Off-Season Reading List

[Vagabond]

Now that Worlds are over, I've been trying to catch up on my reading. I started to read Johnny Weir's Welcome to My World. I couldn't finish it.

I've also tried re-reading some of my older books, like Upping the Ante, by Michelle Kwan, but they seem so dated.

And so, I've been compiling a list of figure skating books I need to read.

Here's what I've come up with so far:

• Let's Learn to Count!, by Nobunari Oda (with illustrations by the author)

• Twist and Snout, by Eric Radford

• Using Social Media to Enhance Your Reputation, by Alexander Majorov

• How to Detect, Heal, and Prevent Sports Injuries, by Tom Zakrajsek

• A Return to My Roots, by Jeremy Abbott

• Look Years Younger than Your Age, by Zhang Dan and Sui Wenjing

• Selecting Unique and Distinctive Program Music, by Brian Joubert and Florent Amodio (with afterword by Richard Dornbush and Peter Liebers)

• When Hell Froze Over, by Sarah Meier, Konstantin Menshov, Ryan Bradley, and Alissa Czisny

• My Buddy, Phil Hersh, by Rachael Flatt

Any recommendations would be appreciated.

[aftershocks]

How about Reality is Broken, a real book by Jane McGonigal -- but in this instance, penned by Tom Z.

[Ozzisk8tr]

There's also some books written by some FSU posters here "How to Win Friends" is a collaboration by... well, insert the posters names who you think wrote it here.
Shpelling and Grammah by Pani
How to Build Reputation (points) in the Shortest Amount of Time by Allen
How to be Diplomatic and Snarky at the Same Time by PR Lady
and the list goes on.

All said in gest with mucho respect, except maybe the first one, but I didn't mention any names as they are all so

[aftershocks]

Zero Consequence, by Snarkalot

The Power and the Glory, by PChiddy

I Told You So, by Yev. Plushy

Beautiful Dreamer, by Alissa Czisny

The Art of Dressing ME, by Johnny Weir

Black and White Are Colors, by Evan OGM Lysacek

Gladiator, by Ryan Bradley

How to Skate Under Pressure, by Richard Dornbush and Ross Miner, with Foreword by Dr. MK

Training Days With Frank, by Mirai Nagasu

Redemption, by Tatiana V and Maxim T

A Wish/ Witch for All Seasons, by Alena Leonova

[JerseySlore]

Haute Couture, by Jenna McCorkell

Miki Ando Mon Amour, by Sandra Bezic

Fat Camp!, by Mao Asada and Qing Pang

Exorcism, by Alena Leonova

[MikiAndoFan#1]

Fat Camp!, by Mao Asada and Qing Pang

[falling_dance]

Kicking and Gesticulating: stories from a lost year, by Patrick Chan

And Then There Were None: the strange disappearance of the Russian ladies' figure skating program, various authors

Einstein on the Beach and Deafman Glance on Ice: the new show skating, by yours truly

[aftershocks]

The WonderChan Era, by The ISU, with foreword by Kurt Browning and ProfessorDeb

Ponytails Are the Answer: What to do When Hair Keeps Getting in Your Eyes, by Jason Brown, with rebuttals by Artur Gachinski and Kevin Reynolds

Truth or Consequences, by Anonymous

Stick to the Program! by Rachael Flatt with foreword by Tom Z & Becky C, afterword by Frank Carroll, and rebuttals by Mirai Nagasu, Ashley Wagner, Agnes Zawadski, and Christina Gao

How to Skate Like a Dream, by Alissa Czisny, with foreword by Yuka Sato & Jason Dungjen, afterword by Brian Boitano -- Working Title: No Nightmares

Sexy Vocal Chords, by Michal Brezina, edited by Museksk8r

Designing a Manly Home [subtitle: What's Manly Got to Do With It?], by Evan OGM Lysacek, foreword by Frank Carroll, afterword by Johnny Weir

[ciocio]

I recommend

Human cloning breakthroughs by professor A.Mishin
Latest generation of ice resurfacers,published by Skate Canada, vol 1: Improved techniques for ice resurfacing, by P. Chan

[Ladida]

Ponytails Are the Answer: What to do When Hair Keeps Getting in Your Eyes, by Jason Brown, with rebuttals by Artur Gachinski and Kevin Reynolds



A Wise Traveling by Tomas Verner

[kappa_1]

Blending in by Mae Berenice Maete. Foreword by Surya Bonaly

The Outward Effects of Clinical Depression: An Anthology Contributing authors include Kanako Murakami and Alena Leonova

The Benefits of Early Retirement by Fumie Suguri

An Expert's Guide to Mastering the Short Program by Brian Joubert

A Postmodernist Approach to Subtlety by Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy

[julieann]

Hilarious!

