Idc if it’s cringe to reply to your own rec but these are a few of my favorite nonfiction reads:
A Cook’s Tour- Anthony Bourdain
Garlic & Sapphires- Ruth Reichl
Down the Drain- Julia Fox
Truffle hound- Rowan Jacobsen
My life in France- Julia child
Insomniac city- bill Hayes
Nov 14, 2024
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memoirs:
finding me - viola davis - she's truly had such an interesting life
wild - cheryl strayed - memoir about a women walking the pct and all about her crazy life that lef her to that point
crying in h mart - michelle zauner - about a musician coping with her mother's death
educated - tara westover - about a woman who grows up in fundamentalist mormon family
i'm glad my mom died - jennette mccurdy - about her childhood as an actor and her relationship w/ her mother
the glass castle - jeanette walls
the anthropocene reviewed - john green - he reviews aspects of human life and shares parts of his own very interesting life
just kids - patti smith - about her life as a musician in nyc
kitchen confidential - anthony bourdain
down the drain - julia fox
engaging non fiction;
- seconding the patrick radden keefe rec below - also his books empire of pain and the snakehead
- cultish - amanda montell - about the language that cults use
- so you've been publicly shamed - jon ronson
- slouching towards bethlehem - joan didion - sharply written essays mostly about 60s culture
books on art:
- ways of seeing - john berger
- funny weather: art in crisis - olivia laing
- notes on 'camp' - susan sontag
- the art thief - micharl finkel
books on food:
- small fires: an epic in the kitchen - rebecca may johnson
- chop suey nation - ann hui
- eating animals - jonathan safran foer
Nov 13, 2024
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In no particular order, here we go:
- Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Expuréy
- The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
- Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
- My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
- The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
- Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis
- Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Sep 24, 2024
I answered someone’s ask with my favorite books but thought I would make a post with them, too. I’m a pretty strict book rater, so I don’t have a ton of five star books but I’m going to list a few of my favorites in a variety of genres in case you haven‘t read them yet. I’m going to link a couple that I especially loved:
Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut - This is one of those books that if I could read any book for the first time again, it would be this one.
We Are All the Same in the Dark by Julia Heaberlin - Such an amazing book, mystery/thriller/contemporary suspense.
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote - This one is true crime and it kind of broke my heart but that’s also how you know the writer did a good job sometimes, especially with non-fiction.
Crush by Richard Siken - This one is one of my favorite poetry collections. I also love the collected poems of T.S. Eliot for poetry.
Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh - The story of a young sociologist studying a Chicago gang from the inside. This is a very unique read.
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle - If you haven’t already read it, it’s such a good read. I know Sherlock Holmes is something that’s been re-adapted so many times in media but the actual books are so well-written, fun, witty.
And if you read one of these you totally have to come back and let me know what you thought!
Jan 21, 2025
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It is my belief that so many people would be less lonely if they invited their friends to do their mundane errands and chores together. Dont have time to see your friends, cant afford to go out to socialize? Invite your friends to things you already will be doing and it ease some of the pain of the responsibilities. Or call someone to come over if you made a little too much for dinner. here is what I shared tonight: chicken thighs, fairy tale eggplant, fennel salad, and a nice groleau red wine
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