I think I have rediscovered the joy of writing and reading a good book. It is so amazing how a story can transport you to another world, you completely forget where you are in reality!

At the moment, I’m reading Just After Sunset, Stephen King’s latest book of short stories. I’m also reading Babeland’s new Moregasm book, so I can safely include it on a list of best sexual self-help books I’m putting together for YourTango.com. And of course, there are always the mags in the bathroom…at the moment, Wired and Real Simple.

My fave books of all time are Stephen King’s It and The Stand, Barbara Kingsolver’s Prodigal Summer and, oh lord, about 5-10 other books. I don’t want to write a novel here.

Most of my day is taken up by working or commuting (I commute into an office three days a week). I can’t read on the bus because I get car sick, which drives me crazy! So mostly, I read at night, sitting up in bed, until I pass out, much to my husband’s chagrin.
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I am reading, three non-fiction books. One neuroscience, one writing craft, and another virginia woolf’s diary.
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The last work of fiction I read was “Any Minute”, by Joyce Meyers and Deborah Bedford. It was not the most “intellectual” book, however it was not intended as such, but it was a good and fast read that engaged me in the storyline.

My favorite book? Can’t say, but one book I remember vividly from my childhood was “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeline L’Engle. I still love sci fi!
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I’m reading my way through Will & Ariel Durant’s History of Western Civilization….I love these books. There is so much rich detail. I am reading “Ceasar and Christ” which is about the birth, rise and fall of the Roman Empire. It’s a fascinating read. Magazines? Along with my business magazines, I’ve got Lapham’s Quarterly, Arts Quarterly, Country Gardens, Hobby Farms, and Cooking Light on the stack. Depending on my mood it’s serious reading or browsing recipes.

The Lost by Daniel Mendelsohn, a non-fiction book I’ve been meaning to read for a few years now about his search for six of his relatives who disappeared during the Holocaust.

The newest novel by Julia Glass. I can’t ever get the title straight, and I’m sorry about that. It’s a pretty good read, though; it’s about two very different sisters.

Some lightweight fluff that I’m embarrassed to admit to.

I usually read a few things at once, a combination of non-fiction and fiction. I like to read non-fiction because I feel like 1) I like to learn something new and improve my brain and 2) I like to read (and really do enjoy) long-form journalism. Fiction is mostly for fun.

The Nine by Jeffrey Toobin. His up-close look at the Supreme Court.
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In the bathroom, which is the only place I get more than 30 seconds to read – Raising Your Spirited Child (to help figure out how to handle my oldest son, great book)

In my bed – The Anita Blake series (like Amy I’m a vampire fan and have been since I was a preteen, but I’ve finished most series I can find)

Let the Right One In (more vamps)

The Home Office from Hell Cure (a book I was sent to review on my blog)

And I have online subscriptions to Woman’s Day, Country Living, and Parents.

I read the Twilight series, liked the books, though the writing is lacking, then I read The Host and really enjoyed it. I still prefer Sookie Stackhouse, Vampire Academy and Anita Blake, but Meyer did redeem herself with the Host, I think.

Right now I’m reading the Sookie Stackhouse series. Yes, I love vampire tales and I’ve read nearly every series I can get my hands on, including those in the young adult section of the library. I’m with you on Meyer’s work though. The Twilight series has such potential but it is lacking. I’m also reading “Birth-The Surprising History of How We Are Born” and “Weird U.S-Your Travel Guide to America’s Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets” With the kids I’ve just started Mary Pope Osborne’s “Tales from Odyssey” series and we’re finishing up Shel Silverstein’s “A Light in the Attic.” We just finished the Eddie Dickens Trilogy and that was so much fun and hilarious. If anyone has kids I recommend it.

I just finished Paulo Coelho’s “The Witch of Portobello” and Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean’s “The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish.”

Now I’m in the middle of David Drake’s “With the Lightnings” (military science fiction is my guilty pleasure) and Gaiman’s “Fragile Things,” as well as a book on Paganism called “Urban Primitive,” all of which are on my nightstand, since I do most of my reading in the hour before I go to bed.

I’ve also started experimenting with my Droid Eris phone as an e-Reader, but I’ve only had the phone for a week so the jury’s still out on whether or not I like it. I’ve got Kate Chopin’s “The Awakening” on there, which I’m mostly interested in for the extra stories and essays that come with the edition I have, having read the novella multiple times already.
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On my nightstand is -
- “Connected” by Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler – decided I HAD to have and read after reading a review on CNN.com. Very interesting insight and research on the affects of our social networks
- “Wishin’ and Hopin’” by Wally Lamb – my favorite local author attempts a light-hearted Christmas story, or as he said in a recent interview, the cure to the hangover left by “The Hour I First Believed”

And floating in my apartment somewhere with a beat up bookmark is Jimmy Buffet’s “A Salty Piece of Land” which is my escape to the islands during these New England winters.

I won’t begin to mention what’s in my to-read and have-read piles…