I love reading and with my literary appetite, I usually have 2-3 books on my night stand. But lately my book pile has started to tower. Blame it on work and television. Damn, why is it so easy to make excuses when it comes to reading? I should know better. So now, to sort of put on some pressure on me, I'm posting my book list. Now to weed through them one by one.

Clockwise from top left:

• How to Walk in High Heels by Camilla Morton
  
• The Island of the Day Before by Umberto Eco
  
• Foucault's Pendulum also by Umberto Eco
  
• The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  
• The Grass Harp & A Tree of Night by Truman Capote
  
• What Should I Do with My Life by Po Bronson
• Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
• Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
• The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
  

Some are new finds and others are re-reads. Oh, and notice how diverse my interests are. There's a rulebook for modern gal, some literary classics (or take offs), philosophical mysteries, and a little dabbling in psychology. So, additional book recommendations, anyone?

I've been meaning to read this book for sometime because of all the hype surrounding it. But at the same time, I think this very same hype is what stopped me from picking it up earlier. Call it fear of jumping on the bandwagon or non-conformity. Or sheer laziness perhaps?

I'm still half-way through the book & so far I've found it quite fascinating. The essence isn't entirely novel but the approach is. Afterall, who has likened a trend to an epidemic? It's also an enjoyable read --not only for its insight but also due to the stories & trivia scattered in the book. Not quite the theoretical, academe approach on a sociological phenomenon. In other words, it isn't quite as boring as going through a journal or thesis.

But you'd expect a book with such a topic to become a bestseller, right? Otherwise, why would you believe it?