In an effort to actually finish some of the books on my reading list, I'm going to document my efforts here. My tastes are pretty eclectic, but I'm trying to find out if there is an underlying thread in the books that I enjoy, versus those which are simply dead trees to me. I'll separate out the technical from the fiction/non-fiction, just in case anyone is actually reading this and needs to make the distinction (which apparently, I don't).

I'll begin this category with an entry titled with the immortal words of Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, in his book Paul Clifford (1830). Seems appropriate.