Sick and Ill and Reading

I've been sick the last few days. It's not the 'flu or a cold, but some devil's mix-up of the two. It's affecting my concentration and energy, but I've managed to finish an amazing book: The Thousand Autumns of Jakob de Zoet. It's the story of a Dutch clerk representing his country in the Japan of the early nineteenth century. It's beautiful and intense and full of wonderful characters acting out a great plot. There's even a bit of a fantasy sub-plot.

If you enjoy a slow flowering into brilliance, you really need to read this.



And up next...

YA writer Frances Hardinge has been recommended to me again and again lately. Time to plug a gap in my education with A Face Like Glass. Hope I like it!