Read the "Baroque Cycle" in its entirety

Hurray, I got the last part for christmas from my ex girlfriend, but this means I really should pick up reading the second part, otherwise I will be still busy for years.

Last week I finally managed to finish “Quicksilver”, in the beginning I read a lot, but I really had problem to take time to read the last 50 pages. I really need to concentrate when I’m reading stuff from Neal Stephenson, as English is not my native tongue and the books quite complex, althouh I had less problems reading Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon. I’ve started reading The Confusion but don’t have much time at the moment to read.