A Shout Out to the Parents (Go Carol and Srinivasan)

Yesterday I was excited because I got so many sweet books for $1.50. Today? I am even more excited because I found even more awesome books in my parents basement. Really, I have probably looked at these books hundreds of times in my life, never really registering how great some of them are. I remember wandering into that room when I was in Junior High, looking for something to read. I picked up Cat's Cradle (there were two copies, meaning both of my parents are awesome). Not only did reading Cat's Cradle, along with the rest of the Vonnegut "library" that lived in that room, change my life, it made me realize that I come from good stock. I think tonight's random venture into the room proved more fruitful than the library sale. Price? $0!!

After Many a Summer Dies the Swan - Aldous Huxley
Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon (I said - 'Dad, have you read this?' He said 'Oh yeah! That was a good one.')
The Outsider - Richard Wright
The Favorite Game - Leonard Cohen
The Soviet Union Today - Kenneth R. Whiting ("Today" refers to 1962, so it will either be ridiculously Cold War, or extremely insightful. Or maybe just bad. I'll let you know.)