Walking the Wall

February has been a very slow month, a lot of journal article reading for my literature class on theory and not a lot of book reading being done.

1. The Witch of Cologne by Tobsha Learner. Finished 2/25. I bought this on the complete basis of the back of the book comparing it to the Red Tent which I enjoyed tremendously–false advertising. The book started out promising and then lead into an atypical "romance" novel without even a great story line to pull it together. Not my best impulse buy.
2. Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier. Finished 2/27. I picked up du Maurier’s Rebecca at a library sale, which I haven’t read yet, but when I was moving my friend and was telling her about grabbing it she insisted I had to read her copy of Jamaica Inn and I’m glad I did. It was a great "dark and stormy night" type of novel. Two of du Maurier’s works were made into movies by Alfred Hitchcock–Rebecca and her short story The Birds. Rebecca won an Oscar. Anyway, great fun, suspense, and intrigue–moving on to Rebecca!