I getwhat you mean. I had to drop it in favour of The Foundation Series in april in about 60%.

I haven't read a book in forever. However, I did read one a week ago when I was on vacation. I finished Tuesdays with Morrie in about a day (was a quick read). It was a pretty interesting book and now I have another one done by the same author (Mitch Albom). I would suggest anyone to read Tuesdays with Morrie if you haven't.

Doing some academic reading for a project i'm doing next school year

I recently finished Walt Whitman Rostow's (no relation to other Walt Whitman) "Theory of Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto," and now moving on to Alex Inkeles' "Becoming Modern."

Rostow's book was pretty good, because he designed it for undergrads to read initially, so its not very dense but it's still very informative. Inkeles seems a bit long...

Finished it yesterday (just in time to start Dance with Dragons!). I enjoyed it greatly although I struggled a little bit with the beginning mainly because I found it difficult to relate to a little girl, especially with the story being told in first-person. Still very intriguing and a very good book, if a little depressing, especially by the end. It had some powerful and moving moments and was nice to read a sci-fi book that concentrated on the human side rather than the science and tech.

Thanks for recommending it; well worth reading!

Brandon Sanderson is an amazing writer.  If you liked what he did in Wheel of Time, read the Mistborn Trilogy, I couldn't put it down.

I'm still working on Sparrow.  I don't really like it but I don't not like it either.  I'm only trying to finish it now because I might as well.

currently reading black road 2012 its really good so far.

Now reading Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama. More than anything I just want to learn about our president's past.

Whoa, there are books apart from the Harry Potter series?

Terry Goodking, may he rot, started writing a bad Atlas Shrugged in Middle Earth (better to say Randland, since he copied Jordan the most) after the first two or so books. I know I may sound a little rude by bashing simple opinion like this, but when that man is involved, I can't help but point people to get as far as possible from his books. Go read some decent fantasy like Steven Erikson or George Martin or Guy Gavriel Kay.

I'm currently reading Spirit Gate, I'm not really into it. Someone mentioned the Mistborn books, I've been trying to find a copy of the first book for a week now (retail only) and I haven't had much luck, hopefully I'll stumble across it at some point or I may just have to go to the library.