Gary Varner, Hallmark employee, Overland Park

“I’m reading a book by Roger Kahn called, ‘The Era.’ It covers baseball in New York from 1947 to 1957.”

Ben Eggleston, KU assistant professor, Lawrence

“I’m reading ‘Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell Them’ by Al Franken.”

Margaret Hogan, Little Caesars Pizza and Cottonwood employee, Lawrence

“‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.’ That’s my favorite.”

Rachel Wells, employee for the state of Kansas, Lawrence

“I just finished ‘Angels and Demons’ by Dan Brown.”

Michelle Huslig Lowrance, receptionist at the KU economics department, Lawrence

“I’m reading a book called ‘Finn McCool.'”