I just finished reading Fraud by David Rakoff. A quick read. I often had to put it down to wipe the tears from my eyes...I laughed that hard. Rakoff is a frequent contributor to "This American Life" Listen online at http://www.thislife.org - though it does require realplayer (sucks). You can also hear their show on your public radio station. If you don't listen to public radio... I don't know what to say. I'm surprised you've read this far.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/01/07/ctocsharp/ctocsharp.asp

Oh yeah, I'm reading C# and the .NET Platform by Andrew Troelsen. So far I'm pretty happy with it. Judging by the reviews on Amazon, it's the book to buy.