The end of summer is such a terrible thing. Sure, we have the colors of fall to look forward to (should you be
fortunate enough to live in a part of the country with seasons), but for the most part the end of summer means the end
to long weekend trips and the long-term return to bleating fax machines and our dreary office cubes. But there are
still a few days left, weeks if you’re really lucky, and that means there is time to get in a little more summer
reading. NPR has done a series on summer
reading that will be of interest to book worms everywhere, and the group of articles includes this one on by
‘World Cafe‘ host, David Dye in
which he describes traveling vicariously through such books as The
Blind Man of Seville, The
Big Killing and
Bangkok 8. He also raves about Chuck Klosterman’s death and music memoir
Killing Yourself To Live: 85% of a True Story in which the Esquire contributor visits significant music-related
death sites like the Rhode Island nightclub to the Iowa field where Buddy Holly’s plane crashed. I’ve already added
several of these books to my personal end of summer list.