books.

As most of you know, I am a reader. Have been since elementary school, when I would hide under the covers and read every Babysitter's Club, Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys and Boxcar Children book. Every one. I love reading, and I keep an active wishlist on Amazon that is basically my lifetime reading list. I tend to read several books at once as my attention span and patience only goes so far. Now, that is not to say that I haven't read books continuously, all the way through. I have. The most recent example is "In the Heart of the Sea," by Nathaniel Philbrick. But I think we've talked about that book already. Another one that we talked about was "The Dead Beat," about obituaries.

So this is what I am currently reading, in no particular order.

* "Three Cups of Tea" -- reading this as part of the Community Seminar at the school where I am student-teaching.

* "Undaunted Courage" -- to gain insight into the Lewis and Clark expedition, which I was planning to teach, but my cooperating teacher taught instead.

* "Flags of Our Fathers" -- borrowed from the social studies department for lack of books to entertain me

* "London: A Biography" -- very good book told from interesting perspectives. A work in progress. Very long.

* "Holocaust" -- by Martin Gilbert. very good. very long.

* "Harry Potter" -- don't remember which one. The fourth? It's by my bed.

* "The People's History of the United States" -- now more than ever, supplementary material for lesson plans

Those are the books I've most recently cracked open. This doesn't include the books back in South Carolina, on the shelves, waiting to be finished. Including David McCullough's "John Adams," which I started reading six years ago, freshman year. I'm about 2/3 of the way through that one. There is an HBO mini-series based on that book right now. So it's been that long.