The first British Isles Friday blog hop worked great last week! We had many participants with a variety of posts from book reviews to TV show commentary to trip photos — including a description of tea with the Queen! Check out last week’s bevy of bloggers and consider joining us with a post of your own this week.

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A finishing school novel with a steampunk twist

I finished Curtsies & Conspiracies immediately after completing Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger. Both feature Sophronia, a student in a finishing school that turns out to be a secret school for girls with abilities to be spies. There are werewolves and vampires and steampunk elements so these books qualify for Once Upon a Time VIII at Stainless Steel Droppings. I’ll write up a review for some future British Isles Friday post.

Reading

I’m about two-thirds of the way through Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson, which means I have less than 300 pages left. That’s like a normal book. I can read that!

I made it to the traveler’s tips and recommendations section of the DK Eyewitness Travel book, Great Britain. I hope they have some secret for driving safely on the wrong side of the road.

The Unwilling Bride by Jo Beverley, my current e-book on my phone, provided my new word for Wednesday. Do you know what you buy from a costermonger?

In the evening, I’m switching between The Diet Fix by Yoni Freedhoff (very helpful, but requiring some paradigm shifts that are taking me some time to implement) and A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver (April is National Poetry Month).

Will Read

Since I enjoyed Gail Carriger so much, I’m going to go back and read her other series, The Parasol Protectorate, that begins with the book Soulless.

What are you reading?

It’s Monday! What Are Your Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila of Book Journey. Be sure to check out her post today to see her selections and the list of links to all the other participating bloggers.