Day 46

I'm reading Double Indemnity right now.  I'm about halfway through it, but I'm trying to read it slowly.  I like James Cain's style so much.  I've read mixed reviews for the next book on the list, The Sheltering Sky.  Most of them are good, but they say that the desert is a character.  The bad reviews say "the desert is a character".  I know what I like to read, and I think I'll agree with the bad reviewers.  They say that there's no plot, no character development, nothing to draw you in.  So I really don't want to leave James Cain behind.  I think I like Double Indemnity even better than The Postman Always Rings Twice. I've realized that James Cain's version of Los Angeles is the fantasy Los Angeles I've always wanted to move to.  It's perfect.  I was born in the wrong decade.