It looks like my goal for 2022 is to read 15 books.
Since I learned about the concept of third spaces, I've been intrigued on how this ties in to how twitter is obsessed with opening up multi-use cafe/bookstores, evolving conversations about living in and between the physical and virtual worlds, and my own ambitions of opening a museum with the arts x STEM programming I dream about.
On my Third Spaces reading list, I want to prioritize reading:
IN PROGRESS | The great good place, Ray Oldenburg (the classic, referenced book)
Palaces for the people, Eric Klinenberg (a more recently published, intriguing book)
On the future of work (anti-work lens):
Inventing the Future: Post-capitalism and a World Without Work
The Mushroom at the End of the World
Internet for the People: The Fight for Our Digital Future
On my current bookshelf, I want to prioritize reading:
The Great Gatsby, the version that my colleague edited!
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (in anticipation of seeing it in the coming months)
The Anthropocene Reviewed, John Green (for a productive, casual read and to have an improved knowledge base
Who We're Reading When We're Reading Murakami (I bought this in January 2021 with my birthday gift from work and it needs to finally get read this year.)
On my Libby list, I want to prioritize reading:
IN PROGRESS | Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke (I'm 14% in and the highlights are already numerous)
Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro (I still remember reading Never Let Me Go in high school, time for another one)
IN PROGRESS | Crying in H Mart
On my anticipated 2022 releases this year,
Portrait of a Thief, Grace Li (ah!!!) — April 5, 2022
Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution, R.F. Kuang (I am delighted for this academia book!!) — August 18, 2022
Foul Lady Fortune, Chloe Gong (dreaming about this book already) — September 27, 2022
On my prioritized GoodReads,
What We Talk About When We Talk About Books: The History and Future of Reading
Essays in Love
IN PROGRESS | This Could Be Our Future
Very Short Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
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Completed Reads!
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
The Archer, Paulo Coelho
A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway
This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World
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A list off the top of my head on the most impactful books I've read in the past few years:
Idea Colliders: The Future of Science Museums, Michael John Gorman
These Violent Delights, Chloe Gong (duology)
The Poppy War trilogy, R.F. Kuang
Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel
The Alchemist
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