I decided to start keeping track of the books I read. Mostly just as a record to look back on.
Some general notes:
1. I am a nerd. I have been reading since first grade, voraciously. As a child
I read books like I needed air or water. I read with a flashlight under the
covers. I read as I walked home from school. I read all the time.
2. In college I stopped reading fiction. This was an attempt to stave off what I knew would be a major distraction to my studies. After I graduated I started reading fiction again, I remember what a relief it was to "freely" read a book again.
3. Now a days, I have a general rule that I follow. I read a "fun" book, one that is not a great literary masterpiece but something more page-turning enjoyable and then I alternate this with a more "serious" work of either fiction or nonfiction. This is a general rule, sometimes I follow it sometimes I don't.