As I finished a novel yesterday and posted the title on the sidebar of this blog (Pollyanna Grows Up, that I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I thoroughly enjoyed) I realized that I'm currently in the middle of four books (well, three now that I've finished that one) and I'm wondering what my current reading list says about me. Here's the current state of things:
1. Joseph Smith, Rough Stone Rolling, by Richard Lyman Bushman on the nightstand (just a few pages before I go to bed... an hour later I think I really should turn the light out and go to sleep, but I want to read just one more page...)
2. African Rhapsody, Short Stories of the Contemporary African Experience, edited by Nadezda Obradovic at the dining room table (I'm determined to finish David's Africa Challenge by the end of the year!)
3. For the Love of Enzymes, by Arthur Kornberg, one of my all time favorite biochemists, at my office (to read during spare moments, and moments when I should be grading papers but really don't feel like it.)
4. Pollyanna Grows Up, by Eleanor H. Porter in my purse (for those times when I'm waiting in line at the grocery store, for trains crossing the road, at appointments on those few occasions when I'm a little bit early.)
I'm thinking that For the Love of Enzymes is going to go into my purse (although I may need to switch to a larger one to accommodate it) and I probably should scrap the fun reading at the office until I get all caught up with my grading. I was telling a colleague about this book, and I guess I was waxing poetic about how much I'm liking it. Having read his account of being a "vitamin hunter", I'm going to completely change the way I approach teaching my students about coenzymes. My friend's comment was, "You are such a biochemist!" and I realized later that evening that I consider that one of the nicest compliments I've received in a long time.
Anyway, Christmas vacation is fast approaching, and I'm looking forward to a break from school, seeing my family, and having a little more time for fun reading. I'm working on a book list for the holidays, and am open to any and all suggestions.
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