I borrowed Bios from the library and finally finished it last week. Definitely not his best, but not bad either. The next night I read Diana Shaw's The Essential Vegetarian Cookbook while listening to Pink Martini on the radio. Reading cookbooks is actually ultimately a bit unsatisfying since I want to cook everything in the book immediately and almost never cook any of it.

Friday night I stayed home and finished Donna Tartt's The Secret History. While I enjoyed it, I'm not quite sure where all of the hype came from when The Little Friend came out. I did however buy The Little Friend at the library book sale on Saturday so we'll see how it is (sometime next year I assume).

I'm currently working on Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint. I'm about halfway through and don't think I've ever read a book with more references to masturbation (except perhaps The Guide to Getting it On).
posted by Kristin Buxton at 1:58 PM