I will second, third and fourth Billywig's recommendation of His Dark Materials and flag-wave for Artemis Fowl as well.
And more news: I'm going on holiday (at last!) in August - Edinburgh Festival here I come! Live music courtesy of Muse and live comedy courtesy of comedians & comediennes abound! I'm so happy I could almost go to work tomorrow!
Aw, nuts.
For yet more further reading, I'd also recommend The Chronicles of Narnia, there may be seven books but they're all of a good length for a few days read each and are nice to read over a month or so.
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