30 Days of Books! Day Twenty Four.
Day 24 - A book that you wish more people would’ve read
I don't often read books that a lot of people haven't read, mostly because I take suggestions from people in my book groups, and we already have similar tastes. But sometimes I do come across the rare book that hasn't been overly discovered yet, and it's like having a best kept secret. And I like to share secrets.
I wish more people would read The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. It's fairly new, having only been released in September, but it doesn't have a fanbase that will propel it up the charts like a lot of the books I read. And you know, I kind of like it that way. This book is gorgeous. It's filled with entwining stories that tell a tale that's absolutely beautiful and I didn't want it to end. A couple of people I've recc'd it to didn't like that the focal point kept shifting (think Time Traveler's Wife). You have to pay attention when reading this, for sure. I think that's part of it's charm. But the people who did like this book - they loved it. I guess we're true Revoirs.
From GoodReads: The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.
But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway-a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love-a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.
True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.
Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.
I don't often read books that a lot of people haven't read, mostly because I take suggestions from people in my book groups, and we already have similar tastes. But sometimes I do come across the rare book that hasn't been overly discovered yet, and it's like having a best kept secret. And I like to share secrets.
I wish more people would read The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. It's fairly new, having only been released in September, but it doesn't have a fanbase that will propel it up the charts like a lot of the books I read. And you know, I kind of like it that way. This book is gorgeous. It's filled with entwining stories that tell a tale that's absolutely beautiful and I didn't want it to end. A couple of people I've recc'd it to didn't like that the focal point kept shifting (think Time Traveler's Wife). You have to pay attention when reading this, for sure. I think that's part of it's charm. But the people who did like this book - they loved it. I guess we're true Revoirs.
From GoodReads: The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.
But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway-a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love-a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.
True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.
Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.