Photo:  Gabrielle Boiselle

I am deep in a book. I read the review in last week’s Sunday  New York Times, and immediately dove in.  It is The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater.  It is a taut, breathtaking gallop of a book about the capaill uisce (water horses) – beautiful, ferocious creatures that live in the sea and rise out of it to attack whatever roams too near the water.  

“These are not ordinary horses. Drape them with charms, hide them from the sea, but today, on the beach:  Do not turn your back.

Some of the horses have lathered.  Froth drips down their lips and chests, looking like sea foam, hiding the teeth that will tear into men later.”

I am halfway through, so this will be short.

I give The Scorpio Races a 10 out of 10!

What are you reading?