I've finished reading Tobias Wolff's novel, which had an ending I didn't see coming. Actually, the first eighty percent of the book is so different, plot-wise, than the last twenty percent, it was as if I were reading a whole different book altogether. Good, nonetheless. Recommended. (Plus, there are some pretty cool callouts of the Syracuse area.)

I am now moving on to House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III, which I had picked up at Waldenbooks along with Wolff's novel. I didn't know at the time that it was a part of Oprah's Book Club, I swear. I do now, obviously. In fact, the publisher's official book cover has a seal of Oprah's approval stamped on...


Image: Random House

My book has a different seal -- National Book Award finalist -- which you can barely see here...


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Well, either way, the fact that Oprah selected the book isn't necessarily a bad thing, right? The book should be pretty good, I would think. Here goes...

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