A Discovery of Witches

Why is it that I often get almost totally through a book before realizing it's part of a series, and no plot wrap-up is coming my way? Anyway, I liked a lot about this book, and I am not a history fan by any means, so that kind of surprised me. It started out thin, then got really good ... then felt a little thin again at the end.

That said, I cannot recommend this book to anyone trying to go sober. The extensive and heavily descriptive wine tasting scenes left me jonesing for a glass – even when I was reading in the morning.