i guess it shouldn’t be any huge surprise that, after finishing the moon is down, i’ve run off and bought more books. this despite the fact that i brought two other books i need to finish, the quiet american and principles in the sciences (an old, march 1944 university of chicago reader i picked up in the annual used book sale near uc.. good luck finding a link for that one). but they were from the local independent bookstore, bookshop santa cruz.. so i’m supporting a cause, right?

so i picked up two books, one being the river why by david james duncan. a good friend in college read this book and recommended it.. and if i remember correctly, he recommended it over a river runs through it by norman maclean. not unlike a river runs through it, the river why starts out by throwing the reader a bunch of good if slightly disjointed stories that are, in one way or another, about fly fishing. they’re all very good and applicable and loosely chronologic.. they just come off as somewhat random, which i like. i’ll give you full run-down when i’m through.. that is, if i stick to this one and don’t pull my normal about-face and jump on to the vet’s daughter. i’ll keep you updated..