Aside from the usual Hawaiiana fare, what I'm reading currently for my personal love of American History is Sarah Vowell's Assassination Vacation. So far, I'm on page 91 of this 255 page book, and I am enjoying it very heartily. More than anything this book makes me want to take a vacation to the mainland and visit all of the great historical sites in our country. I've already gleamed a few potential book reads for the future, the most notable so far being Henry and Clara by Thomas Mallon.
Actually, the biggest reason that I wanted to read Sarah Vowell is because of my connection with Hawaii Book Blog. I saw her appear on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, talking about her latest book The Wordy Shipmates and found out she was the voice of the sister in one of my Top-3 Pixar movies: The Incredibles. The thing that most intrigued me, however, was the research she was doing for her next book. She told Jon that her next book was probably going to be about Hawai'i. So, in anticipation of her future release, I wanted to get familiar with her work. Turns out, she is a big history geek (like me) and now I am very greatly anticipating her take on the 50th state.
I'll own up to not finishing this book as the library deadline hit...and at the time I had way too many HBB things on my plate to concern myself with a personal book. :( But, I found out we actually OWN a copy! How crazy is that. So I will finish reading it...soon, I hope.
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