So good!!!

This was excellent! An imagined version of historical fiction. Florence Nightingale and Flaubert, both in their late 20s and not yet famous, toured the Nile at the same time in 1850. Though they never met, this book imagines what it might have been like if they did. Despite not knowing much about either person or Egypt, I loved this. It‘s beautifully written — the author is a poet— and haunting.

FYI this is now $1.99 on Amazon for the Kindle edition, I‘m not sure for how long.

Was crying with suppressed laughter reading this on the subway.

I finally found the new location of the book giveaway table at my office and lighted on this Arc. Totally gripping though nakedly polemic. Read half of it staying up too late & made myself stop because I wanted to think about what I‘d read.

I‘m on page 234 and still not sure how I feel about this book.

These poems are making my heart hurt. In a good way, though.

A children‘s classic I never read as a child. I found this copy on the street and am enjoying it so far — about 1/4 in.

Seventeen percent in and enjoying this very much. Trollope is dear to my heart, and I am so happy there are still so many books by him I‘ve not read yet.

At 30 percent and loving this book.

I‘ve had this arc sitting on my shelf for years and I finally took it down and started reading it. So good! What was I waiting for? Sometimes the book needs to find you at the right moment.

Clever and atmospheric, sometimes baffling. I loved the excursion to 19th centuryJapan. I thought the plot had way more complications than it needed, not unlike a fancy watch...

Today I am thinking again how Wuthering Heights is like Persuasion‘s evil twin. Imagine if Wentworth had come home from the war newly rich to find that Anne had actually married Charles Musgrove, and he decided to take revenge on everyone.

On page 50 of this 184 page book, intrigued but still puzzled. I feel like I should understand better than I do this far in what the central question or problem is.

Still reading. I‘m enjoying it very much so far!

I've only started this but I already feel I will like it.

I've been slowly reading this book for weeks-- finally finished yesterday. It is a really strange one, seems composed of disparate parts that never quite come together, yet nonetheless enjoyable. It's sad to think of Charlotte starting this book when she still had three siblings and completing it when they were all dead. Emily and Anne haunt the book as Shirley and Caroline; also her unrequited love objects M Heger and the Duke of Wellington!

I'm distractedly reading several books at once but really enjoying this one.

What, another Bronte biography? I was resistant to starting this but so far am enjoying it very much. Winifred Gerin appears to have been obsessed with the Brontes and wrote biographies of them all.

Wow this has a slow start. I'm reading it because Emily Bronte was a fan, but her tolerance for boredom must have exceeded my own. Does this get better? Or maybe I just don't know enough about Scottish history?

Not so much reading this book as entering into a long-term relationship with it!

I'm only 8 percent in but already fascinated.

Now at 35 percent. Still riveted!

I loved it!!! So well-done, thought-provoking and moving!

"Emily's ardent nature craved to overcome the dullness of her lot."

I was enthralled by the first 50 pages, respectfully interested in the next 50. We'll see....

Read the earlier edition of this several years ago for research. Now reading for fun and enjoying it immensely!

This is an amusing yet erudite read, recommended for anyone who's ever wondered how dictionaries come into being. Word nerds, rejoice!

Not thrilled by this cover, but so far enjoying the book! Charlotte Bronte is in Manchester with her father, taking care of him as he recovers from cataract surgery. Nothing to do but sit in a dim room all day and write Jane Eyre! A writers retreat avant la lettre.

Could not stop reading! Vintage Trollope: wise, wry, engrossing. Loved it!

Re-reading I am struck by its inventive structure and extensive use of what I suppose are words peculiar to northern England. Also I've been reading more mid 19th century British novels and I am impressed more strongly than before how unlike anything else this book is. Damn, Emily.

Excited to finally be starting this book in this peaceful setting.

Quite a book!

I was excited to pick this up from the library today! Somehow I thought a book with this title would be very large, but it is agreeably small. UPDATE: Finally reading this. It's great -- erudite, wide-ranging and very funny.

About halfway through. So far, like Phillip Roth, I am full of admiration.
UPDATE: Finished! I really liked this book. Krauss nailed it.

Books about writers fascinate me, and Master and Margarita is one of my all-time favorites, so I knew I had to read this.

On page 41 and quite enthralled. Creepy.

I really enjoyed the madcap snark of this!

The reviews made me think it was going to be another Possession. Which it wasn't-- but few books are. It is beautifully written, slow, full of plant names and lush muddy landscapes. I was impressed but not emotionally gripped. Until the end, and then I was.

On page 52 and very intrigued.

Loving this so far.

More terrifying than any spy thriller.

This book was just amazing. Wow.

Very excited to meet Devoney Looser in real life!

Four percent in and fascinated.