{"id":1324,"date":"2009-04-11T08:53:08","date_gmt":"2009-04-11T14:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/?p=1324"},"modified":"2009-04-11T08:54:22","modified_gmt":"2009-04-11T14:54:22","slug":"a-high-point-in-a-lifetime-of-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/2009\/04\/a-high-point-in-a-lifetime-of-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"A high point in a lifetime of reading"},"content":{"rendered":"

I stayed up until three am this morning to finish a book. I had begun to think that I was too old for that sort of thing to ever happen again. \u00a0I’m very happy to be wrong.<\/p>\n

I stayed up for all the best reasons one stays up to finish a book: because I wanted to know what happened, because I was continually interested in what was happening right at that moment; because I was having too good a time to let it stop. \u00a0<\/p>\n

It restores your faith in Wonderful Things.<\/p>\n

The book is called Nation<\/em>, by Terry Pratchett.<\/p>\n

\"You<\/a>
You should be reading this.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This isn’t a Discworld novel.\u00a0It’s not a comedy; it’s not a pun-filled romp. \u00a0This is simply a fine, fine author writing what I personally believe to be his best book.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is a book you stand alongside The Princess Bride<\/em>, waiting impatiently for the day you can share it with your children. \u00a0If you know me, you know what kind of praise that comparison carries.<\/p>\n

Find it. Read it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I stayed up until three am this morning to finish a book. I had begun to think that I was too old for that sort of thing to ever happen again. \u00a0I’m very happy to be wrong. I stayed up for all the best reasons one stays up to finish a book: because I wanted … <\/p>\n

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