My blog friend Hydrant Girl has a burning question for me.

‘What do I read in the bathroom?’

While normally I would say if it’s burning you probably should go see a doctor about it, it’s not what you think.

She has challenged me – called me out – publicly double-dog-dared me to let you in on my toiletry tendencies by way of a meme.

Meme: Pronounced like ‘theme’, but without the m. A meme is a self-propagating thought spread from one person to the next – a sort of chain email for the blogosphere.

So I’m tasked with giving you exciting insights into the question at hand & in turn, passing the gauntlet on to the next unsuspecting blogger.

Ready?…

My official answer is ‘nothing’. But I’m sorry…really? Do people really take things into the bathroom to read?

Now…if I’m taking a long, hot bath…then yeah – I may bring a book. But not always. I’m more apt to bring ice cold ginger ale & delicious dark chocolate.

But my answer is absolutely & positively boring…nothing like the humorous answer H-Girl had…she always makes me laugh.

So let’s see…what do I keep around the house?

There’s the magazines in the living room I keep for visual inspiration. But they also tend to make me extremely homesick. There’s no antique shops here to go stroll for beautiful old pieces of blue & white china.

The plethora…si, Hefe’ a plethora…of Archeaology magazines kept on Eric’s nightstand which I snitch once he’s done reading them. We’re both big Zahi Hawas fans!

My current read – The Alchemyst, the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel.

With all the heavy, adult-life laden issues I’ve been dealing with lately…I’ve suddenly become drawn to light, entertaining, young adult novels. Easy reads that make me feel good at the end of the day.

This is the first book of the series & I went ahead and ordered book two at the same time because the book selection here is just about non-existent.

There’s also no used book store & I’m such a slow reader that it’s too much of a hassle to keep returning to the library over & over to extend the return date.

The first young adult series I started was Septimus Heap…I’ve read one through four & I’m waiting for book five to come out on paperback. But I also love Dan Brown…and let me just say Angles & Demons was a much better book than the D’Vinci Code.

Now the only thing left to do is to dare…ahh, tag…the next in line. So here goes:

Cynthia!…You’re up first, Chica. Surely the Tribe of Stinsonwon’t shrink away from such a quest & will come up with some pretty good doozies. What’s that would-be Aerospace Engineer of your’s reading these days?

Tee!…You’re next, Bubba. This seems like exactly the kind of thing that’s up Poohpa’s alley.

And Deb…over at Howdy from Cowtown…(my hometown)…ought to find this fun.

And while I’d be absolutely interested to see what Gen is reading…I’m not sure this if is the right kind of topic for her new Scarlet Acres blog on penny pinching.

But how about you?…What do you read in the bathroom? Or what are you reading now?

And I’d love to hear if any of you own Kindles, or Nooks or another kind of eReader & what you think of them. Moving in the military with a ton of books is not fun…so I’ve seriously been considering one but I’m hesitant. Let me know if you like your’s.