What book are you reading right now?

I am usually reading at least two books.  A friend and I read aloud to one another on Sunday mornings, and then I have whatever book I'm reading on my own at the time.  For Sunday reading, we just finished The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco.  I never would have been able to get through the whole thing on my own, so it made perfect material for group reading. I'm a little bit sad that it's done, but mostly I'm just glad - it was a long book!! It feels like we've been reading it for months (we probably have been).

On my own, I'm actually reading two books right now.  The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, by Robert A. Heinlein, is my daytime reading.  But it's too political for bedtime reading, so the other night I started Alphabet of Thorn, a fantasy novel by Patricia McKillip, to help soothe myself to sleep.  It reminds me of all those nights I stayed awake with a pile of library books as a kid, listening for any movement near the stairs so I could turn off the light and pretend to be asleep.