- Call Me Zebra, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
- Census, Jesse Ball
- The Dictionary of Animal Languages, Heidi Sopinka
- The Golden State, Lydia Kiesling
- The House of Broken Angeles, Luis Alberto Urrea
- The Italian Teacher, Tom Rachman
- The Mars Room, Rachel Kushner
- Milkman, Anna Burns
- My Sister, The Serial Killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite (1)
- The Overstory, Richard Powers
- The Parking Lot Attendant, Nafkote Tamirat (3)
- So Lucky, Nicola Griffith (2)
- There, There, Tommy Orange
- Warlight, Michael Ondaatje
- Washington Black, Esi Edugyan
jan 1 2019 ∞
jan 13 2019 +
- vault living room ceiling
- remove asbestos popcorn ceilings of death and destruction
- washer and dryer solutions (get washer out of kitchen)
- paint everything inside white
- decide on sandblasting outside block
- what to do about the fence
- bathroom renos
- kitchen reno
- prioritize this list
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jan 16 2018 ∞
jan 16 2018 +
- Abducted in Plain Sight ★★
- Mustang ★★★★★
- Roma ★★★★★
- Eighth Grade ★★★★☆
- Fyre Fraud ★★★ 1/2
- Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened ★★★
- Free Solo ★★★★★★★★★★
- Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse ★★★★☆
- McQueen ★★★
- Sorry to Bother You ★★★★☆
- BlackKKlansman ★★★
- Mary Poppins ★★★
- Black Panther ★★★★★
- Minding the Gap ★★★★★
- Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? ★★
- Shirkers
- Bohemian Rhapsody ★★★
- God Knows Where I am ★★
- Hassan Minaj: Homecoming King ★★★
feb 3 2017 ∞
feb 12 2019 +
- lies incorporated, ari rabin-havt
- spiral: trapped in the forever world, mark danner
- private empire, steve coll
- dark money, jane mayer
- while the city slept, eli sanders
- pumpkin flowers, matti friedman
dec 19 2016 ∞
dec 23 2016 +
- Russian Doll ★★★★★
- Mindhunter, season 1 ★★★★★
- the innocent man ★★
- the clinton affair ★★★★ 1/2
- the great british baking show, season 5 ★★★★☆
- the great british baking show, season 6 ★★★★★
- the good place, seasons 1 & 2 ★★★★☆
- homecoming ★★★★☆
- haunting of hill house ★★★★ 1/2 (it'd be a straight-up 5 stars but it fell apart in the end)
- making a murderer, season 2 ★★★
- unreal, season 4 ★★★
- Girlfriend's Guide to Divorce ★★★
- Forever, season 1 ★★★ 1/2
- Sharp Objects ★★★★★
- GLOW, season 2 ★★★ 1/2
- Casual, season 4 ★★★★☆
feb 23 2016 ∞
feb 12 2019 +
- Recovering History, Constructing Race, Martha Menchaca
- The Beautiful Struggle, Ta-Nehisi Coates
- How to Slowly Kill Yourself & Others in America, Kiese Laymon
- The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander
- Citizen, Claudia Rankine
- Between the World & Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
- The Half has Never Been Told, Edward E. Baptist
- Empire of Cotton, Sven Beckert
- The Heart of Everything that Is, Bob Drury
- An Indigionous Peoples' History of the United States, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
- The Locust Effect, Gary Haugen
- Overrated, Eugene Cho
- Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson
- The Third Plate, Dan Barber
- This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get you Killed, Charles Cobb
jun 22 2015 ∞
sep 15 2015 +
- Power, Kanye
- In Between Days, the Cure
- What's the Frequency Kenneth, REM
jun 2 2015 ∞
jun 2 2015 +
- A book written by someone when they were under the age of 25=The Icarus Girl, Helen Oyeyemi
- A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65-Blue Nights, Joan Didion
- A collection of short stories (either by one person or an anthology by many people) - Redeployment, Phil Klay
- A book published by an indie press - The Argonauts, Maggie Nelson
- A book by or about someone that identifies as LGBTQ-Adam, Ariel Schraig
- A book by a person whose gender is different from your own-So You've Been Publicly Shamed, Jon Ronson
- A book that takes place in Asia-Silence Once Begun, Jesse Ball
- A book by an author from Africa, Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- A book that is by or about someone from a...
