I know parts of the country are suffering from hurrican after hurricane and I am not trying to rub it in their faces, but we are having the best weather here in New England. 60s and 70s and sunny. It’s perfect. So I spent much of the past weekend outside not reading. I did finish Ordinary Wolves a few days ago, though I don’t have much to say about it for some reason. The story follows Cutuk and his family who live in remote Alaska. A great deal of the novel deals with race and places in society. Cutuk’s family is white and they are looked down upon in the mostly native town. As he tries to find his place in the world and some acceptance, he moves to Fairbanks. But he finds his ‘own’ people just as mystifying. There are some beautiful passages and it is interesting to read about someone who has not experienced everyday things we take for granted, such as riding in cars and soda. The vernacular takes some getting used to, but makes the novel more interesting. That’s all I really have to say about it.

I found some great stuff in Used yesterday that I am excited about reading. I’ve been looking for some Nabokov for a while. It’s a huge gap in my education I feel that I haven’t read him before. I found both Lolita and Pale Fire. And I also grabbed a copy of DeLillo’s Underworld. Who knows when I will get around to all of these. My TBR list grows edponentially each day. Sigh.

My birthday is on Friday and I am looking forward to going out for a great meal. And doing some fun stuff this weekend. Maybe apple picking?