The Night Circus

It's been a while hasn't it? Nothing overly thrilling has been happening in the last little while so I didn't really feel the need to type up anything. I've seen a few movies, nothing spectacular, and life has been relatively average. There haven't been any books that have overly caught my attention as of late sadly and I've been going back and forth between books I've read before now, I had, for a brief while, settled upon rereading The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss but then I managed to get a little extra cash this week and finally bought a copy of Erin Morgenstern's debut novel The Night Circus.

This book came out a few months back and it has taken me quite some time to finally pick up a copy but, with today being the first day I've started reading it, I am VERY glad that I did. Everyone that has read it at work has been raving about it and so I am now going to start raving even though I am only about 50 pages in. I'll save a proper review for when I am done it but here is the synopsis from the inside flap of the novel:

"The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it, no paper notices plastered on lampposts and billboards. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.

"Within these nocturnal black-and-white-striped tents awaits an utterly unique experience, a feast for the senses, where one can get lost in a maze of clouds, meander through a lush garden made of ice, stare in wonderment as the tattooed contortionist folds herself into a small glass box, and become deliciously tipsy from the scents of caramel and cinnamon that waft through the air.

"Welcome to Le Cirque des Reves

"Beyond the smoke and mirrors, however, a fierce competition is under way - a contest between two young illusionists, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood to compete in a 'game' to which they have been irrevocably bound by their mercurial masters. Unbeknownst to the players, 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.

"As the circus travels around the world, the feats of magic gain fantastical new heights with every stop. The game is well under way and the lives of all those involved -- the eccentric circus owner, the elusive contortionist, the mystical fortune-teller, and a pair of red-headed twins born backstage among them -- are swpt up in a wake of spells and charms.

"But when Celia discovers that Marco is her adversary they begin to think of the game not as a competition but as a wonderful collaboration. With no knowledge of how the game must end, they innocently tumble headfirst into love. A deep, passionate, and magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.

"Their masters still pull the strings, however, and this unforeseen occurrence forces them to intervene -- with dangerous consequences, leaving the lives of everyone from the performers to the patrons hanging in the balance.

"Both playful and seductive, The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern's Spell-casting debut, is a mesmerizing love story for all ages."

Little long winded but a fantastic description of a book that I cannont wait to dive even deeper into.

As I said earlier no movies that I have gone to have been super memorable so I will leave it at that and definitely give a review of which ever movie I happen to see next.

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