In the spirit of posting madness, a list of the books in my new 'to read' pile. I am not one to make resolutions for new year's, however, this mass of books is in part a sort of resolution to myself... to read more, or rather, more often. Too frequently, I find myself decompressing or my relaxing involving watching something on tv (care of the TiVo or DVD's) or sitting with this lap top in front of me reading (generally something that is crap anyway). It seems lately, that my reading time has been relegated to those moments right before I go to sleep. Training my eyes and mind that it's okay to fall asleep while reading, or almost to the point that I can't fall asleep unless I have taken even a minute or two just to read something. But here it is, my list of books to read in my effort to read more often: Winter World : The Ingenuity of Animal Survival by Bernd Heinrich The Trees in My Forest by Bernd Heinrich Anatomy of a Rose: Exploring the Secret Life of Flowers by Sharman Apt Russell The Autobiography of Mark Twain by Charles Neider I had in my possession for many years, a leather bound copy of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, it was a gift I had bought my brother many, many years ago. It was placed and forgotten in a closet until I resurrected it and gave it a proud home on my shelves. Well, recently, that brother adamantly decided to reclaim the volume. But in return, purchased a three volume set of the trilogy to return the books to my shelves for xmas. So, I plan to re-read these as well. Add to this pile a few entomological and conservation biology books I also received as xmas gifts, as well as a few books I'm still amidst reading concurrently... I'll have my hands full and will have no reason to not be reading something for relaxation everyday.