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Have currently got Antonia Fraser's marvellous Mary Queen of Scots on the go, and have just finished the new Sevenwaters book from Juliet Marillier, Seer of Sevenwaters.

A queen cops a whole lot of bad luck in Scotland, an Irish druid-in-training... also cops a whole lot of bad luck.

4 out of 5 stars.

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Currently reading both Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan and Eating Animals by the indomitable Jonathan Safran Foer.

A stunning re-telling of a Grimm tale; a funny-man's polemic against the meat industry.

A bear eats a man; a man chooses not to eat a... cow.

Both exceptional and well-paired if I do say so myself. Five stars.

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I have just finished reading both We Need To Talk About Kevin and Spanish Steps (aka Travels With My Donkey). Each enlightening in its own way.

A mother desperately tries to come to terms with the actions of her murderous son; a man desperately tries to drag a belligerent donkey on a medieval pilgrimage.

I felt they complimented each other nicely. Five stars.