jan 12 2015 ∞
jun 9 2016 +
- it's hard to be nice when you feel lonely
- I don't really like drinking anymore and lots of other people do
- being a good parent is a constant struggle when I'm running on fumes
- being a good wife also
- time management
- laziness
- out of shape
jan 5 2015 ∞
jan 5 2015 +
- james gandolfini
- hugh laurie
- alan cumming
- tim curry in the rocky horror picture show, Dr. Franknfurter
- seth green
- jeremy sisto in 6 feet under
- dave grohl
- michael cera (because he is barely 18)
sep 12 2007 ∞
dec 27 2007 +
Whilel there's been no movement on this list, I can't say that the trade-off is a bad one.
- puerto escondido in mexico
- kenya and tanzania
- bali
- spain
- madagascar and timbuktu
- iran, israel and jordan
- india again (southern this time)
- south africa
- japan
- cambodia
- thailand
- argentina
- antarctica
- lapland
- sri lanka
- the maldives
- new zealand and australia
jul 2 2007 ∞
jan 5 2015 +
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I'm allowing books written in exile. Some of these would have been hard, if not impossible, to find in translation otherwise. Noted with an asterisk
- Afghanistan: The Patience Stone, Atiq Rahimi*
- Albania
- Algeria
- Burundi, A Small Country, Gael Faye*
- Nigeria, My Sister the Serial Killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite
nov 23 2018 ∞
jan 3 2019 +
aka Like I need another reading challenge
- A book made into a movie you've already seen, Sharp Objects, Gillian Flynn
- True crime, People Who Eat Darkness, Richard Lloyd Parry
- The next book in a series you started
- A book involving a heist
- Nordic noir
- A novel based on a real person, small country, gael faye
- A book set in a country that fascinates you, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, Barbara Demick
- A Book with a time of day in the title, the remains of the day, kazuo ishiguro
- A book about a villain or antihero, Social Creature, Tara Isabella Burton
- A book about death or grief, caypso, david sedaris
- A book with a female author who uses a ma...
dec 26 2017 ∞
dec 10 2018 +
- A book about sports
- A debut novel, goodbye vitamin, Rachel khong
- A book about books, The Return of the Honey Buzzrd, Aimee De Jongh
- A book set in central or south america written by a central or south american author
- A book by an immigrant or with a central immigration narrative, exit west, moshin hamid
- An all ages comic
- A book published between 1900 and 1950
- A travel memoir
- A book you've read before, Sharp Objects, Gillian Flynn
- A book set within 100 miles of your location
- A book set more than 5000 miles from your location, a separation, katie kitamura
- A fantasy novel
jan 5 2017 ∞
dec 10 2018 +
- Learn to quilt
- Learn to read tarot
- Learn to make pasta-2017
mar 3 2016 ∞
dec 26 2017 +
- the new world, chris adrian & eli horowitz
- the sellout, paul beatty
- bats of the republic, zachary thomas dodson
- the turner house, angela flournoy
- fates & furies, lauren groff
- our souls at night, kent haruf
- ban en banlieue, Bhanu Kapil
- the story of my teeth, valeria luiselli
- the tsar of love & techno, anthony marra
- the sympathizer, viet Thanh Nguyen
- the whites, richard price
- oreo, fran ross
- the book of aron, jim shepard
- the invaders, Karolina waclawiak
- a little life, hana yanagihara
jan 20 2016 ∞
oct 3 2016 +
- The Devil's Highway, Luis Alberto Urrea
- Savage Harvest, Carl Hoffman
- On the Rez, Ian Frazier
- In the Kingdom of Ice, Hampton Sides
- The Emerald Mile, Kevin Fedarko
- Born to Run, Chris McDougall
- The Last American Man, Elizabeth Gilbert
- The Tiger, John Vallient
- On the Burning Edge, Kyle Dickman
- Crazy for the Storm, Norman Ollestad
FILMS
- Valley Uprising
- Virunga
- The Cove
- The Crash Reel
jun 6 2015 ∞
jun 14 2015 +
- Chicken coop
- planter garden
- mud kitchen
may 28 2015 ∞
may 28 2015 +
- Big Sur - Glen Oaks Motel
- Missoula
- Joshua Tree - Mike & Katie's wedding
- Antelope Canyon, AZ
- Anchorage to visit Ash (solo)
- Tuscon, to run Marathon in Dec (possible solo)
jan 12 2015 ∞
jun 4 2015 +
- Optimism
- frustration
- overwhelmed by my responsibilities
- irritated with my propensity/inclination to put things off while simultaneously doing nothing to change my modus operandi
- exhaustion
jan 5 2015 ∞
jun 7 2015 +
Perhaps if I rate the experience on a 1 to 5 scale, I will continue to plod through these? Let's see.)
