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Since we're strict Gregorians, you won't see any 2004 wrap-ups by us until January because THE YEAR ISN'T OVER YET. Anything can happen before midnight tomorrow and the tsunami tragedy is a painful reminder. But, we do love the lists other people come up with and here are two for both parts of your brain: the one that loves pretty pictures of people and the other that has an attention span of more than ten minutes. Yes, we're talking about fashion and books.

2004 Unzipped [Style.com]
Book Beat Awards [NYPost]

Also: Check out what Alex Balk, the blogger formerly known for delivering ass-poundings as TMFTML, read this past year. Books of the Year [Maud Newton]