My Year in Books 2023:
9,563 pages read
33 books read
Home by Toni Morrison
- historical fiction, race, trauma, family
- set in US (Georgia), Korea (Korean War) in 1950s
- main characters: Frank Money, Ysidra “Cee” Money
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
- fiction, family, immigration, deportation
- set in US (New York to New Mexico/Arizona)
- main characters: unnamed mother, father and their two children
North: How to Live Scandinavian by Brontë Aurell
- nonfiction, lifestyle, culture
- set in Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Fox and I by Catherine Raven
- nonfiction, memoir, nature, environment, biology
- set in US (Montana)
How to Live Korean by Soo Kim
- nonfiction, lifestyle, culture
- set in South Korea
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
- fiction, romance, dystopia, war, immigration
- set in Middle East, Greece (Mykonos), UK (London), US (San Francisco)
- main characters: Saeed, Nadia
Stars Between the Sun and Moon: One Woman’s Life in North Korea and Escape to Freedom by Lucia Jang
- nonfiction, memoir, oppression, survival
- set in North Korea, China in 1990s
Land of Snow and Ashes by Petra Rautiainen
- historical fiction, World War II, Sámi, mystery
- set in northern Finland in 1944, 1947-1950
- main characters: Inkeri Lindqvist, Olavi Heiskanen, Väinö Remes
This Wound Full of Fish by Lorena Salazar Masso
- fiction, motherhood
- set in Colombia (Atrato river)
- main characters: unnamed mother, unnamed boy, Gina
Kings of the Yukon: An Alaskan River Journey by Adam Weymouth
- nonfiction, nature, environment, memoir
- set in Yukon, Alaska
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
- historical fiction, family, tea, Akha culture, adoption
- set in China (Yunnan), US (California) between 1980-2016
- main characters: Li-yan, Haley Davis
Il guardiano della collina dei ciliegi (The Year Shizo Kanakuri Disappeared) by Franco Faggiani
- historical fiction, sports, solitude
- set in Japan, Sweden between 1900s en 1960s
- main character: Shizo Kanakuri
When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge by Chanrithy Him
- nonfiction, memoir, war, survival
- set in Cambodia in the 1970s
Violeta by Isabel Allende
- historical fiction, family saga
- set in Chile, US between 1920-2020
- main characters: Violeta del Valle, Camilo del Valle
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
- nonfiction, memoir, grief, loss
- set in US (NY and LA)
Butcher’s Crossing by John Williams
- historical fiction, western, nature, bison hunt
- set in US (Kansas, Colorado) in 1870
- main characters: Will Andrews, Miller, Charley Hoge, Fred Schneider
The Unseen (De usynlige) by Roy Jacobsen
- historical fiction, family saga, hardship
- set in northern Norway between 1910-1930
- main character: Ingrid Barrøy
White Shadow (Hvitt hav) by Roy Jacobsen
- historical fiction, family saga, hardship
- set in northern Norway in 1940s
- main character: Ingrid Barrøy
The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende
- historical fiction, immigration, war
- set in Austria (Vienna), US (Arizona), El Salvador between 1938-2019
- main characters: Samuel Adler, Anita Díaz, Selena Dúran, Leticia Cordero
The Devil’s Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea
- nonfiction, immigration, crime
- set on the Mexican/US border (Arizona)
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- nonfiction, indigenous, nature, environment
- set in North America
Hearing Birds Fly by Louisa Waugh
- nonfiction, memoir, travel, culture
- set in Mongolia (Tsengel) in late 1990s
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
- historical fiction, family saga, coming-of-age, loss, abuse
- set in US (Ohio) between 1900s-1970s
- main character: Betty Carpenter
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
- fiction, classic, modernism
- set in UK (Scotland) in 1920s
- main characters: Mrs Ramsay, Mr Ramsay, Lily Briscoe
Tracks: One Woman's Journey Across 1,700 Miles of Australian Outback by Robyn Davidson
- nonfiction, memoir, adventure, nature
- set in Australia in late 1970s
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé
- nonfiction, history, politics, war
- set in Palestine (Israel) in 1880s-1940s
Train to Tibet (De trein naar Tibet) by Maja Wolny
- nonfiction, travel, culture
- set in Russia, China
Sovietistan by Erika Fatland
- nonfiction, travel, culture, history
- set in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
- fiction, family, grief, cats
- set in Japan
- main characters: Nana the cat, Satoru Miyawaki
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
- fiction, magical realism, time travel, loss
- set in Japan
- main characters: Kazu Tokita, Kei Tokita, Nagare Tokita, Yaeko Hirai
Tales from the Café: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
- fiction, magical realism, time travel, loss
- set in Japan
- main characters: Kazu Tokita, Nagare Tokita, Miki Tokita
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- fiction, sci-fi, dystopia, humanity
- set in US
- main characters: a father and his son
Educated by Tara Westover
- nonfiction, memoir, family, religion
- set in US (Idaho)
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Recorre movimiento "Por Ella, Por Todas", municipios de Tamaulipas
- Exitosa convocatoria del Frente Nacional de Mujeres en RíoBravo.
La ventaja la hacen las mujeres; más de 200 líderes riobravenses corearon a Claudia Sheinbaum, impulsando que sea la primera mujer que dirija el destino del país, presentes ante las dirigentes del Frente Nacional de Mujeres, Tere Ramos Arreola, cofundadora del movimiento en el país y la Coordinadora Estatal, Maki Esther Ortiz Domínguez, quienes recorren el estado promoviendo la unidad.
