I'm going into the hospital tomorrow for surgery and a short stay and I'm contemplating reading material. Do I bring what I'm reading now (Orhan's Inheritance, which isn't dark but it's serious fiction and I love it), something light and perky (though the lightest and perkiest books on my shelf are by Elinor LIpman and I've already read them), or magazines?

The ARC for Abigail Thomas's new memoir just came in, and her writing it light and the chapters are short, so maybe I'll bring that. And I'm reading the screenplay for Thelma and Louise so I could bring that.

Maybe I'll bring them all.

What does everyone else do in a similar situation?