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Despite the excitement, I somehow managed to read three books in the last two weeks. Since so many bloggers I read seem intent on talking about books of late, I thought I'd join in.

Just before EuroBSDCon, I started reading Terry Pratchett's A Hat Full of Sky, finishing it on the plane to Copenhagen. I recommend this one only if you're able to switch your mind down to its level. It is nothing like the real Discworld series. Good laughs though!

In Denmark, I read most of Philip Pullman's Northern Lights, the first part of the His Dark Materials trilogy. I bought this book, and indeed the whole trilogy in one go, on an impulse because I liked the author's name (cough) and I found the blurbs interesting. It was a good impulse. The book is fairly fast-paced and doesn't include boredom. The "science" is a bit dubious and there is a bit too much Church-with-a-capital-C in it to my liking, but it doesn't spoil the fun. Go read this one.

Yesterday and today, then, I read Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (I don't know what's on this site, it's not HTML), which I traded for A Hat Full of Sky with Jennifer in Denmark. This one is 'something different' and you should just read it for yourself. It is very British in places. Not so much a book as a collection of different reading materials. The story gets very far-fetched here and there, but it never gets totally whacky. Just go read it and find out. :-)

Tomorrow, I plan to make a large dent in The Subtle Knife. No, I don't think I'm reading too much. I just go literature-omnivore when I'm hyper. Keeps the mind active. And we all know an idle mind is a very dangerous thing!