I know I have a copy of Night Circus, but it was not with the books that I unpacked. I really should finish reading it when I figure out where it is.
Angel: Eve. So, I guess we should, I don't know, talk? Eve: About what? Angel: About what happened back there with us. Eve: Angel, it's not like this is the first time I've had sex under a mystical influence. I went to U.C. Santa Cruz.
'Life of the Party'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
sj - May 11, 2012 4:43:10 am PDT #18673 of 28326
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
sumi - May 11, 2012 5:33:22 am PDT #18674 of 28326
Art Crawl!!!
I think that when I read A Feast for Crows there were many, many people on the waiting list for that one. More than twenty. (This was a while ago.)
Atropa - May 11, 2012 8:45:54 am PDT #18675 of 28326
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I also love the idea that one form believes thatmagic is teachable and anyone can learn it and the other believes that you must have divine talent.
I know what side of the argument I side with ( it's teachable ), but I understand the point for the other view.
I have to remember to send an email to the bailey @ nightcircus address and see what, if any, response I get. And I desperately want one of the silver tickets to the circus. I'd wear it as a necklace.
Atropa - May 11, 2012 8:51:13 am PDT #18676 of 28326
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Ha! I just sent the email to the bailey @ nightcircus address, and this was the response: Thank you for your interest in Le Cirque des Rêves! If you are inquiring as to the itinerary of the circus, we apologize, but it is against our policy to disclose information about current or upcoming locations.
Other inquiries will be responded to in as timely a manner as possible.
I find that utterly charming. And yes, THAT is the circus I want to run away with.
Kat - May 11, 2012 11:03:51 am PDT #18677 of 28326
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Completely charming! The whole book is quite fabulous. The most compelling read I've read this month. Or at least one of them.
Liese S. - May 11, 2012 2:16:23 pm PDT #18678 of 28326
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I just got Night Circus from freelibrary on my Nook! Guess that'll be next up!
Kat - May 11, 2012 5:11:22 pm PDT #18679 of 28326
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Ooooh, Liese! I hope you enjoy it.
DawnK - May 11, 2012 10:39:10 pm PDT #18680 of 28326
giraffe mode
Ohhh Liese, I hope you like it. The Night Circus is absolutely wonderful. It's on my Nook shelf labeled "best books ever" alongside Good Omens. I loved it!
Liese S. - May 14, 2012 6:28:26 am PDT #18681 of 28326
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Ok so I finished Night Circus At about 2 last night. (And left for work at 6, but whatevs) It was truly fabulous. I love its worldbuilding and want to have little drabble world babies with it where I make other tents. Totally agree about the magic as teachable bit which I do as a vocal teacher. It can be easier or harder based on your propensities, but I teach anybody.
I loved the ending and found it satisfying in an epic mythical sort of way.
I need to read it again immediately, but more slowly.
Kat - May 14, 2012 4:35:42 pm PDT #18682 of 28326
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Aw, Liese, that was so very much my response. Except I had another book in the wings.
One of the things I like so much about this book is how the resolution really satisfied -- both the romantic sense, but also how it just all fits.
I totally think everyone should create new tents.
I was discussing it with Grace's nurse and we were talking about it in relation to Time Traveller's Wife. They both have this sort of acceptance of the mystical as possible. But where TTW totally fucks up the ending and really, how hard would it have been to have the husband travel into the future when the wife would have been 80 so she would see him before she was also going to die? Night Circus allows the reader such a sense of satisfaction.