I've recently completed the Steve Jobs bio, and that of Mick Jagger. I've begun reading Keith Richards', and Springteen's is on deck after that.

As a pre-teen, the father of one of my friends was a sales manager for a magazine distributor, and once every couple of weeks or so he would bring home damaged comics. Ripped covers was enough to qualify. So my buddy and I would tackle a two foot tall stack of new comics pretty regularly. We read everything: DC, Marvel, even Disney stuff published by Gold Key, iirc.

In the end I found that I generally preferred the DC characters and stories. It was probably an age thing. I found the Marvel stuff more complex and often darker. These days, I'd probably prefer that. And if my interpretation is correct, it seems like that's how the market has gone of late anyway.

It disappoints me a little that my 13 yo son couldn't care less to read comics, though he goes through novels like a demon and has for years. We got him a Kindle for Christmas, and he loves it. Can I get him to read a comic or two on it? No....

I always preferred the Rocky and Bulwinkle comics myself.

Keith Richards book is really good. Even if you are not a fan of the Rolling Stones you will appreciate the history.

I have just finished the Passage series by Justin Cronin and Unbroken: A WW 11 story of Survival,Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand. Wow! that's a long title. It took a while but now I have a Kindle, getting it reminds me of the how thrilled I was with my first remote! There's no turning back now.

Being a dude who remembers the time of no TV and for that matter no rock music, I started very young reading books and listening to radio shows thus creating movies in my head. I continue to this day creating the head movies!

Just finished John Scalzi's The God Engines on the plane today (from OKC to IAD). It was a quick read and pretty interesting, if you're into religiously-themes sci-fi.

I finally finished A Memory of Light last night. I enjoyed it, even if some stuff just sort of happened, rather than drawing me in. There were still enough moments to make me feel good about having read the series.

Charles is the Winner!!!!
I haven't started it yet. My latest, probably brief but admittedly infatuated, phase into a return to comic books has interrupted my book reading. I still have 1 book left from my wife's Christmas presents that I must read first to retain good favor, then it's on to the Memory of Light.