Road Trip

My boss at work called yesterday to let me know about a change of plans. I'm going to Pendleton today. Hey, it's time away from the plant, and that suits me fine. I get to have peace and quiet, get some reading done, and do some studying. I'm always studying something. So what books shall I bring?

For study:

• Elemnts of Style, by Shrunk and White
• Style Toward Clarity and Grace, by Joseph Williams
• Writing Fiction 3rd edition, by Janet Burroway
• The Grammar Bible, by Michael Strumph and Auriel Douglas
• A pocket Thesaurus

For reading, I brought five books that are collections of short stories. If I get tired of one author, I can switch to another.

• The Ballad of the Sad Cafe and other stories, Carson McCullers
• The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
  
• Men Without Women, Ernest Hemingway (got to have my Hemingway)
• The Wheel of Love, Joyce Carol Oats

Two novels are coming with me.

• Foxfire, by Joyce Carol Oats. I'm looking forward to this one. A late fifties girl gang raising hell. You bet that got my attention.
• The Wayfarer Redemption, by Sara Douglas. Yeah, I still haven't finished it. Poking it with a stick. I'll get it done.

Last minute addition...

I picked up a copy of Norman Mailer's The Executioner's Song. I had to pay twenty bucks for it, but this is the book that got him his second Pulitzer. The writing is excellent, and I purchased it for study. Incidently, there were people outside of Powell's giving out FREE HUGS! Naturally, I got one. See, being literate is good!