Over the past few weeks, thanks to local library sales, I’ve managed to complete my collections of two book series.

I’ve been buying the ‘Keys to the Kingdom’ books by Garth Nix since 2003 when Mister Monday was released.  Even though I love everything of Nix’s that I’ve read, I never have gotten around to Mister Monday.  I’ve been picking the rest of the series up in dribs and drabs over the years, until Superior Saturday was the only title I was missing.  And now it’s finally made it’s way into my lazy, lazy hands!  The only problem now is that although Grim Tuesday through to Lord Sunday are on my bookcases in Glasgow, Mister Monday is marooned back in Ireland…

I started reading the ‘Discworld’ series in the mid-90s, borrowing titles from my best friend’s brother.  Once I’d exhausted his collection, I started buying the titles myself, starting with Carpe Jugulum in 1999.  I’ve kept up to date with Terry Pratchett’s publications since then, and have been picking up earlier books in charity shops and sales.  For years now, I’ve had a list of the ‘Discworld’ novels that I needed written on a post-it note in my wallet.  With my find of Soul Music at a local library sale (seriously, why are they getting rid of Pratchett titles?), that post-it note is no more