12.31.2013

2013 notable books

my favorites from my readings in 2013:
andrew chaikin - a man on the moon: the voyages of the apollo astronauts (september)

favorite movies:
gravity, anna karenina

12.17.2013

december 2013

kelly alexander and cynthia harris - hometown appetites: the story of celemntine paddleford, the forgotten food write who chronicled how america eat [5-17]
judith millidge - history bites: the past's strangest moments in bite-sized portions [11/23-31]

world war z, the hobbit 2, elysium, back to the future part 2 (1989) [31]

11.25.2013

november 2013

evan thomas - the very best men: four who dared: the early years of the CIA [1-22]
judith millidge - history bites: the past's strangest moments in bite-sized portions [23-]

step up revolution [], thor [9], hunger games 2 [22], finished breaking bad!

10.04.2013

october 2013

andrew chaikin - a man on the moon: the voyages of the apollo astronauts [9/1-4]
frank dikotter - mao's great famine: the history of china's most devastating catastrophe, 1958-1962 [2-26]
david grann - the lost city of z: a tale of deadly obsession in the amazon [26-]

gravity [6]

9.06.2013

september 2013

andrew chaikin - a man on the moon: the voyages of the apollo astronauts [1-]
malcolm gladwell - outliers: the story of success [3-13]
julian baggini - the pig that wants to be eaten: 100 experiments for the armchair philosopher [13-30]

notes on a scandal (2006) [6], breaking bad season 1, pitch perfect (2012) [27], breaking bad season 2,

8.07.2013

august 2013

matt ridley - genome: the autobiography of a species in 23 chapters [7/6-4]
alex kuczynski - beauty junkies [5-10]
peter hessler - oracle bones [11-31]


the big lebowski (1998) [6], for a good time, call... (2013) [13], raise the red lantern (1991) [16], the wolverine [16]

7.07.2013

july 2013

matt ridley - genome: the autobiography of a species in 23 chapters [6-
kevin star - california: a history [5/13-6]
cheryl strayed - wild: from lost to found on the pacific crest trail [6-12]


sunset boulevard (1950) [6], ruby sparks (2012) [9]

6.06.2013

june 2013

kevin star - california: a history [5/13-
lonely planet (ed don george) - tales from nowhere [8-20]

what's your number (2011) [6], oz the great and powerful [9], gangster squad [9], side effects [9], trouble with the curve (2012) [fell asleep halfway thru] [9], identity thief  [20], les miserables (2012), dredd (2012) [25]

china trip this month, so not much reading, but lots and lots of movies! and the best movie that i watched in all these? it was, hands down, identity thief (haha, see what i did there with the "hands down" and thief? oh man i'm awesome!)

5.01.2013

may 2013


vicki croke - the lady and the panda the true adventures of the first american explorer to bring back china's most exotic animal [16-14]
alan richman - fork it over: the intrepid adventures of a professional eater [29-9]
kevin star - california: a history [13-

iron man 3 [3], leap year (2010) [14], ted (2012) [16], fast and furious 6 [17], the five year engagement (2011), dark shadows (2012) [30]

4.04.2013

april 2013

simon winchester - a crack in the edge of the world [2/15-
carlos castaneda - the teachings of don juan a yaqui way of knowledge (read first half only) [2-12]
michael pollan - in defense of food [9-16]
vicki croke - the lady and the panda the true adventures of the first american explorer to bring back china's most exotic animal [16-
alan richman - fork it over: the intrepid adventures of a professional eater [29-

warm bodies [4], total recall (2012) [16], silver linings playbook [27]

3.14.2013

march 2013

the best american science and nature writing of [2/2-8]
anthony bourdain - a cook's tour: global adventures in extreme cuisines [2/26-31]

legends of the fall (1994) [8]

2.02.2013

february 2013

simon winchester - a crack in the edge of the world [15-
the best american science and nature writing of [2-
anthony bourdain - a cook's tour: global adventures in extreme cuisines [26-

django unchained (2012) [1], 300 (2006) [2], trading places (1983) [6,17], a good day to die hard [15], "30 for 30" jordan rides the bus (2010) [17], bill cunningham new york (2010) [18], national geographic: inside north korea (2007) [18], the hobbit (2012) [18]

1.08.2013

january 2013

best american travel writing 2007 [25-4]
ben macintyre - the napoleon of crime: the life and times of adam worth, master thief [4-15]
simon winchester - a crack in the edge of the world [15-

the fugitive (1993) [10], fantastic mr fox (2009) [17], king's speech (2010) [21], the artist (2011) [27]