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OCTOBER TO DECEMBER<\/span><\/h4>\n

September became\u00a0October with Wizard and Glass<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, the fourth book of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower<\/em><\/strong><\/a> saga, on my Kindle. It’s my second time reading it. I don’t often read novels twice, but last reading diary<\/strong><\/a>, I decided to revisit The Gunslinger<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, the first in the series, to refamiliarize myself with the story ahead of the upcoming film adaption<\/strong><\/a>. The first book led me to the second, The Drawing of the Three<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, and now here I am enjoying book four.<\/p>\n

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October 5 Update: <\/strong>I’m at the 77% mark according to my Kindle, and I’m absolutely hooked.\u00a0I had forgotten that most of the book is backstory – a story within a story. Essentially, that inner prequel story is a novel in its own right entirely worthy of the upcoming\u00a0TV series<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>based upon it. October 7 Update:<\/strong>\u00a0I finished it on the train coming back from the airport after seeing off my sister and her family. \u00a0I will rejoin the quest for the Dark Tower at a later date.<\/p>\n

A Night Without Stars<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, the sequel to Peter F. Hamilton’s The Abyss Beyond Dreams<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, was recently released, and I’m quite eager to read it. It’s been almost two years since I read The Abyss Beyond Dreams <\/em>– I finished it on November 13, 2014 according to my accurate records, so I’m reading it again to familiarize myself with the story as I’ve read a lot since and my earlier memories of the book were a little dim and merged with my memories of Hamilton’s The Void Trilogy<\/strong><\/em><\/a> which is set in the same universe and void. I didn’t intend to reread the whole thing, but after a few days of reading, I was enjoying it and saw no reason to stop.<\/p>\n

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I finished the above in the early hours of Sunday, October 16, and later in the morning, I began its sequel. Although the beginning of the sequel does touch upon the events of the first book, I’m glad I took the time to reread it. While the sequel is mostly set a couple of centuries later, it begins immediately after book one ends, so it was helpful beginning book 2 hours after finishing book one instead of years.<\/p>\n

October 17 Update:<\/strong> I’m 23% through the second book, and I’m enjoying it more than the first and more than previous efforts by author Peter F. Hamilton, which I really enjoyed! I finished it in the early hours of October 23 after a gig.<\/p>\n

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