I wear glasses because as a child I would stay up late, covers pulled over my head, reading by the dim light of a dying flashlight. At least that's what an eye doctor told me when I was younger. Probably a load of crap, but I still love reading and I still often do it by poor light far later in the night than is reasonable.
I've always taken notes while reading, usually with a pen and paper, but sometimes as highlights in the Kindle. And of course since I have all this stuff in text files I thought might as well put it online. So here you have it, books I've read and things I've thought about them.
Jared Diamond
Scott Gilbertson
Read in: January 2013
E. Gabriella Coleman
★★★★★
Scott Gilbertson
Read in: November 2012
J. R. R. Tolkien
★★★★★
Scott Gilbertson
Read in: September 2012
Edwin Valentine Mitchell
★★★★★
Scott Gilbertson
Read in: March 2011
Kevin Brockmeier
★★★★★
Scott Gilbertson
Read in: February 2011
Anthony Bourdain
★★★★★
Scott Gilbertson
Read in: January 2011
Tom McCarthy
★★★★★
Scott Gilbertson
Read in: September 2010
Neal Stephenson
★★★★★
Scott Gilbertson
Read in: September 2010
Jonathan Franzen
★★★★★
Scott Gilbertson
Read in: August 2010
Ian McDonald
★★★★★
Scott Gilbertson
Read in: July 2010
Anthony Doerr
★★★★★
Scott Gilbertson
Read in: July 2010
Alejandro Zambra
★★★★★
Scott Gilbertson
Read in: July 2010
David Mitchell
★★★★★
Scott Gilbertson
Read in: June 2010
David Herlihy
★★★★★
Scott Gilbertson
Read in: June 2010
Paolo Bacigalupi
★★★★★
Scott Gilbertson
Read in: April 2010
John D'Agata
★★★★★
Scott Gilbertson
Read in: February 2010
Colum McCann
★★★★★
Scott Gilbertson
Read in: December 2009
Javier Marías
★★★★★
Scott Gilbertson
Read in: December 2009
Roberto Bolaño
★★★★★
Scott Gilbertson
Read in: September 2009
Thomas Pynchon
★★★★★
Scott Gilbertson
Read in: August 2009
Jeff Talarigo
★★★★★
Scott Gilbertson
Read in: April 2009
David Grann
★★★★★
Scott Gilbertson
Read in: February 2009
Vicki Robin, Joe Dominguez, Monique Tilford
★★★★★
Scott Gilbertson
Read in: December 2008
Kenzaburo Oë
★★★★★
Scott Gilbertson
Read in: August 2008