I am addicted to reading. I read anything I can find, though I usually just stick with what I know I like. For the past 10 years there has been a list of books that I have read through at least once a year. It started small, but so many new books and series of books have been added to it that I now find myself reading the list through from year to year in a giant literary loop.

Orson Scott Card (favorite author)
Ender's Game series (including Shadow books)
Alvin Maker series
Homecoming series
Short story collection
Tolkien
LoTR trilogy
Hobbit
Simarillion
Lost tales
Asimov
Foundation series (even the extras)
Robot series (all of them, extras too)
Rowling
Harry Potters
Mercedes Lackey
Bard books
Serrated edge stuff
Susanna Clarke
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
C.S. Lewis
Narnia series
Space trilogy
Various non-fiction

All those books can take awhile to get through. While I'm reading through them I will occasionally pick up a new book. If it's good enough, I add it to my list. We live about 50 yards from a very nice library, so this is always an option.

So today I'm writing about reading. I already read through the google news like I do every day at lunch. Some interesting stuff... It's great because I always have some current event I can talk about. I can usually share cool little news details with people, as well as give my own educated opinion on this or that issue. I just hope it doesn't make me appear any more arrogant than I already seem. Oh well! It makes me happy to stay connected to the world. I want to feel like I understand the status quo. Being aware of the current state of things helps bring me out of my own little isolation.

OK... Time to get to work now.