What are you reading?

“'Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?’ by James Shapiro. It’s a history of conjectures and ideas about what connection we have to Shakespeare, as a real person, through documents and evidence.”

“‘I Married Adventure’ by Osa Johnson. The book is about the travels of Osa and Martin Johnson. They are both from Kansas, and back in the ’20s ... they traveled to Africa. He was a photographer ... and they ended up making movies and came back to America and traveled around the country showing their movies.”

“‘Oryx and Crake’ by Margaret Atwood. It is sort of a science fiction dystopia about a guy who is trying to survive in a world that is genetically modified.”

“‘The God Delusion’ by Richard Dawkins. He is an evolutionary biologist who takes a very analytical view of religion and why we believe the things we do.”

“‘Maybe This Time’ by Jennifer Crusie. It is a comedy caper romance, but the author refers to it as her reworking of ‘The Turn of the Screw.’”