At Redeem: Cities Mark Driscoll shared how, as a new Christian, he approached his pastor with a Systematic Theology book asking the older mans opinion.
The pastor took the book and asked if Mark had read the whole Bible yet and when the answer came back 'no' the pastor said 'I'll keep this book until you have read the Bible'
While i read a lot of books and try to encourage others to read, this is great advice!