Come in, she said

I'm participating in a take and post a picture every day thing with some other knit bloggers that I read. While many of them are taking very beautiful, arty pictures, I'm using mine more as a chance to capture moments out of my day. Some days it works well, others I end up with some very boring pictures, which sounds an awful lot like my life, really. But it suits me, as a photo dabbler with no real skill behind the lens.

Today, I decided snap a picture of the books that are currently hot on my "to read" list. I got a bunch of gift certificates for Amazon and Borders this year, and out of all the books I bought, only a couple were non-reading books (say, knitting patterns and color theory). Add in a trip to the bookstore where my sister works, a loaner from Mom, and a library hold finally showing up, and I suddenly have a LOT of books all wanting to be at the top of the list.

First, I finish up Bento Box in the Heartland. This one's okay. Not great, but not bad. I'll probably set it free after I'm finished with it.

Since the library books are due back next week and the week after, they're next. I'm really looking forward to Thirteen Moons. I loved Cold Mountain, although I did struggle to really get into it, until I took it as my only airplane book so I had no choice but to focus. I'm hoping I'll be able to focus on the new one. Special Topics in Calamity Physics was one that I put on hold on a whim when someone in LJ or blogland raved about it. No idea if I'll like it or not, but it does look interesting. This is why the online library reservation is both a good and a bad thing. I read about something online, I hop to a new tab and within three clicks I can have it winging its way to me from any library on the south shore. I don't think there's been a single book yet that I've not been able to get, although sometimes it's a bit of a wait, and sometimes I end up with the most random crap waiting for me at the library.

After that Salt, which I'm pretty sure most of the world has already read, and then Color, which seems so far to be pretty much just like Salt, but about where colors come from. Right up my alley, right? I've skimmed the first few chapters of both of these, and they look excellent.

After that, a new-to-me Moore, A Dirty Job. Incidentally, if you're a Moore fan, and you liked Bloodsucking Fiends, you should definitely go grab You Suck. My mom lent me her advance reader's copy over Christmas, and I really enjoyed it.

The last two in the stack are ones I'm less chomping at the bit for, although I wouldn't have bough them if I didn't think they looked good. One is a history of food names and the other is an old Anne Lamott novel. I usually like her stuff, so I'm expecting good things.

What are YOU reading right now? What's waiting in the wings?