In bullet points:

• notice Redeployment by Phil Klay has won the National Book Award and decide it’s really something you should read even though you tell yourself you’re not someone who likes books about war
• request it from library only to have it ready for pickup months later when you’re already in the middle of another book
• not to mention it's the busiest time of the year at work and you’re trying to do at least a little work most evenings
• don’t start reading until the day before it’s due
• find out that this is one of those books that grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go
• keep reading
• receive overdue notice from the library
• check library website; see that there are 57 copies and 31 requests, so if you returned it you could probably get it again pretty soon
• fear loss of momentum; keep reading
• find this Q&A and become even more obsessed with finishing the book
• pull out the book while standing on a crowded bus (because this is your only chance to read all day); a guy notices you, stands up, and gestures for you to take his seat; wonder if he is a vet
• feel grateful because it really is much easier to read while not trying to avoid falling over every time the bus makes a turn; finish a story about a guy who really wants to find a whore; wonder if the guy would have still given you his seat if he knew it was for that

So what are you reading?