Strange & Norrell

[kippesp]

Yeah!  Those 18 people were fast readers!


--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "carolynwhite2" 
<carolynwhite2 at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, Paul Kippes <paul-
> groups at w...> wrote:
> > I'm waiting to get it from my library.  I passed on one of my
> > libraries with 81 people waiting.  But at another library (with
> > several copies on order), I'm 18th.
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: carolynwhite2 <carolynwhite2 at a...>
> > 
> > Is anyone reading Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell? Do you reckon 
it 
> > lives up to the hype??
> > 
> > Carolyn
> 
> 
> You could have a long wait, it's 800 pages and a small typeface! 
> Also, it's sure to feature on your US banned books list shortly, 
as 
> the first bit of magic Mr Norrell does is to bring someone back 
from 
> the dead. Don't know what to make of it yet..a lot of spoof 
scholarly 
> footnotes and English history jokes so far.