Wk5: Water for Elephants

Water for Elephants is a great book.  I meet an Australian school teacher that recommended this book while we were in Vietnam and I'm glad he did because this became an instant classic for me and I will keep it to be reread.  The chapters flew-by as the story was so engrossing and left me wanting more.  Because the story goes back and forth between an old man recanting his youth and his present day, I was afraid that this book was going to go Nicholas Sparks The Notebook on me and end with a sappy, touchy-feely, love story.  While there is a romance in the main characters history, it ends well and the book stays upbeat and triumphant.  I've never been to a circus, that I remember, and I may have to see what all the hub-bub is about now.  The story was great, the characters kept me enthralled, and the experience left me wanting more rather than hoping it would end.  A great read.