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Watches and Books

I just received notification that my Apple Watch is waiting for me at my front door, and I couldn't be happier about it. Well, I would have been happier if I had received it on April 24th like I should have, but I'm still happy. Apple had some weird shipping and ordering problems with the watch, but if it's as awesome as I think it will be, all will be forgotten. I am irritated by people asking why I bought it - I want to start answering, "If you had read The Circle , you wouldn't be asking that question." Speaking of which, you should read that book - it's amazing. Last night, I started reading The Goldfinch - not because it sounded that interesting, but because it won the Pulitzer Price for fiction and it's probably smart if once and awhile I read a book that's recognized for literary talent and isn't Fifty Shades of Grey . Still, even though I knew it would probably be a good read, it stared at me from my bookshelf for about three weeks b