The Sunday Salon

It’s been a funny week for reading. I’ve started 3 new books this week (and can’t remember what else I’ve been reading) and haven’t really gotten very far into any of them. Here they are:

You Shall Know Our Velocity by Dave Eggers is absolutely excellent so far. In a nutshell, it’s the story of two men who travel – or try to – around the world giving away – or trying to – a huge sum of money. I read A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and loved it for the amazing writing style, and this is just as good if not even better. I haven’t got particularly far into it, though, because I decided to stop reading it last thing at night because it kept me up for hours thinking of all the places I’d like to travel to. A silly reason, but it’s true.

My edition of The Bonfire of the Vanitites by Tom Wolfe has a much less interesting cover. I’ve really read only the first four or five pages, and mean to read more but last night I was seized with a desire to pick up a mystery, so chose Booked to Die. I’ve not read much of this one either, but it looks like it’s going to be one I’ll really, really enjoy. Tomorrow is a bank holiday, and while I have a very long list of things I should be doing, I’m pretty sure I’ll manage to find some time for reading, and I’ll be continuing with these three.