Best of 2013: Television, Movies, Music, & Books

TV

Photo Credit: ABC.com

Returning Series
Scandal (ABC)
Being Human (Syfy)
Continuum (Syfy)
Parenthood (NBC)
Switched at Birth (ABC Family)
The Middle (ABC)

Notable Mention: White Collar (USA) (Currently catching up on Season 5)

Series Finales:
Fringe (Fox)
Nikita (The CW)
The Office (NBC)
30 Rock (NBC)

Notable Mentions: Happy Endings (ABC), Deception (NBC)

Photo Credit: BBC America

New Series
Orphan Black (BBC America)
Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
The Blacklist (NBC)
Hostages (CBS)
Under the Dome (CBS)
Graceland (USA)
Witches of East End (Lifetime) (The show is campy but I love witches so…)

Books
Total Books Read in 2013: 71

Best YA
Some Quiet Place by Kelsey Sutton (Read my review here.)
Pivot Point by Kasie West (Read review here.)
These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner (Review here.)
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey (Review)
Sylo by DJ MacHale (Review)
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
The Archived by Victoria Schwab
Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi
This Is Not A Test by Courtney Summers (2012 Release)
Wither by Lauren DeStefano (2011 Release)

Novellas/E-books
Fracture Me by Tahereh Mafi
Raven by Lauren Oliver
The Transfer by Veronica Roth
In Time by Alexandra Bracken
A Dawn Most Wicked by Susan Dennard
Roar & Liv by Veronica Rossi
The Forgotten Ones by Pittacus Lore

Best Memoir
Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison by Piper Kerman

Best Adult
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Music

Broadway Tour: Wicked
Album: PTX Volume II
Score/Soundtrack: Pacific Rim

Movies

2013 Releases:
Fruitvale Station
The Butler
Oblivion
This is the End
Iron Man 3

Note: I have seen just over twenty 2013 releases, half of the 2013 releases on my watch list.

Prior Releases Watched in 2013:
EDtv
Groundhog Day
Tremors
The Way Way Back
Argo

What were your favorites this year?

3 comments

  1. What a fun list! It was a great year in TV. Looking forward to season 2 of OITNB and Orphan Black. I'm sorry I missed seeing Fruitvale Station in theaters but I have it ready in my netflix queue. And omg This is the End is hilarious.

    I missed reading some of the books in your Best YA like Pivot Point and These Broken Stars…next year for sure!

    Happy New Year!