last thing i read was the silmarillion which i finished within one week. was well worth it, indeed.
and now i'm reading in a book about medieval clothig, armouring, weaponary and the like (questions about that can be directed at me

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usually i don#t tend to read novels - did so when i was younger but in the last few years i only read about art, art-groups, etc.. got more than 2000 pages of text concerning the bauhaus alone. not counting dutch De Stijl.