I tend to oscillate between spending a lot of time online reading blogs and such and reading the traditional codex. Lately, I’m prioritizing texts in book form, which has been a nice change of pace. I recently did something that I’ve never done before (at least as my memory holds) – I read three non-fiction books in a row.

After finally finishing Cryptonomicon and being something of a puzzle geek, I had to read Simon Singh’s Code Book for a little further probing into cryptography and ciphers. Then my reserve for The Meaning of Everything came in and I devoured that with great fervor (again, puzzle geek, who, not coincidentally, has a fondness for dictionaries). And having just finished Fast Food Nation, I’m left with only fiction. Well, actually I have Dave Eggers’ A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, which is cataloged as a biography. Anyway, I’m soliciting suggestions for interesting non-fiction. I’m open-minded, but not overwhelmingly patient, so engaging subject matter and style are key. My fiction list goes on for miles – hardly need advice there.

In order to maintain the high pace of reading that I’ve generated for myself, I’ve returned my Currently Reading section (courtesy of allconsuming.net) to the sidebar. I figure that if you bookhounds can see what I’m reading, I’ll be more compelled to demonstrate some progress or be risk being seen as an underachiever. And we wouldn’t want that, would we?