Reading binge

 April 10th, 2010
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I've been on a bit of a reading binge lately. Pastwatch, Ender in Exile, Zodiac, Anathem. The first three took about as long as the last one. All four were good, though anathem got a little dull in the middle and I'm starting to get slightly sick of ender sequels. Of course, I knew ender in exile was an ender sequel before I started it, so I've no one else to blame. Mmm; reading.

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