Hooked.

I can’t put down this book.

I won’t lie – I fall in love with almost every book I read, but I’m really, really in love with Water for Elephants. 

Here’s a brief synopsis:

Set during the Great Depression, Water for Elephants tells the story of a young man who leaves his life as a Cornell University veterinary student after losing both his parents in a car accident, and jumps onto a train that happens to house the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth.  After a short confrontation with Blackie, a bouncer that stops stowaways, and Camel (a limp old worker) promising him a job and an audience with Uncle Al (The Ringmaster) Jacob decides to stay aboard the train.  Since his parents have died in an automobile accident, and he has not a home to call his own, he decides to remain with the circus.  Jacob is employed as the show’s veterinarian and he faces a number of challenges in dealing with the head trainer, August, while also learning how to function in the hierarchy of the circus and falling in love with August’s wife, Marlena.  The story is told as a series of memories by Jacob Jankowski, either a ninety or ninety-three year-old man who lives in a nursing home.  (www.wikipedia.com)

After spending the past year reading mostly about vampires, Water for Elephants has been refreshing and has me completely hooked.  Check it out.

xx, L