robert k massie - peter the great [30-]
howard dully - my lobotomy [7-8]
lynne truss - eats, shoots and leaves [8-13]
oliver sacks - awakenings [11-18]
kathleen flinn - the sharper the knife, the less you cry [18-21]
natalie angier - beauty of the beastly [22-25]
irene nemirosvsky - fire in the blood [25-26]
tom shachtman - absolute zero [27-]
gave up on robert k massie - peter the great [30-]
black swan, green hornet [11], tangled [14], harry potter 7b [20], captain america [22], i am number 4
7.07.2011
6.19.2011
book $
e-book prices fuel outrage -- and innovation
i've had an ongoing "argument" with rip about e-books vs traditional books. and every time we can't agree because i feel like he isn't qualified to. in the last 10 years he, on average, has read less than two books a year. i more than double his annual reading rate in a month.
i hope paperback books keep coming out for a long long long time. i don't like hardcovers since they're less convenient: they're heavy, don't fit in my purse, are hard to hold with one hand, and because they're generally much more expensive, i'm more careful with them. which is annoying. but i also feel like books in general are too expensive.
most of my friends who are big readers have some sort of e-book reader. but none of us use it as our primary reader because traditional books are just a million times better! add price on top of all that, and not one of us is willing to permanently make the switch. but i do know that if e-books were significantly cheaper than print books, we could definitely be swayed.
i remember in high school cds were like $17 each. then napster and itunes became popular, now most cds are less than $13. book publishers really need to learn from the music industry! cds were priced to match mp3 prices, and books should be priced to be comparable to e-book prices, not the other way around as it is currently. i recently read somewhere else that used bookstores are doing really good business, and it's because people won't (maybe can't?) afford to spend $16 on a paperback or $26 on a hardback when they can get it for half off.
i've had an ongoing "argument" with rip about e-books vs traditional books. and every time we can't agree because i feel like he isn't qualified to. in the last 10 years he, on average, has read less than two books a year. i more than double his annual reading rate in a month.
i hope paperback books keep coming out for a long long long time. i don't like hardcovers since they're less convenient: they're heavy, don't fit in my purse, are hard to hold with one hand, and because they're generally much more expensive, i'm more careful with them. which is annoying. but i also feel like books in general are too expensive.
most of my friends who are big readers have some sort of e-book reader. but none of us use it as our primary reader because traditional books are just a million times better! add price on top of all that, and not one of us is willing to permanently make the switch. but i do know that if e-books were significantly cheaper than print books, we could definitely be swayed.
i remember in high school cds were like $17 each. then napster and itunes became popular, now most cds are less than $13. book publishers really need to learn from the music industry! cds were priced to match mp3 prices, and books should be priced to be comparable to e-book prices, not the other way around as it is currently. i recently read somewhere else that used bookstores are doing really good business, and it's because people won't (maybe can't?) afford to spend $16 on a paperback or $26 on a hardback when they can get it for half off.
6.01.2011
june 2011
best american travel writing of 2008 [22-4]
marie winn - red-tails in love: a wildlife drama in central park [3-5]
robert k massie - nicholas and alexandra [6-13]
charles panati - extraordinary origins of everything things [13-23]
stefan fatsis - word freak: heartbreak, triumph, genius, and obsession in the world of competitive scrabble [23-29]
robert k massie - peter the great [30-]
scott pilgrim vs. the world (2010), x-men: first class, super 8 (2011) [10], transformers 3 (2011) [29]
marie winn - red-tails in love: a wildlife drama in central park [3-5]
robert k massie - nicholas and alexandra [6-13]
charles panati - extraordinary origins of everything things [13-23]
stefan fatsis - word freak: heartbreak, triumph, genius, and obsession in the world of competitive scrabble [23-29]
robert k massie - peter the great [30-]
scott pilgrim vs. the world (2010), x-men: first class, super 8 (2011) [10], transformers 3 (2011) [29]
5.09.2011
may 2011
henry petroski - the evolution of useful things [10-6]
simon winchester - the man who loved china [4/8-9]
shirley jackson - the lottery and other stories [10-13]
greg mortenson & david oliver relin - three cups of tea [11-14]
ellen meloy - the anthropology of turquoise [15-gave up on 30]
steven rinella - the scavenger's guide to haute cuisine [16-20]
best american travel writing of 2008 [22-]
the bicycle thieves (1948) [2], thor (2011) [6], the darjeeling limited (2007) [7], rashomon (1950) [9], terminator (1984) [16], bridesmaids (2011) [20], pirates of the caribbean: on stranger tides (2011) [20]
simon winchester - the man who loved china [4/8-9]
shirley jackson - the lottery and other stories [10-13]
greg mortenson & david oliver relin - three cups of tea [11-14]
ellen meloy - the anthropology of turquoise [15-gave up on 30]
steven rinella - the scavenger's guide to haute cuisine [16-20]
best american travel writing of 2008 [22-]
the bicycle thieves (1948) [2], thor (2011) [6], the darjeeling limited (2007) [7], rashomon (1950) [9], terminator (1984) [16], bridesmaids (2011) [20], pirates of the caribbean: on stranger tides (2011) [20]
4.01.2011
april 2011
diane ackerman - zookeeper's wife [1-7]
josh kilmer-purcell - i am not myself these days [7]
simon winchester - the man who loved china [8-]
henry petroski - the evolution of useful things [10-]
dr. strangelove (1964) [5], a perfect getaway (2009) [12], niagra (1953) [20], bottle rocket (1996), fast five (2011) [29]
bad month for reading, did lots of crafting instead.
josh kilmer-purcell - i am not myself these days [7]
simon winchester - the man who loved china [8-]
henry petroski - the evolution of useful things [10-]
dr. strangelove (1964) [5], a perfect getaway (2009) [12], niagra (1953) [20], bottle rocket (1996), fast five (2011) [29]
bad month for reading, did lots of crafting instead.
3.08.2011
march 2011
david kamp - the united states of arugula [28-11]
michael paterniti - driving mr albert (again) [2-10]
ken mcalpine - off season [11-31]
malcolm gladwell - the tipping point [22-31]
harakiri (1962) [18], adam (2009) [19], raging bull (1980) [19], date night (2010) [23], grand illusion (1937) [28], blade runner (1982) [31]
michael paterniti - driving mr albert (again) [2-10]
ken mcalpine - off season [11-31]
malcolm gladwell - the tipping point [22-31]
harakiri (1962) [18], adam (2009) [19], raging bull (1980) [19], date night (2010) [23], grand illusion (1937) [28], blade runner (1982) [31]
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