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Betwixt and Between, Mycroft, Sherlock, John, Sherlock, by ivywatcher

An Empty Station, Lestrade, John, Sherlock, Reichenbach, by ivywatcher

All destinations approximate, general, humour, time-travel, Avengers, by jonesandashes, pollyrepeat

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Am still reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, as I have been for the last few weeks. It's not bad, definitely has a whiff of Judith Merkle Riley that I appreciate (except JMR wrote from the POV of female characters which I have an absolute soft spot for) and that I am sort of cognizant that Mantel is relating the events leading to a super-important part of Britain's history. And it's entertaining. But I definitely have to take it in small doses because present tense narratives - grrr. Do not like.

Picked up this book (haven't started it) John Saturnall's Feast by a (as one might guess) man called Lawrence Norfolk. Apparently A.S. Byatt said it's "Brilliant" on the cover, which reminds me that I really ought to take such recs with a liberal pinch of salt.

Apparently (from the blurb) the protagonist's mother once told her son of an ancient Feast, etc, and in the book the protagonist will one day serve such a feast. I was seduced by the idea of a man carrying out his mother's legacy and serving loads of lovely food. It was a moment of weakness.

I'm getting more and more leery as I browse through the book. Here's the third to fifth paragraphs from the first page: ( Read more... )