2019 Reading List

 I think for 2019, I'll delve into longer books, and revisit some of my favorites of the past two years.

Completed books:

1. The Beastie Boys Book - Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz (e-book started 12/29 finished 1/2) 10/10
2. The Art of Peace - Morihei Ueshiba (e-book started 1/1 finished 1/5) 9/10
3. The Untethered Soul - Michael A. Singer (audiobook started 12/31 finished 1/12) 10/10

Currently reading / listening to:

1. The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley (e-book started 1/5 finished #/#) #/10
2. Challenger Deep - Neal Shusterman (audiobook started 1/14 finished #/##) #/10
3. I'll Give You The Sun - Jandy Nelson (e-book started 1/22 finished #/##) #/10

 Wish List:

1. NOFX:  The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories - Jeff Alulis
2. The Retreat of Western Liberalism - Edward Luce
3. Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy - Sheryl Sandberg
4. The Wind Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
5. The Elephant Vanishes - Haruki Murakami
6. The Waste Land & Four Quartets - T.S. Elliot
7. Have A Little Faith - Mitch Albom
8. Tuesdays With Morrie - Mitch Albom
9. The Future - Al Gore
10. A History of Violence - Oscar Martinez
11. L.A. Son - Roy Choi
12. Delicious Geography - Gary Fuller
13. The Untold History of the United States - Oliver Stone
14. Hard Choices - Hillary Clinton
15. Blind Spot - Teju Cole
16. A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
17. A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf
18. Don't Sweat The Small Stuff - Richard Carlson
19. Blink:  The Power of Thinking Without Thinking - Malcolm Gladwell
20. Art of War - Sun Tzu
21. The Story of My Experiments With Truth - Mahatma Gandhi
22. The Interpretation of Dreams - Sigmund Freud
23. The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic - Jessica Hopper
24. Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II 
25. How To See Yourself As You Really Are
26. How To Practice The Way To A Meaningful Life
27. Nothing To Envy - Ordinary Lives In North Korea
28. Only What We Could Carry
29. The Pacific War
30. Taken Captive
31. Japanese Destroyer Captain
32. The Battle For Okinawa
33. Zero - Sabura Sakai
34. No Surrender - Hiro Onda
35. Tales By Japanese Soldiers
36. Samurai - Saburo Sakai
37. The Rape of Nanking
38. The Kite Runner
39. The Grapes of Wrath
40. To Kill A Mockingbird
41. Moby Dick
42. Don Quijote
43. Pride and Prejudice
44. Anna Karenina
45. War and Peace 
46. Inspirience: Meditation Unbound
47. The Unbound Soul - Richard Haight
 

 

Beastie Boys Book - Micheal Diamond and Adam Horovitz

I always loved the Beastie Boys, but love them even more after reading this book.

At the core of everything that they did was a love and reverence for music and culture.  The passion with which they rapped and played their instruments was one of true musicians.  They embodied the punk rock ethos of DIY, respect for their influences, and not selling out, and I loved that about them.

The only thing that sucked about this e-book was that the text sometimes overlapped the photos, making it impossible to read.

I may buy the hard copy of this book - it was that good!!