Water for Elephants (↑)

I've finished another book. This one was Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. I had already watched the movie back in May, which is strange for me considering that I usually read the book before watching the movie. I had the opportunity to watch it for free, so instead, I decided to watch it, and then read the book when I had the time. Anyway, I REALLY enjoyed this book. The movie followed it exactly except for a few little spots (but that is true for almost all books-into-movies, isn't it?). It really made me feel like I was back in that era at the show. I did however get a little confused and frustrated trying to remember all the character names, as well as trying to imagine what they circus looked like, but that's not the author's fault, but rather my own. I have to say though, I really really enjoyed this book, and would definitely recommend it to others.

This book follows Jacob Jankowski who lost everything when he found out his parents were killed in an automobile accident, at that time it was the Depression, and not having any other option, he hopped a train which happened to be a circus train, and joined the circus as a vet.  It followed his 3.5 month stay with them until a tragic incident occurs and sets him and his love Marlena free to continue their life. This book switches from Jacob's 20-something year old narrative to him as a ninety-three year old complaining of being forgotten about, and of course other things old men like to complain about.

Anyway, this was an excellent book, and although the print was tiny, I was still able to read it rather quickly, and I'm sure others could also. The next book I'll be reading is The Help (I want to see the movie, so I'm going to read the book first!). So until then, Happy Reading!