Bookshelf: August 2011
September 3rd, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Purchased
Salt: A World History, Mark Kurlansky
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, Haruki Murakami
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, Kurt Vonnegut (birthday gift from my sister!)
Started
Salt: A World History, Mark Kurlansky
Finished
Bonk, Mary Roach
Chapter Two:
Dating the Penis-Camera: Can a Woman Find Happiness with a Machine?
The Picture of Dorian Grey, Oscar Wilde
Memorable line:
The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.
I Heard the Owl Call My Name, Margaret Craven
On comparing religions:
“Yet they began in the same way, as we began.”
“With the myths, Caleb?”
“Yes.”
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays, Zadie Smith
I have two pages in my journal full of quotes from this book. I think Smith may be my favorite contemporary thinker. I kind of have an intellectual girl crush on her. Here’s just one quote I wrote down:
Acts of love, because they are unattached to the world of commodities, are radical propositions.
Periodicals
The Inlander, weekly
VegNews, October 2011 (Food Issue)
