Jonathan Starange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
(my third reading!)
The Prestige by Christopher Priest

Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author’s words reverberating in your head. Paul Auster


Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, a really good book with really bad illustrations.
I couldn’t agree more…