i feel you completely in regards to the reading of books..i have a friend who's moving overseas and i'm trying to finish reading her books so that i can give them back b4 she leaves next month.

my dissertation is also more reading material and a friend just published a book recently so i'm trying to read it also.

for books re: the orisas, you can look at John Mason's works (e.g. Black Gods). there's also a wonderful text about Oshun...i forget the title...sorry..will get back to you on that one.

peace!
li