John Steinbeck and Gary Scharnhorst - The Wayward Bus

Pros: Readable tale about Post-War Americans the next generation rebelled against: America as it was.
Cons: Slack writing and a weak plot.

When last I left you, we were at the corner of Mission and Valencia, staring at a white haired man through the front window of the Abandoned Planet Book Store. I had not planned to come there, but it occurred to me that the old man might have a copy of...

Pros: Excellent book.
Cons: Not long enough.

I read the Wayward Bus one afternoon while sitting in a laundromatt. It came alive for me. Steinbeck's writing talent is amazing, it was as though I were there on the bus with those people, feeling their happiness and sorrow. Moving, touching and one I highly recommend.