List #2 (Books I Wish to Read.)

The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman
(Love the introduction and the first chapter promises it to be an interesting read; as well as one many regular sci-fy readers commend.)

"The monumental Hugo and Nebula award winning SF classic-- Featuring a new introduction by John Scalzi

The Earth's leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand--despite the fact that the fierce alien enemy they would oppose is inscrutable, unconquerable, and very far away. A reluctant conscript drafted into an elite Military unit, Private William Mandella has been propelled through space and time to fight in the distant thousand-year conflict; to perform his duties and do whatever it takes to survive the ordeal and return home. But "home" may be even more terrifying than battle, because, thanks to the time dilation caused by space travel, Mandella is aging months while the Earth he left behind is aging centuries..."

-http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/forever-war-joe-haldeman/1100649605

Freakonomics:
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
(I've just always heard good things about this book and it's audibook companion.  I figure it couldn't hurt to read it seeing as I would like to have a greater understanding of our economy.)

"Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool?

What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common?

How much do parents really matter?

These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He studies the riddles of everyday life—from cheating and crime to parenting and sports—and reaches conclusions that turn conventional wisdom on its head. Freakonomics is a groundbreaking collaboration between Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, an award-winning author and journalist. They set out to explore the inner workings of a crack gang, the truth about real estate agents, the secrets of the Ku Klux Klan, and much more. Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, they show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives—how people get what they want or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing."

-http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/freakonomics-steven-d-levitt/1100550563?ean=9780060731335

The HOBBIT
by J.R.R. Tolkien 
(I must confess that although I read the Lord of The Rings Trilogy back in middle school I never quite got around to the Hobbit.  It's really rather embarrassing considering the amount of times I've read and watched LOTR.)

"Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, unaware that on his journey to the Lonely Mountain he will encounter both a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum"
-.http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hobbit-j-r-r-tolkien/1100068700

A Game of Thrones
by George R. R. Martin
(I've already set aside winter break to read through as much of the series as I can.  It's immensely popular, the type of fantasy novel I fall in love with anyway, and my uncle is starting to blackmail me into reading the series haha.)

"Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens.

Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; and a determined woman undertakes the most treacherous of journeys. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones."

-http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/game-of-thrones-george-r-r-martin/1100041703?ean=9780553593716