No Reading

Yesterday my wife picked up Lolita, and I'm glad. However, I drove to work today, my morning meeting was somewhere else and no metro to get there. I haven't had a chance to read the book, needless to say.

I do want to make a comment about the book I'm reading though. I realized why Manhunt is increasingly annoying to me as I get into it more. After reading Greelanders, I came to enjoy the straightforward narrative style and the minimum fluff that comes from having a story to tell. In Manhunt, the story would be over all too quickly, and the book much too thin to give the author a good return on investment. So I have this book, full of conjecture (he must have seen; he was disappointed to know), unnecessary detail (he heard the floorboards creak above his head as he went under the stage), the small bits of action only barely balances the tedium.

While writing my entry I had a thought about the assassination attempt on secretary Seward, and it took me to wikipedia. I just read all the pertinent facts about the assassination, the people involved, the hanging of the accomplices, and even one theory that Booth escaped and a double was killed instead. I think I'll be able to return Manhunt with no guilt.