Long trip back from trashy novels

So, I was indulgent for a while and only reading trashy books to supplement our lack of cable TV. Sad, yes, but at least there is more effort going into reading than watching TV.

I am extremely thankful we don't have cable.

Thanks for calling me out, jil. I needed it.

I have this weird obsession with books and movies before they start have purpose or plot. I realized over the weekend (during the 5 hour drive to the Cape) that I should really invest in biographies. That being said, I was also disappointed that his wife died. Had I read your post and not gotten to that point in the books yet, I would've been a little peeved.

I am however really enjoying the character development so far. I feel myself reading in different voices for each character...which is pretty geeky of me, but you know you love it.

Since I'm reading this on my Kindle I do not have any page number for you which makes this very difficult to avoid spoilers.

I'm also not very far; I just hit "coming to america 1721"

Here is some of my favorite imagery:

"the rain pattered continually against the side of the plane: he imagined small children tossing down dried peas by the handful from the skies."

More intelligent posts to come (hopefully)