Books I’m currently reading:
Frank Herbert, Dune (rereading)
Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World
Stephen King, Under the Dome
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
Orson Scott Card, Hart’s Hope
Michael Chabon, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Jason Zweig, Your Money and Your Brain (got this one free at Borders)
Books I’ve recently finished:
Neil Stephenson, Cryptonomicon
Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men
Neil Stephenson, The Diamond Age, A Young Girls’ Illustrated Primer
George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
Stephen King, On Writing (reread)
Richard Morgan, Thirteen
Terry Brooks, The Sword of Shannara
Daniel Abraham, Gardner Dozois and George R. R. Martin, Hunter’s Run
Dan Brown, Angels and Demons
Chuck Palahniuk, Rant
Terry Goodkind, Wizard’s First Rule
Neil Stephenson, Anathem
Cormac McCarthy, The Road
How I read
A substantial amount of my reading is experienced via audiobooks on my iPod, because I like to spend a lot of time walking and I don’t consider it safe to walk around a major city like Philadelphia with my nose tucked into a book. It’s also hard to focus on a narrative when one is dodging traffic, semi-identifiable globs of street goo, and panhandlers.
You’ll notice I tend to read a lot of books at once, which is not so much by choice as by short attention span. I don’t recommend it. Some of those books, especially those of the paper variety, will remain on my “Currently reading” list for several years as I periodically pick them up, only to lose interest or misplace them.
When I do read paper books, I try to obtain them from independent book stores wherever possible. I heartily recommend The Book Trader, on second street a half block north of Market, and Giovanni’s Room at 12th and Pine Streets in the Philly Gayborhood.
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