Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

“She wore a gown the color of storms, shadows, and rain and a necklace of broken promises and regrets.” You've got to love an author that can write a sentence like that.

I'm actually currently re-reading this title. It was a delightful read the first time around (though slow going at first. I find it more entertaining if I imagine that the narrator is Emma Thompson - then the book's wit shines through.)

And upon finishing it again, I have to say I think I'm even more in love with it than the first read. I just wish its size didn't make it such an intimidation factor for first readers...it's hard to convince the uninitiated to take the plunge!