Reading Habits

I just realized something about myself. I like to read non-fiction books. I don't know exactly when this happened, but I just finished reading "Candy Girl" by Diablo Cody and had this revelation that some of my favorite books outside romance are of the non-fiction variety. Just to name a few, "Under the Tuscan Sun" by Frances Mayes, "Seabiscuit"by Laura Hillenbrand, "Into Thin Air" and "Under the Banner of Heaven" by Jon Krakauer, "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston, "The Innocent Man" by John Grisham or "Almost French" by Sarah Turnbull, "Eat Pray Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert, and "Marley & Me" by John Grogan. Next up is to finally finish "Omnivore's Dilemma" and start reading "Three Cups of Tea".

One could argue that I just happened to pick up some good writers and that's why I like the books, which is true, after all I do read John Grisham's other books, but I don't recall passing up a walk along the beach to finish reading his other books before (which is what I did and thoroughly insulted my mother in the process).

Classics really do nothing for me. I should read them, I want to read them, but they are a work to read. Since I like non-fiction so much, it makes me wonder if they are held in the same regard as romance, that is "trash"....hmmmmmmm.

Anyhow, to review Diablo Cody's novel, I should start out by saying it was written well before the success of the movie, "Juno". I picked it up primarily because I love "Juno" so much and because Cody's occasional columns in "Entertainment Weekly" are something I actually read and I have almost as much joy in reading her column as I do reading Stephen King's columns. Granted no one can compare to the King when it comes to writing, but she is good. Her metaphors blow all other writer's out of the water. Sometimes she goes overboard with them, but at the same time, I was amazed at her dexterity in coming up with the ones that she did. I can't help but admire ingenuity even if it was occasionally over the top and distracting. I delighted in the crazy metaphors.

So, what's next up for me? There is that non-fiction book about waiting tables for a year that I want to read as well as a year of winemaking in California, oh and speaking of wine, there is this other non-fiction book about Mondavi. I also want to read the books by Atul Gawande as well as Thomas Friedman. Did I mention "Animal Vegetable Mineral" by Barbara Kingsolver or anything by David Sedaris? I should just have "Too many books, not enough time" tattooed on my forehead.