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
11.06.2014
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)
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