Reptastic’s List-tastic

We at Reptastic are a discerning and opinionated lot, so we’ve decided to add this feature to keep give you some recommendations based on what we’ve enjoyed reading, watching and listening to lately. If you haven’t experienced any of the books, movies, TV shows or CDs listed below, then do yourself a favor and give them a chance. Also, we hope you’ll take the time to let us know what you’ve enjoyed lately and share it with us in the comments section below.

5 Books You Need to Read:

1. Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris

2. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

3. Devil in the White City by Erik Larsen

4. The Blind Side by Michael Lewis

5. Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser

3 Albums that are Currently on Constant Rotation

1. Make Another World by Idlewild

2. In Rainbows by Radiohead

3. Dark on Fire by Turin Brakes

3 Movies You Need to Watch to Get Ready for the Oscars

1. No Country for Old Men

2. Michael Clayton

3. There Will be Blood

*Juno and Atonement aren’t worth your time

5 Shows on DVD You Should Move up in Your Netfix Queue to Fight the Writer’s Strike Blues

1. The Wire (Seasons 1-4)

2. 30 Rock (Season 1)

3. The Office (BBC Version)

4. Extras

5. Coupling (Seasons 1-3)

Damn You Writers Strike for Leaving Us With Just These 3 Shows to Look Forward to:

1. Lost (premiering this Thursday)

2. Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares (A new season has just begun on BBC America with episodes airing each Thursday)

3. Dr. Drew’s Celebrity Rehab

3 Comedies that if You Haven’t Seen, You Should Make it Your Business to Do So

1. Wet Hot American Summer

2. Kid’s in the Hall: Brain Candy

3. In the Company of Men

3 Dramas from the Last 3 Years Which Should Find Their Way to the Top of Your Netflix Queue if They Haven’t Already

1. The Constant Gardener

2. Das Leben Der Anderen (The Lives of Others)

3. Once
3 Reality Shows Actually Worth Renting

1. Long Way Down

2. Rob and Big

3. Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares

10 Albums from the 90s You Should Still be Listening to in the 00s

1. Anything by Radiohead (Yes, even Pablo Honey)

2. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain by Pavement (1994)

3. Songs from Northern Britain by Teenage Fanclub (1997)

4. Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips (1999)

5. Definitely Maybe by Oasis (1994)

6. Pinkerton by Weezer (1996)

7. The Masterplan by Oasis (1998)

8. Good Feeling by Travis (1997)

9. Weezer [The Blue Album] by Weezer (2004)

10. The Return of the Rentals by The Rentals (1995)