52 Books by 52 Women: The Scarlet Pimpernel

For a year I’m reading 52 books by women authors whose work I’ve never read before. Click here for previous installments.

Well, I knew I’d start falling behind sooner or later in my

52 Books by 52 Women challenge, but I didn’t think it would happen so soon. Only six books in, and I’m already a week behind. I can catch up, of course, if I ever have any leisure time, but it’s a reminder that finding time to read 52 novels in the course of a year is difficult, especially when you work full time and are typically seeing plays and writing about them in your supposed off hours. But I knew all that when I took this project on, so there’s no sense in grousing about it. Read more