Books, sanity, flight.

“Form and style is one’s voice.” – Hilton Als, on writing his novel…

Tomorrow I fly to China for two weeks, and then hustle back for work-related reasons. It’s a long flight — fourteen hours in a tube — and for the first time in a while I didn’t pack my iPad; aka, my Kindle. Which means I’m taking actual books with me on the plane. Not a bad thing at all, just a little on the heavy side.

Here are the books that I hope will keep me sane:

GRAVE MERCY by Robin Lafevers

ALL FOR YOU by Lynn Kurland

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