Still no loot to report, still saving for Clunes in a few weeks. I’m currently reading the complete works of Nathanael West, still intimidated by the looming giant of William Faulkner. Volume One of his collected novels sits on my desk, a young Willy staring at me as though trying to lure me in. I think what has put me off is a scathing review of his first novel Soldier’s Pay on LibraryThing. So I picked up The Day of the Locust on a whim, and upon finding out that his literary output was so slim, have begun the project of reading all of Nathanael West’s short novels. At least it is still in tune with my goal of reading the complete works of authors.

Next week I’ll be seeing Henry Rollins in Melbourne, which I’m very excited about. A battered copy of the Portable Henry Rollins got me through much of my university years. I saw him do his spoken word thing a few years ago, and it was such a riot; funny, though-provoking, unapologetic about his anger. Definitely looking forward to seeing him again, and it feels like I’m in the right headspace for it too. Also I’ll be seeing the Mountain Goats next week, who were featured in John Green’s Paper Towns [review here], which is perhaps a tenuous literary link, but a literary link nonetheless!

I don’t even have a list of links to share this week, but I did come across these very cute retro library posters, so hopefully they’ll be enough for you to forgive my slackness.

[Image credits: flickr user VB library, and be sure to check out their amazing set of 1960s library posters.]