I came home today to find four individually wrapped books from my Santa waiting for me. Even as I read the blurbs and flipped through the first few pages of one of them, I knew I was in for a great ride!!

As someone whose diet consists of a healthy dose of SF and fantasy, the Discworld books are right up my alley and I'm even more amazed that my Santa chose just the right books to reel me in. Of late, I've been thinking a lot about ways in which to communicate science to non-scientists (kids in particular) and just the premise of the 'Science of Discworld' books alone is fascinating in that regard. I'm in awe of the way the authors seamlessly blend popular science into their narrative while (going by what I've read so far) telling an engaging story along the way. I can bet that these number of Discworld books will multiply in my personal library soon enough.

Thank you, dear Santa, not just for your great gift of the books through which you have tried to share your favourite series with me, but also for the portal into a new literary world in which I can get lost and spend carefree hours exploring. I cannot emphasise enough how much the comfort of putting away some time to get cosy with a new book means to me at this juncture of my life as I await big changes in my professional and personal life.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I am going to get back to this great book I am reading...