What Are WE Reading, You Ask

Good question!
Today I decided to take a little tour around the library and see what other staff members are reading. There were a couple, of course, who are not reading at this time. One was busy doing other things and the other is in between books.
But here's what I found out...
Norma is reading a Fannie Flagg book, Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! Most everyone knows who Fannie Flagg is. If I said Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, you'd know who I mean. Yep, she wrote that book also and they made it into a movie in 1991. If you haven't watched the movie or read the book, you should. The story is a little mystery. But seriously, anything Fannie Flagg writes is funny, funny, funny. Always a good read.
Ann is reading a funny book also. She's reading Augusta Trobaugh's The Tea Olive Bird-watching Society. Trobaugh is famous for her book Sophie and the Rising Sun, but she's more famous to us here in Georgia because she lives in Athens, Georgia. Another book she wrote (which some people speculated was similar to Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees) is Swan Place, about a little girl named Dove. Trobaugh didn't write many books, but they are all good
reads.
Now, Cray is reading a book by a mastermind author, Danielle Steel, titled Matters of the Heart. Did you know that by the time 2010 gets here, Steel will have written 81 fictions (beginning in 1973), three nonfictions, one picture book, and 14 children's books? By the way, we have some of Steel's books on our sale book shelves for only $1.00. Your choice and several to choose from.
Jinx is reading another Dorothea Benton Frank book, Full of Grace. She said she's working her way through all of Frank's books (10 or 12 at the present time) and has recently read Shem Creek, Isle of Palms, and Pawley's Island. Frank was born and raised on Sullivan's Island (the name of another one of her books), South Carolina, so she should certainly know all about that area.
Melody is not only reading, but listening to an audio book by J. A. Jance. The book she's reading is an old book originally published in 1940. Try Giving Yourself Away by David Dunn is an inspiration to read. Dunn was a businessman, who decided to take up the "hobby" of helping others and wrote this classic book of servce, attention and the joy of giving yourself away.
When I talked to Irene, she had her book open on her desk. She said most of her reading is work-related. Right now she's reading Marriage and Death Notices from the Southern Presbyterian, Vol. 1. That's definitely work-related, since she works in Genealogy.
So, you can see, even though we work around books all day long, we don't leave them at work. We check them out and take them home and read, read, read. It's one of the best hobbies I can think of having.
How about you? What are you reading now?