- Dreamland
- Black Mirror
- transparent 5
- Mad Men
- Game of Thrones
- Finish the Wire (season 5)
- Undeclared
- The West Wing
- Downton Abbey
- Friday Night Lights
- Gossip Girl
- The Office (UK)
- Undeclared
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Breaking Bad
- arrested development
- Olive Kitteridge
- orange is the new black - season 1 gets a...
jun 13 2013 ∞
feb 9 2016 +
- Before Midnight
- Frances Ha
- Stories We Tell
- Sun Don't Shine
- The Bling Ring
- The Mysteries & Mentors of Ricky Jay
- The Kings of Summer
- This is the End
- room 237
- fruitvale station
may 19 2013 ∞
apr 13 2016 +
 This was one of my first lists about 7 years ago, but is still mostly true and good for some inspo on inspiration deficit days
- sincerity at the expense of coolness
- my children (2015)
- my nephews and nieces (2015 - updated)
- expensive heels, the more impractical the better
- brilliant food
- tapas and sangria
- crumbly old buildings that have been reinvented and put to new use
- viszlas
- warm sugar cookies
- amateur photography
- people who put other people first (not countries or governments), even when it can harm them to do so
- inclement weather with belle & sebastian
- spoon-kill the moonlight
jul 5 2007 ∞
jan 5 2015 +
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- An epistolary novel or collection of letters
- An alternate history novel
- A book by a woman and/or AOC (Author of Color) that won a literary award in 2018
- A humor book
- A book by a journalist or about journalism
- A book by an AOC set in or about space
- An #ownvoices book set in Mexico or Central America
- An #ownvoices book set in Oceania
- A book published prior to January 1, 2019, with fewer than 100 reviews on Goodreads
- A translated book written by and/or translated by a woman
- A book of manga
- A book in which an animal or inanimate object is a point-of-view character
- A book by or about someone that identifie...
dec 12 2018 ∞
dec 13 2018 +
- A book published posthumously, I'll Be Gone in the Dark, Michelle McNamara
- True crime, People Who Eat Darkness, Richard Lloyd Parry
- A classic of genre fiction (western, sci fi, romance, mystery), Time Was, Ian McDonald
- A comic written and illustrated by the same person, The Strange, Jerome Ruillier
- A book set in or about one of the 5 BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa)
- A book about nature, Pure Land, Annette McGivney
- A western
- A comic written or illustrated by a POC, the best we could do, thi bui
- A book of colonial or postcolonial lit, the best we could do, thi bui
- A romance novel by or about a POC
- A children's classic written before 1980
dec 26 2017 ∞
dec 5 2018 +
- TheParking Lot Attendant, Nafkote Tamirat ★★☆☆☆
- My Sister the Serial Killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite ★★★★★
- So Lucky, Nicola Griffith ★★★☆☆
- My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Otessa Moshfegh ★★☆☆☆
- Sharp Objects, Gillian Flynn ★★★★☆
- Red Clocks, Leni Zumas ★★★★★
- The Patience Stone, Atiq Rahimi ★★★☆☆
- Best American Essays, 2017 ★★★★☆
- small country, gael faye ★★★★☆
- time was, ian mcdonald ★★★☆☆
- the remains of the day, kazuo ishiguro ★★★★★
- the tale of Despereaux, Kate Di Camillo ★★☆☆☆
jan 17 2017 ∞
jan 13 2019 +
- the association of small bombs, karan mahajan
- the north water, ian mcguire
- the underground railroad, colsom whitehead
- the vegetarian, han king
- war and turpentine, stefan hertmans
- at the existentialist cafesarah bakewell
- dark money, jane mayer
- evicted, matthew desmond
- in the darkroom, susan faludi
- the return: fathers, sons and the land in between, hisham matar
