I read half a book before having to return it to the library once when I was like 9, and I have no compulsion to finish that book but I do wonder what it was.

It was like middle grade to YA fantasy, but one of those fantasies where they live in the normal world there’s just like secret magic or whatever. I remember there was unicorns like a unicorn that was central to the storyline (or maybe it was a wolf. My first impulse is unicorn but this was a very long time ago). The main character was a girl and at one point I think there was a procession of spirits?

The one thing I know happened in this book is a scene early on where the protagonist is going to sleep and she has this old scar that she touches and it’s like still achy. And I remember this because this was the second book in a series and I picked it out cuz I liked the cover but then I was confused at this scene til I realised this must have happened in book 1. I must have read this about 2016 and it felt sort of contemporary. Like it didn’t read old.

Anyway maybe you guys can find it maybe you can’t but this is the puzzle I present to you today thank you in advance for any valiant efforts you may display.

EDIT: thank you guys for all your many unicorn book suggestions, but I have come to the conclusion that I have either got to: a) go to the subreddit where they know what the book is. this unfortunately involves going on Reddit. and making a Reddit account. b) say that maybe this was actually just a really vivid dream and let the mystery stay mysterious.

Currently going for option b but thank you thank you thank you guys for humouring me

Did we all have Google what prognostication means?

While looking through what books I already physically have, I'd thought of starting Magnus Chase once I'm done with Legendborn, but I told myself off because I have too many series started that I gotta finish. Since I don't know how many, I decided to count them.

There are 5:

• Heroes of Olympus, technically only have to read the last one, but I consider trials of Apollo, the addictions to the Percy Jackson series, the books about Nico and Will and all the other ones in the Greek/Roman gods' universe to be form the same series. Which means I actually have infinite amounts of books ahead.

• Legendborn, just started. For now I know that it's a trilogy. But when I started Percy Jackson I didn't think that was infinite either, so I guess anything's possible.

• Way of kings, also just started. For what I understand there are two pentalogies and only the first one is completely.

• Mistborn, two trilogies plus spin offs and prequels

• Aristotle and Dante, weirdly enough, a duology, only one book left

There are actually other 3 series I've started, but those I don't think I'm going to read more of.

All of this means that, considering the books that have been published and the ones that have been announced, I need to read around 38 books to finish all these series😬

Are y'all in my same situation, or far worse/better?

Okay I'm right now reading two books, one ebook and a paperback. The thing is both are going well and now I'm confused, which book should I read more?

So I want to ask how many good books and how you can read together?

I'm posting this in Small Gods, but it seems to apply for Terry Pratchett's writing as a whole.

The choice of vocabulary is delightful and odd.

To elaborate, I find he used a lot of interesting and uncommon words. Archaic slang, historical terms, and just plain interesting words.

What inspired me to write this is three new words to me. Well, two and a half. One I had heard before, but didn't know the meaning.

Trireme, oriflamme, and agog. I'd heard trireme before, but wasn't aware of the definition.

Off topic, ish, but I should make a post at year end with all my new words from the year...