Bad Feminist was really good. It's easy to read and enlightening at the same time. Gay's writing is admirably concise, clear, and painfully honest while covering complex issues such as gender and race. Her analyses of female depictions in contemporary music and television are really sharp; they don't re-invent the wheel, but they're worth reading nonetheless. Some critic has stated that Gay "is the brilliant girl-next-door: your best friend and your sharpest critic." This is a perfect summary of her book.
I ordered
Consider the Lobster by DFW and
Dear Life by Alice Munro (German bookstores only have very limited selections of English books). Alice Munro sure is an awkward choice for a Slap pal, but one of my best friends swears that Munro is the truth. She's a writer herself and knows what she's talking about, even though we have different tastes in literature. Still, it's always good to read out of your comfort zone.
However, since amazon is really slow for some reason (fuck 'em), I've been reading Thomas Bernhard's
Wittgenstein's Neffe in the meantime. It's a rather short autobiographical "novel" about Wittgenstein's nephew, who was one of Bernhard's best friends and ended up in a madhouse. I had never read any of Bernhard's books before and
Wittgenstein's Neffe is supposed to be a good introduction. I like Bernhard's style so far, especially when he starts raging about medical institutions and Austrian society, but I guess this is not his best work. There's some good moments, but overall, the book doesn't really have me on the edge of my seat. Since I haven't finished it yet, I'm gonna give it the benefit of the doubt until then though.