Before I get back to the Wheel of Time I want to read more short books. I considered several options just now - I have a huge backlog of Kindle books, many ones that I wanted that had plunged dramatically in price so I snapped them up for later. I have settled on the Penguin Classics edition of Alexandre Dumas's The Black Tulip, set in 17th century Holland at the time of "Tulipmania". It's a short read but looks fun, and I've greatly enjoyed other books by him in modern translations. Here's what the book cover looks like.