So, I have started reading aloud at night when we go to bed. The idea is so that maybe the baby will will recognize my voice at least a little upon arrival. Right now we are reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. I avoided reading this when it first came out mostly because everyone else in the world was reading it and I have fallen into that trap before (Dan Brown, I am looking at you!) but it is actually decent so far. Rowling has a great way with words, almost a poetry in her word choice which makes her very easy to read. She uses many adverbs (and the fact that they stand out means she probably didn't do a great job with 'em) and that is strangely distracting.
