Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

A dear friend recommended this as honeymoon reading, and as soon as I was a chapter in, I was just so, so appreciative of how well she knows me :) As she told me, it's a mash-up of Austen's dry humor (set in Europe during the Napoleonic Wars) and delicious magical realism. I could not believe this book had been kicking around for just over a decade without me already enjoying it. I suppose someone's mileage might vary based on their level of appreciation for Austen and/or magical realism, but that would really leave me questioning whether they read for transportative pleasure or masochism. Life's short, but not too short to read these 800 pages.