Books read in August

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Me: Am still slogging through Starfarers, by Poul Anderson. I think I should've paid more attention at the beginning when the ten major characters were introduced, because I'm confused about some motivations and backgrounds and some of the initial romantic pairings, so I think I'm missing out on some of the more significant personal development going on.

Hm... what else am I reading? Really can't remember. Ah, yes, Fifty Degrees Below. Still slogging there as well.

Chris: "For pleasure? Nothing. Read about half a dozen journal articles."
"Does a computer software manual count?"
"Does it count that some of the journal articles are really long? Or boring?"
"Are you writing what I'm saying?"

Daniel: Same old, D&D books. Now that the new school year has started, I'm going to see if he wants to read any of my old young reader books. A Wrinkle in Time is one idea.

Justin: We are almost all done Farmer Boy. He likes it, he really likes it! I think it's all the food and food-growing.

Chris and the Boys: Are more than halfway through Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I think he felt self-conscious that I called him lame for taking six months each to read the first three books in the series. That, and the Order of the Phoenix movie and Daniel continually pulling me aside to discuss plot points in the last book - away from Justin - got Justin very enthused about the books, where before he'd been kind of meh. At this rate they'll be done in about a month. Colour me impressed.