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.

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)

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]

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]

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)

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]