I finally finished a book, Stefan Fatsis’ Word Freak, all about the strange world of competitive Scrabble. I enjoyed it quite a bit and recommend it to anyone who enjoys playing Scrabble, even if you never plan to play outside of your living room. I know that I’ll never be more than a decent living-room player, because it takes an immense amount of studying and practice to be good enough to play competitively, and I have no desire to make such a commitment. What I did take from the book is that I yearn to be an expert at something. (More on this in the non-public LJ at some point).