Hit the Mark!

26. Through The Glass Darkly

This is the 26 book mark!  In an earlier post I mentioned the blog of people trying to read 26 books in the span of a year and wondered what number I will hit.  On we go but 26 has been achieved.

So the first half of this book was a rip roaring ride.  All sorts of romance and scandal, flirting and glimpses of true love, dreams of futures, hopeful ideas.  I loved it all!  I loved the courting and the weddings. I loved the dresses and the jewels. I loved the jockeying for position between women and men, and I loved how clueless all the men were.  But wow the second half...

Man, it was a downer!  Not so much love or happiness.  Dreams dashed and futures in ruins.  And all the death, my goodness!  If men and children truly died in such numbers it is a wonder that the human race still exists!  But I still flew through it and couldn't wait to see what happened next, so there is that.