12.31.2012

2012 notable books

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

12.03.2012

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]