Flying in British Style

I vaguely remember a British Airways television commercial starring a prim and proper flight attendant with the tagline, "We British just know how to fly" or something to that effect.  Unfortunately, I can't seem to uncover any online evidence of this particular campaign, so instead, I'll have to segue into my review of my recent travels on the airline with this:

MediumBrow's 2012 Reading List

Last year I gave a rundown of the fourteen books I finished in the calendar year.  In 2012, with the help of the New York Public Library, I tallied a Jordanesque 23.