Ok I got a little carried away there with the cooking posts. Let's be honest, I didn't achieve anything breathtaking in my musings on porkchops and cupcakes; but, I now feel confident enough to cook for other people. Since I've found my wings in the kitchen I think I'll let that aspect of my life simmer(see what I did there?!?) and focus on the thing I love most: READING! I know, the potential excitement is killing you prematurely.
There are few books that I absolutely detest(Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, I'm calling you out). Most genres are rather enjoyable and I find myself easily lost in pages detailing; adventure, sorrow, love, mystery, hope, etc. I love reading anything from a graphic novel(Walking Dead) to an autobiography.
As much as I enjoy books, there are only a few in my lifetime that have taken my breath away enough to be counted among my absolute favorites. City of Thieves by David Benioff, Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, The Dragonlance Legends Trilogy by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, and Night by Elie Wiesel are a few of the ones that changed how I looked at the world and altered me in the process. The newest addition to this elite list is a book I read last week: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.
Enchanting is the best one word summarization I can submit. For the first time in my life I was counting the remaining pages and feeling disappointment at their dwindling number. Morgenstern writes in such a beautiful and engaging manner that you find yourself reading certain passages again and again. Within moments she endears each character to you so much that you feel the void of their absence from the page. However, the void is quickly filled with another delightful personality.
Magic really does exist in the world within Le Cirque des Reves and after completing the journey with Celia and Marco you realize that magic exists in our world as well. Chemistry between the two young competitors is palpable bringing to the surface the romantic in everyone. Morgenstern writes with an ebb and flow style that has you on the edge of your seat at moments and serenely sipping on the storyline the next. Any thought of putting the book down and reading it in segments is rendered null and void after a few pages.
If you read anything this year; let it be this book.
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