Brought some 25 books. Didn't know which would end up on the lap. May get around to listing them. 8 were from the library.

So far I've finished 2. "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman was part 2 in the kids' series "His Dark Materials." Recommended by Richard Wolinsky on KPFA and now Helen and Ben, this is one good trilogy. Begin with "The Golden Compass." I'm halfway through part 3. Better than Harry Potter (bailed after 1&1/2), this holds my interest. Thought I would power through the third without stopping, but Doug's visit prodded me to get to "Touching the Void" by Joe Simpson. Incredible climbing story. I've never read of a more harrowing escape. For overall story though I'll still take Herzog.

In process: Friends for 300 Years by Howard Brinton (I only read Quaker books on vacation), good old Way of Zen by Alan Watts, and God and the New Physics by Paul Davies. There's my religious quest in a nutshell.

Since my Olympia trip in June I've been chipping away at Soul Mountain by Gao Xing-chien (I can't be bothered to go to the bedside table and get his name right?). I loved it at first; now it's a bit more of a chore with its never-real ghosts and demons. Still, it's mysterious; I don't know where it's going, and that's intriguing.
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