“I’m reading about Mayans.”

— Peter Westbrook, Raintree School, Lawrence

“'The Oriental Casebook’ by Ted Riccardi. It’s pretty good.”

— Edward Weath, unemployed, San Diego

“‘Land of the Painted Caves’ by Jean Auel. I’ve been waiting for this to come out.”

— Jonni Percival, Haskell Indian Nations University student, Lawrence

“I’m a knitter. I’m looking through books now because I have a lot of yarn and am working on Christmas.”

— Mary Lou Hamlin, retired, Eudora

“‘Psychedelic: Optical and Visual Art Since the 1960s.’ I was just looking through the oversized books, and this one caught my eye.””

— Nan Renbarger, job coach, Overbrook