Club Desvelado hasn't checked in lately. A Way of Life, Like Any Other (Darcy O'Brien) was a bit precious, but funny: child of faded movie actors finds humor in dysfunctional adults and the decade of the 'fifties, not to be too anachronistic about it. Face to Face: A Reader in the World (Lynne Sharon Schwartz) shows its origins as an unrelated collection of previously published personal essays, some much better than others.