Random Reading

My method of choosing books lately is to go to a used book store and comb through the fiction section until I have a stack of things that look good. Today's haul:

• Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje
• The Keep by Jennifer Egan
• The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas-- with funny cartoons on the jacket
• Alfred and Guinevere by James Schuyler (from the NYRB Classics series-- I snatch up these books whenever I see them)
• A Sea of Words-- a companion to the Aubrey-Maturin series, which I adore