A Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness

Dear readers

If you are one of those readers whose guilty pleasure is vampire fiction you will enjoy this book whole-heartedly and without guilt. It is a well written adventure with sincere characters who manage not to cross over into the pathetic realm. You will meet strong women with men who compliment them and a story that carries itself well. It is good and evil again while each character sits well and is a joy to read. Anne Rice fans will appreciate it, even it is more mellow, and Twilight fans will hopefully be elevated. If you are a Rosalind Miles fan I will be truly shocked if you do not like it. It is a book not to be missed by any woman who enjoys fantasy. I know that I am boasting by comparing but I really do not want to give any plot details away. A story of love and family that is also a series. Yes, unfortunately the second installment will only be out next year, so if you are a reader who prefers to wait till a whole series is out before reading, don't. After all, the suspense is a part of the fun.

One of our Thursdays is missing – Jasper Fforde

Dear Readers

The real Thursday Next has gone missing and now the book Thursday has to prove her worth. Inside the book world we learn about what happens to unread books and why sometimes a good book suddenly makes us fall asleep and of course who regulates the metaphor consumption. The inter-play between genres and famous characters is thoroughly amusing. If you are an enthusiast for the classics, particularly Crime and Punishment, you will certainly enjoy all of the quips. A good mystery with all the traditional fixings slightly mixed up and a few existentialist questions thrown in. While it is always fun to read a series out of sequence, it is not for everyone. Though I thoroughly enjoyed this book, there were a number of inside anecdotes and previously explained concepts that took me a while to understand. If you prefer being the know all the time, read the series from the beginning, The Eyre Affair.