Alex Protzman, Sprint employee, Olathe

“I read the sports page, but that’s about all I read. I read the Kansas City Star and Journal-World online sports pages all the time.”

Robert Hickerson, photographer at Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, Pomona

“Cheap murder mystery novels, Diane Mott Davidson. The character is a caterer, so murder-mysteries surround food. She has incredible recipes in the book.”

Doug Harling, jeweler, Greensboro, N.C.

“P.C. Doherty, ‘The Slayers of Seth.'”

Gina Westergard, professor of design at Kansas University, Pomona

“James Patterson is who I’m reading. I read ‘Along Came a Spider.'”

Paul Vogelsberg, environmentalist, Salina

“Right now, I just finished a book about St. Faustina, the apostle of mercy.”