Friday, December 31, 2004
2004 Reading (and viewing, and trendspotting) List(s)
Eugene asked me for my favorite 10 books that I read in 2004... that reminded me to clear off my shelf of 'books read this year', and also highlighted that I had a LOT of free time on my hands this year, considering my sabbatical in beginning of year, and 'retirement' in October.
So, here it is, my 2004 reading list, in a somewhat ranked order... it obviously became very difficult to rank them... but, I did my best...
Books:
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (Kesey)
Theodore Rex (Morris)
The Crimson Petal and the White (Faber)
John Adams (McCullough)
Benjamin Franklin (Isaacson)
Atlas Shrugged (Rand)
Old School (Wolff)
Cryptonomicon (Stephenson)
Middlesex: A Novel (Euginedes)
Shadow Divers (Kurson)
Postcards (Proulx)
Devil in the White City (Larson)
Black Hawk Down (Bowden)
Nickel and Dimed (Ehrenreich)
Angela's Ashes (McCourt)
On the Road (Kerouac)
Prodigal Summer (Kingsolver)
Cold Mountain (Frazier)
Positively Fifth Street (McManus)
Every Second Counts (Jenkins / Armstrong)
Sea Biscuit (Hillenbrand)
Bringing Down the House (Mezrich)
Reefer Madness (Schlosser)
Moneyball
Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot (Franken)
That Old Ace in the Hole (Proulx)
Winterdance (Paulsen)
The Da Vinci Code (Brown)
The Tipping Point (Gladwell)
The Emperor of Ocean Park (Carter)
Hey Nostrodamus (Coupland)
The Autograph Man
Tuesdays with Morrie (Albom)
'Tis (McCourt)
Super System (Brunson)
Stupid White Men (Moore)
Vernon God Little (Pierre)
On Writing (King)
Twelve Bar Blues
Living History (Hillary Clinton)
Peace like a River (Enger)
Dogs of Babel (Parkhurst)
Five People you Meet in Heaven (Albom)
Elmer McCurdy (Svenvold)
Darwin Awards II
Movies (obviously, i've missed a few...):
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Bad Education (La Mala Educacion) - Almodovar
The Return
Sideways
Spiderman 2
21 Grams
Lady Killers
Vera Drake
Coach Carter
Beyond the Sea
Trends making strong gains among masses:
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Poker
Political Involvement/Interest
Wireless
Tivo
iPod
Netflix
Digital Cameras
HDTV
So, here it is, my 2004 reading list, in a somewhat ranked order... it obviously became very difficult to rank them... but, I did my best...
Books:
-----------
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (Kesey)
Theodore Rex (Morris)
The Crimson Petal and the White (Faber)
John Adams (McCullough)
Benjamin Franklin (Isaacson)
Atlas Shrugged (Rand)
Old School (Wolff)
Cryptonomicon (Stephenson)
Middlesex: A Novel (Euginedes)
Shadow Divers (Kurson)
Postcards (Proulx)
Devil in the White City (Larson)
Black Hawk Down (Bowden)
Nickel and Dimed (Ehrenreich)
Angela's Ashes (McCourt)
On the Road (Kerouac)
Prodigal Summer (Kingsolver)
Cold Mountain (Frazier)
Positively Fifth Street (McManus)
Every Second Counts (Jenkins / Armstrong)
Sea Biscuit (Hillenbrand)
Bringing Down the House (Mezrich)
Reefer Madness (Schlosser)
Moneyball
Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot (Franken)
That Old Ace in the Hole (Proulx)
Winterdance (Paulsen)
The Da Vinci Code (Brown)
The Tipping Point (Gladwell)
The Emperor of Ocean Park (Carter)
Hey Nostrodamus (Coupland)
The Autograph Man
Tuesdays with Morrie (Albom)
'Tis (McCourt)
Super System (Brunson)
Stupid White Men (Moore)
Vernon God Little (Pierre)
On Writing (King)
Twelve Bar Blues
Living History (Hillary Clinton)
Peace like a River (Enger)
Dogs of Babel (Parkhurst)
Five People you Meet in Heaven (Albom)
Elmer McCurdy (Svenvold)
Darwin Awards II
Movies (obviously, i've missed a few...):
-----------
Bad Education (La Mala Educacion) - Almodovar
The Return
Sideways
Spiderman 2
21 Grams
Lady Killers
Vera Drake
Coach Carter
Beyond the Sea
Trends making strong gains among masses:
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Poker
Political Involvement/Interest
Wireless
Tivo
iPod
Netflix
Digital Cameras
HDTV
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