Weekly digest (5/20/11)

Harumph, another cloudy weekend. All I’m hoping for is sunshine for Memorial Day. Last year we went camping and ended up sleeping on frozen ground. That was the opposite of fun.

  • Read it. I’m still waist-deep in the Collected Novels of John Cheever, which I recommend if you’re a true-blue Cheever fan. Otherwise, I’m sad I missed the boat on NPR’s Monkey See bookclub, which did The Sandman: Dream Country this month. Glen Weldon put together a great list of jumping-off points... most of which are now on my library queue. Huzzah!
  • Saw it. Parks and Rec had its season finale last night, which was GREAT but I’m going to have to go with Bridesmaids.
  • Heard it. Slow on this boat, but James Blake‘s new album is pretty great, isn’t it? Also, I feel like I keep on getting into bands right after they tour the Bay…