Reading (for fun!)

The semester has a way of turning reading into a chore. Which it can be sometimes anyway, but especially when it's assigned and has to be read within a certain timeframe (and when you have a million other things to do, too), sitting down for a few hours and enjoying a good book becomes a luxury.

I'm enjoying this break so far primarily because it's given me an opportunity to get some reading done for me, myself, and I. I've got a giant stack of books to "get through" over the next two weeks, but of course unlike required reading I can take as long as I want on these and not worry about deadlines or anything else. Which sounds like everyday reading to most people, but like I said -- grad school can take some of the fun out of it sometimes.

The book above is 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson. It's a slow burn but quite good; I'm about halfway through it and am enjoying it immensely. Next on the list is Dawn by Octavia Butler and The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin.