Reading has been a bit sporadic, a bit "eh." Recently read Breakfast at Tiffany's (didn't care for the movie) by Truman Capote -- and enjoyed it. Nice, clean prose that puts the focus on the story and characters, not on the writer's fancy-schmanciness.
I've also been reading two Louisa May Alcott novels: Eight Cousins and its sequel Rose in Bloom. Nice to reread something I enjoyed in my childhood. The second book is kind of slow, but I'll get it done.
Also rereading some Dashiell Hammett novels: The Thin Man, Red Harvest.
Next on my list is John Varley's The Golden Globe, if I can find it. I know we have it somewhere because D--- read it years ago and it shouldn't have gone far. Probably on some bookcase... I think John Varley books make for good summer reading. Steel Beach got me through a particularly lonesome and boring summer as a philosophy department student assistant. The Persistance of Vision and Other Stories -- oh yay! Got me through another quiet summer, when D--- and I moved in together. Same with the Barbie Murders. Good reading memories.
Also up next: Battle Royale by Koushun Takami and maybe rereading some J.D. Salinger, since everybody seems to be hating on Holden lately and I'm kind of missing the Glass family.
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