This is my reading pile. The weaving books are mostly reference/inspiration,
there's Shuttle Spidle and Dyepot magazines that I need to catch up on,
and regular reading that I try to get to.
In 2024 I finished 75 audiobooks (I'm including one I just finished but started December 2024). I used to think I couldn't get into audiobooks, but my friend Amy suggested I try the library app and I'm hooked.
I'm not listing the "for funsies" books that give me a break from the self help, non-fiction, informative ones. The fun books this year there was a lot of Apocalyptic/Post-Apocalypse books, Fantasy and Romantasy. So, lots of the authors Margaret Atwood, Davis Yoon, Sarah J. Mass, Scarlett St. Clair, Naomi Novik to name a few.
This list is the books that stuck with me, that my mind still goes back to parts of them and I have been suggesting to others when I get into deep conversations about creative work, life, music, being human.
Fiber Related:
Worn: A People's History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser
Circe by Madeline Miller (fiction, but Circe is a weaver who completely drew me in as a character)
Physical books added to my studio library (included in the above picture):
Textiles of Ancient Peru and Their Techniques by Raoul d'. Harcourt
Easy Weaving with Supplemental Warps: Overshot, Velvet, Shibori and More by Deb Essen
Woven Optical Illusions: Pattern and Design from Four to 24 Shafts by by Stacey Harvey-Brown and Katharina Kronig (Thank you Kevin and Hannah for the gift!)
Inspirational/Creativity:
How Music Works by David Byrne
Eat a Peach by David Chang
Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown
Punk/Ska Related:
Sellout by Dan Ozzi
Tranny by Laura Jane Grace and Dan Ozzi
Other Perspective/General Self Help:
Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
Pageboy by Elliot Page
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, From Here to Eternity and Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? all by Caitlin Doughty
The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama
The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris
Burnout by Emily Nagoski, PhD and Amelia Nagoski, DMA
Tranny by Laura Jane Grace and Dan Ozzi
Just Listen by Mark Goulston
Outliers by Malcom Gladwell
2023
Other Perspective/General Self Help:
Drama Free by Nedra Glover Tawwab
Think Again by Adam Grant
Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
I grouped these based on where I would put them in my personal listening genres. I feel like I learned something that added some sort of depth in my being from each of these books. This list is mostly for me to be able to look back on but I might as well share it here on my blog.
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