Recent Books: I love reading fiction and when I get into a good one, stay up late and dive in…
- The MAN WHO ATE everything, Jeffrey Steingarten – funny read, good intro on bread making
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery – Lost in a translation in some places, approx. 1/3 into the book, still not grabbing me, although well written
- LEED Green Associate Study Guide, USGBC-on my list of things to tackle, not quite at the top
- Duma Keys, Steven King – blarg
- Twilight Series, Stephenie Meyer: While not exactly adult literature, I found quite amusing, could not put down obsessive (similar to the way I responded to the Potter series and when I was quite a bit younger, the McCaffrey Talent series). The part of my mind for make believe is enthralled by mind-reading/emotion sensing, supernatural abilities.
- Midwives, Chris Bohjalian *slogged through until climax of story, addresses trial of a vermont midwife &
- Faith in Carlos Gomez, Samantha Dunn, *one of the few books that came close to being unfinished, addresses salsa and sexcapades with no end goal
- Born Standing Up, Steve Martin – only completed 1/3 of the way, as is usual in non fictions
- Putumayo World Music-can’t resist the Brazil and other latin sounds
- Paco De Lucia, Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin-asked for more Paco as I can’t resist the latin
- Howlin’ Wolf, mmm delicious blues
- Paul Simon, dancing in the kitchen, feeling happy
- Billie Holiday, more blues
- Etta James, blues blues
- Radiohead, love at first listen, saw at Bonnaroo ’06
- Kid Koala, met him at a Sonar Show ’07, wonderfully nice
- Rodrigo y Gabriella, saw in ’07 the day we moved into our first home with Kathy and Aaron and in ’09
- Andrew Bird, craziness
- Los Lobos – specifically Saint in the Glass, beautiful
- Stevie Ray Vaughn
- Beatles
- Led Zeppelin, love by association-husband played when we first met
- Jimi Hendrix, 16 year old love, young memories associated here
- Blondie
- The Fog of War- Heavy documentary on repercussions of war, needed a long walk in the rain after this one
- Inglorius Bastards- Good
- Julie&Julia- Cute, indulging my love of food
- Objectified- Interesting documentary on design
- In Bruges- Nice acting, slow moving, husband fell asleep
- Burn After Reading- meh
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button- Highly recommend, if a bit sad, thought provoking
Non Fiction:
Past:
Mistakes from B’more Annual Sale:
Non Fiction:
And Music My husband regularly introduces me to new music, some of which I absolutely love, some which I cannot stand for the cacophonic features (i.e. if it makes me grip my chair, I cannot listen)
Lastly, Movies