Kate Elliott

I'm having trouble getting through The Gathering Storm. The first 2 or 3 books in this series were really good but it's kind of got bogged down a bit lately. There are many different plot threads that intertwine throughout the story but none of them seem to be going anywhere at the moment. So, once again, I've put it aside and started on something else.

Meanwhile, I finished Under the Duvet by Marian Keyes. Not so much an autobiography as a collection of snippets from her life. She's obviously a person with huge self-esteem issues but still manages to produce some very funny work. The chapter on alcoholism wasn't funny, however. She didn't really explain how she beat the bottle, but beat it she did. This is a book that doesn't need to be read cover to cover but can be dipped into randomly. Except for the aforementioned chapter, there's nothing too deep. Light reading for when there's a few minutes to fill.