definitely worth reading:
jon krakauer - under the banner of heaven: a story of violent faith
philip gourevitch - we wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with out family: stories from rwanda
captain charles moore - plastic ocean: how a sea captain's chance discovery launched a determined quest to save the oceans
other suggested readings:
atul gawande - better: a surgeon's notes on performance
gretchen rubin - the happiness project
and this was a fun, easy read that i liked a lot tho can't really say is worth reading since it isn't actually important or even useful if you know what i mean? i do recommend it tho!
steve pond - the big show: high times and dirty dealings backstage at the academy awards
12.31.2014
12.09.2014
december 2014
eric blehm the last season [1-21]
robert whiting - you gotta have wa [4-17]
suketu mehta - maximum city: bombay lost and found [22-]
guardians of the galaxy [8], the raid 2, teenage mutant ninja turtles, the interview (again) [25], 12 years a slave (2013) [31]
robert whiting - you gotta have wa [4-17]
suketu mehta - maximum city: bombay lost and found [22-]
guardians of the galaxy [8], the raid 2, teenage mutant ninja turtles, the interview (again) [25], 12 years a slave (2013) [31]
11.06.2014
november 2014
roland huntford - the last place on earth: scott and amundsen's race to the south pole [9/17-11/29]
in a world... (2013) [5], blue valentine (2010) [6], extract (2009) [6], spinning dishes (2013) [7], interstellar [16], nebraska (2013) [17], interstellar [16]
not much reading this month. busy editing videos (hence the extra movie watching) and crafting for xg year-end party
in a world... (2013) [5], blue valentine (2010) [6], extract (2009) [6], spinning dishes (2013) [7], interstellar [16], nebraska (2013) [17], interstellar [16]
not much reading this month. busy editing videos (hence the extra movie watching) and crafting for xg year-end party
10.16.2014
october 2014
norman doidge - the brain that changes itself [9/1-14]
philip gourevitch - we wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with out family: stories from rwanda [9/17-7]
best american travel writing of 2009 [10-16]
matt whyman - oink: my life with mini-pigs [16-20]
roland huntford - the last place on earth: scott and amundsen's race to the south pole [17-]
philip gourevitch - we wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with out family: stories from rwanda [9/17-7]
best american travel writing of 2009 [10-16]
matt whyman - oink: my life with mini-pigs [16-20]
roland huntford - the last place on earth: scott and amundsen's race to the south pole [17-]
9.25.2014
quotation
9.08.2014
september 2014
norman doidge - the brain that changes itself [1-]
anthony bourdain - medium raw [2-16]
philip gourevitch - we wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with out family: stories from rwanda [17-]
lois lowry - the giver [16-17] (again)
the giver [13]
philip gourevitch - we wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with out family: stories from rwanda [17-]
lois lowry - the giver [16-17] (again)
the giver [13]
8.21.2014
books
when book shopping, i have a few "requirements":
non-fiction
in reasonable condition
not ugly cover (i know...)
paperback
that's about it really. i read most genres, anything from psych to history, adventure to religion, science to travel, self-help to food. this is a major reason why i try to always purchase from used bookstores, to limit myself. there's simply too much to read otherwise!!
a couple of my favorite genres are travel memoir and pop science (i don't have a science background, after all, so i need to keep it relatively simple). i don't love history as much, since i get easily confused with names, places, and dates. it's one of the reasons i don't like fiction anymore, actually. there are too many characters to keep track of. i forget them since i never really take the time to learn their names. hermione would've been impossible. i would've remembered it as "h name with lots of vowels ends in e".
i also don't read fiction anymore because at some point it all seems to be the same. that thing about how there are only 7 basic literary plots? i think it's true. however, my absolute favorite books are all fiction, lol!
non-fiction
in reasonable condition
not ugly cover (i know...)
paperback
that's about it really. i read most genres, anything from psych to history, adventure to religion, science to travel, self-help to food. this is a major reason why i try to always purchase from used bookstores, to limit myself. there's simply too much to read otherwise!!
a couple of my favorite genres are travel memoir and pop science (i don't have a science background, after all, so i need to keep it relatively simple). i don't love history as much, since i get easily confused with names, places, and dates. it's one of the reasons i don't like fiction anymore, actually. there are too many characters to keep track of. i forget them since i never really take the time to learn their names. hermione would've been impossible. i would've remembered it as "h name with lots of vowels ends in e".
i also don't read fiction anymore because at some point it all seems to be the same. that thing about how there are only 7 basic literary plots? i think it's true. however, my absolute favorite books are all fiction, lol!
8.03.2014
august 2014
jennet conant - tuxedo park [16-2]
jerri nielsen - ice bound [28-4]
steve pond - the big show: high times and dirty dealings backstage at the academy awards [3-13]
peter hessler - strange stones [6-13]
leslie chang - factory girls: from village to city in a changing china [14-30]
susan casey - the devil's teeth: a True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks [16-31]
(turns out that authors peter hessler and leslie chang are actually married to each other!!
pacific rim (2013), divergent (2014), the grand budapest hotel (2014)
jerri nielsen - ice bound [28-4]
steve pond - the big show: high times and dirty dealings backstage at the academy awards [3-13]
peter hessler - strange stones [6-13]
leslie chang - factory girls: from village to city in a changing china [14-30]
susan casey - the devil's teeth: a True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks [16-31]
(turns out that authors peter hessler and leslie chang are actually married to each other!!
