Inspired by I Want To Read That and Not Enough Bookshelves as well as my own love of pretty book covers, Books and Sensibility presents Cover Wars : US vs The World.
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Jess
Meeting Night Circus Author Erin Morgensten
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| Erin Morgenstern author of The Night Circus |
We have been excited about attending this event at Politics & Prose ,after finding out about it online a few months ago.
We wanted to be sure to get front row seats and a parking space ,so we arrived two hours early.
It’s a good thing Modern Time Coffeehouse, a charming coffee shop, is in the basement of the store. We had some hot chocolate and lemon macaroons while the booksellers set up for the event.
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Support Your Book Blogging Habit, Without Breaking The Bank
Let’s face it, for some of us book bloggers adding a a new book to our collection is an addiction. And no matter how big our TBR pile is, we are not going to stop scouring the shelves. When adding to your personal library, here are a few tips to consider. . . you know so you can buy extra tea and bookmarks.
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Give Thanks For Good Books : Jess Edition
I imagine a lot of people are saying this, but the book I’m most thankful for is Harry Potter. I remember being in the 5th grade at the school book fair, sitting on the floor of the gym as the librarian gave some book recommendations. The last books she showed was a case of Harry Potter books. I wasn’t interested because it was about a boy and it was a little pricey.
Somehow, I decided to take a risk and bought it, then returned it because my mom thought it was “evil”. I later got it from the library and started reading it. I had no idea the phenomenon or the impact Harry Potter would have on the world. Or that 2 years later that my mom would be the one dragging me to the HP movies and ten years later calling to asking which scarf she should buy from The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
Harry Potter changed the way I read books. I realized that authors could do more than just tell stories, they could create a world that readers could imagine and grow in. The Prisoner of Azkaban blew my mind with its Chekov’s guns, twist ending and vivid writing, I felt like I was in the shrieking shack.
In reality, I’m thankful for all books, they have a funny way of taking us out of the moment and putting us in fantastical places.
Honorable Mentions
The Babysitters Club
The Box Car Children
In My Mailbox Vol. 7
Books and Sensibility is taking part in the In My Mailbox meme started by The Story Siren. Each week bloggers post books that have arrived in their mailbox, picked up from the bookstore, or purchased. Here are some books we are getting ready to read.
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Book Review : The Night Circus
“The truest tales require time and familiarity to become what they are.”
– Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus
Synopsis : 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.
I figured The Night Circus would be a good read following Water For Elephants. While Water For Elephants deals with the metaphorical illusions of circus life, The Night Cirus deals with the more fantastical and literal ones
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