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My current bedtime reading; started last night and pretty excited to keep reading!

Have finished Toast by Nigel Slater which was wonderful but also heartbreaking so it was an emotionally rough read. There‘s so much warmth in his food writing; his cookbooks feel like they‘re written by a supportive elder relative cheering you on in the kitchen.

It does also feel good to be reducing my piles (yes, piles, sigh!) of unread books.

The dreamy, disjointed story didn't draw me in.

There are a number of books that I regularly recommend so hard to know which one I recommend the most, but this one will be right up there.

Simply love The Night Circus.

#EasterOMC @LadyKatrina @Clwojick

I'm turning my copy of Night Circus into an art project. I even got a mini thermal printer to add pictures throughout to go with my annotations and notes.

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I don‘t understand how so many people liked this book im almost finished and not a god damn thing has happened and i honestly don‘t even care about the characters. Who likes this trash and why?

Riveting tale with very interesting characters! Loved the narrator!🎧

Love the repeated callbacks to Bailey‘s early indignation that only girls get rescued from their mundane lives in stories.

It‘s been a rotten week, y‘all. Trying to enjoy something while exhausted by a pet health crisis and the general state of the world. What‘s your Friday night got going for it?

I collect tarot card decks and haven‘t added to my collections lately. Yesterday I bought two new decks: Nightmare Before Christmas and Phantomwise. The Phantomwise deck was developed by Erin Morgenstern and partially based on The Night Circus.

Loving the found family elements in particular this time around. 🫶🏼

One of my favorite books of all time! There‘s no one better to #EscapeToANewWorld with than Erin Morganstern 🖤💙🖤#MarchMagic @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

SHE PUBLISHED THE DECK, AND I FOUND IT ACCIDENTALLY. Returning to the night circus, on audio this time, to celebrate.

My original hardcover, Easton press signed edition, sprayed edges paperback and The Waterstones exclusive edition of The Night Circus 🎪🖤🤍❤️

#SpecialEdition 🖤🤍❤️ #MarchMagic 💚💰🌈🍀

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Literally magical.

~9 February 2023~

"The finest of pleasures are always Unexpected ones"

#februaryreads #secondbook2023 #fantasy

IMAGE: A paperback copy showing the front cover of The Night Circus being held..A white and grey stripe quilt in the background..

introduced to me by my sister and it was absolutely spectacular.

What do you think the rest of the pillow says?

Thanks for the Chanukah gift @LaurLaurN18
#reread #chanukah #gifts

I'm personally confused about why this book is so loved, it's nothing like the summary on the back and I was disappointed. The concept and characters are cool, but I was expecting something more epic.

This book has everything. Lovers! Twins! A contortionist, jerky mentors, a contest of wits will and power! Spooooky ghosts! Late night dinners! World travel! Points of view which while interesting, make no sense until the end when things come together!

I enjoyed this quite a lot, would recommend.

I just finished this custom leather cover for The Night Circus for one of our customers! I'm really pleased with how this one turned out, it was really fun to work on. 🥰

#Studio42Books

Do I need a tarot deck?
No.
Am I gonna start telling fortunes 🔮?
No.
Do I want a tarot deck Erin Morgenstern developed while writing The Night Circus 🎪?
Hell, yeah, I do!
This is a work of art ♥️
Check out the Phantomwise Tarot. It‘s gorgeous 🤩

Erin Morgenstern's tarot deck has arrived!
🎪 🖤 ❤️ 🤍 🎪 🖤 ❤️ 🤍 🎪 🖤 ❤️ 🤍 🎪

Haven't done a #ManicMonday in awhile (and of course I'm a day late!)
#LetterN @CBee

📘The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, naturally!
💻Laurie Notaro
🎬 Nikita
📺 Night Court
🎸 Heather Nova
🎶 New York by Snow Patrol

📚 Tagged, Night, Northanger Abbey
🖋 Naomi Novak
📺 Night Court, Northern Exposure
🎤 Neil Young, Norah Jones
🎶 Nothing Compares 2 U (Sinead O‘Connor) Nothing Else Matters (Apocalyptica) November Rain (Guns & Roses) Need You Tonight (INXS) Nightshift (Bruce Springsteen)

Want to play @Gissy @Arvena @BarkingMadRead

This was such an amazing book. The writing and the characters *dies of joy*
The only thing I didn‘t like was that the romance took a total of 2 chapters and than Kapoof! Never to be seen again.

