I'm a fiction lover. If I read educational or non-fiction, they are usually investing or computer related, and rarely every inspirational. Right now I only have 4 books in progress--My Ken Ishiguro one, The Options Report, Security Analysis and Silent Spring, 3 of which I've been reading for months now.

Have you heard of one called Gilead? My dad gave me a copy, but I haven't gotten to it yet. He really enjoyed it and highly recommended it.

Everywhere in my house where I can find extra space has become a library, the living room, my dresser, the hallway closet, the guest room, my closet, and I put a big huge shelf in the hallway itself, totally packed with books. And I still don't have enough, hehe!

I love to read books. Usually nonfiction
> stuff, mountain climbing, traveling
> adventures, etc. But occasionally novels
> like Gone with the Wind, The Thornbirds,
> Shogun, Harry Potter.

> Right now I am reading three books at once.
> The Italian travel book I read one chapter
> every night. That way I can savor it longer
> instead of rushing through it. I like to
> imagine that I am still there in Italy,
> drinking the cappucinos and hearing the
> strangely cool wail of the emergency sirens.

> The second book is Walking the Bible. I read

> it after the Italy book and usually fall
> asleep while reading it. It's about some guy
> who decided to walk through the areas
> covered in the books of Moses. Parts are
> interesting. Parts are boring but I figure
> that I am probably just too sleepy by then
> to give it my full attention.

> The third book is called Reading Lolita in
> Tehran. It's by a Iranian woman who was
> educated in the States and went back to Iran
> to teach literature right before the
> revolution. She went through some
> exasperating scary times and through it all
> still kept her interest in literature and
> teaching alive. She started a secret book
> club for women at her home. During the story
> we get to know many of the students she
> works with and how they deal with the
> wierdness of the country during the
> transitions of power. I read this book when
> I wait for the little red to come out of
> school and during her tutoring time.

> My room is a little library with three book
> shelves but I really need more. Some books
> are still stacked on the floor in the hall
> closet and hidden in the back bedroom
> closet.