Things to consume in 2012

One of my resolutions every year is not to waste money and space in the flat by having lots of books that remain unread or DVDs unwatched. However, I usually forget to make a list of what I've got to work through, and then end up buying more things before I've finished all the things I already have. Here's an attempt to make an inventory of what I've got to consume first in 2012, before starting on anything else:
Books
The Tiger's Wife, Tea Obreht. I read the first magnificent 122 pages and then stopped. Why? I don't know. Shame on me.
Ours Are The Streets, Sunjeev Sahota. It's good.  It's not very cheery, mind. Finished on the 9th of January here.
The Sense Of An Ending, Julian Barnes. It won the Booker in 2011, so we can almost guarantee it's going to be grim too.  At least it's not very long.
Moon Over Soho, Ben Aaronovitch. Which makes my wife laugh, so that's a happy break from the first grinding trio. Finished on the 7th of January here.
The Years Of Rice And Salt
Underground London
Metropolis, Elizabeth Gaffney
Carry Me Down, M J Hyland. Another Booker nominee, from 2006.  That will be cheerful then.
Parrot and Olivier in America, Peter Carey
The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
Secrets and Spies, Mara Moustafine

Films
Confessions - we managed to watch the first part of this, and realising it was quite, quite grim, couldn't restart. Something to get through.
Confessions Of A Dog - more than three hours of Japanese crime and horribleness, I expect. But I bought it, so I need to bite the bullet and watch it.
Black Book - and as a cheery break from the above two films, Vorhoeven's WW2 epic. Oh, god, this is going to be grim, isn't it?
The Ghost - it was $49 at HMV. But that will be a waste of $49 if I don't watch Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor battling it out.
TV
I Am Not An Animal - the wife hates this animated oddity from a decade ago. I loved it when I saw it on television back then, and then because of the odious DRM that laces our computer, I haven't been able to watch UK regioned DVDs for most of the last year. Now, armed with a second DVD drive, this should be within my grasp once more.