Had to return Crossroads by Franzen because there were holds.
Overall impression:
Took me a long time to get into it because Franzen decided to give each character a long section of exposition with lots of description. Once the action gets going, it's a fast and compelling read.
Starting Hell of A Book, which was a gift from my brother and apparently just won a major award.
Listening to this book as well. Really enjoying it being my companion for commutes. So far, there's lot of stuff that I didn't know about Magic, Kareem, and the Lakers
