January 30, 2008 -- Wednesday evening

Reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second book in the series. His roommate gave him the whole set, which comes in a chest with a lock on it. This is what it looks like. Very impressive. All he got his roommate, he regretted, was a video game.

Favorite book--Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card. It's the book that got him into reading when he was a kid. He still has the book, a signed copy that his uncle gave him.

The man has been gifted books.

Another favorite--A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin.

If he were to write his own book? He's got one in progress actually. It's a medieval fantasy.