Ideas for Nathan

As usual, I don't have many good ideas for gifts for me. I hardly ever listen to music, and I usually prefer to pick out my own clothes (okay, to have Lauren pick them out). I just have the same old answer for the easiest way to surprise me with a gift that I'll really enjoy: Find an interesting book. To give you an idea of my range of interest, here are some of the books I enjoyed most recently and some that I hope to read soon:

• Read recently
  
  • Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time
    
  • Your Inner Fish
    
  • Crossing to Safety
    
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles
    
• Yet to read
  
  • The Omnivore's Dilemma
    
  • The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
    
  • The Education of Little Tree
    

To be honest, I've been dragging my feet a little on reading some of these because I was starting to feel like all my recreational reading was of books that were "good for me" (like eating my vegetables) rather than fun. I like being enriched, but sometimes I just want an intellectual cookie, you know?

I think bestseller lists are an easy way to find good books. I usually find more enjoyable reads that way than by looking for books that are thematically similar to ones I already read.

There are a few computer games I'm interested in: the Myst IV and V games (both now old) and Spore. I think a new copy of Spore is a little pricey for the range we're shooting for in the family gift exchange, but I wouldn't mind a used copy. Just be sure that it has only been installed once, because it has a limit of three installs total.