my favorites from my readings in 2012
lynne cox - swimming to antarctica: tales of a long-distance swimmer [april]
timothy egan - the worst hard time: the untold story of those who survived the great american dust bowl [april]
jamling tenzing norgay - touching my father's soul: a sherpa's journey to the top of everest [september]
michael pollan - the omnivore's dilemma [october]
movies of note:
the raid, reservoir dog, wreck it ralph
12.31.2012
12.03.2012
december 2012
bruce chatwin - what am i doing here [11/28-30]
best american travel writing 2007 [25-
predator (1987) [4], code 46 (2003) [6], life of pi [7], warrior (2011) [11-12]
best american travel writing 2007 [25-
predator (1987) [4], code 46 (2003) [6], life of pi [7], warrior (2011) [11-12]
11.12.2012
november 2012
paul chaisson - the island of seven cities: where the chinese settled when they discovered america [29-2]
daniel tammet - embracing the wide sky [2-29]
bruce chatwin - what am i doing here [28-
tremors (1990) [6], skyfall [10], hereafter (2010) [13], wreck it ralph [21]
daniel tammet - embracing the wide sky [2-29]
bruce chatwin - what am i doing here [28-
tremors (1990) [6], skyfall [10], hereafter (2010) [13], wreck it ralph [21]
10.02.2012
october 2012
oliver sacks - the man who mistook his wife for a hat [27-12]
joan didion - where i was from [30-5]
best american travel writing of 2003 [17-
michael pollan - the omnivore's dilemma [4-22]
paul chaisson - the island of seven cities: where the chinese settled when they discovered america [29-
looper [14], argo [20], cloud atlas [27]
joan didion - where i was from [30-5]
best american travel writing of 2003 [17-
michael pollan - the omnivore's dilemma [4-22]
paul chaisson - the island of seven cities: where the chinese settled when they discovered america [29-
looper [14], argo [20], cloud atlas [27]
9.03.2012
september 2012
best american travel writing of 2001 [17-9]
jamling tenzing norgay - touching my father's soul: a sherpa's journey to the top of everest [9-11]
tea obreht - the tiger's wife [11-24]
best american science and nature writing of 2007 [14-27]
oliver sacks - the man who mistook his wife for a hat [27-
joan didion - where i was from [30-
chariots of fire (1981) [1], bullet to the head (screener) [25]
jamling tenzing norgay - touching my father's soul: a sherpa's journey to the top of everest [9-11]
tea obreht - the tiger's wife [11-24]
best american science and nature writing of 2007 [14-27]
oliver sacks - the man who mistook his wife for a hat [27-
joan didion - where i was from [30-
chariots of fire (1981) [1], bullet to the head (screener) [25]
8.01.2012
august 2012
bill bryson - made in america [5/21-10]
stacey o'brian - wesley the owl: the remarkable love story of an owl and his girl [1-4]
dave eggars - a heartbreaking work of a staggering genius [3-9]
david foster wallace - infinite jest [11-
mary roach - bonk [13-17]
best american travel writing of 2001 [17-]
reservoir dogs (1992) [9], the real rocky (2011) [10], bourne legacy [12], word play (2005) [20], cruel intentions (1999) [21], vicky christina barcelona (2008) [28]
stacey o'brian - wesley the owl: the remarkable love story of an owl and his girl [1-4]
dave eggars - a heartbreaking work of a staggering genius [3-9]
david foster wallace - infinite jest [11-
mary roach - bonk [13-17]
best american travel writing of 2001 [17-]
reservoir dogs (1992) [9], the real rocky (2011) [10], bourne legacy [12], word play (2005) [20], cruel intentions (1999) [21], vicky christina barcelona (2008) [28]
7.05.2012
july 2012
bill bryson - made in america [5/21-
jason hartley - the advanced genius theory [18-8]
david sedaris - dress your family in corduroy and denim [9-12]
armand marie leroi - mutants: on genetic variety and the human body [18-25]
david sedaris - when you are engulfed in flames [26-31]
the amazing spiderman [4], magic mike [21], batman: the dark knight rises [22]
jason hartley - the advanced genius theory [18-8]
david sedaris - dress your family in corduroy and denim [9-12]
armand marie leroi - mutants: on genetic variety and the human body [18-25]
david sedaris - when you are engulfed in flames [26-31]
the amazing spiderman [4], magic mike [21], batman: the dark knight rises [22]
6.18.2012
june 2012
malcolm gladwell - what the dog saw [6-17]
jason hartley - the advanced genius theory [18-]
prometheus [14], this means war [18], the descendants (2011) [18], young adult (2011) [19], in time (2011) [19]
slow month, "too much" traveling.
jason hartley - the advanced genius theory [18-]
prometheus [14], this means war [18], the descendants (2011) [18], young adult (2011) [19], in time (2011) [19]
slow month, "too much" traveling.
