A little over a year ago I was thinking to myself: "Self, I should read more." So I do. Since then. I resolved to read more books, you see. I read far too many magazines. My subscription list: MSDN, Dr. Dobb's (it's free), Queue¹, Communications of the ACM¹, Software Engineering Notes¹, Computer², Spectrum², Outdoor Life, Popular Woodworking, and Sports Illustrated. Not to mention the sundry catalogs and whatever my wife happens to read. I'm exhausted just thinking about them all. Now understand, I love books. I generally don't get rid of any books unless they're obsolete computer books, in which case I usually just donate them to Goodwill. Perhaps my favorite place is 3 inches to the north of the bargain tables at the local Borders. I find a lot of great books in on those tables. One of my most recent accessions is Edgar Allen Poe: Complete Tales & Poems for $5.99. If nothing else, my boys will have it readily available for the 8th grade English assignments one day. Lucky. While I haven't exactly vowed to read 100 books, I do whiteboard my "must read" list every year (usually tech books - I generally read fiction on a whim). So for 2006, my tech list consists of...

• The Best Software Writing I
• The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
• Code Complete, Second Edition
• Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering
• Micro-ISV: From Vision to Reality

So there it is. Not too glamorous. I finished The Best Software Writing I just this past week. I'll post a separate review. And now, I'm well on my way from journeyman to master. I imagine I'll slow down dramatically when the weather turns nice. Or not. Thus concludes my book meme. 1. With my ACM Membership 2. With my IEEE Membership