Late night reading

 Even though I've been an avid reader since early childhood, I was never one of those zealots who routinely read multiple books simultaneously.  A simple, linear progression of reading is more in line with my practical, boring self.  So I am stepping out of my comfort zone a little bit by beginning a second novel while I am in the midst of John Caldigate, by Anthony Trollope, one in a series of the year-long reading list from the Trollope Society.  What tempted me to add a second book to my daily TBR (to be read list, for you non-readers) is a newly instituted virtual book club from Stephen Colbert and The Late Show.  Recently, Colbert announced his new book club would kick off with Orbital, by Samantha Harvey.  The short novel is a Booker Prize winner, and at the outset seemed something that would interest me.  It covers the life of a group of astronauts living on the International Space Station.  As a space travel history buff of long standing, I think an account of life abord the space station would be fascinating.  Of course, modern space-age living will be a stark contrast with life of Victorian-era Australian gold prospectors, so I don't anticipate any problems keeping the plots of the two books separated.  Just finding spare time to devote to both is the main problem that arises.  But where there's a will, there's a way.