Because I seldom sleep well the night before travel, especially an early flight. Louis Sachar follows characters from Holes but barely mentions Camp Green Lake, which is good--Armpit has a job as a landscaper and his boss says he's a good digger, no surprise.
Nine hours in the air, plus a layover. I finished José Saramago's The Double in a day and worried that I had not brought enough books with me. It is my least favorite Saramago and I'm glad it wasn't my first, but it was the book I had with me on the plane, where I could give it my full attention. I love his ramblings and his authorial intrusions, but in this book the dog didn't have enough of a role.