Thursday, February 4, 2016
"Circus" Addendum
Belated Happy Birthday Nika! Also, surely Chris P. you are enjoying your warm weather. Looking forward to seeing you up north again soon. Enjoy your insightful book reviews!
An Evening at the Circus
Thank you Judy B. for our lovely circus evening! Starting with hot apple cider, popcorn and caramel apples and ending with caramel apple cake, ice cream and the most adorable chocolate mice! (Magical works of art!) Wished it hadn't been snowing so Debbie D. would have been able to join us. We missed you Debbie D., but understand your absence.
"The Night Circus" is an adult fantasy; an unusual story intertwining a competition with an antagonistic romance. Black versus white, dark versus light, good versus evil. The competition involves magic and your perception of reality and of time. The circus is a spectacular production that is unusual yet beautiful, provocative yet elegant. The author conjures wonderful descriptions which take you along on this dreamlike adventure. I'm sure we all would have enjoyed spending a night at Le Cirque des Reves. Several of us did feel that the story could have been edited more so it could have been enjoyed in less time (500 pages!).
When interviews about her book, author Erin Morgenstern said, "I think it's something that I knew already but explored more with these characters, that nothing is a simple as black and white, good or evil. There are all those shades of grey and everyone acts from a place that they see as right and true. (Though they are allowed to change their minds.)"
"The Night Circus" is an adult fantasy; an unusual story intertwining a competition with an antagonistic romance. Black versus white, dark versus light, good versus evil. The competition involves magic and your perception of reality and of time. The circus is a spectacular production that is unusual yet beautiful, provocative yet elegant. The author conjures wonderful descriptions which take you along on this dreamlike adventure. I'm sure we all would have enjoyed spending a night at Le Cirque des Reves. Several of us did feel that the story could have been edited more so it could have been enjoyed in less time (500 pages!).
When interviews about her book, author Erin Morgenstern said, "I think it's something that I knew already but explored more with these characters, that nothing is a simple as black and white, good or evil. There are all those shades of grey and everyone acts from a place that they see as right and true. (Though they are allowed to change their minds.)"
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
"What Claudia Forgot" to do
Thank you Chris M. for reminding me that I hadn't posted the results from our January meeting at Esther's home where we reviewed "What Alice Forgot" by Liann Moriarty. Dinner was wonderful, of course, featuring a delicious beef broth tomato soup. Esther did not attempt the world's largest lemon meringue pie (as the characters of our book had done), for which we are all grateful (so soon after the holidays!).
This book dealt with memories and what can trigger a memory. It also touched on how we perceive our lives - wonderful, exciting, disappointing, happy, sad, lonely. Good memories versus bad memories. About how we can "twist the lens" on our lives and see things from different perspectives, and be wiser and more sensible about our views and expectations. It was a light read which was nice after the holidays and our previous selection. An interesting story which gives you the chance to stop and ponder if you would like to go back in time and change things you did, and how your views and expectations of life have changed as you got older. Would you change anything, or keep the course?
This book dealt with memories and what can trigger a memory. It also touched on how we perceive our lives - wonderful, exciting, disappointing, happy, sad, lonely. Good memories versus bad memories. About how we can "twist the lens" on our lives and see things from different perspectives, and be wiser and more sensible about our views and expectations. It was a light read which was nice after the holidays and our previous selection. An interesting story which gives you the chance to stop and ponder if you would like to go back in time and change things you did, and how your views and expectations of life have changed as you got older. Would you change anything, or keep the course?
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