5.11.2012
5.03.2012
may 2012
simon winchester - outposts [27-16]
eric schlosser, charles wilson - chew on this: everything you don't want to know about fast food [7-13]
mark kurlansky - salt: a world history [14-24]
nigel slater - toast [16-20]
bill bryson - made in america [21-
norah vincent - self-made man [25-28]
the avengers [4], the september issue (2009) [10], dumb and dumber (1994) [17], MIB III [28], 127 hours (2010) [29], man on a ledge [30]
eric schlosser, charles wilson - chew on this: everything you don't want to know about fast food [7-13]
mark kurlansky - salt: a world history [14-24]
nigel slater - toast [16-20]
bill bryson - made in america [21-
norah vincent - self-made man [25-28]
the avengers [4], the september issue (2009) [10], dumb and dumber (1994) [17], MIB III [28], 127 hours (2010) [29], man on a ledge [30]
4.02.2012
april 2012
dave eggers - how we are hungry [28-4]
lynne cox - swimming to antarctica: tales of a long-distance swimmer [30-2]
timothy egan - the worst hard time: the untold story of those who survived the great american dust bowl [4-9]
james gleick - faster: the acceleration of just about everything [9-30]
pearl s buck - the good earth [14-25]
simon winchester - outposts [27-
the hunger games [7], wrath of the titans [7], the raid [21]
lynne cox - swimming to antarctica: tales of a long-distance swimmer [30-2]
timothy egan - the worst hard time: the untold story of those who survived the great american dust bowl [4-9]
james gleick - faster: the acceleration of just about everything [9-30]
pearl s buck - the good earth [14-25]
simon winchester - outposts [27-
the hunger games [7], wrath of the titans [7], the raid [21]
3.04.2012
march 2012
the best american science and nature writing of 2008 [22-4]
malcolm gladwell - blink [4-7]
eric liu - the accidental asian [5-23]
kenneth r miller - finding darwin's god [8-]
michael pollan - the botany of desire [13-21]
richard ellis - the search for the giant squid [23-28]
dave eggers - how we are hungry [28-]
lynne cox - swimming to antarctica [30-]
the help (2011) [4], the wedding weekend (2006) [10], 21 jump street (2012) [20], red band [29] (screener)
malcolm gladwell - blink [4-7]
eric liu - the accidental asian [5-23]
kenneth r miller - finding darwin's god [8-]
michael pollan - the botany of desire [13-21]
richard ellis - the search for the giant squid [23-28]
dave eggers - how we are hungry [28-]
lynne cox - swimming to antarctica [30-]
the help (2011) [4], the wedding weekend (2006) [10], 21 jump street (2012) [20], red band [29] (screener)
2.05.2012
february 2012
lawrence osborne - the accidental connoisseur [22-5]
walter r brooks - freddy and the bean home news [5-6] (for tutoring)
jill bolte taylor - my stroke of insight [6-13]
best american science writing of 2006 [12-22]
the best american science and nature writing of 2008 [22-]
real steel (2011) [2], beyond the mat (1999) [8-9], sliding doors (1998) [9], the grey [9],
walter r brooks - freddy and the bean home news [5-6] (for tutoring)
jill bolte taylor - my stroke of insight [6-13]
best american science writing of 2006 [12-22]
the best american science and nature writing of 2008 [22-]
real steel (2011) [2], beyond the mat (1999) [8-9], sliding doors (1998) [9], the grey [9],
1.06.2012
january 2012
anne fadiman - the spirit catches you and you fall down [26-5]
the best american science and nature writing: 2002 [6-23]
matthew hart - diamond: a journey to the heart of an obsession [16-21]
lawrence osborne - the accidental connoisseur [22-]
word wars (2004) [4], big trouble in little china (1996) [18], haywire [21]
the best american science and nature writing: 2002 [6-23]
matthew hart - diamond: a journey to the heart of an obsession [16-21]
lawrence osborne - the accidental connoisseur [22-]
word wars (2004) [4], big trouble in little china (1996) [18], haywire [21]
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