Books - first half (and a bit)

I meant to post this about a month ago, but didn't get around to writing it. Last year I managed to get into a good momentum reading books, and one of my New Year's resolutions for 2012 was to keep that up. Here's a run-down of the books I've read in the first half (and a bit) of the year:

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Filums - first half (and a bit)

Continuing the round-up theme, here is the (rather eclectic) selection of films I've seen in the last six (nearly seven) months:

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