you guys, I got a NYPL library card and I now feel like a true New Yorker. I have already sped through my first book and now am bookmarking a storm for my next set of checkouts. send me recommendations please!
here’s what I like to read about (and don’t judge)
- history/wars
- specifically, drug cartels
- more specifically, cocaine wars
- food!
- history of food
- food culture
- travel stories
- but not like “I’m a girl who traveled the world and it changed my life!”
- more like, crazy shit one experiences while traveling and isn’t pretentious about telling it after
- so, story telling really
- anything related to Spanish/Latin nations
- definitely South America
- especially Uruguay!
- also, migration patterns
- New York-y stories
- preferably Brooklyn
thanks!
good:
Colombia Has 100 Tiny Libraries in Public Parks
The program was started more than 15 years ago, and it has continued to thrive, operating 51 mini libraries in Bogotá and more than 100 throughout the country. The libraries themselves are rather remarkable—they hold about 350 books each, and they’re operated by volunteer librarians who organize activities and help kids with their homework.
si.
my brain needs a break.
I will absolutely write a blog post about it. Yay book dates in Brooklyn!Hey Tumblrizers,
I have an IRL date with a fellow Tumblr user and I am pretty, pretty excited. (I hope she doesn’t turn out to be some evil, murdering, serial killer, which is what I always worry about before dates. If she eats my face do you think she will write a blog post about it?) Also, I will get to check out Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene. Then it’s off to the Greenpoint Gallery Tour. This is going to be a good weekend!
See you around town!
-YN
Arrested Development and Philosophy: They’ve Made a Huge Mistake (via curiositycounts)
I must buy this book.
(via curiositycounts)
Budak gave me homework this fall.
thanks, Start Some Good!
there’s readings of nerdyness, sexual encounters, and trivia, and most importantly BEER. who’s in tonight?
Insidery
WARIS!
yea. so, now I really need to get this book.
lovelovelove
at some point, I plan to bury myself in the New York Public Library where I refuse to leave without having read something intellectually stimulating. whatever that means.
currently reading: The Lost Girls
trying to get past the fact that this is a huge fucking book about solo female traveling as I’ve heard before, but it’s got some cool lines/anecdotes that I’ll be sharing. plus, they’re doing a reading this week and I’m excited to attend with friends.
currently reading -
it’s already amazing.
currently reading & loving. truly, this man is all sorts of greatness.