Recent Media 8/19

Read:

Odyssey. The Engine book about managing campaigns. A good read; sometimes Phil gets a little too project manager-y, but it’s all good to think about.

Sorcerer Annotated. A great two page spread format, with the original text on the left page and explanatory text on the right. It does a great job of

Elanor and Park is a completely wonderful YA novel, very unlike anything else I read. The two main characters make me ache and ran me through the wringer; the author succeeded at making them feel completely real.

Libromancer by Jim C. Hines: A fun world.

A collaborative story, 218. A gripping apocalypse.

Podcasts

Ken and Robin 45-49
Jono & Sushu on PTA, excellent.
Ask Me Another: Central Park
This American Life 498 & 500
TJ 1031: Childhood and Nature, on the changes of how childhood is viewed now and then.
TJ 1032: On publishing and quotations, mostly misquotations
TJ 1033: Charles Willson Peale: Artist, sculptor and creator of Philadelphia museum. Sounds like an amazing man.