Tina Ye's Profile

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39 reviews

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Tina's to-read shelf

Universal Principles of Design by William Lidwell

The Art of Looking Sideways by Alan Fletcher

Designing Interactions [With CDROM] by Bill Moggridge

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

Lolita. Vladimir Nabokov by Vladimir Nabokov

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design ‎(12)
fiction ‎(11)

food ‎(7)
technology ‎(4)
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biography ‎(3)
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Tina is Currently Reading

Tina Ye is currently reading:

Confessions of a Public Speaker

by Scott Berkun

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Feb 02, 2012 04:24pm

Tina Ye is currently reading:

The Elements of Typographic Style

by Robert Bringhurst

bookshelves: design, non-fiction, reference, currently-reading

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Feb 02, 2012 04:23pm

Tina Ye is currently reading:

The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food

by Jennifer 8 Lee (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, non-fiction, food

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Feb 02, 2012 04:23pm

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Tina Ye made a comment on her review of Confessions of a Public Speaker "scott berkun is hilarious. this is like the public speaking version of bird by bird :)"
Feb 06, 2012 10:21am · see review
Tina Ye is currently reading: Confessions of a Public Speaker by Scott Berkun	My rating:
Feb 02, 2012 04:24pm
Tina Ye is currently reading: The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst	My rating:
Feb 02, 2012 04:23pm
Tina Ye is currently reading: The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food by Jennifer 8 Lee (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Feb 02, 2012 04:23pm
Tina Ye gave to: Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson read in September, 2011	My rating:
This was one of those books where, as I read it, I kept agreeing with everything he says. Steven Johnson has a brilliant way of explaining his thoughts through anecdotes and metaphors, and he is great at finding and then elucidating patterns across d...more
Feb 02, 2012 04:04pm · see review
Tina Ye gave to: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott read in December, 2011	My rating:
What a great book to finish on New Year's Eve. It's been on my to-read list for years now and came highly recommended by people I respect, but I had held off because I'm not a writer. Turns out, you only have to be a human being to appreciate this bo...more
Dec 31, 2011 12:34pm · see review
Tina Ye liked Very's review of Bird by Bird: " I love that she doesn’t shy away from the dark stuff, all the shitty feelings, angry rants, and suicidal episodes. I also love that she's funny. Not just amusing, but actually funny. I love that she curses. I love that she can be (and seems to enjoy ... " Read more of this review »
Dec 31, 2011 12:32pm · see review
Tina Ye marked as to-read: The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity by Alan Cooper	My rating:
Dec 22, 2011 11:19am
Tina Ye marked as to-read: Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell	My rating:
recommended by David Womack
Nov 22, 2011 03:13pm · see review
Tina Ye marked as hiatus: American Foodways: What, When, Why, and How We Eat in America by Charles Camp	My rating:
Nov 21, 2011 08:55pm