New Thing 318, New Thing Every Day: Read Pat Conroy's "The Great Santini"

This is totally weird because Pat Conroy is one of my two favorite authors (along with John Steinbeck). In fact, for years I have been telling people I had read it and even believed that I had. But it turns out I had just seen the movie and somehow had never read the book. Fortunately, my friend Ellis Benus bought me a copy -- a first edition -- and one day I decided it was time to read it "again".

So, now I have read it, and loved it. If you haven't, you should go read it yourself.

Thanks, Ellis!