On the nightstand: Out

I seem to have added several videos recently, but I have been reading as well. Out: A Novel was an earlier book club selection that I missed. This thriller by a Japanese author, Natsuo Kirino, is a fun, grisly page-turner. Later this month I'll be reviewing Water for Elephants, a good circus story but not my favorite.

I'm also revisiting the 90s, 12-stepping, and my inner child with The Artist's Way which I find a little too dogmatic/OCD for the 2000s. But I shall take what I need and leave the rest.

In support of my figure drawing class, I'm getting into The Natural Way to Draw. That I didn't already have this one in my library was surprising.

My work with more self-help titles has been postponed, so It's All Too Much and Fat, Broke and Lonely No More have been shoved to the side.

Someone suggested that we read Kafka on the Shore. Any comments?