Recent Reads

Books purchased last month:

Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Clockers by Richard Price
Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead

Short descriptions of what I read last month:

Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead: Love the 80's, beach towns, summer jobs, and BBQs. Whitehead's prose is a humorous delight that is sprinkled and brought to life with numerous cultural references. Fastest 272 pages ever. Read it.

Blood Meridian: Or the Evening of Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy: Classic. Blood Meridian, set in 1850 near the Texas-Mexico border, follows the story of a 14 year old Tennessean kid who gets entangled in a gang of Indian hunters. Not for the faint of heart. McCarthy, who also wrote No Country for Old Men and The Road, is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. Read it.

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie: I've had this since he came to speak at Lawrence. Rushdie is a fantastic writer, but Midnight's Children took some time. A humorous and thoughtful journey intertwined with India's history. Read it if you have a need for an accomplishment.

Read two of four. Not bad. My Kindle should arrive soon.