On the picture is the incredible northern light I saw when I was in Sweden last week. Besides working (which was the reason I was there) and looking at the beautiful things nature provides way up north (Autumn really is the best time to go there), I did a lot of reading.
I finished First Man In Rome by Colleen McCullough. Dang, but that woman can write! She kept me riveted for almost 900 pages. I also read the first book of Susan Wittig Albert’s new Depression Era series, The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree. A very different style than I am used to from her, but after a chapter or two of getting used to it, I was hooked. Last, but certainly not least, I finished The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran. While I didn’t think it could compete with Moran’s first novel Nefertiti, it was nonetheless a very good book.
Reviews of all of these books are to come this week. Be prepared to see some wicked good reviews!
