As usual I have several stacks of books around the house and the office with bookmarks in them.
One I just started is called April 1865, in which the author asserts that month is one of the most important in the history of the US. Too early to tell if he has a good point, but a lot did happen during that month, a bunch of it very pivotal.
I recently ran into an SF author named Asprin who has written a bunch of really funny stuff, loaded with puns (IMAGINE THAT!!!) I have three or four of them out of the library in various stages of completion.
Even though I know the ending I'm rereading Snow Falling on Cedars because it's such great writing.
On my desk at work I've got Will Durant's volume on the Renaissance. Slow going since I'd rather spend my lunch hour with you guys, but still very interesting.
I've also got Bruce Catton's civil war trilogy and Sandburg's Lincoln going.
