I usually read one technical book at a time straight through once and then refer to it as needed. It is a fairly masochistic practise, but I enjoy it. I have been subscribing to Safari and not getting the most out of it, becuase of this habit. This month I have a totally different reading style. Previously I had started Modern Compiler Implementation in Java. Then I started reading Hardcore Java on Safari. Halfway through I got a SOAP project to work on and also started reading Java and SOAP. This week I got the brand new book Java ServerFaces in the mail. I am a bit overloaded. I love having hard copy editions on the bus ride to and from work. I will give multithreaded reading a try and see how it fares.