Duty and Desire by Pamela Aidan
Enna Burning by Shannon Hale
Jane Austen: A Life by Claire Tomlin
An Assembly Such As This by Pamela Aidan
These Three Remain by Pamela Aidan
Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay
Still Life, by Louise Penny
Blade of Fortriu, Juliet Marillier
Vivaldi, Michael Talbot
The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt, Patricia MacLachlan (reread)
Owls' Court
Autumn Hiscock records her daily minutiae for posterity, featuring cello, handspinning, family, and writing.
What’d you think of Still Life? I read it last fall and really enjoyed it. Unfortunately, her next book (the name escapes me at the moment) is not as good.
It was good; I enjoyed it. I found it evident once or twice that it was a first novel, but overall it was a good read.
Yup, I find she’s good with character, but often has trouble with pacing. That problem becomes clear much too quickly with her second book.
I am always amazed and envious about how many books you manage to read each month…but to add a new GGK to the list!
Kudos!
And I was looking at this month and thinking, “Wow, I’m low!”
I wasn’t going to read Ysabel, actually; I wasn’t sure how GGK would handle modern-day stuff, after all his deeply historical fiction. But it was excellent, and precisely what I was in the mood for, and I recommend it, particularly as I know you’re a GGK fan.