How in the world did I manage to spot this series countless times on the bookstores’ shelves, pick it up with interest, then set it back down without purchasing it? How?!?! I finally got around, well over two months ago, to checking out The Golden Compass, the first book in the trilogy, and then promptly read the first paragraph and carried around uselessly for a while, then looked at it with vague interest as it sat quietly on my dining table, and never freaking read anything more until tonight.

It’s 7:30 a.m., and I’ve read it start to finish, and am cursing myself for not having read it sooner. Like… years sooner. Anxiously, I checked my library’s website, and they seem to have the full compendium, His Dark Materials, checked in at the moment. That’s a relief, because two months ago, they didn’t have anything but the first book period. Maybe the newly released movie had something to do with getting the full thing? (Or maybe their website just sucks and it’s awful hard to find anything…)

Anyway, I anxiously await Monday. It can’t possibly come soon enough. Here’s hoping the library opens for business on the 24th. If not… doom, I tell you.

Doom.

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1. Hmm, sounds like when The Big Thing first discovered ‘Lord Of The Rings’ and Clan of the Cave Bear. He stayed awake fer days wif each!

   Um, we drew a random card from our Tarot deck today, an it is a strange one to us. It says “Fabrique de Cartes a Schaffhouse II. The “Fabrique” part was at the bottom an there is a little “II” in the upper left corner.

   Can you tell us something about that? The Big Thing used to read Tarot cards a LONG time ago, but doesn’t remember that one at all.

   Can you email us about that one?

   Comment by Skeeter and LC — December 23, 2007 @ 2:53 pm

2. Hey, I have these 3 books in my basement! Or perhaps my dd has found them and moved them to her room. Still, if they aren’t at the library, we can help you!

   Comment by dobarah — December 24, 2007 @ 11:56 am

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