Where I might start in January

Oh, it's so hard to commit to exactly what I want to start reading for January! I'm going to make myself feel better by saying that I reserve the right to change my mind *at any moment* and pick up something different.

So here goes:

• Water Witches by Chris Bohjalian. A novel! What a concept. I haven't read a novel in a long time. Did you know that my mother is a (very) amateur dowser?
  
• Mao by Jung Chang. This one will be fascinating, I know. I think it was a Christmas gift in 2005. It's about time I read it.
  
• Walden by Henry David Thoreau. What? I've never read this?!? This is where I just shrug helplessly and say, "I'm Canadian."
• Shanghai Girls by Lisa See. Another novel, but a Chinese-themed one. I bet I'll dig this one.
  
• The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.

And we'll see what else!