doing homer proud

The best book makes the world around you disappear. This book made my sister's entire graduation weekend disappear, which I mean as a compliment to Soli and not a disparagement to my sister, of whom I am insanely proud. This book made bickering parents, boring graduation speakers, a 3-hour airport delay, my mother's insistence that you really don't need dessert tonight, do you? and a sunburnt back all disappear. The second I put it down, I wanted to pick it up again and let Soli's Vietnam wash over me. But I was really tired, so I played brickbreaker on my blackberry instead.