Inaugurating Wrap-Up Season 2012 (oh, also, I watched the Blind Side!)

I am unapologetic in my love of all the yearly roundups that people post on their blogs at around this time of year, and ever since 2010, I've conducted my own month-long navel-gazing extravaganza called Wrap-Up Season. Typically, I begin by talking about the books I've read in the year. I divide these books into four categories: Predictably Good; Surpr…