Reading Man

It's been a record month or so for me, book-wise:

• Finished Calvino's "If on a winter's night a traveler".
• Started and finished Foer's "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close".

I attribute this new reading success to three things:

1. Saturdays at the gym on the recumbant stationary bike.
2. Joining a newly formed book club with a deadline (Foer's book, March 30.)
3. Reading a best-selling novel by a still-living author in its original language (again, Foer's book.)

But now what?

• Shall I return to Doestoyevsky? Has my new success renewed enough reading confidence, or should I pin a couple more titles to my chest first? But, is it really fair to start another book with this one still half-read? Cons: possibly too heavy for the recumbant stationary bike, 19th century russian author.
• Shall I return to my college pattern of faith, architecture, fiction, culture, repeat? Is "culture" next or should I start back over with "faith" because I've been out of the cycle so long? Cons: what if my reading streak doesn't last?
• And what about the novel I just bought because the movie it spawned looks so interesting? Is that too much fiction for two months time? What about my existentialist ideals? What if I just went to the movie instead?
• Or the coffee table book I got for Christmas? Cons: definitely too heavy for the gym.
• Or the "faith" book that everyone I know has read and likes. Cons: when was the last time I liked something that everyone else liked?

It's either the "movie" book or the popular "faith" book, or the coffee table "architecture" book with another book on the side.