4⭐️

This was my fourth attempt and I pushed through this time by speeding up the audiobook. It was okay, but for some reason, I just wasn't charmed in the way I think I was supposed to be. I was bored and it never felt like the love story had any tension or build up, it just...was. I flat out hated Water for Elephants, so maybe I have a circus aversion?

This book looks “Enchanting” and was added to my list. #Scarathon #TeamSlaughter @Clwojick #OminousOctober prompt @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#Enchanting #OminousOctober 🖤🤍❤️

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#ScarathlonDailyPrompts #Day6 #Night What embodies this prompt more than a circus that arrives at midnight and leaves at dawn? This is probably the book I recommend the most when people ask what‘s a really good read. It‘s well written, the story is wonderful, the characters amazing & the setting is lush. What more can you want? #Scarathlon #TeamSlaughter 6pts

#Scarathlon2022 #ScarathlonDailyPrompt
@StayCurious
#Night

One of my favorites! #Night #Scarathlon2022 #ScarathlonDailyPrompt #TeamMonsterMash @StayCurious @Clwojick

Lovely book about a magical circus and the people who fall in love with it (and each other 😍)

#scarathlon2022 #scarathlondailyprompts #teamslaughter @Clwojick

My TBR pile has become a literal pile and I can't stand it. I'm going to see if #BookSpin can help me clear away the gigantic pile of books on my bedroom floor. Fingers crossed!

@TheAromaofBooks

This is a hard one to narrow down! These are the 3 that come to mind right now-

🎪The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
⏳The Wheel Of Time series - Robert Jordan
🌄Dune - Frank Herbert

#LittensWantToKnow

My #bookspin list for September! I don‘t think I can go wrong with any of these picks. 😀

Definitely the tagged book! And Daughter Of Smoke & Bone. Any of Kate Morton‘s books. Oh, and the Anita Blake series. Before it turned into soft porn anyway🫣

#LittensWantToKnow

Perhaps a controversial opinion but I didn‘t love this even though by all means I should have.

Lyrical writing - ❤️
Circus - I was in the circus as an aerialist 🎪
Adventure - ❤️
Magic - 🪄 🙌🏻

But still something felt lacking to me. I guessed the twists and turns early on and couldn‘t wait for it to be over. I borrowed it from a friend so I have to give it back soon.

Maybe if I meditate on it I‘ll change my review but for now ⭐️⭐️⭐️.

Okay, I‘m adding this one not because it‘s my favorite but because it‘s so memorable. The Night Circus is one of those books that is so unique you wish you could read it again for the first time. #AlphabetGame #LetterN

I 💜💜💜 the tagged book with my whole heart. But this one is a more important read that I am so glad to have read Night by Ellie Wiesel

#AlphabetGame #letterN

This is one of those rare books that totally captivate & enchant you from page one. It‘s a beautifully crafted, beautifully written magical whimsical love story that has the lot, including a circus of wonders that appears & disappears in the night. With a backstory of a magical wager & a doomed love, it‘s just perfection.

Reading on the train!

I was expecting to love this but it‘s been a bit slow going so far (I‘m 150 pages in). Does it speed up at all?

Oh goodness, how to say how much I enjoyed this book. Magic, love, whimsy, and excitement wrapped in black, white, and blood red. If you're intrigued, you should just read it. I also highly suggest listening to it narrated by Jim Dale (also who narrated Harry Potter)

Been trying to start this one for a few days and keep getting distracted! Hopefully I‘ll do better today.

Attention Tarot friends! Erin Morgenstern recently announced that her Night Circus themed deck is being released in the US this November! You can preorder and view some of the imagery on her website... check it out! Thought I'd pass this along here to all my fellow #witchesoflitsy 😊

This is a must read!! From the first sentence, it was a thrilling ride. I will carry a piece of this story with me everywhere I go. I consider myself henceforth, a rêveur.