Fuku

My little African adventure and its associated plane rides offered up plenty of time to read. In the past two weeks, I polished off several magazines, a book for work, a few good books and a few terrible ones.

The highlight of all these books was The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which I cannot recommend enough. It's superbly written and terribly engaging, from the first description of the Dominican family's multi-generational curse to the contemporary references to science fiction.

I picked it up as a last-minute purchase at the San Francisco airport before I boarded my first flight, and I'm so glad I did. It's a beautiful novel and a very entertaining read!