This is not exactly a New Year’s resolution, but it’s not far from it. I don’t read enough these days; rather than sit down at the computer when I get bored, I’m trying to get in the habit of picking up whatever book I’m working on. I’ve also got to shed the habit of abandoning books, about 100 pages in, because a more interesting book shows up. I blame ADD, but the fish oil pills are certainly helping. (More on that later.)

Anyways, rather than take a page from JP (who recaps what he’s read), here is a list of what I hope to read before the end of January.

• A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
• The Best American Nonrequired Reading (2006), ed. Dave Eggers
• Black Earth: A Journey Through Russia After The Fall by Andrew Meier
• Next by Michael Crichton

Here’s what I’ve managed to read in the last four or five months. Clearly, I’ve got to pick up the pace to get through my January list.

• A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
• Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
• The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
• A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson