What am I reading?

[pantryslut]

My father teased me the other day for being behind in my reading (he likes to discuss The Nation with me). "Lori, not having time to read? Really?"

No, not really. I just tend to get most of it done either in the bathroom like normal folks, or while I'm pumping, like, er, normal pumping folks?

So, what am I reading, or have read recently (besides The Nation -- well, Katha Pollitt and Patricia Williams and the reviews, at least)?

Periodicals, although less than I used to: Science News, plus a whole slew of cooking magazines (Gourmet, Bon Appetit, Saveur, Food and Wine, Sunset, Edible East Bay, and a few more irregularly published ones that I've forgotten at the moment).

A lot of cookbooks -- I'm purging my bookshelves at the moment to make way for new additions.

Shark's Fin and Sichuan Peppers, a food memoir by Fuschia Dunlop,

Mother on Fire by Sandra Tsing-Loh,

and, as I mentioned before, My Life and the Kept Woman by John Rechy.

What I haven't really read in a while is any fiction. But I'll get there.

I've been thinking about re-subscribing to one or two magazines to help me keep up with pop culture, in the interests of possibly pitching stories in the future, but I guess the only one I'm seriously considering is Entertainment Weekly.

Eventually, I should start reading blogs and things again, too, but I'm trying to balance staying informed and inspired (and researching potential markets) vs. massive timesuck and RSI damage.

Comments

[charleshaynes.livejournal.com]

Shark's Fin and Sichuan Peppers, a food memoir by Fuschia Dunlop,

I read that recently and loved it. I still want to go to Chengdu, but I'm a little sad too. Everything changes.