Got so into the book I was reading on the flight about new journalism (Wolfe, Thompson, and the like), that I unintentionally just about finished it. So, having nothing else to read for the trip back home, I picked up:
Only about 60 pages into We Need to Talk About Kevin, and it’s breathtaking - I’ve already laughed out loud and I’ve been been mortified. It’s scary good.
Speaking of Thompson, I came across the fulltext of his essay, The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved. Classic Thompson, and one of the articles that really put him on the map.
Reviews galore to follow - so far, I’ve finished:
- the book on New Journalism (which I can’t remember the exact name of and can’t find doing an online search - it’s in my suitcase)
- Baby Secrets
- The Reality Dysfunction (which is a bit of a cheat - it’s a carry-across from last year)
- Idoru
- Haunted
Also, my flight up to Sydney got cancelled, delaying me at the airport yesterday for about an hour and a half. Topping it off, I checked this morning and found out my 6:45pm return flight had also been cancelled. Virgin kindly offered me two other options - a 6:15pm flight, or a 10:00pm flight. Which one do you think I took?