Finally got around to reading the other two books in the Philip Pullman 'Dark Materials' series (The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass), as last time I read the first one, I just couldn't garner enthusiasm for the second. This time, I have been hooked.

Otherwise it's a book on the Slave trade and its abolition ('Bitter water and sweet', by Sian Rees who wrote 'The Floating Brothel') orthe writings of Hildegarde of Bingen, one of my favourite nuns.

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