Gave up on Madame Bovary 1/3 through!  Complicated feelings about it, respeck, but couldn't take enough pleasure in it to keep going.  Might try again.

The Invention of Air
by Steven Johnson

-Good pop science/history, short, but a lot packed in here, good ideas.  I probably should read his other books. (also see his talk with Eno at ICA, can be found in iTunes podcasts)