I did not mean to come home from work today and sit on the couch and read all night. It must be fate. I went to use the bathroom at work today and the toilet wouldn’t flush. Then I tried to wash my hands and no water came out of the faucet. Thirty minutes later, I was on my way home – broken water main, building closing, come back tomorrow. I left in such a hurry (an excited, yay-we-are-leaving-at-3 hurry, not a “my library is filling with water” hurry) that I forgot the book I was reading. So when I got home and my apartment was sunny and it was only 3:30, I had to read the OTHER book I was reading. First-world-nerd problems, I know.

But then I couldn’t stop reading. Jami Attenberg’s The Middlesteins was all over the Best of 2012 lists, but in case you missed it, add it to your TBR. Unless the last forty pages go completely awry, this is a damn good read. Maybe I’ll let you know tomorrow – I’m doubting my ability not to stay up past my 9 o’clock bedtime to finish off the rest.