50 in 365: Book 1 – The Golden Compass

I noticed in my neighborhood, there's a challenege going around…the 50 in 365 challenge where the goal is to read 50 books in 365 days. I'm a heavy reader in general, but I think the challenge might be a fun thing, and it would get me to write a little more about the books I've been reading then I have been doing in the past. So I've decided to join up.

My first book is going to be….

The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman

Lyra is content to run wild among the scholars of Jordan College, with her daemon familiar always by her side. But the arrival of her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, draws her to the heart of a terrible struggle– a struggle born of Gobblers and stolen children, witch clans and armore bears. Ans as she hurtles toward danger in the cold, far North, young Lyra never suspects the shocking truth: she is destined to win, or to lose, this more-than-mortal battle.

I chose this book not because of the film that just came out (I really don't care about that at all) but because of a recommendation at The Sword and Laser, a book club which was started by Tom Merritt and Veronica Belmont, formally of the Buzz Out Loud podcast from CNet. They made a sci-fi/fantasy book club which I'm pillaging for ideas for interesting books to read and this book was their first one.

I'm three chapters in right now and enjoying it, but we'll see how it ends up. If it's good, I'll probably go for the next couple books in the series.

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