Johnathan strange and Mr Norrell

[lucyellensmum]

Phew - what an effort, 100 pages to go

I really liked it.

Just started it. Glad to hear it's worth reading.

Definitely, nkf! There are bits where you may find you have to just keep doggedly turning the pages to keep up the momentum, but overall it's fab.

The Ladies of Grace Adieu is also worth a read, incidentally - nice bite-sized chunks, and a great story set in the village of Wall (for those who also loved Neil Gaiman's Stardust).

I really liked it. I liked the feeling of other world in the real one if that makes sense, poncy.
But I've never read anything similar since.
Any recommendations?
I tend to read stuf like William Boyd and Anita Shrieve.
But J S and MR N was fab

I am the DH(?) of Hotpasty and I am reading this book at the moment. It is quite remarkable in my opinion - slog your way through the first 300 ish pages and it just takes off - never read anything remotely like it. This author took 10 years to write it and I can see why! I would recommend it - I am a notoriously slow reader and my DW says that she watches my lips move silently whilst I read! But even I have managed to read it and I'm nearing the finishing line.

JS&MrN is on the shelf behind me, begging me to pick it up as my next read. Shall I, shall I?

ah, go an go an

Read it on holiday, absolutely loved it. Don't know anyone else who's read it, they're all put off by how huge it is!!
But then they read the 1000 page Harry Potter
Go for it, suedonim, it will be worth it xx