Last night I finished my fourth book this year - Ken Follett's World Without End.  His two books are monster books; this one with over 1,000 pages.  These books caught my eye on Audible in December, and I decided to read them this year.  Feels good to have accomplished the year's goal by February 2!

Both books are magnificent tales.  The storyline captured me, and I couldn't wait to see what happened next.  Too many times I read until 1 am. Not good for me.  But these books were hard to put down.

And I am struck by the starkly evil characters in the books.  The bad guys are really bad and stay bad.  There is no reforming the brutal and self-serving people in these books.  Sometimes I grew weary of the brutality and tragedy, but I do not doubt that it was characteristic of the day, a time before much justice in the government.  It was a time of struggling toward a civilized life, and the main characters are very much involved in that struggle.

Ken Follett has one powerful imagination, and he can spin a yarn.  Both books are highly recommended, if you can handle 2,000 pages!