What are appellate nerds reading right now?

Be sure to check out the latest issue of Appellate Issues (Feb. 2013), the newsletter from the ABA's Council of Appellate Lawyers, reviewing programs from the 2012 AJEI Summit: http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/appellate_issues/2013win_ai.authcheckdam.pdf

Also, don't miss the California Supreme Court Historical Society Newsletter (Fall/Winter 2012:
http://www.cschs.org/images_features/CSCHS_2012-fall-winter.pdf

As well as: California Legal History (vol. 7, 2012) has a nice "oral history" (aka interview) with 2/5's Justice Mosk:
http://www.cschs.org/04_publications/images/CLH_2012-VOL-7-Web-Summary.pdf

Regular (non-appellate) nerds will enjoy Ready Player One.