Books I have read on this vacation (an very incomplete list)
Califia’s daughters, Leigh Richards (better known as Laurie R King) — an interesting but not, in the end, entirely successful novel set about 150 years from now, after some wars and bioattack destroyed much of civilisation and now there are about 10 women for every man (boys are born less often than girls, and have a very high death rate in childhood), so women have to do everything because the men are too precious to be risked.
The Know, by Martina Cole. Silly, enjoyable little read.
Case histories and Not the end of the world, both by Kate Atkinson. Nothing will ever come up to Human Croquet, one of my favourites. But both good books.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. Finally. I adored the book. About 150 pages in I fell in love; the last 150 pages or so I refused to move and all-but-snarled at people who interrupted me. (Or maybe snarled snarled. But people who interrupt me when I’m reading deserve that.)
January 2nd, 2005 at 5:52 pm
I love most of Laurie R. King’s books, especially her Mary Russell books, which are written in a style reminiscent of Dorothy L. Sayers. Anyhow, I didn’t realize that she’d written under another name, so thanks for mentioning it.