Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a huge Robert Pattinson fan! And after reading the novel by Sara Gruen I am just a little excited to see the movie! So who else is excited for this movie????? It’s not to much longer to wait. Water for Elephants will be released here in Australia on May 12!
Title: Water For Elephants
Author: Sara Gruen
Age Group: Adult
Release Date: October 2010
Publishers: Allen and Unwin (Aus)
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Book Description: This is a great, glorious, big-hearted novel set in a travelling circus touring the backblocks of America during the Great Depression of the early 1930s. It’s a story of love and hate, trains and circuses, dwarves and fat ladies, horses and elephants – or to be more specific, one elephant, Rosie, star of Benzini Bros Most Spectacular Show on Earth…
When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, swindlers and misfits in a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression.
A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that Jacob meets Marlena, the beautiful equestrienne who is married to August, a charismatic but violently unpredictable animal trainer. Jacob also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems unmanageable until he discovers an unusual way to reach her.
Water for Elephants is a story that has it all – warmth, humour, poignancy and passion. It has an energy and spirit like the feeling under a big top when the show is about to begin. It is a novel that will win your heart.
My Thoughts: Water for Elephants is amongst my all time favourite books. It’s the kind of book that I could easily read over and over again. The funny thing is it isn’t the type of book I would normally consider picking up. I was introduced to it when I first found out that Robert Pattinson was going to be playing the lead character in the movie adaptation, so I went out and got myself a copy. I loved it the first time I read it and loved it more the second time. Sara’s telling of the story had me captivated from the very beginning. The imagery leap from the page and I could easily picture Jacob’s world and the world of the Benzini Brother’s Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Read the rest of this entry
Happy IMM Day fellow book lovers!
I didn’t get anything in my mailbox this week but I did do a little shopping and picked up a few books, here’s what I got:
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
As a young man, Jacob Jankowski was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. It was the early part of the great Depression, and for Jacob, now ninety, the circus world he remembers was both his salvation and a living hell. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It was there that he met Marlena, the beautiful equestrian star married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. And he met Rosie, an untrainable elephant who was the great gray hope for this third-rate traveling show. The bond that grew among this unlikely trio was one of love and trust, and, ultimately, it was their only hope for survival.
Elena Michaels is the world’s only female werewolf. And she’s tired of it. Tired of a life spent hiding and protecting, a life where her most important job is hunting down rogue werewolves. Tired of a world that not only accepts the worst in her–her temper, her violence–but requires it. Worst of all, she realizes she’s growing content with that life, with being that person.
So she left the Pack and returned to Toronto where she’s trying to live as a human. When the Pack leader calls asking for her help fighting a sudden uprising, she only agrees because she owes him. Once this is over, she’ll be squared with the Pack and free to live life as a human. Which is what she wants. Really.
Pretty girls in pretty dresses, partying until dawn.
Irresistible boys with mischievous smiles and dangerous intentions.
White lies, dark secrets, and scandalous hookups.
This is Manhattan, 1899.
Beautiful sisters Elizabeth and Diana Holland rule Manhattan’s social scene. Or so it appears. When the girls discover their status among New York City’s elite is far from secure, suddenly everyone—from the backstabbing socialite Penelope Hayes, to the debonair bachelor Henry Schoonmaker, to the spiteful maid Lina Broud—threatens Elizabeth’s and Diana’s golden future.
With the fate of the Hollands resting on her shoulders, Elizabeth must choose between family duty and true love. But when her carriage overturns near the East River, the girl whose glittering life lit up the city’s gossip pages is swallowed by the rough current. As all of New York grieves, some begin to wonder whether life at the top proved too much for this ethereal beauty, or if, perhaps, someone wanted to see Manhattan’s most celebrated daughter disappear…
In a world of luxury and deception, where appearance matters above everything and breaking the social code means running the risk of being ostracized forever, five teenagers lead dangerously scandalous lives. This thrilling trip to the age of innocence is anything but innocent.
What did you get in your mailbox this week?
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If you are a Robert Pattinson fan, then you have been eagerly awaiting this teaser trailer!
The movie staring Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz is based on Sara Gruen’s novel of the same name and is due for release in April 2011.
I have read Water for Elephants and really enjoyed it! I wonder if it had anything to do with the fact that I was imagining Rob Pattinson as Jacob Jankowski???
Book Description: As a young man, Jacob Jankowski was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. It was the early part of the great Depression, and for Jacob, now ninety, the circus world he remembers was both his salvation and a living hell. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It was there that he met Marlena, the beautiful equestrian star married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. And he met Rosie, an untrainable elephant who was the great gray hope for this third-rate traveling show. The bond that grew among this unlikely trio was one of love and trust, and, ultimately, it was their only hope for survival.
Grab yourself a copy and read it before the movie comes out!
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