Dept. of Books

[kaffy_r]

 I Forgot To Mention

I have been meaning for some time to read Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. I finally took the time to get it from the library, and I'm enjoying it a great deal. It's sort of Austenian, but that's probably a very lazy way to describe Susanna Clarke's intricate and elegant tale of magic in a Regency England that is almost, but not quite, ours. So far, I'm finding Mr. Norrell both pathetically unlikeable and fascinating. I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of Jonathan Strange. 

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[kaffy_r]

I don't think my BB will want to read it; he's more of a non-fiction fan, and has never read any Regency era novels, so I think my library copy of the book is safe from him.

And oh, yes, the Napoleonic Wars do seem to engender thoughts of Richard Sharpe ... Heh.