Whatcha reading?

A few weeks ago I finally went to our little town library and got a card. Growing up my family went on weekly trips to the local library where we would routinely check out 20+ books. This frazzled my poor mother (think of the potential library fines!) so she always made us write down the titles and the name of the person who checked them out. Usually the culprits were my younger sister, Stephanie, and I. Between us we probably checked out at least half of the family's weekly book list. We mowed through the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books as well as other random ones. (I'll give a list of my favorite children's books later.)
Anyway, she and I both have retained our love of reading although she's been much more of a prolific reader in high school and now college. In fact, she's even majoring in English! So I talked to said sister on one of my trips and she recommended the author Harlan Coben. Since then I've read a couple of his books and was highly entertained. They are a bit "PG-13" but are a very easy read. Much like watching a movie, not a lot of intellectual stimulation but they will give your imagination a run for its money! I enjoyed the Myron Bolitar novel better but when I looked at Coben's website I discovered that the other one I read "Tell No One" is now a movie. Maybe I'll make Tim watch it when it comes out on video.
So those are the novels I picked up. But in order to actually develop my mind I have also been reading some non-fiction. There is quite a variety among these titles. First off is one titled "Real Change" by Newt Gingrich. This was as interesting and yet depressing read. It discussed a number of topics ranging from health care to social security reform. I leaned a great deal from this book and it helped me figure out more of what I believe on different issues and reasons why. I might go into this book more later, in fact. Another non-fiction book I've read is probably not too interesting to many of you, but the title is "Husband Coached Childbirth" its a book about natural childbirth and is extremely interesting. I would highly recommend it to anyone who is expecting.
So those are the ones I've gotten through in the past couple of weeks and now I'm working on a couple more. A most interesting one is a history of George Washington titled "His Excellency" by Dr. Joseph Ellis. This is another one which I'll probably go into more detail later. And last but not least is one that I've heard a great deal about, "Blue Like Jazz". My mom got it for me for my birthday and I'll probably get through it pretty quickly. I've heard that a lot people have greatly enjoyed this one so I'm excited to finish it.
So what about y'all? Love to read? Hate it? I'm usually a fast reader, especially with fiction, but a little slower with non-fiction stuff. Are you a quick or slow reader? And what do you prefer? Fiction or non? I'd love to hear any suggestions anyone might have.