Hilary Mantel, Vacant Possession

Hilary Mantel, Vacant Possession. A social thriller in contemporary Britain. Not a gigantic feast like the Cromwell books, but Mantel can really write. A little too creepy for me, but I am terrible with anything scary.

Annie Dillard, The Living

Annie Dillard, The Living. An interesting, rambling novel about several families of settlers and Native Americans  in the Pacific Northwest. Not as precious as some Dillard, but not as lovely as Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.