Title: The Night Circus
Author: Erin Morgenstern
Did I like it: It floored me. Exquisite book.
Should you read it: I wish I could say just yes but it has elements of fantasy. Please do try it though!
Synopsis: A game between the students of two enchanters takes place in a romantic and dream-like circus
Sure I didn't quite finish this in 2011, but I'm going to call it as being close enough. Its quite late now so I'll put more details here later, but in short, this book was amazing. It was devastating, mind boggling, beautiful, painful and wonderful... all at once. Probably one of the best books of the year. More about this later. You should read it though.
And now, for the final tally:
I read 44 books this year. Some weeks and months I read many more or many less than others, but overall this averages out to slightly more than 4/5 of a book per week.
What comes next? Well I'm going to embark on my almost-annual Ender's Game Journey, and after that I'll keep reading. I think I'll put short updates on this blog, mostly because its been really nice to look back on what I've read and see what I thought, but also to continue to build a resource for people who are looking for reccomendations. I plan on going back through all the posts and re-tagging them based on what type of reader I think would like that book.
Its been a great year for me, literarily and otherwise. I have great hopes that 2012 will be even better. Happy new year!
