Thursday, May 31, 2012  Literary Bite: Night Circus  It took a
while for me to get into Night Circus, but then I accidentally
Metro'ed all the way to Silver Spring last weekend because I was
so into the story I missed my stop! Which means a) the book is
good, b) I am a space cadet, or c) both a and b.  The story is
about magic, but it’s not fantasy, and it’s realistic(ish), but
it’s not magical realism. Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern is
exactly the kind of book that I usually like. It’s centered
around The Cirque des Rêves (literally “Dream Circus”) that
takes place at night and is famous for wild magical acts and
laws-of-nature-defying tents. I think Morgenstern did a great
job of grounding her fantasy in fact. The book was just magical
enough to be fun and fascinating with a minor suspension of
disbelief, but not soooo much that it lost me (as happens when I
read magical realism - Rushdie I'm looking at you).  The main
characters are Marco and Celia, two young magicians who have
been groomed to participat