I am so happy. I am on vacation so I have tons of family and friends playing with the baby. This is good for both him and me. I have been getting a lot of reading done. Not only that, but I’ve read three good books in a row. I’ve read Orwell’s Burmese Days before leaving and thought it was great. I’ve since read Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam. I was interested in this book since it got the Giller Prize last year, but I knew I was not going to have time to read it. I went the lazy way and sent it to my med school sister so she could read it for me. She liked it and lent it back to me as summer reading. I do hope they make a television series out of it. There is some character development in the first few chapters, but afterwards it is just stories.And, there is never enough hospital dramas. I wish I could say the same thing about engineering – Dilbert was never compelling.

I just started reading Speaking with the Angel collection of short stories. I’ve only read two so far, but Nick Hornby’s NippleJesus is fantastic! I would recommend it to anyone who has an opinion about art galleries.

I’ve had such a good reading streak, I’m afraid of picking up anything else for the fear of it being a dud. I’ll just concentrate on my Master’s thesis now, it’s a safe bet.