Not really keeping up with this on a daily basis like I'd planned -- what a surprise. Here's a reading summary of the past few days:

Try and Stop Me, from the 40's (during the war) by Bennett Cerf. Interesting book of a type you don't see any more. I can remember reading pieces of it at my grandmother's house as a child (along with a compliation of humor from the Reader's Digest called Fun Fare.) I think both books had a great influence on me, which is odd at best. Anyway, I'm up on my gossip about literary and musical figures from the 30s. I think it fascinates me as a piece of cultural history more than anything -- It's fascinating to see what has and hasn't changed since before WWII.

Finished listening to another Judge Dee, Murder in the Monastery. Very good.

Started The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. Seems like it will be good, but I'm still pretty early in it.

Checked out Moby Dick on tape from the library. I've read about 2/3's of the way through the book before and enjoyed it (in a slogging kind of way...) I enjoyed Melville's short work very much, especially Typee and Bartleby.

Sue bought be a book of essays by NPR's TV critic called something like The 60 Most Influential TV Shows. I'm reading it in the can. Not bad.