Captured

I went almost the whole day yesterday undecided about what book to read next. I know, the horror, the horror.

I usually have one nonfiction book and one work of fiction going at once. I'm quite happy with my current nonfiction read: the highly recommended Crow Planet. But I need a novel too, always. You understand.

OK, I'm being imprecise—I actually do have a novel going—but it's the nighttime-read-on-the-iPod-in-the-dark novel, and I can't read on the iPod outside in the back yard while the...