Books I've read in the past few months:

Push by Sapphire - excellent. An illiterate girl's journal about her painful past, present, and hopeful future.

The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger - fluffy topic but well written. About a girl's experience as an assistant to a high-powered, extremely villanous fashion editor.

The 5 People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom - don't quite understand why this book is a bestseller.

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri - I always like insight into other cultures...this one was Indian.

Foundation, Foundation & Empire, Second Foundation, and Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov - probably among my favorite books. i read them in that order and liked it that way...would suggest the same order for anyone reading it the first time. It's about the futuristic science of psycho-history (simplified: a mathmatical approach to predicting the future) and the implications it has generations later.

I Robot by Isaac Asimov - I think Asimov is so smart and creative. I would have read this even if there hadn't been a movie (which i enjoyed). Short stories about the interesting quirks that can happen to robots when they face the confines of the 3 laws and external factors.

The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan - with my new-found love of sci-fi, I thought i'd venture into other genres I generally avoid. This book fits into fantasy and i enjoyed it b/c of the rich character development (782 pages total!) but i slightly resent being forced to read a sequel. I like it when i find closure within one book but still yearn to read the next. This book kind of leaves things hanging but it was good enough that i'll probably read the next one some day.

Am currently reading Hoot by Carl Hiaasen - young reader's book. about a boy's adventures in his new Florida town. cute so far (very cute cover).

I also halfway started a bunch of books which i don't usually do - i normally finish them b/c i'm optimistic that the book will redeem itself in the end but after reading Asimov, i became a bit snobby about what i was reading. the weird side-effects of reading good literature.