I've read The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy books one a day since the first one and now I've only got the fifth left to read tomorrow. I wasn't overly impressed with the third book yesterday - I'd say it was the book I've least enjoyed all summer. It had far too many random chapters that didn't need to be there. So they don't like potatoes; get on with it. Book four was better but in the end it seemed like it was just done for the sake of writing another book which, from the Forward, it seems to have been. I laughed out loud a few times though and I can say I've read it now. Besides, I'll have a slightly better idea of what is being referred to tomorrow if the last book references earlier books in the same manner the earlier books referenced even earlier books. I must say I am looking forward to a more serious book after this series though because the randomness of it is trying to come across in my own writing. And it seems like it might be succeeding.
After tomorrow I'll have The Book Thief to keep me busy until Liz arrives on Friday morning. Hopefully it will last that long but if I really enjoy it there's nothing to suggest I won't keep going to the end in one go. Then I've got Lord of the Rings on the pile for after Liz's stay. I highly doubt I'll be able to finish them in a day each, if at all. It didn't go too well last time I tried - I barely made it past the prologue.
The Book Thief is a gripping read James, completely different to anything you have read recently and one to make you consider the human condition. I really hope that you "enjoy" it.
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