Nick Amburgey, cook, Lawrence

“I just started ‘Harry Potter’ again, and I’m reading ‘Lord of the Rings’ again.”

Amber Ashbrook, manager at Community Mercantile, Lawrence

“I’m about halfway through my second reading of ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.'”

Gloria Throne, retired, Lawrence

“The last thing I read … was a biography of Zora Neale Hurston by Robert Hemenway. It was the most well-researched biography I’ve ever read.”

Marta Vicente, Kansas University assistant professor, Lawrence

“I’m reading a biography of Oscar Wilde.”

Kevin Rabas, teacher, Lawrence

“I’m reading Don DeLillo’s ‘The Under-world.'”