What is everyone else reading?

Besides Into the Wild, what is everyone else reading? Has anyone finished their SSR book yet? If so, could they recommend it to anyone in the class? I am looking out for another book to read, because I am almost done with mine.
I’m crazy in love with my SSR book, Bel Canto! Ann Patchett is quickly becoming my new favorite author. Her style of writing is so fluid; it is an amazing break for me, from the strange or difficult assigned reading that we sometimes have to do for school.
Bel Canto is a 318 paged romance/ political thriller/ fantasy novel that starts off with a kiss. Roxane Coss, a famous soprano opera singer, was the only reason Mr. Hosokawa agreed to coming to the birthday dinner that some third world country was hosting for him. He knew that this was a pour nation and that they wanted him to build a Nansei factory here since he was the chairman of the company, but he had no intention of doing so. The only reason he came here with his translator Gen, was to hear in person Roxane Coss sing. That was at least until the terrorists invaded the vice president, Ruben Iglesias’ house and took hostage all of the people attending the celebration. Though it sounds like a basic plot, “a bunch of wealthy/important businessmen become hostages and are forced to live and work together with a group of terrorists,” Ms. Patchett reveals hidden depths within each of the characters through their interactions with one another. In the book, all of the main characters, hostages and terrorists alike, go through a transformation as they are held captive in the same house, waiting for something, anything, to happen. The hostages begin to learn all of the terrorists by name, who are mostly younger than them, and are more interested in exploring Iglesias’s mansion than being soldiers. Gen being the only translator their all the time becomes the terrorists “secretary,” doing everything from writing the names of all of the hostages to talking for everyone in the rooms needs, except for his selves’. Mr. Hosokawa trying his best to learn as much English as he can so he can talk to Ms. Coss., and Father Arguedas (also a hostage) begins to feel it is his mission from god to do whatever he can to help.
As they tell their stories to one another, they learn that even with the language barriers between them they share a common love of music. It is with their passion for music that the occupants of the house find a way to communicate with each other. It’s difficult to describe how unbelievably captivating this book is, but I recommend it to anyone who has a passion for music and romance. At once riveting and impassioned, the narrative becomes a moving exploration of how people communicate when music is the only common language. Friendship, compassion, and the chance for great love lead the characters to forget the real danger that has been set in motion and cannot be stopped.