What's on your Reading List?

I was very busy over the past few weeks and the holidays reading many things, and tonight, I got several recommendations from a good friend for other books to add to my "Some Day" list.

In the past few weeks, I've devoured several of Michael Connelly's crime novels. I'm not sure why I like this genre. Maybe it comes from watching Perry Mason when I was a kid, or later, Peter Falk as Colombo. I like the courtroom dramas, and the detective work is just a prequel to that. The Narrows and Blood Work were both excellent. Detective Harry Bosch seems like a real person, with strong points and weak points in his character. I see that Blood Work was made into a movie with Clint Eastwood, but I haven't seen it. The Scarecrow was riveting and a bit scary; I brought it home from the library at around 5:30 p.m. and stayed up till 2:45 a.m. to finish it, even though I had to be back at work at 8:30 a.m. That's how good it was! I'm missing one in the series, though; it had already been checked out of the library. I'm waiting for The Poet to hit the shelf so I can take it out. Of course, I've asked at the library for Connelly's new book, The Drop.

I'm also reading Truman, by David McCullough. It's a giant of a read at about 980 pages. Recently, I saw someone in a movie reading this very book!

Recommended to me were the following: A Thousand Splendid Suns; Two Pence to Cross the Mersey, The Glass Castle, Half-Broke Horses, and Sarah's Key, which has now been made into a movie. I have now added these to my "Some Day" list.

Books can take you into another time, another place, another culture, another person's life. It's a great boon to be able to pick up a book and travel. What's on your reading list?