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Something I was going to mention in the update the other day - I finally got round to reading the 'His Dark Materials' trilogy. And, hmmm. Is it just me or were there quite a lot of very convenient things that happened. Like, everyone listens to Lyra without question, even these random adults. And just little things like the wheeled people having exactly the right useful acid to burn the wood off Mary's Amber Spyglass, thereby saving her heaps of time and effort. I know that's picky, but that sort of thing bugs me just because it would only take another line or two or narraive to have her scrape off all the damn wood herself. It makes the writing seem lazy.

But still, bloody entertaining books. Ths concept reminds me of a TV thingy that was made over here a few years ago, with Christopher Eccleston as

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So anyway. Yeah, I enjoyed them. Don't love them but definitely worth the read. And now - 24. I don't want any spoilers but can someone just tell me whether S6 is awesome or not please? The Crush told me he'd read a negative review of it (have totally turned him into a 24 bitch) and I heard on the radio the other day that the show has been asked to stop showing graphic torture because it's lowering the morale of real US troops! Ha! So, yeah. Is it any good?