I cannot put down the book I'm reading. I woke up at 6:30am, made a pot of tea and have been sitting in front of the fire reading for over 3 hours. I kind of feel like I'm being dragged around Britain (past and present) by an extremely entertaining friend who keeps saying, "Oh. My. God! Just wait until you see what's over here!!" It reminds me of how I felt the first time I read Tom Robbins' Jitterbug Perfume. Not to say her style is similar to his because it's not. It's just so .... so original.