Cathedrals And Radios

I have been reading much more lately, owing to the fact that reading is much easier on the iPhone than it is with a regular book: I can take it anywhere and read a few lines at every stoplight if I want, and it holds hundreds if not thousands of books. Oddly, I also read about twice as fast on the iPhone as I do with pulp and glue.

My current book is a 1,000 page middle-ages period yarn about a mason who wants to build a cathedral, called "Pillars Of The Earth" by Ken Follett. It's really good so far, despite the fact that Oprah liked it (that's usually bad news for my prospects with a book).

Next I've got Revolutionary Road lined up, the well-regarded 1961 book about the death of the American Dream in the 50's. And after that Darwin's Radio, a thriller about a dormant and deadly retrovirus coming alive inside us.

After those I'll probably be in need of an "outdoorsy" book (something akin to "A Walk In The Woods"), and then some hard science space fiction (ala Ringworld), but we'll see.