beST BOOKS of 2006

beST boOK:

The Life of Pi: Yann Martel ('01)

other good reads:

Pnin: Vladimir Nabokov ('57)
Wind, Sand and Stars: Saint Exupery ('39)
Interpreter of Maladies: Jhumpa Lahiri ('99)
Our Endangered Values: Jimmy Carter ('05)
A High Wind in Jamaica: Richard Hughes ('29)
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: John Perkins ('04)
Xenophobes guide to the Poles: Ewa Lipniacka ('94)
St. Maarten: Hans W. Hannau (no date)

beST MUSIC of 2006

beST muSIC:

Speak for Yourself: Imogen Heap ('05)

other good music:

Black Acetate: John Cale ('05)
Siberie m'etait Contee: Manu Chao ('04)
Sympathique: Pink Martini ('97)
Stadium Arcadium: RHCP ('06)
Living with War: Neil Young ('06)
Demon Days: Gorillaz ('05)

beST FILMS of 2006

beST fiLM:

The Constant Gardener ('05)

2nd beST fiLM:

Fun with Dick and Jane ('05)

three great documentaries:

An Inconvenient Truth ('06)
The End of Suburbia ('04)
Who Killed the Electric Car ('06)

with honorable mentions to:

The New World ('05)
Greenfingers ('00)
Match Point ('05)

these films determined to be watchable, worthwhile or entertaining:

Memoirs of a Geisha ('05)
Million Dollar Baby ('04)
Owning Mahoney ('03)
Chronicles of Narnia ('04)
State and Main ('00)
Good Night & Good Luck ('05)
The Squid & the Whale ('05)
The Da Vinci Code ('06)
Walk the Line ('05)
Junebug ('05)
Grizzly Man ('05)
Syriana ('05)
Tsotsi ('06)
A World Apart ('88)
Munich ('05)
Click ('06)
Thank You for Smoking ('05)
Akeelah & the Bee ('06)
The Matador ('05)
Transamerica ('05)
24 Hour Party People ('02)
Pirates of the Caribbean 2 ('06)
A High Wind in Jamaica ('65)
Knife in the Water ('62)