fastest mood-lifter I've seen in yonks

Oh, my God.

At Book Expo America, virtually every booth had something having to do with The Da Vinci Code or Sudoku or both. (And yet nobody has so far figured out how to combine them.) Best galley I picked up (of the few I've read so far): Kevin Huizenga's Curses.

Bus, light rail, airplane, airplane, light rail, cab, train, bus, bus, cab, cab, bus, cab, train, cab, cab, train, cab, cab, airplane, airplane, cab.