The KLF Manual
Or, How To Have A Number One The Easy Way Hilarious guide by the UK pranksters who manufactured pop chart hits like Doctorin' The Tardis and 3 A.M. Eternal ("KLF Is Gonna Rock You...") Thanks to Carl at the bakery for telling me about it. He sez Chumbawumba, among countless others I'm sure, followed the Manual to the letter to create their sensational gonna-be-on-the-airwaves-till-we're-all-dead world dominating chart topper Tubthumping ("I get knocked down, but I get up again"). Call me a sucker, I love all these calculated, Machiavellian frankensongs! Even the Dr. Who one. Hmm , maybe I have what it takes to write a #1 hit . . .

David Foster Wallace's
Infinite Jest

Jonathan Franzen's
The Corrections

The Lexus and The Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization
by Thomas Friedman

Recently I junked out and was reading the Andrew Morton Princess Diana book, Dolly Parton's autobiography, and Jackie Collins pulp. Right now though I am thoroughly enjoying . . .

Jane Austen: A Life
by David Nokes
This is an entertaining biography rife with Austen family scandals and a fine ear for Jane's particular brand of blistering wit. But damn that priggy sister Cassandra for burning years' worth of Jane's letters and censoring the rest!