Reading Down the Pile

In my reboot of the website, I took down a feature called "What Kate's Reading" because I didn't feel like I updated it enough to make it worth the reader's while.  Which means, I haven't told you what books I've been reading recently.  Time for an update!

But first, a caveat.  Like most everyone else who reads voraciously, I have a To Be Read pile.  Mine is less a pile and more one small shelf and two-larger-boxes-that-live-under-my-bed.   I also have a separate shelf entirely devoted to...