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I am reading The Pillars Of The Earth, by Ken Follett. It actually came out in 1989, but as he has finally written a follow up, this book got back into the New York Times best sellers list and was recommended by the Oprah Book Club. (I peeled that sticker off, but some glue stubbornly remains!)

I will not review this book in any traditional manner, as I don’t wish to give away anything. I will note that it is long, at over 900 pages, and that there are passages of detail about architecture that are of varying interest. But the story remains fresh throughout, and the characters are superb, whether they are good or truly evil.

Last night, something happened to me that has never happened before. I went to bed, slept for about an hour and a half, then absolutely could not get back to sleep. It is certainly not the first time I have had a sleepless interlude, but this has never before been caused by a book! I laid there trying to think about anything to take my mind off of the passage I had just read. Thinking about women usually does the trick. I tried devising fantasy situations, but nothing worked. Finally, after close to an hour, I gave up. Red eyed, I grabbed the book and read for another hour until my eyes burned

This book is really, really good! Buy it or borrow it, but read it if you read at all.