{"id":1613,"date":"2013-01-05T16:43:37","date_gmt":"2013-01-05T20:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/?p=1613"},"modified":"2013-01-14T18:23:29","modified_gmt":"2013-01-14T22:23:29","slug":"my-2012-favorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/?p=1613","title":{"rendered":"My 2012 favorites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bit late posting this, but I was too busy celebrating and spreading Christmas cheer earlier.&#160; As I say each year: I hate to compare things I love.&#160; But for the sake of a more interesting blog post, I\u2019m going to anyway.&#160; In real life, I don\u2019t really like playing favorites, because different books and movies and stuff all have their own spirit, and are ultimately incomparable.&#160; But let\u2019s disregard that for a few moments.<\/p>\n<p>For books, the nominees are books I finished reading for the first time this year, regardless of their release date.&#160; Movies, TV shows, and film scores must have been first released in the USA in 2012.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Year\u2019s best live action film:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"lesmis\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"467\" alt=\"lesmis\" src=\"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/lesmis.png\" width=\"324\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Year\u2019s best animated film:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"arrietty\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"478\" alt=\"arrietty\" src=\"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/arrietty.png\" width=\"324\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Year\u2019s best TV show:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"house2\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"303\" alt=\"house2\" src=\"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/house2.png\" width=\"454\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Year\u2019s best film score:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"hobbit\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"354\" alt=\"hobbit\" src=\"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/hobbit.png\" width=\"354\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Year\u2019s best nonfiction book:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"infinity\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"487\" alt=\"infinity\" src=\"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/infinity.png\" width=\"324\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Year\u2019s best fiction book:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"reamde4\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"481\" alt=\"reamde4\" src=\"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/reamde4.png\" width=\"324\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Best whatever else:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Year\u2019s best book on writing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"storybeat\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"489\" alt=\"storybeat\" src=\"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/storybeat.png\" width=\"324\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bit late posting this, but I was too busy celebrating and spreading Christmas cheer earlier.&#160; As I say each year: I hate to compare things I love.&#160; 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