"A walk in the Woods" - Bill Bryson. Excellent read about Bryson and a childhood friends whose "let himself go" attempting to hike the Appalachian Trail. I liked it because the AT is basically in my back yard and I've wanted to hike it for sometime now. - Lot's of interesting little stories and facts about the AT and natural history. and it is pretty funny at times.

"Catcher in the Rye"
- J.D. Salinger. Funny, everyone seems to love this book. But it's just such a classic read that it's hard to not like it. Salinger portrays human emotion so well in this book. I'm pretty sure most people feel like they can associate themselves with Caulfield.

"The Perfect Storm"
- Sebastian Junger. Awesome book for weather nuts like me. This book is primarily about the 1991 October storm that ravaged the east coast. As a side theme, Junger includes the story of the ill-fated sword boat the Andrea Gail and its crew. Watching the movie just doesn't serve justice to the book, the book is soooo much better, as in most cases.

"Isaac's Storm" - Erik Larson. About the 1900 hurricane that struck Galveston Island Texas. Details the immergence of Galveston as a city, it's competition with Houston and New Orleans for the center of economics west of the Mississippi, and it's one fault that it could never recover from. It's vulnerability to Hurricanes of the Gulf Coast. 6,000 people died in this storm, and 2/3's of the buildings were destroyed. Very intriguing read.

"Demon in the freezer"
- Richard Preston. A detailed and journalistic look at the history and behavior of Small pox. From the author of "The Hot Zone", Preston delves into the frightening world of viruses and the biological arms race. The 2001 Anthrax scares only scratches the surface.