* So sorry to hear of the death on January 22 of Sharon Kay Penman, one of my favorite historical fiction novelists.
My Bookshelf Traveling post for June 26th described how I found a copy of The Sunne in Splendor one summer when I had no books, no library card. and no money, and was instantly enthralled. I have never read so slowly in my life as I tried to make the book last as long as possible! I haven't read The Land Beyond the Sea yet but I will never forget it was the last book I purchased in March 2020 before the bookstores in Massachusetts closed for the pandemic (I definitely wanted to own it and like long books but 688 pages would have lasted some readers through the entire pandemic!). I always hoped to meet Ms. Penman and am sorry not to have had the chance.
