I am a slacker.

Yesterday I realized that I have not posted in over a year.  A year!!!  So, even though I am pretty sure I have said this before, I promise to be a better blogger and post more.  I have recently started using Audible.  Have you heard of Audible?  If not, it's amazing,  and you should check it out.  Here is how it works.  For a monthly fee you download an audio book onto you phone, computer, I Pad, etc.  It is that simple.  I have been able to get a lot more "reading" done.  And by reading, I mean listening.  My I Pad is now officially attached to my hip.  I listen while cooking, cleaning and driving.  It has been a real life saver.

So far I only download one book a month.  (Unless there is a sale.  I make no promises when there is a sale.)  And the last book I downloaded was A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness.

Synopsis: Diana Bishop is a Yale educated historian who is completing research at Oxford for her latest book.  One day while conducting her research she discovers a manuscript that will change her life. Diana, along with the 1500 year old vampire named Matthew Clairmont, embark on a journey of discovery that she could have never imagined.      

As the first book in the All Souls trilogy, I expected this book to contain a lot of background information.  But I found myself at times wondering why was this relevant to the topic?  How does this tie in to the overall mystery that Diana and Matthew are trying to solve?  A mystery, which I loved and could not wait to be solved.  Now, don't get me wrong, the plot did grow and flourish at the end of the novel.  It set up for a second book, which I will be reading here in the next few weeks.  The first two-thirds of the novel developed very slowly, however.  Leaving me to take longer to complete this novel then it normally would have done.

I don't want you to think that this novel isn't one that should be read.  It is.  I mean, all three books are on the national bestseller list for a reason.  Just don't expect a lot of action in this first novel.  It builds for the second two novels.  It develops a love story.  I'm not sure how I feel about the love story either, but I will let you make your own conclusions on that one.          

And if you have any inclination, please do try Audible.  The narration of this novel is amazing.  It is a work of art in and of itself.  And I am willing to bet that you can even find narrations from some of your favorite actors.