pacific rim (2013), divergent (2014), the grand budapest hotel (2014)
7.20.2014
bookstores
i get the majority of my books from used bookstores. i love em! if i were to ever open a store it would be a used bookstore. i can spend hours and hours in them and have been to every one within a 10 mile radius. even when travelling i try to visit them (when in ny i of course went to the strand, in portland went to powell's, and in vancouver went to macleod's, etc), and i always try to buy something. a good book is the best souvenir ever!
i like the independently owned bookstores as much as the corporate ones. independent ones generally have a smaller selection of books, but they're nearly always better better organized. a lot of them also have trading policies (in our area it's usually trade three for one). also, it's great to be able to support small businesses.
why used bookstores tho, as opposed to new? well, when you read a lot, books can be damn expensive. and since i don't keep most of the books i read, it's also better for the environment. that each book is cheap also makes it a lot easier to give each book away! and since i don't stick to any one author, genre, subject it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to browse online. i'm not looking for anything specific, after all.
i like the independently owned bookstores as much as the corporate ones. independent ones generally have a smaller selection of books, but they're nearly always better better organized. a lot of them also have trading policies (in our area it's usually trade three for one). also, it's great to be able to support small businesses.
why used bookstores tho, as opposed to new? well, when you read a lot, books can be damn expensive. and since i don't keep most of the books i read, it's also better for the environment. that each book is cheap also makes it a lot easier to give each book away! and since i don't stick to any one author, genre, subject it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to browse online. i'm not looking for anything specific, after all.
7.02.2014
july 2014
jared diamond - collapse [6/1-14]
anthony bourdain -the nasty bits [2-15]
jennet conant - tuxedo park: a wall street tycoon and the secret palace of science that changed the course of wwII [16-]
jerri nielsen - ice bound: a doctor's incredible battle for survival at the south pole [28-]
battleship (2012)
anthony bourdain -the nasty bits [2-15]
jennet conant - tuxedo park: a wall street tycoon and the secret palace of science that changed the course of wwII [16-]
jerri nielsen - ice bound: a doctor's incredible battle for survival at the south pole [28-]
battleship (2012)
6.01.2014
june 2014
jared diamond - collapse: how societies choose to fail or succeed [1-]
the best american travel writing 2006 [10-16]
don jon (2013) [1], bachelorette (2012) [1], friends with kids (2011) [2], butter (2011) [2], zack and miri make a porno (2008) [3], edge of tomorrow [7]
the best american travel writing 2006 [10-16]
don jon (2013) [1], bachelorette (2012) [1], friends with kids (2011) [2], butter (2011) [2], zack and miri make a porno (2008) [3], edge of tomorrow [7]
5.20.2014
may 2014
jon krakauer - under the banner of heaven: a story of violent faith [1-16]
atul gawande - better: a surgeon's notes on performance [16-22]
rick warren - purpose driven life [29-]
rocky 2 (1979), bling ring (2013), spiderman 2, rocky 3 (1982), rocky 4 (1985), food inc (2008) [again], x-men: days of future past [22], about time (2013) [31]
atul gawande - better: a surgeon's notes on performance [16-22]
rick warren - purpose driven life [29-]
rocky 2 (1979), bling ring (2013), spiderman 2, rocky 3 (1982), rocky 4 (1985), food inc (2008) [again], x-men: days of future past [22], about time (2013) [31]
4.18.2014
april 2014
captain charles moore - plastic ocean: how a sea captain's chance discovery launched a determined quest to save the oceans
colin thurbron - the lost heart of asia
airplane (1980), naked gun (1988), john wick (screener), expendables (2010), rocky (1976)
colin thurbron - the lost heart of asia
airplane (1980), naked gun (1988), john wick (screener), expendables (2010), rocky (1976)
3.27.2014
march 2014
kenneth davis - don't know much about history [1/20-march]
donovan hohn - moby duck: the true story of 28,800 bath toys lost at sea & of the beachcombers, oceanographers, environmentalists & fools including the author who went in search of them [march started and ended]
gretchen rubin - the happiness project [24-30]
frankenweenie, jiro dreams of sushi [18], her [21], rush [22], the perks of being a wallflower [28]
donovan hohn - moby duck: the true story of 28,800 bath toys lost at sea & of the beachcombers, oceanographers, environmentalists & fools including the author who went in search of them [march started and ended]
gretchen rubin - the happiness project [24-30]
frankenweenie, jiro dreams of sushi [18], her [21], rush [22], the perks of being a wallflower [28]
february 2014
am updating this towards the end of march so i'm sure i've missed lots... watched a ton of olympics coverage tho, so i know i wasn't reading much.
kenneth davis - don't know much about history: everything you wanted to know about american history but never learned [20-]
r.a. dyer - hustler days [didn't finish]
kenneth davis - don't know much about history: everything you wanted to know about american history but never learned [20-]
r.a. dyer - hustler days [didn't finish]
1.09.2014
janauary 2014
john long - the big drop: classic big wave surfing stories [1-18]
kenneth davis - don't know much about history: everything you wanted to know about american history but never learned [20-]
blackfish (2013) [6], the purge (2013) [9]
kenneth davis - don't know much about history: everything you wanted to know about american history but never learned [20-]
blackfish (2013) [6], the purge (2013) [9]
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