[Made4Dancin]

Mo' Be Dick - Brian Joubert

The Turn of the Screw - Daisuke Takahashi

Westward Ho! - Philip Hersh, as dictated to Rachael Flatt

Persuasion - Lori Nichol

The Three? Musketeers - Nobunari Oda

Les Misérables - Péchalat and Bourzat

Their Eyes Were Watching God - A Compendium of Chanadian Tales

[snoopysnake]

Cynthia Phaneuf's Complete Guide to Eyebrow Plucking

Jagged Little Knees by The Shibutanis

I Don't Really Look Like Eddie Haskell, Do I? by Adam Rippon

2011 Worlds were FIXED by Meryl Davis and Charlie White

Molasses Slow Wins Every Time by Ryan Bradley

I Mailed in the SP by Patrick Chan

Naturally Silky Hair by Alena Leonova with foreward by Kevin Van Der Perren

Inseparable by Brian Orser and Yu-Na Kim

[screech]

Ingenuity by A. Mishin
A Glove for All Occasions by Team Russia
Vodka! And Other Cultural Stereotypes by Patrick Chan
Reliable Footwear by Nobunari Oda and Daisuke Takahashi. Foreword by Tonya Harding

[Cheylana]

Paying Your Dues: The Slow and Steady Road to Success, by the Shibutanis

The Importance of Rules, by Florent Amodio

Maintaining Appropriate Boundaries, by Nikolai Morozov (foreword by Robin Wagner)

Too Cool for School!, by Rachael Flatt

[briancoogaert]

The Importance of Rules, by Florent Amodio

How to be deaf to lyrics ? by the judges.

[LilJen]

The Turn of the Screw - Daisuke Takahashi

Let's Get Voidy --Virtue and Moir

[museksk8r]

Sexy Vocal Chords, by Michal Brezina, edited by Museksk8r

These are all such funny suggestions! We have some very clever writers here at FSU!


A couple of others . . .

The Idiot's Guide to get no one to take you seriously - co-written by Ottavio Cinquanta and Scott Hamilton

mASSive distractions: a picture book of tantalizing tails - co-written by Robin Szolkowy, Brian Joubert, Paul Poirier, & Maxim Trankov

[aftershocks]

museksk8r, that's waaay too funny!!!

I'll be the first in line to take a peek at that picture book, and to get autographs, and do a bit of

Blending in by Mae Berenice Maete. Foreword by Surya Bonaly

The Outward Effects of Clinical Depression: An Anthology Contributing authors include Kanako Murakami and Alena Leonova

A Postmodernist Approach to Subtlety by Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy

Very clever ... here are some companion reading material to go along with the above -- the first not intended to be funny:

Overcoming Barriers in Sports, by Debi Thomas, in memory of Mabel Fairbanks, Jesse Owens, Arthur Ashe, Jackie Robinson, and Althea Gibson, with foreword by Rory Flack, and afterword by Venus and Serena Williams

Frenzy on Ice, a ice-play in homage to Alfred Hitchcock; starring Kanako Murakami, Alena Leonova, Daisuke Takahashi, Artur Gachinski, Gary Beacom, et al., to be directed by David Fincher with choreography by David Wilson, Shae Lynn Bourne, and Randy Gardner, narrated by Dick Button, and produced by Ice Age The Next Millennium -- You heard it here first! think outside the box

Beyond Russian Tradition: A Transformative Approach to Pairs Skating, by Ingo Steuer, Aliona Savchenko, and Robin Szolkowy, in honor of the great pairs teams past present and future