ALL of the books I read in 2015…subjective favorites in bold: Blackwater, by Jeremy Scahill The Infinite Sea, by Rick Yancey On Immunity, by Eula Biss The Last True Story I’ll Ever Tell, by John Crawford A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall, by Will Chancellor Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer Speaker for the Dead, by Orson Scott Card The Female Brain, by Louann Brizendine The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman Hell House, by Richard… Read more »
Posts Tagged: lists
WTF, Internet?
While using Hopstop (RIP), I found that there was a section for East Anglia, England. What’s the public transport there? Eels? Hopstop might have fared better if it had the functionality to tell you how long it would take you to walk to the train while staring down at your phone the whole time. Things I’ve accidentally Googled while trying to search for “Hopstop”: 1. “hoo” – got this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoo A welcome misfire in the end. Many uses of hoo! 2…. Read more »
Apps I Need
Sneeze-counting app, including tracking of the ever-frustrating missed sneezes. App that gives you new weather when you hit refresh. Similar to the many step-tracking apps: an app that counts all of the words you type and delete on different devices throughout the day. App that lets you change Siri’s voice to Morgan Freeman’s or the vocalist of your choosing. Shazam for my moods. Ability to Google “What’s in my fridge right now and when is it going to go bad?”… Read more »
Best books I read in… (Part Two)
2011: The Ask, Sam Lipsyte The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon God on the Rocks, Jane Gardam (and shouldn’t this be the name of a cocktail?) State of Wonder, Ann Patchett Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier The Emperor of All Maladies, Siddhartha Mukherjee House of Mirth, Edith Wharton The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot The Sky is Everywhere, Jandy Nelson 2012: The Fallback Plan, Leigh Stein Bats Out of… Read more »
Best books I read in… (Part One)
I started keeping a word document of all of the books I read during the calendar year back in 2007, bolding the ones that I liked the most. I usually tried to keep the year’s best to ten and later, five–not forcing it, especially in years when I read more books or loved more of them, but it was nice to have a constraint. Here are (were?) my favorites from the past eight years… 2007: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki… Read more »
Objectives I would like to have a Kickstarter for (an ongoing list)
Starting a group home for wayward parentheticals that have never been closed. Memorizing all of the area codes in the United States. Documenting every instance someone on the internet has stated, “I’m balling my eyes out!” Octopus yoga.
Halloween
I tend toward the overly ambitious and also procrastinatory when it comes to costumes. Sometimes the best ones come from waiting until the last minute and seeing what there is in the costume box (yes, I have a costume box. I enjoy a good theme party and also not getting rid of things). In the end I was BMO from Adventure time, and spent only $7. All of the things I wanted to be for Halloween: A butterfly or fish… Read more »
Things that could stand to retire: an ongoing list
*Acoustic covers of No Diggity. *That ubiquitous Mary Oliver quote. She did say other things, everyone. You can read them during your one wild and precious life.
