Book notes

Last week Rajani sent me a copy of The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell, as a belated birthday present. The dear thought my birthday was in March, instead of May (yes, plenty of shopping days left), and she duly purchased an item from my Amazon wishlist. Oh, those pesky M months. No matter, of course. Many, many thanks go out to her, and I’ll be sure to read the book soon. I’ve been so bad with my book reading lately. What little reading time I give myself is taken up mostly by my New Yorker subscription–since it’s a weekly, I keep thinking, the next issue is coming soon, must read the current one now, now!–and so my books often fall by the wayside.

By the way, David Sedaris has an essay in the April 2004 issue of GQ. Haven’t read it yet. His next collection, entitled Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, is due out this June. Can’t wait.

Side note: during March, Penguin Group USA (publisher of fine books, but not of the aforementioned, in case you were wondering) is donating to Amnesty International 10% of receipts on orders placed through their websites. (Link via Seyd.)