Finished Book Two!!!

I've finally finished The Magicians and Mrs. Quent!  It ended pretty well with most of the plot lines wrapped up, but it is clear there will be a sequel.  A nice surprise at the end of the book!

"About the Author:
What if there was a fantastical cause underlying the social constraints and limited choices confronting a heroine in a novel by Jane Austen or Charlotte Bronte?  Galen Beckett began writing The Magicians and Mrs. Quent to answer that question.  The author lives in Colorado and is currently at work on the next chapter in this fabulous tale of witches, magicians, and revolutions, The House on Durrow Street."

Called it!  Basically, the story was Jane Eyre and Sense and Sensibility with a very different ending.  At the end of the book, the classic plot line changes as Ivy and Rafferdy work together to stop these evil magicians from opening what is essentially a magic door.  Through this portal to the unknown waits a group of even worse bad guys who, as far as I can gather, want to destroy the world.  By using their new found magical abilities, Ivy and Rafferdy stop the villains who are trying to open the portal as Mr. Garrit works to defeat the creepy revolutionist who had been stalking him and his sister.  Happy endings for all, but I think reading the sequel could give more closure.  I will have to look to see when the next book comes out.  Its not the next book on my list, but I wouldn't mind reading it!

First, however, I am planning on readying Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.  Its literary fiction, meaning I will only have to read 100 pages a week, and I am interested in the story.  I was first introduced to the plot in a rather odd way - I saw the musical.  It was dark and disturbing, but I really liked the tragic characters, so I don't see why I shouldn't like the book it was based on.  So here I go, third book for this class! It's getting pretty difficult now since I'm also reading The Things They Carried for A.P. Comp and Crime and Punishment for Novels.  Talk about a lot of reading.  I'm enjoying the books so far though, so I am looking forward to continuing, even if it means a lot of late nights.