I hit 60 books and am still going strong. I’m going to try for 70 by the end of the year! I’d really like to do 75, but that may be pushing it, as there is only a month left.

“Journeyman” continues the Alvin Maker saga, and things are heating up. For one, the love plot keeps popping up, although it is mercifully minimized. For another, a compelling villain has finally arisen, in the form of Alvin’s younger, also powerful, and envious brother Calvin. Alvin has also collected a new friend or two on his journey, all of them interesting and fairly well-fleshed-out, considering they are secondary characters. I’m amazed at how closely this parallel history follows actual history – it seems to me that one small change would necessitate two widely diverging histories, but somehow Card has managed to be original while following the larger arc of American history.

Good stuff. However, I’m blowing through these almost as fast as the Harry Potter series. What shall I read for escapism once these are finished??? So little in the fantasy genre meets my high standards…