And I’m also a big fan of that rascally Robertson Davies.

@hyrcan: that is some serious reading you’re doing! I think I would enjoy Catcher again; our book group read Franny & Zoey and enjoyed it a lot.

@Panther: I can see that having the book at your fingertips would be nice. You must be learning something, since your blog is doing well!

First to be finished is, History of Hungry yeah… I read history books for fun. I’m a closet history nerd. If I had a history degree and wasn’t doing this computer thing I’d be a history teacher and show folks that history class should NOT be the most boring class in school. Hmmm. If I had a history degree it would also at least give me an excuse to read books like this. My friends think I’m nuts. ( I make them all read Lies My Teacher Told Me : Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong )

Second on the “too be finished” pile is The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. Which explores the logic and arguments for religion, you might guess from the title religion doesn’t fare well in this book. I’ve also been meaning to read his older books as well, but I’ve got to finish what I start first.

Bit of trivia, the term “meme” coined by Richard Dawkins, and he talks about it in The Selfish Gene.

And I have to read Catcher in the Rye again for the Blurbing Book Club.

I also need to read The Art of Peace By Morihei Ueshiba.

The list goes on… But I’m focusing on these for the moment.

Like you, I find myself reading more and more marketing, social media, and self-improvement books. I’m currently on “Way of the Peaceful Warrior” and “The Four Agreements.” I love ‘em!

I’d read more but I have a problem…see, I like to buy the books. I know, I know…I”m a sucker :-/ I’ve tried checking them out at the library but I can’t do it if the book is all old and crusty; LOL.

@Sara: Yeah, blogging is almost as much about reading as it is about writing . . . folks I know loved both Elephants and Time.

@Linda: true confessions, the books listed are just a few of those I have by my bed!! I love mysteries too and I usually save them for vacation, and as for chick lit, Bridget Jones’ Dairy made me laugh out loud!

@Tara: as mentioned above, I too love a good mystery, especially a “cozy” mystery. Consumer culture is something that is always in the front of my mind, especially now that I’m a Mom It’s amazing how quickly kids learn to want stuff.

But my current serious choice is something you might enjoy: “A Nation of Rebels: Why Counterculture Became Consumer Culture,” by Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter. The authors are philosophy professors, so they raise rather meta-level questions about consumerism. My husband and I have had several bedtime conversations about the theories — I find them more “hit” and he more “miss”, but either way it makes for some interesting discussions!

My nightstand pile of “To Be Read” books grew until it got moved to an entire bookshelf. Blush! Since I’ve been blogging, my reading has tailed off, but my two most recent fav books are:

“Not Me!” by Michael Lavigne — ficiton, couldn’t put it down!

“My Stroke of Insight” by Jill Bolte Taylor — personal memoir, which I just finished a blog post about as a matter of fact

Now I want to read a fun mystery or chick-lit book as a change of pace. But I do so love reading blogs on line instead of real books these days. Oh well

Right now I’m into YA fiction. I just read Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, and really enjoyed it. It’s fascinating to read well-written stories of high school dynamics with more adult perspective. Trying to get through The Thief Lord and Artemis Fowl.

I was heavy into non-fiction for the last year, but completely fell out of that habit. It’s always cyclical for me.