Tag: Book

  • reading right now

    Nick Hornby: Housekeeping Vs. The Dirt Sandeep Jauhar: Intern: A Doctor’s Initiation Brian Wood, Becky Cloonan: Demo

  • book stack

    Charles Yu: Third Class Superhero Brad Warner: Sit Down and Shut Up: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen’s Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye Christine Kenneally: The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language

  • Yay, Germany!

    Yay, Germany!

    If I were lucky enough to be in Germany right now, I could pick up a copy of the German translation of “Why Moms are Weird.” (I’m guessing this translation based on Babelfish and plot description. Any German speakers care to correct me?) It’s my favorite thing in Germany next to Bernd das Brot. Translation:…

  • i don’t understand how or why i’m reading so many books at once, but i am.

    Brad Warner: Sit Down and Shut Up: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen’s Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye Jennifer Belle: Little Stalker Victoria Zackheim: The Other Woman: Twenty-One Wives, Lovers, and Others Talk Openly About Sex, Deception, Love and Betrayal Elizabeth Berg: Durable Goods Christine Kenneally: The First Word:…

  • currently reading:

    Cecil Castellucci: Boy Proof Myla Goldberg: Time’s Magpie: A Walk in Prague

  • currently reading:

    Chuck Palahniuk: Snuff Jodi Picoult: My Sister’s Keeper Jill Bolte Taylor: My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey David Sedaris: When You Are Engulfed in Flames

  • save your jokes, folks.

    Benjamin Nugent: American Nerd: The Story of My People (There’s no joke you could make about me in this situation that I haven’t already said to myself, about myself.)

  • one of them drawy-picture books:

    Eddie Campbell: The Fate of the Artist

  • on the nightstand:

    AM Homes: This Book Will Save Your Life. Mary Roach: Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

  • reading:

    Oliver Sacks: Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain Margaret Atwood: Wilderness Tips Steve Almond: My Life in Heavy Metal