Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Teaser Tuesday: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, 
hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm.

The Night Circus 
by Erin Morgenstern
Published: September 13, 2011

This is a great October read! I am completely enchanted by it. 'The Night Circus' is unlike anything I've ever read before.

Teaser from page 72:

"She is radiant. For a moment, while they look at each other, he cannot remember what he is meant to be doing, or why she is handing him a piece of paper with the number twenty-three written on it in his own handwriting."

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 Reves," 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. Unbeknownst to them, 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. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.

True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.


5 comments:

  1. Nice! I remember hearing a lot about this book when it first released! Hope you're enjoying it!

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  2. Looks like this a popular book this week. Maybe I need to check it out. :-)

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  3. Such a great book! I read it earlier in the year - couldn't wait until October, lol.
    Mine this week, the last of Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse series at http://wp.me/pZnGI-pU

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  4. I've been curious about this one...

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  5. I've been curious about this one...

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