(A Whopper)-Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor

See, I find that I too can't resist a big, long, epic book--so when I saw this on the shelves I knew it had to come home with me. Is it good? Weeeeellll, it isn't a runoutandgetit kinda book. The characters have very little depth, and there is a lot of repetition in the plot. On the other hand, it was easy to read (all 900+ pages) in a summer book sort of way.

This was heavily censored (supposedly only a fifth of its original size; Forever Amber was written in first half of 20th century during a somewhat more conservative time [if that is possible]), yet it still deliver lots of immoral behavior (always fun) and delicious descriptions of 17th century clothes and decor, with little social tidbit facts thrown in.

Also, there is a movie based on the novel, made in 1947.

Queen of Swords

Just so everyone knows that there isn't some strange book club blog stalker out there with an odd title name, I am RicRacSally, AKA Dena--my sister and I (these days, I must confess, it is mostly my sister) write another blog with this title, so all blogs that I am involved in would have the same name!

Just finished "Queen of Swords" by Sara Donati. 'Tis part four of an ongoing saga, much like Jamie and Claire, about an early american family growing up in the forests of New York State. If you liked the Outlander series, this is a nice filler while waiting for Diana to hit us with her next 15 pounder.