Reading
Books: on balance, I'm for them. These are most of the ones I've read since 2007 or so. The star ratings correspond more closely to "how worth my time this felt" than "how good this is."Blue Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson
The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion
I just finished reading Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking and of course it’s all the things the everyone says: direct, heartbreaking, wise, necessary. One review included at the end of the edition I read says that it is vital reading “for any one who has lost some one... more >>
Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein
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Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity Culture
Jenny Odell
Made me think about:
The Crow
James O'Barr
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Grief is for People
Sloane Crosley
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All Fours
Miranda July
The Assommoir
Émile Zola,
Brian Nelson (trans.)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan Didion
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Homesick: Why Housing Is Unaffordable and How We Can Change It
Brendan O'Brien
Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet
Taylor Lorenz
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Pineapple Street
Jenny Jackson
Green Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson
Introduction to Industrial Engineering
Bonnie Boardman,
Jane M. Fraser (contributor)
Red Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson
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