffrey (8/7) (reread)
  • Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey (8/7) (reread)
  • Kornwolf, by Tristan Egolf (8/7)
  • You and No Other, by Cathy Maxwell (8/5)
  • Broken Harbor, by Tana French (8/4)
  • The Wise Man’s Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss (8/3)
  • Blue Front, by Martha Collins (8/3) (poetry)
  • Life on Mars, by Tracy K. Smith (7/30) (poetry)
  • Strangeness and Charm, by Mike Shevdon (7/21)
  • The Road to Bedlam, by Mike Shevdon (7/19)
  • Sixty-One Nails, by Mike Shevdon (7/17)
  • Swamplandia, by Karen Russell (7/13)
  • Grave Witch, by Kalayna Price (7/11)
  • Horizon, by Sophie Littlefield (7/9)
  • The Knife of Never Letting Go, by Patrick Ness (7/6)
  • Shoot to Thrill, by P.J. Tracy (7/5)
  • The Pox Party; The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation #1, by M.T. Anderson (7/4)
  • Ash, by Malinda Lo (7/3)
  • Silver, by Rhiannon Held (7/3)
  • Tell The Wolves I’m Home, by Carol Rifka Brunt (6/30)
  • Magic Without Mercy, by Devon Monk (6/29)
  • Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn (6/27)
  • Niccolo Rising, by Dorothy Dunnett (6/23) (reread)
  • Taken, by Robert Crais (6/13)
  • Bolt, by Dick Francis (6/10) (reread)
  • Break In, by Dick Francis (6/10) (reread)
  • Fire, by Kristin Cashore (6/9) (reread)
  • Graceling, by Kristin Cashore (6/9) (reread)
  • Trickster’s Choice, by Tamara Pierce (6/9)
  • The Scorpio Races, by Maggie Stiefvater (6/7)
  • After the War, by Carol Matas (6/5)
  • Bitterblue, by Kristin Cashore (6/3)
  • Arcadia, by Lauren Graff (6/1)
  • City of the Beasts, by Isabel Allende (5/31)
  • Over Sea, Under Stone, by Susan Cooper (5/24)
  • The River Between Us, by Richard Peck (5/24)
  • Fair Game (Alpha & Omega #3), by Patricia Briggs (5/22)
  • Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli (5/21)
  • Icefall, by Matthew J. Kirby (5/19)
  • Gregor the Overlander, by Suzanne Collins (5/19)
  • The Lover’s Dictionary, by David Levithan (5/18)
  • Linger, by Maggie Stiefvater (5/18)
  • Shiver, by Maggie Stiefvater (5/16) (reread)
  • Dead Iron; the Age of Steam, by Devon Monk (5/15)
  • Insurgent, by Veronica Roth (5/9)
  • Divergent, by Veronica Roth (5/8) (reread)
  • The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster (5/7)
  • Will Grayson, Will Grayson, by John Green & David Levithan (4/28)
  • Life: An Unexploded Diagram, by Mal Peet (4/27)
  • Tattoo (Ice Song #2), by Kirsten Imani Kasai (4/22)
  • Mountainfit: Fjällsommar, Fjällsjälv, by Meera Lee Sethi (4/10)
  • Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins (4/7) (reread)
  • Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins (4/4) (reread)
  • Soul Thief, by Jana Oliver (3/27)
  • The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak (3/26)
  • Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (3/24) (reread)
  • Saving Francesca, by Melina Marchetta (3/19)
  • The High King, by Lloyd Alexander (3/17) (reread)
  • Boy Meets Boy, by David Levithan (3/16)
  • Taran Wanderer, by Lloyd Alexander (3/3) (reread)
  • The Castle of Llyr, by Lloyd Alexander (3/1) (reread)
  • An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green (3/1)
  • The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer (2/16)
  • Magic on the Line, by Devon Monk (2/5)
  • Magic on the Hunt, by Devon Monk (2/4)
  • The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, by Jacqueline Kelly (1/30)
  • The Looking Glass War, by John LeCarre (1/30)
  • The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, by John LeCarre (1/22)
  • A Murder of Quality, by John LeCarre (1/13)
  • Call for the Dead, by John LeCarre (1/13)
  • Zoo City, by Lauren Beukes (1/9)
  • Everyone Remain Calm, by Megan Stielstra (1/4) (stories)

Duff Does Live Music 2012

  • Of Monsters and Men (12/17)
  • The Lumineers (2nd x) (9/20)
  • My Morning Jacket (2nd x) (8/11)
  • Band of Horses (2nd x) (8/11)
  • The Head & the Heart (2nd x) (3/8)
  • Drew Grove & The Pastor’s Wives (3/8)