I never read the Harry Potter series; I only ever watched the movies. But seeing as I'm writing a story about Sorcerers and my girlfriend's never seen any of the Harry Potter movies, I'm readin' 'em for a better background for my writing and a better understanding before I watch all of 'em again...
I can't really stay focused too well so I switch back and forth between different books all the time and will often stop in the middle of a book and not read any more for a long period of time.
Right now I'm reading these:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Prophet of...
Right now I'm reading The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring which is not happening too fast since I got bored with it a quarter of the way through, lost the page I was on, and lost the book. >.<