Can't. Wait. For. Fireplace. Times. I mean, look at it outside. It's gross. I've been reading Infinite Jest for six weeks now, so I'm on page… oh, let's not talk about it. But I'll be reading that. And you? What are you reading?

By the way: If you're bookless and you want some recommendations, there was a dinner party recently where a bunch of Seattle writers (Rebecca Brown, Lesley Hazleton, Stacey Levine, Charles Mudede, Sierra Nelson, et al) were asked to name the most powerful thing they read in 2012. To see all the books that were mentioned, click right here (and scroll down).