I went to a conference this weekend on mystery writing – well it’s really for writers but they took my check.  One of the sessions was on reading as a writer and it was a process that involved identifying subjects/themes/things within a book and tracking them through the book – examples were following the money trail, looking at the ethics, making a time line (remember these are mysteries).  So the question is  — does anyone have a process they follow when they read or are you just reading, hoping for both enlightenment and entertainment?