"Unidas es como vamos a lograr tener una presidenta de México, alguien que nos represente a todas, que impulse la igualdad y que vea por los valores en la familia y la sociedad, por eso juntas, vamos "Por Ella, Por Todas", declaró Maki Ortiz, líder del Frente en Tamaulipas en el foro donde trataron los temas de
"Por Ella, Por Todas", recoge las opiniones a lo largo de Tamaulipas, como lo hizo en Río Bravo y Reynosa, con la participación de las amas de casa, de las estudiantes, trabajadoras, profesionistas, de cada mujer que quiera expresar su visión del México que Queremos y que se integre a la agenda de la Doctora Sheinbaum para que las mexicanas ayuden a definir un mejor futuro.
Dando realce a la participación de las mujeres, vía Zoom acompañaron a las riobravenses, la Senadora Suplente por Tamaulipas, Paola López Carreto y las Cofundadoras del Frente Nacional de Mujeres, Lorena Villavicencio Ayala también, y Mariana Benitez Tuburcio.
Participaron en la reunión de líderes femeniles: Maricela Leija Rodríguez, Presidenta del Comité de Cónyuges del Club Rotario de Río Bravo; Yuriria Iturbe Vázquez, Dirigente estatal de Morena y Valentina Cota Victoria, Secretaria de las Mujeres; Odetth Ortiz Melhem, Fundadora de Educáncer; Elida Marín de Corten, de La Sauteña A. C.; Elizabeth de León Chapa, Directora del CAM; Bedzaira Leija Zamora, Jefe de Enfermeras en Río Bravo.
Además de, Violeta Aldaz Cervantes, Presidenta de "Una Pieza de mi Corazón"; Juany Salazar, Presidenta de Alianza Mujer Ayúdame a Ayudarte; Dra. Eva Lilia García, Presidenta de la Fundación Mabel e Impulsora del Turismo Médico de Nuevo Progreso, entre otras mujeres con liderazgo.
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Airbnb gift card (2021) from Nicolas Ménard on Vimeo.
A series of charming stop motion vignettes to promote Airbnb's gift card, co-directed with Jack Cunningham at Nexus Studios. All handmade and captured in camera.
Check out the making of to see how it was made:
vimeo.com/657121786
CREDITS
Produced by: Nexus Studios
Directors: Nicolas Ménard & Jack Cunningham
Senior Producer: Cindy Burnay
Technical Lead (3D print process): Dave Hunt
VFX Supervisor: German Diez
Studio Production Assistant: Violeta Fellay
Character Designer: James Graham
Concept Designer: Laurie Rollitt
3D Animator: Alex Toufaili
3D Animator: Rémy Herissé
3D Animator: Julien Loth
3D Modeller: Andy Hickinbottom
3D Modeller: Matt Clark
3D Modeller: Andy Spence
3D Modeller: Francis-Xavier Martins
3D Rigging: Minimo
Shoot Crew:
Production Manager: Caroline Milsom
Director Of Photography: Ian Forbes
1st AC / Motion Control: Max Halstead
2nd AC / BTS: George Warren
Animator: Andy Biddle
B roll Animator: Matt Fearenga
Animation Rigger: Robin Jackson
Model Maker SFX Supervisor: Simon Allen
Model Maker SFX Standby: Lukasz Trembowski
Gaffer: Elliot Beach
Electrician: Sami Weller
Runner/Trainee PA: Polly Burnay
Runner: Lilia Turki Basla
Editing: Dave Slade, Zaki Fulford, Ben Hunt
VFX Supervisor: German Diez
Compositors: Cintia Coll, Gareth Tredrea, Sander Saks, Lisa Mandelli
Grade: Black Kite
Colorist: George Kyriacou
Production Coordinator: Jade Denne
Senior Producer: Hannah Ruddleston
Sound: Barking Owl
Sound Designer: Stuart Welch
Assistant Mixer: Mikayla Peterson
Assistant Mixer: Lily McCann
Executive Producer: Ashley Benton
Additional Crew
2D animator: Iris Abols
2D animator: Duncan Gist
Set Design & Models: Asylum Models & Effects
Models & Effects Supervisor: Simon Allen
SFX Standby & Model Maker: Lukasz Trembowski
Model Maker: Josh Guess
Model Maker: James Upton
Senior Model Makers: Lee Sutton
Senior Model Makers: Peter Tilbe
CNC Operator: Jonathan Wanford
CNC Operator: Paul Boyd
Electronic Engineer: Dan Coffey
Models & Hand Painting: Andy Gent / Arch Model Studio
Supervising Modeller: Andy Gent
Modellers: Molly Porter, Agatha Roudaut, Sarah Welsman, Nancy O'connor, Angela Pang, Meghan Hursthouse, Sally Taylor
Client: Airbnb
VP, Creative: Scott Trattner
VP, Creative: Eric Grunbaum
Director, Brand Creative: Bekah Sirrine
Creative Lead, Copy: Krista Wicklund
Creative Lead, Art: Gustavo Sousa
Creative Lead, Art: Michael Kremer
Creative Lead, Design: Evan Nagan
Creative Lead, Motion: Zipeng Zhu
Creative Lead, Copy: Jason Ferguson
Art Director: Anna Salazar
Creative Production Lead: Bud Johnston
Executive Producer: Anastassia Babanskaia
Senior Marketing Lead: Kelly Phillips
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