Born in Winchester, MA.
Raised in Yokosuka, Ewa Beach, Okinawa, Naples, Monterey, Rota, and Mānoa.
Living in Portland, OR.
Filipino-American.
Son of O’ahu.
Navy Brat.
American Lean-er.
Mattress Tag Ripper-Offer.
God’s Silliest Clown.
Read List 2024
1. Dune *
2. Dune Messiah
3. Children of Dune
4. World Hypotheses: A Study in Evidence
5. Kitchen
6. Red Rising
7. Golden Son
8. Morning Star
9. Lolita
10. The Myth of Sisyphus
11. Life for Sale
12. God Emperor of Dune
13. Heretics of Dune
14. Chapterhouse: Dune
15. The Stranger *
16. A Moveable Feast
17. The Master and Margarita
18. How To Do Things with Words
19. Madness
20. A Clockwork Orange *
21. Neuromancer
22. Blood Meridian
23. Ways of Seeing
24. 2001: A Space Odyssey
25. Camp Concentration
26. Chain-Gang All-Stars
27. The Devastation of Baal
28. Hey Whipple, Squeeze This
29. Flight
30. The Defining Decade *
31. A Confederacy of Dunces
32. Drunk Tank Pink *
33. Malarkoi
34. Ham on Rye
35. Norwegian Wood
36. The Hobbit
37. The Fellowship of the Ring
38. The Two Towers
39. The Return of the King
40. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
41. Childhood’s End
2. Dune Messiah
3. Children of Dune
4. World Hypotheses: A Study in Evidence
5. Kitchen
6. Red Rising
7. Golden Son
8. Morning Star
9. Lolita
10. The Myth of Sisyphus
11. Life for Sale
12. God Emperor of Dune
13. Heretics of Dune
14. Chapterhouse: Dune
15. The Stranger *
16. A Moveable Feast
17. The Master and Margarita
18. How To Do Things with Words
19. Madness
20. A Clockwork Orange *
21. Neuromancer
22. Blood Meridian
23. Ways of Seeing
24. 2001: A Space Odyssey
25. Camp Concentration
26. Chain-Gang All-Stars
27. The Devastation of Baal
28. Hey Whipple, Squeeze This
29. Flight
30. The Defining Decade *
31. A Confederacy of Dunces
32. Drunk Tank Pink *
33. Malarkoi
34. Ham on Rye
35. Norwegian Wood
36. The Hobbit
37. The Fellowship of the Ring
38. The Two Towers
39. The Return of the King
40. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
41. Childhood’s End
Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert
Stephen Pepper
Banana Yoshimoto
Pierce Brown
Pierce Brown
Pierce Brown
Vladimir Nabokov
Albert Camus
Yukio Mishima
Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert
Albert Camus
Ernest Hemingway
Mikhail Bulgakov
J.L. Austin
Roald Dahl
Anthony Burgess
William Gibson
Cormac McCarthy
John Berger
Arthur C. Clarke
Thomas M. Disch
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Guy Haley
Luke Sullivan
Sherman Alexie
Meg Jay
John Kennedy Toole
Adam Alter
Alex Pheby
Charles Bukowski
Haruki Murakami
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien
Ken Kesey
Arthur C. Clarke
Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert
Stephen Pepper
Banana Yoshimoto
Pierce Brown
Pierce Brown
Pierce Brown
Vladimir Nabokov
Albert Camus
Yukio Mishima
Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert
Albert Camus
Ernest Hemingway
Mikhail Bulgakov
J.L. Austin
Roald Dahl
Anthony Burgess
William Gibson
Cormac McCarthy
John Berger
Arthur C. Clarke
Thomas M. Disch
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Guy Haley
Luke Sullivan
Sherman Alexie
Meg Jay
John Kennedy Toole
Adam Alter
Alex Pheby
Charles Bukowski
Haruki Murakami
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien
Ken Kesey
Arthur C. Clarke
* = re-read
Read List 2023
1. The Sound and the Fury *
2. The History of Iceland
3. The Last Wish (The Witcher #0.5)
4. Interviews with Francis Bacon
5. As I Lay Dying
6. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
7. Exquisite Corpse
8. The Virgin Suicides
9. Catch-22
10. Jurassic Park
11. Either/Or
12. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
13. Mordew
14. Naked Lunch
15. Sword of Destiny (The Witcher #0.7)
16. Intruder in the Dust
17. Dracula
18. Chernobyl Prayer
19. American Psycho
20. Blood of Elves (The Witcher #1)
21. God Is Not Great
22. Animal Farm *
23. Chess Story
24. Our Man in Havana
25. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
26. Roadside Picnic
2. The History of Iceland
3. The Last Wish (The Witcher #0.5)
4. Interviews with Francis Bacon
5. As I Lay Dying
6. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
7. Exquisite Corpse
8. The Virgin Suicides
9. Catch-22
10. Jurassic Park
11. Either/Or
12. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
13. Mordew
14. Naked Lunch
15. Sword of Destiny (The Witcher #0.7)
16. Intruder in the Dust
17. Dracula
18. Chernobyl Prayer
19. American Psycho
20. Blood of Elves (The Witcher #1)
21. God Is Not Great
22. Animal Farm *
23. Chess Story
24. Our Man in Havana
25. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
26. Roadside Picnic
William Faulkner
Gunnar Karlsson
Andrzej Sapkowski
David Sylvester
William Faulkner
Stephen King
Poppy Z. Brite
Jeffrey Eugenides
Joseph Heller
Michael Crichton
Søren Kierkegaard
Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin
Alex Pheby
William S. Burroughs
Andrzej Sapkowski
William Faulkner
Bram Stoker
Svetlana Alexievich
Bret Easton Ellis
Andrzej Sapkowski
Christopher Hitchens
George Orwell
Stefan Zweig
Graham Greene
Haruki Murakami
Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
Gunnar Karlsson
Andrzej Sapkowski
David Sylvester
William Faulkner
Stephen King
Poppy Z. Brite
Jeffrey Eugenides
Joseph Heller
Michael Crichton
Søren Kierkegaard
Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin
Alex Pheby
William S. Burroughs
Andrzej Sapkowski
William Faulkner
Bram Stoker
Svetlana Alexievich
Bret Easton Ellis
Andrzej Sapkowski
Christopher Hitchens
George Orwell
Stefan Zweig
Graham Greene
Haruki Murakami
Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
* = re-read
Read List 2022
1. The Power and the Glory *
2. 1984 *
3. Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
4. The Goldfinch
5. Nausea
6. The Quiet American
7. The Somme: The Darkest Hour On The Western Front
8. Hard Rain Falling
9. let my people go surfing
10. Breakfast of Champions
11. The Rape of the Mind
2. 1984 *
3. Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
4. The Goldfinch
5. Nausea
6. The Quiet American
7. The Somme: The Darkest Hour On The Western Front
8. Hard Rain Falling
9. let my people go surfing
10. Breakfast of Champions
11. The Rape of the Mind
Graham Greene
George Orwell
Thomas E. Ricks
Donna Tartt
Jean-Paul Sartre
Graham Greene
Peter Hart
Don Carpenter
Yvon Chouinard
Kurt Vonnegut
Joost Meerlo, M.D.
George Orwell
Thomas E. Ricks
Donna Tartt
Jean-Paul Sartre
Graham Greene
Peter Hart
Don Carpenter
Yvon Chouinard
Kurt Vonnegut
Joost Meerlo, M.D.
* = re-read