2012 roundup
Books
January
Cold Kiss – Amy Garvey 
Sounds and Furies – Tanith Lee
Extra(ordinary) People – Joanna Russ
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Arthur Conan Doyle
Febuary
Sea Hearts – Margo Lanagan
Mastiff – Tamora Pierce
The Future of Us – Jay Asher + Carolyn Mackler
The Naming of the Beasts – Mike Carey
Waking the Witch – Kelley Armstrong
March
Glory in Death – JD Robb
Reign of Beasts – Tansy Rayner Roberts
Shards of Honor – Lois McMaster Bujold
April
The Stepsister Scheme – Jim C Hines
Spin State – Chris Moriarty
February Thaw – Tanya Huff
Witness in Death – JD Robb
Judgement in Death – JD Robb
A Confusion of Princes – Garth Nix
Ash Mistry and the Savage Fortress – Sarwat Chadda
May
X-Men and Philosophy – ed. Rebecca Housel and J. Jeremy Wisnewski
Feasting the Wolf – Susan Price
Trickster Makes the World – Lewis Hyde
Silence – Michelle Sagara
Thorn Queen – Richelle Mead
June
The Night Watch – Sarah Waters
Ripley Under Ground – Patricia Highsmith (reread)
Ripley’s Game – Patricia Highsmith
Little Tales of Misogyny – Patricia Highsmith
The Boy who Followed Ripley – Patricia Highsmith
Highsmith: A Romance of the 1950s – Marijane Meaker
Blackout – Mira Grant
July
The Killing Moon – NK Jemisin
Celebrity in Death – JD Robb
Ripley Under Water – Patricia Highsmith
Whispers Underground – Ben Aaronovitch
Alif the Unseen – G Willow Wilson
August
From Girl to Goddess: The Heroine’s Journey – Valerie Estelle Frankel
Redshirts – John Scalzi
Half World – Hiromi Goto
24 and Philosophy – ed. Jennifer Hart Weed, Richard Brian Davis, Ronald Weed
September
Immortal in Death – JD Robb
The Butterfly Mosque – G Willow Wilson
Haunted in Death – JD Robb
Holiday in Death – JD Robb
In the Blink of an Eye – Walter Murch
Team Human – Justine Larbalestier + Sarah Rees Brennan
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me – Sarra Manning
Cracklescape – Margo Lanagan
Vengeance in Death – JD Robb
Conspiracy in Death – JD Robb
Unspoken – Sarah Rees Brennan
The Broken Road – BR Collins
We Who Are About To … – Joanna Russ
Cast in Moonlight – Michelle Sagara
Changeling – Sharon Lee + Steven Miller
Siren Beat – Tansy Rayner Roberts
October
Constellation Games – Leonard Richardson
Bloodtide – Melvin Burgess (reread)
Cast in Peril – Michelle Sagara
Earth Girl – Janet Edwards
Love and Romanpunk – Tansy Rayner Roberts
Fledgling – Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
Thief of Lives – Lucy Sussex
How to Fix Copyright – William Patry
November
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall – Nancy Kress
Lightspeed Magazine, April 2012 – various
Louisa the Poisoner – Tanith Lee
Flora’s Dare – Ysabeau Wilce
Piratica III: The Family Sea – Tanith Lee
Of Love and Other Monsters – Vandana Singh
December
The Silvered – Tanya Huff
Purity in Death – JD Robb
The Lake – Banana Yoshimoto
The Executioness – Tobias S Buckell
The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien (reread)
Silent Dances – AC Crispin + Kathleen O’Malley
Comics
January
The Good Neighbours 3 & 4 – Holly Black + Ted Naifeh
Ms Marvel 9 – Brian Reed + artists (reread)
Osborn: Evil Incarcerated – Kelly Sue Deconnick + Emma Ríos
Unwritten: On to Genesis – Mike Carey + Peter Gross
Cable and Deadpool issues 1–18 – Fabian Nicieza (reread)
February
Xombi – John Rozum + Frazer Irving
iZombie 1–2 (reread), 3 – Chris Roberson + Mike Allred
X-Force/X-Statix – Peter Milligan + Mike Allred (reread)
March
Dark X-Men – Paul Cornell + Leonard Kirk
Red Rocket 7 – Mike Allred (reread)
Captain America: Reborn – Ed Brubaker + Bryan Hitch + Butch Guice
Astonishing Thor – Robert Rodi + Mike Choi
