Jessica recommends....

I have just finished the Baroque Cycle, and I loved it. It was gorgeous and huge and actually managed to have a happy ending, despite the number of people scarred by smallpox, whipped, beaten, losing limbs and teeth, incarcerated, stranded on desert islands, and financially ruined. Also, at least two people were brought back from the dead, and King Solomon makes an appearance. Exhilarating!

Jessica also recommends. . . .

P.G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves in the Morning". Heck, anything about Jeeves and Wooster is great. I laughed until my cheeks hurt as Bertie related the details of the Steeple Bumpleigh Horror. I also read Connie Willis' short story "Epiphany", which is found in "Miracle, and other Christmas Stories." Just to get myself in the Christmas mood. I love that story, it's fab. I love the whole book, really, with "Inn" and "Newsletter" being some other favorites.