33: The Okapi: Mysterious Animal of Congo-Zaire, Susan Lyndaker Lindsey, Mary Neel Green, Cynthia L. Bennett

A little preachy, and with lots of depressing talk about conservation and politics.

Interesting tidbits:

• Okapi calves don't defecate for a month or more after birth
  
• Okapi use infrasonic sounds to communicate (as do elephants and rhino), in addition to more common giraffe sounds (coughs, moans, flute like sounds, etc.)
  

29, 30, 31, 32: Terry Pratchett

Catching up on things I read this month:

The Last Continent: Rincewind, and the faculty of Unseen University, in what passes for Down Under on the Discworld.

Carpe Jugulum: Witches and vampires in Lancre.

The Fifth Elephant: The Watch and werewolves in Überwald.

The Truth: Journalism (and a little bit of Pulp Fiction).

Riding the train and bus gives me a lot of time to read (even if I do spend three quarters of that time playing a Risk clone on my iPhone).

28: The Story of Musical Instruments: From Shepherd's Pipe to Symphony, H.W. Schwartz

Picked this up in October at Cal's Books in Redding. Finished some weeks ago.

Pop-history of musical instruments, 1938 style. Quite interesting.