Book Review: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

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BOOK review

Started on: 25.June.2014
Finished on: 4.July.2014

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Title : The Night Circus

Author : Erin Morgenstern

Publisher : Vintage
Pages : 490 Pages
Year of Publication : 2012

Price : $ 10.76 (www.bookdepository.com/)

Rating: 4/5
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“You think, as you walk away from Le Cirque des Rêves and into the creeping dawn, that you felt more awake within the confines of the circus.
You are no longer quite certain which side of the fence is the dream.”

Le Cirque des Rêves, The Circus of Dreams, is different than any others - an extraordinary circus that constantly moves from one place to another; it might appear one day, and leave without notice. It opens at nightfall and closes at dawn; the attractions inside the circus are so exceptional - which intrigues a lot of people and even gained a group of devoted fans who call themselves rêveurs - dreamers. People believe that the illusionist who can transforms a jacket into a raven and the fortune teller who reads the future are just skillful tricks. However, there's a whole lot of things happening behind the circus and everything magical in it is not merely a trick.

Book Review: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

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BOOK review
Started on: 22.August.2012
Finished on: 26.August.2012

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Title : The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Author : Mark Haddon
Publisher : Vintage Classics
Pages : 272 Pages
Year of Publication : 2012
Price : $10.17 (http://www.amazon.com/)

Rating: 5/5
I also included a trailer for the National Theatre production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time below :)
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"Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the patterns away.

I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all you time thinking about them."

Christopher John Francis Boone, a fifteen year old boy with Asperger's Syndrome. He loves mathematics; he knows every prime number up to 7507 and he could count power of 2s up until 25 which is 33,554,432. Christopher is very good in memorizing things with exact details - he know all the countries of the world and their capital cities; but he hates the colors yellow and brown, hates being touched by strangers; and he cannot tell lies. He live with his Father, and all he knew was that Mother died because of a heart attack.

"Mr Jeavons said that I liked maths because it was safe. He said I liked maths because it meant solving problems, and these problems were difficult and interesting, but there was always a straightforward answer at the end. And what he meant was that maths wasn't like life because in life there are no straightforward answers at the end."