Demon Knights 1 – Paul Cornell + Diogenes Neves + Mike Choi
April
Mars 1 – Soryo Fuyumi
Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service 12 – Otsuka Eiji + Yamazaki Housui
Power Girl: – various
Sub-Mariner: The Depths – Peter Milligan + Esad Ribic
Young Avengers: Dark Reign – Paul Cornell + Mark Brooks (reread)
Captain America: Winter Soldier – Ed Brubaker + artists
Thor: The Trials of Loki – Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa + artists
X-Factor: Overtime – Peter David + Valentine De Landro
Thor: Seige Aftermath – Kieron Gillen + Richard Elson + Doug Braithwaite
Cable Classic 1 – various
Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things 1 – Ted Naifeh (reread)
Journey Into Mystery: The Terrorism Myth – Kieron Gillen + Mitch Breitweiser + Richard Elson
May
Neon Genesis Evangelion 12 – Sadamoto Yoshiyuki
Sandman: Season of Mists – Neil Gaiman + artists (reread)
The Dark Crystal: Creatiostrongn Myths 1 – Brian Holguin + Alex Sheikam + Lizzy John
Kamisama Kiss 1 – Suzuki Julietta
July
Cinderella: Fables are Forever – Chris Roberson + Shawn McManus
Preacher 1–2 – Garth Ennis + Steve Dillon
Hellblazer: Bloody Carnations – Peter Milligan + artists
Inhumans: Culture Shock – Sean McKeever + Matthew Clark
Araña 1 – Fiona Avery + artists
August
Finder: Voices – Carla Speed McNeil
Love the Way You Love 1–4 – Jamie S. Rich + Marc Ellerby (reread)
Blue Monday: 2–4 – Chynna Clugston (reread)
Inhumans 2 – Sean McKeever + Matthew Clark
Captain America and Bucky: The Life Story of Bucky Barnes – Ed Brubaker + Marc Andreyko + Chris Samnee
Agnes Quill: An Anthology of Mystery – Dave Roman + artists
September
Air 1 – G Willow Wilson + MK Perker
Grand Guignol Orchestra 2 – Kaori Yuki
Red River 1 – Shinohara Chie
Twin Spica 4 – Yaginuma Kou
October
New Mutants: A Date with the Devil – Dan Abnett + Andy Lanning + David Lopez
Justice League Dark 1 – Peter Milligan + Mikel Janin
Mind the Gap 1 – Jim McCann + artists
November
Saga 1 – Brian K Vaughan + Fiona Staples (reread)
Doctor Strange: Season One – Greg Pak + Emma Ríos
Unwritten 6 – Mike Carey + Peter Gross + other artists
Mars 1 (reread) + 2 – Soryo Fuyumi
Ooku 7 – Yoshinaga Fumi
December
Fullmetal Alchemist 1–2 – Arakawa Hiromu
Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service 13 – Otsuka Eiji + Yamazaki Housui
Basara 1–5 – Tamura Yumi
Comics followed
Journey into Mystery
Uncanny X-Men
Generation Hope
iZombie
Supergirl
The Flash
Demon Knights
Saga
Batwoman
Captain Marvel
The Mighty Thor
Avengers Academy
Movies
January
Red
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
February
This Means War
Lady Whirlwind
March
High Noon
Men In Black (rewatch)
Push
Keloglan vs the Black Prince
April
The Killer Inside Me
The Raid
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park: The Lost World
Hitler Goes Kaput
The Avengers x2!
June
The Night Watch
The Talented Mr Ripley
Prometheus x2
Dog Soldiers
Hanna
We’ll Take Manhattan
Snow White and the Huntsman
American History X
Shame
July
Atonement
Perfect Blue
Brave
The Dark Knight Rises
August
The Bourne Identity
Easy A (rewatch)
Ninja Assassin (rewatch)
Event Horizon
Green Zone
September
14 Blades
The Children
Looper
Repo Men
October
Haywire
Dredd x2
Ghosts of Mars
Let the Bullets Fly
November
The Capricious Robot
Aladin
Detective Dee (rewatch)
Skyfall
The Sessions
December
Ghost in the Shell (rewatch)
The Hobbit
Evangelion 1.1: You are (not) Alone
Star Wars: A New Hope (rewatch)
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (rewatch)
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (rewatch)
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