983 pages

I finally did it. After months of reading, I finished Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. An epic story told in great detail – perhaps there were too many generations told. I could have gone for the 400 page version. Or waited to see the movie…

Things that happened while I was reading PotE:

• Friends announced they were going to have a baby
• Other friends had one
• The economic crisis hit, the bailout didn't pass and then it did
• Obama was elected
• We went to New York, California, and Rome
• I built Caroline's blog for her and she started using it

Now on to Blood River – an amazing recount of a journalist's attempt in 2004 to cross Africa via the Congo River.