Auto-Buy Authors

As you've no doubt gathered, this is a post about the so-called auto-buy authors - though for me, I guess they're more of auto-borrow-from-the-library-as-soon-as-possible authors. For those of you who haven't heard of this term, an auto-buy author refers to those authors whose books you will buy/borrow instantly, no questions asked.

I have a rather short list of true auto-buy authors, those whose books compel me so much that I would fight my way through seven feet of steel to get to them. The number one on my list is John Green, whose books and vlogs (with his awesome brother, Hank) I adore.

The other two are Markus Zusak and Erin Morgenstern (although she's only written one book. I'm pretty sure the reasons are self-explanatory!

Who are your auto-buy authors?

The Night Circus: Review

Title: The Night Circus

Author: Erin Morgenstern

Release Date: September 2011

Published By: Doubleday

Pages: 387

Goodreads Rating: 4.35 stars

Review: THE NIGHT CIRCUS is the sort of book where I don't feel equipped to write a synopsis for because there's no way I can do it justice. I don't even feel like I can write a review that does this book justice, but since the publicist was kind enough to send a review copy my way, I will, of course, give it my best shot. If you really wish to know what this book is about, I suggest the Goodreads synopsis as it does a much better job at summing up this wonderful book than I could.

"Wonderful" does not really cover this book. I don't think any adjectives can cover it, but if I had to try, I would say that this is intricate and mesmerizing and beautiful and dark and lovely and fantastic and enchanting and sad and wonderful all at once. It's the kind of book you'd want to stay up late into the night and read, but even if you read it in the daylight, it's okay because Erin Morgenstern writes the sort of beautiful prose that transports you to wherever you need to go.

I must note that this isn't the right book for you if you love fast-paced plots that take a clear path with a definitive beginning, middle, and end. THE NIGHT CIRCUS is a meandering story but in a way that will keep you glued to the pages. It's about magic, and circuses, and death, and life, but really, more than anything, this is a love story, plain and simple. And at the same time, this novel is so complicated in the best of ways.

This is the type of book where I want to go and scream at people from the rooftops to read it, so consider this review my rooftop screams. Just twenty pages into this book, I knew it would become my favorite ever, and it has. Erin Morgenstern wove the loveliest, most enchanting of tales, and I strongly, strongly encourage you to pick up a copy of THE NIGHT CIRCUS so you can become as captivated.


I received a free copy of this book for review. This in no way affected my review.

Waiting on Wednesday (8)

This week, I'm waiting for...

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. As soon as I saw the title and the cover, I knew I wanted this, but the summary cemented it all. Here's what Goodreads has to say: The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.

But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.

True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus per­formers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.

How absolutely amazing does that sound? I don't even know if this is YA or not, but I don't care - I'm definitely going to read it either way. So what do you think? Have you heard about this book? Do you want to read it?