MAAAAAAAADNESS!

You don’t have to have a FRENZY you know. You can always just read this one and then dash back out again. But if you do have a Victorian-era reading frenzy I will be closely monitoring your progress to see if there are any Victorian-era books I need to get in on.

Yes, but carefully, so they land flat in the library bag. If I miss then I climb down from my bed and put them away nicely.

Andi, Andi, Andi…You know you love it.

Yes, I enjoyed reading it very much but I don’t think I’ll return to it — hence the three-star ratings rather than four or five. The girl’s narrative voice was very very good, though.

WHAT. One book per person EVER? That sounds terrible! And here I was at the New York library the other day preemptively complaining about lending limits that might not allow me to take out more than thirty books (in the event, they let me take out all I wanted). I am sorry I have complained! I should never complain again!

Wait, have you read Sarah Waters? Because if you’re going to make the historical fiction leap and you want something Victorian, do it for Sarah Waters, not Jane Harris. Jane Harris is good but Sarah Waters is incredible.

Hahahaha, that was the effect I was going for. In fact I think I was imitating Bill McNeil from NewsRadio, in a moment when he was sounding most like an amiable despot. 😀

You know, I always want to despise filmmakers for changing to happy endings, but it seems like time after time, the test audiences insist on the happy version of the ending. I wish filmmakers would be more honest but I can understand why they don’t.

It’s good, well worth reading!