2011 summer reading list.

Here are the books I've read (or listened to) so far this summer:

• Ilium by Dan Simmons
• Olympos by Dan Simmons
• The Iliad by Homer (actually, I only finished a fourth of it, but I think it counts)
• A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (audiobook)
• Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner (audiobook)
• A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
• The Girl who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Currently reading:

• Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base by Annie Jacobsen (audiobook)
• The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

Up next:

• Hypercompetition: Managing the Dynamics of Strategic Maneuvering by Richard A. D'Aveni
• The Girl who Kicked the Hornets' Nest by Stieg Larsson
• ??? - any suggestions?

I've been thinking about a quip from Albert Einstein throughout my reading this summer:

"Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."

I don't think I yet have much to say in agreement or disagreement with that statement, but perhaps you do.