bedtime reading

One of our seniors at "current college of employment" presented her thesis on Baldwin's Another Country. I am an avid Baldwin fan (actually he's one of my favorite writers) but haven't read AN. I enjoyed said student's presentation so much, I decided to take Baldwin to bed.

The only time I tend to pleasure read these days is on the way to bed, on an airplane or on the stationary bike at the gym. Typically, I'll have three or four books beside my bed and will pick up one before I nod off. Currently I have an appropriately titled chick lit read Good in Bed on my bedside table as well as Baldwin's AN. For the past few nights, Baldwin has occupied my final waking hours. "Rufus," AN's protag, has kept me turning pages. So far he's shaping up to be a really dark, emotionally complex character with some wicked ass violent tendencies. I'll see how he continues to unfold.