Thursday Night Reading List

I've always been a reader, and in the last year or so, I've had more time to read than ever before. Mostly, it's almost a furtive thing. Sneaking in a few magazine pages while on the subway, reading a chapter while waiting for a restaurant meal.

Books are chosen based on size, and how heavy they'll be to lug around. The heaviest so far has been "The Tender Bar" by Pulitzer Prize-winner JR Moehringer.

The swiftest read in recent weeks was "More Tales of the City" by Armistead Maupin. It's easy to tell Maupin's a playwright. The chapters were very short and mostly in dialog.

Next up:

• It feels like time to revisit Orson Scott Card's masterpiece, "Ender's Game."
• An advance copy of "Simplexity" by Jeffrey Kluger just landed in my mailbox.
• Which reminds me, I have an advance copy of "Mistress of the Art of Death"by Ariana Franklin that I need to finish.
• And finally, as inspiration to get back out and explore, "City Secrets: New York City" and "The Historic Shops & Restaurants of New York" are coming back off the shelf.