So . . . What Are You Reading?

I was bored at work last night and so I asked one of my fellow servers this question. I got such a great response! She told me all of the books she currently had on the go and what she found interesting about them. You really learn a lot about a person when you ask them what they are reading. When you ask a person this question you are asking about something rather personal but it doesn't come across as so. I asked another server and she told me that she was reading Dawkin's "The God Delusion." This led into a great discussion about the faith required for both atheism and religion which was enlightening for both of us. Why not try asking your co-workers or family this question and see what you learn about them?

In case you are curious, I am currently reading Mark Twain's The Innocents Abroad which I bought at the big used book sale at the St. Vital mall. I really enjoy anything by Twain, he is pretty much the quintessential American author and a master of wit at one's personal expense. Before that I read some counseling books and another travel adventure book Paul Theroux's The Old Patagonian Express : By Train Through the Americas which I didn't like very much and would not recommend (The Happy Isles of Oceania : Paddling the Pacific is 10 times as good). The book I'm hoping to read next will either be Tolkien's Children of Hurin or Druett's Island of the Lost : Death and Survival at the Edge of the World which is about 2 separate groups of sailors shipwrecked on a remote island (one of the groups thrives, the other destroys itself). Fiction or historical adventure? It will be a tough decision (unless someone buys me one these and makes the decision for me)!

So how about you? What are you reading?