Still Reading......

Back in the fall, I started a book called Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell; I bought it because the subject matter interested me and because I'm a book collector. Having now committed the cardinal sin of actually reading a first edition of what seems destined to become a very valuable book, I cannot say that I'm regretful about it.

I am, after all, gentle on my books, especially when they're as good as this. I've been reading this book for months now, and I'm finding myself wishing I had more time to read it. And yet — my limited reading time hasn't been an impediment; this book is so richly imagined that I'm not, as usual, forgetting things and losing the thread of the story if I don't get back to the book for a few days.

And I don't particularly want this book to end.

I haven't read a book in years that I thought this highly of — not a new one, anyway.

Go, now, buy this novel. You won't regret it.

Read more about it here: www.jonathanstrange.com. The interview is a good one; she actually answers the questions she's asked.