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I just finished The Amber Spyglass and now I'm reading Artemis Fowl. A bit young for me but it's still an interesting read.

I'm reading Psychology: a self teaching guide, and Tank Men. The former is highschool level Psychology, it's quite simple, and the latter is actually a great book, despite being about a pretty niche topic

Oddly, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon.

"A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market" by John Allen Paulos.

I kind of feel duped - I've heard very little math so far and a lot about the psychology of investing. I can tell Paulos is very bitter, and the whole thing is like a hate letter to the stock market. Very turbulent and emotional prose, especially for a book written by an academic.

Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain...for about the 10th time. (This is the musical era I wish I had grown up in...I would have slept with everyone in the movement...oh Joey Ramone, how you tempt me so...)

Hell Hawks! (It's a book on a fighter group that fled P-47 Thunderbolts in Europe during WWII)

Ironside by Holly Black. For around the fifth time. I love that book series.

Currently I'm reading Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco which, was adapted into a film of the same name that was a so-so horror film however, I really do like the way the back carries about exploring the different avenues of thoughts between all the characters..

I just started a new book, written in my own language by a Dutch author. Marion Pauw, a female author with an Asperger son in real life. The book is called 'Daglicht' (Daylight) and is about a falsely accused Asperger (in prison) and the struggle of a (fem.) lawyer to get justice being served (?). It won some prices here and had good critiques so I'm excited to read her perspective on the matter, also if there are similarities with my own story.

But again, I just started the book, so....

Just read Paul McCartney's childrens book High in the Clouds. It was very good and they're planning to make it into an animated film, which I'm excited for.

Here's the following books I'm either reading or beginning to read:
1.Paul McCartney: In His Own Words: Basically like an interview to Paul McCartney about the Beatles, family, and Wings.
2.Howl's Moving Castle: Sophie is transormed into an old woman and must find the wizard Howl.
3. Hard Road: So far, it's pretty good. There's a crime scene taken place in a Wizard of Oz festival and Cat Marsala is on the case.
4.The Complete Works on Lewis Carroll: I'm up to Through the Looking-Glass so far.
5.Godchild Vol.6: This is one of my favorite manga series. Lord Cain Hargreaves is so sexy.
6. Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl
7. Little Women
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Wow, I've got a lot of reading to do.

"The Alchemy of Air" by Thomas Hager. Describes the history of the Haber-Bosch process for fixing
atmospheric nitrogen to make fertilizers and explosives.

I'm going to be visiting Washington Irving's home, Sunnyside, later this week, so I'm reading "The Sketch Book" to become better acquainted with his work.

Also going to visit the White Plains battlefield, so looked up the revolutionary battle that took place there between G. Washington's troops and Howe's.

I've never prepared for a vacation like this before, but I'm enjoying it.