Archive - 2011 - Book Review

Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

author: Jane McGonigal

name: Steev

average rating: 3.80

book published: 2010

rating: 4

read at: 2011/12/31

date added: 2011/12/31

shelves: own-it, spirit-self, filmmaking

The Complete Joy of Homebrewing

The Complete Joy of Homebrewing

author: Charles Papazian

name: Steev

average rating: 4.24

book published: 1984

rating: 4

read at: 2011/11/01

date added: 2011/12/24

shelves: own-it, fun

review:

When Anger Hurts: Quieting the Storm Within

When Anger Hurts: Quieting the Storm Within

author: Matthew McKay

name: Steev

average rating: 3.93

book published: 1989

rating: 4

read at: 2011/04/04

date added: 2011/12/20

shelves: spirit-self, to-re-read, own-it

review:

Radical Brewing: Recipes, Tales and World-Altering Meditations in a Glass

Radical Brewing: Recipes, Tales and World-Altering Meditations in a Glass

author: Randy Mosher

name: Steev

average rating: 4.42

book published: 2004

rating: 5

read at: 2011/12/14

date added: 2011/12/20

shelves: fun, own-it, food

review:

Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo

Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo

author: Werner Herzog

name: Steev

average rating: 4.21

book published: 2004

rating: 5

read at: 2011/12/09

date added: 2011/12/09

shelves: own-it, filmmaking, fun

Atomik Aztex

Atomik Aztex

author: Sesshu Foster

name: Steev

average rating: 3.42

book published: 2005

rating: 5

read at: 2006/01/01

date added: 2011/11/26

shelves: fun, novels, own-it, to-re-read

review:
This is one of the best and most fun novels I've read in a long while. It has been super inspiring and influential on my writing too.

Rising Up and Rising Down: Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means

Rising Up and Rising Down: Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means

author: William T. Vollmann

name: Steev

average rating: 3.98

book published: 2003

rating: 5

read at:

date added: 2011/11/10

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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

author: Christopher Moore

name: Steev

average rating: 4.26

book published: 2002

rating: 5

read at: 2011/10/09

date added: 2011/10/09

shelves: own-it, fun, novels, spirit-self

Shoplifting from American Apparel

Shoplifting from American Apparel

author: Tao Lin

name: Steev

average rating: 3.18

book published: 2009

rating: 3

read at: 2011/09/21

date added: 2011/09/21

shelves: novels

Absurdistan

Absurdistan

author: Gary Shteyngart

name: Steev

average rating: 3.23

book published: 2006

rating: 4

read at: 2011/09/16

date added: 2011/09/16

shelves: fun, novels, own-it