- Making Money by Terry Pratchett. (I seem to have missed Thud!)
- Old Man’s War by John Scalzi. Heinlein-esque SF that I first heard about at last year’s LA Times Festival of Books.
Both quick reads – I finished each one in less than 2 days.
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