I keep a stack of things to read on a table, usually a mix of popular press, new scientific papers, a text book or two, and the occasional novel. Ideally I spen

I keep a stack of things to read on a table, usually a mix of popular press, new scientific papers, a text book or two, and the occasional novel. Ideally I spend 2 - 8 hours a week reading things from the stack. I say that is 'ideally' because if I read less than that the stack accumulates :-).