I couldn’t help but make a few of my own top of the charts lists for 2011, mostly just for posterity!
The Sounds of 2011
What I listened to this year… not necessarily albums that were released this year. Just your typical collection of hip hop, folk rock, jam rock, and crunk rock. 
- She & Him: Volume 1, Volume 2, A Very She & Him Christmas
- Kina Grannis: Stairwells
- The Civil Wars: Barton Hallow
- Family Force 5: III
- O.A.R.: King
- Lecrae: Rehab
Best Reads of 2011
Again, not necessarily published this year, though some are. Here we have a ridiculously strange mix of Christian memoirs, celebrity autobiographies, business tales, and popular fiction. But some really great reads.
- A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life - Donald Miller
- Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? - Mindy Kaling
- Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose - Tony Hsieh
- Hear No Evil: Marching in the Lord’s Army, Fleeing the Devil, and Finding a Righteous Groove & Ghurched: One Kid’s Journey Toward God Despite a Holy Mess – Matthew Paul Turner
- Stories I Only Tell My Friends - Rob Lowe
- The Lantern – Deborah Lawrenson
- The Help - Kathryn Stockett
- The Memory Keeper’s Daughter - Kim Edwards
Favorite Movies of 2011
Most of the movies I saw at the drive-in this year did not make the list, but I did love Cowboys & Aliens, and not entirely in an ironic way! The Muppets takes the cake though by far!
- The Muppets
- Harry Potter 8
- Soul Surfer
- Cowboys & Aliens
- The Help
- Sherlock Holmes 2
- Super 8
Favorite TV Shows of 2011
New Girl is definitely the best new entry. I can pass hours on end watching Storage Wars, and the Sing Off had its best season yet.
- New Girl
- Storage Wars
- Parks & Recreation
- The Sing Off
- Top Model All Stars
Most Disappointing TV Shows of 2011
I gave Project Accessory many chances, but it was really, really dull, and I pretty much fell asleep every time I tried to watch it. And to quote something I read elsewhere, “Glee has become little more than the show before New Girl.”
- Project Accessory
- Glee
