february 2015

haven't been reading much lately. am trying to slog thru a couple not interesting books. they're not bad. they just don't excite me much. have instead been watching a ton of stuff on the roku rip got me for christmas! few dates on the movies since i don't rememer when i watched them and because i think i watched most of them thru a couple sessions

suketu mehta - maximum city: bombay lost and found [22-19]
frances mayes - every day in tuscany [3-26]
barbara kingsolver - animal, vegetable, miracle [27-]


bill and ted's excellent adventure (1989) [1], se7en (1995) [2], fury (2014), mockingjay part 1 (2014), our idiot brother (2011), last night (2010), stuck in love (2012), ballerina (2009), begin again (2013) [27],

january 2015

suketu mehta - maximum city: bombay lost and found [22-]
pico iyer - tropical classical: essays from several directions [2-]

august: osage county (2013) [2], kings of pastry (2009) [4], snowpiercer (2013) [7], jack ryan: shadow recruit (2014) [10], pulp fiction, mind of a chef season 1, mind of a chef season 2, burt's buzz (2013) [23], mile mile and a half (2013) [25], living on one dollar (2013) [26]

worked on scdbc capsize video, so didn't read much. also watched a lot on new roku that rip got me for christmas!

2014 notable books

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

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]

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

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-]