Truth be told, I didn't spend enough time with Corrections by Jonathan Franzen for it to make it onto the "Currently reading signature line. " On the cover appears a quote from The New York Times Review of Books. It says, "That you will laugh, wince, weep, leave the table and maybe the country, promise never to go home again, and be reminded why you read serious fiction in the first place." Note that said: "serious fiction." The last thing I want to do right now is tackle another book labeled "serious fiction."
So now I'll mention a third shelf of unread books. These are books that someone has convinced me I should read. The shelf now holds three books, Corrections, Up in the Old Hotel, and The Stones of Summer. Eventually, I will get around to reading them.
