1. The copy of The Scarlet Letter The Man I Didn't Marry gave me the night we reconnected. I have no real plans to read it again; it's just there for sentimental value.

2. The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. I finally finished reading these this past summer. I'd given up ever finishing during the long wait for book 5, but when I found out that he'd finally finished the saga I went out, bought them all and then started at the beginning. Well worth the time, expense, and the wait.

3. The Complete Wheel of Time saga by Robert Jordan. I've been following this series since its debut way back in 1991. The news that Jordan recently succumbed to his illness without finishing the final book was an incredible blow to all of his fans. Think J.K. Rowling being run over by a bus before writing Book 7 of Harry Potter.

4. Kids Are Worth It by Barbara Coloroso. I'm ambivalent, to be honest. A lot of really great advice, and I agree with the general principles, but the woman also takes hysterical hyperbole o a new level.

5. His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman. All of the buzz about The Golden Compass movie had made me eager to reread these. They are so more than simple kids books.

6. Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer. These novels are currently one of the hottest things going in teen fiction. The immortal tale of an ordinary girl swept up in an epic romance with a teenage vampire, complicated by her love of his werewolf archnemesis. I finally gave into the fad this month when I couldn't find anything else to stir my interest and was immediately caught up in the story. These are literal page turners, and I devoured each one. Now I'm rereading them in an effort to decide if they're good, or simply entertaining.

7. As The Crow Flies by Anne Marie MacDonald. A Canadian novel based on the infamous Truscott case. I've started it a few times, but probably never finish it. Too depressing.

8. The Strange Case of Dr. Strange and Mr Norell. I keep trying to read it, and I keep failing.

Miscellaneous other novels--Dickens, Bronte and the like, plus Regan's basket of bedtime books, which could be a post until themselves--and probably will be.