I was recommending A Scandalous Life: The Biography of Jane Digby
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I'm in the mood for a good old-fashioned ghost story - does anyone have any recommendations? Not so much out-and-out horror, but more the kind of old-fashioned, slow-build story that gives you goosebumps and makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.

I've read books like The Haunting of Hill House, The Woman in Black and The Turn of the ( Read more... )

I loved The Prestige so much I went right out and bought another Christopher Priest book, The Separation. I've just finished reading it and can honestly say it's equally as good. This one is sort of an AU WWII novel, all hinging on the idea that Britain and Germany made peace with each other in 1941. But there are so many different strands of ( Read more... )

Another book rec for you people out there. Honestly, I don't know - you wait around for ages to find a truly wonderful book to read, and then in quick sucession three come along in the space of a few months!

So yes, anyway, The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon has joined the ranks of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and The Time Traveler's Wife ( Read more... )

I just finished reading Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, and I honestly can't think of enough superlatives to describe this book. I loved it, absolutely loved it. I don't tend to love books very often, which sounds strange coming from someone who loves reading as much as I do and does it so often. I mean, I enjoy books, I'm ( Read more... )