CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? (Sophie Kinsella) - December 30/23

 I wanted something light after The Right Stuff and that's sure what I got. The biggest problem with this book is that it's just so long. It feels twice as long as it should be, and as a result, I didn't really get into it until about 100 pages in and then it petered out long before it ended. It's a decent-enough premise that's in need of serious streamlining. (Like, did we need a fake break-up for both characters??) Kinsella's not the best writer, but I liked the central characters. **1/2 out of ****

THE RIGHT STUFF (Tom Wolfe) - December 18/23

 Yikes. I guess I was kind of into this at first but holy hell Wolfe’s stream of consciousness style becomes so grating after a while. He just rambles on and on about various topics and most of it isn’t interesting in the slightest. Did he bang this out over a weekend after a massive coke binge? I skimmed most of the second half. * out of ****