I have had the Discworld books since the end of February and I have only just finished Jingo.

Now, I have had to do a lot of technical reading in the interim, and my days and night have been busy and full, but I should be through the whole set by now.

Part of the reason, also, is that I really like these people. I mean, I like a lot of characters in a lot of books, but there is hardly a discworld character I do not like, and enjoy revisiting. I expect Ridcully looks a bit like the better Roosevelt. I think I’d like to party with Susan StoLat. I feel, despite my better judgement, that I have a deep and abiding understanding of Death. I would like to see what shapes Angua passes through on the way to naked human. I used to work with Nobby. Commander- er, Duke Vimes is a blogger I know. Sybil is an old girlfriend, dragons and all.

They have become my friends, so to speak, and I’m gonna be pissed when I run out of books.