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Do you listen to music while you read? If so, what do you like to listen to?

Maybe since I used to live in Monterey, I've always loved these first lines of Steinbeck's prologue to Cannery Row: **Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream. Cannery Row is the gathered and...

Well Litany, from the looks of your avatar, I would say DEFINITELY don't go there! :rolleyes: Seriously folks, thanks for making a guy feel welcome. Oh, and RaVeN, I knew exactly what you meant. ;)

If you get the chance, read Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Neruda. It is one of my favorite books of poetry. VERY romantic.

During the week, I like to read on my lunchbreak and then at home on the couch in the evenings. I read in bed sometimes. ;) Then on weekends I like to go to coffee shops, bookstores and bookstores with coffee shops.

I read Life of Pi, then The Da Vinci Code, which was a weird juxtaposition. But it gets weirder, because now I'm rereading Faulkner's Light in August. No wonder I'm so screwed up. But I really loved Pi. And Faulkner is Faulkner. But, The Da Vinci Code, even though it was a fast, pretty fun read...

with a huge cup of coffee, a smile on my face and memories of last night's dream of Montana Wildhack. Or was it Nurse Ratched? Oops. Anyway, a big, goofy hello to all. Nice to be here.