Fun stuff
I enjoy reading books and baking things. I keep track of my reading using Goodreads. Here are some of the books that have shaped my perspectives and resonated with me.
2022 (to date)
- Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
- Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen
- Dawn by Octavia Butler (and its sequels)
- Sula by Toni Morrison
2021
- Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo
- How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander Chee
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Tastes Like War by Grace M. Cho
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk
2020
- A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
- Data Feminism by Catherine D’Ignazio
- Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
- Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
- Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooks
2019
- An Untamed State by Roxane Gay
- Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama
- Know My Name by Chanel Miller
- Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement by Albert Woodfox
- Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino
2018
- Disturbing the Universe by Freeman Dyson
- Educated by Tara Westover
- Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
- The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Dalai Lama XIV, Desmond Tutu, and Douglas Carlton Abrams
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker