I was always the kid in the corner reading, the one who found 'see Dick run' to be boring, and wanted books for gifts. So was Lucy Mangan, who tells of her childhood in Bookworm: a Memoir of Childhood Reading. While I recognized a fair number of the books, there were many I did not as she grew up in England. I was amazed by how she could remember what she thought or felt the first time she read a book. Many of these books she's now reading to and with her son.

Western Washington Bridges: Pragmatic Design Spanning an Inhospitable Host, by Marques Vickers is an interesting, local read. Lots of bridges are included, each with a bit of history and a description of the type of bridge it is. The black and white photos, taken by the author intrigued me ... some of these bridges are crossed by thousands of cars on a daily basis, how did he get so many pictures without traffic?

Reading Hermit With Dog