dec 7 2016 ∞
jul 31 2018 +
- Horace & Pete
- The Mindy Show (Hulu)
- Transparent (season 2)
- War & Peace
- Mr. Robot
- Portlandia (seasons 2-now)
- Baskets
- You, Me & the Apocalypse
- Last Man on Earth
- Grinder
- Brooklyn 911 (seasons 2-3)
- fleabag
feb 9 2016 ∞
jan 18 2017 +
- a horror book
- a nonfiction book about science (sapiens), when breath becomes air, paul kalanithi
- a collection of essays, Men Explain Things to Me, Rebecca Solnit
- a book out loud to someone else, All of the Cat & the Hat, Curious George, Madeline books to my kids (also Ping)
- a middle grade book, the tale of desperaux, kate di camillo
- a biography (not memoir or autobio)
- a dystopian or post-apocalyptic, Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel
- a book published in the decade I was born (1970's)
- an audible book that has won an audie
- a book over 500 pages, 11/22/63, Stephen king
- a book under 100 pages: We Should All Be Feminists, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
jan 20 2016 ∞
nov 7 2018 +
- the wolf pack
- the overnight
- Amy
- kung fu master, agnes varda
- an honest liar
NETFLIX
- The White Helmets (sep 16)
- Amanda Knox (sep 30)
- into the inferno (Oct 28)
- the JT Leroy film
- the nice guys
jun 16 2015 ∞
oct 3 2016 +
- The New Bohemians, Justina Blakeney
may 28 2015 ∞
may 28 2015 +
- The Storied Life of AJ Fikry
- If you could be mine for either LGBT or YA book
- tell me again how a crush should feel (same)
- Hammer Headm Nina Mac Laughlin
- what the world will look like when all the water leaves us (short stories)
- let me tell you, shirley jackson (not yet published)
- Red or Dead, David Peace
- Caffeinated, Murray Carpenter (not yet published)
- a few seconds of radiant filmstrip
- a girl is a half-formed thing
- smile/sisters, raina tegemeir (YA)
- citizen, an american lyric (poetry)
- find me, laura van den berg
- the lobster kings, alexi zentner
- Better than Before, Gretchen Rubin
- Self Help, Lorrie Moore
jan 26 2015 ∞
aug 22 2017 +
I really thought about having two lists - the realistic and the aspirational. In the end, decided to be optimistic and put 'em all on realistic. I reserve the right to create the unrealistic but still thrilling aspirational list at a later date.
- More recreational writing (not just for work). every day would be nice.
- Work out every day for my mental(primary reason) and physical (secondary/vanity reason) health
- run a 5 K
- run a half-marathon
- run a marathon
- avoid any fun runs or obstacle courses or anything that requires paint, fairy dust or mud hitting any part of my person
- read 52 books (ya heard me, self. do this thing. there was a time in which a book a week was childsplay. Now literal childsplay has usurped me reading time)
jan 5 2015 ∞
jan 6 2015 +
- dancing and dinner with a Romany (gypsy) family in Romania
- paragliding over Neuschwanstein Castle south of Munich
- roadside chai near New Delhi
- getting trapped inside nepal cut off from all communication (cell phone, email, etc.) when the king closed the borders and shut down phone lines (02/05)
- running into an old friend from India on the streets in Budapest
- camping on the banks of the ganges
- Halong Bay in Northern Vietnam - most beautiful and otherworldly place I've been
- stumbling upon a buddhist monastery outside of Hue by scooter - the trees sounded like wind chimes as we approached
- sharing chai and rice at a sikh community centre center near agra
- after having been mildly assaulted by a drunk serbian war vet on the train to belg...
jun 25 2007 ∞
jul 15 2007 +
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