For the past 6 months I've been on my 1st serious fiction roll in years.

After finishing up Jim Butcher's "Dresden File" series, I started on his fantasy series "Codex Alera." Absolutely no redeeming social value, but lots of fun. Right now I am about 1/3 thru Book 5 "Princeps Fury."

Also listening to Ann Tyler's "Noah's Compass" on my work commute. What a wonderful writer she is - I love her tender and respectfully humorous portrayals of the lives of ordinary people, of which I are one.

Listened to "The Other Boleyn Girl" for my trip up to WV this past weekend. Not at all historically accurate according to reviews, but a good piece of fiction.

Am excitedly awaiting receipt of "A Species of Eternity" by Joseph Krastner. I read it years ago - now out of print - Krastner writes about the early American naturalists - Bertram, Curtis, etc. If I recall correctly, the latest naturalist included was Audubon. Excellent and non-romanticized biographical sketches of some pretty remarkable people during a pretty remarkable time in the history of development of scientific knowledge and methods, and the development of our current system of plant classification.