WLW
is a recurring blog segment in which I highlight a book I have on my
wish list. Sometimes it's a new release, sometimes a beloved classic,
and sometimes it's a hidden gem.
It
would seem stories involving the circus are in vogue lately. Maybe
they've always been and I just haven't noticed. A couple books I saw
get mentioned again and again last year were Erin Morgenstern's The
Night Circus and Mechanique by
Genevieve Valentine.
I
actually have both books on my wish list, but I just wanted to
highlight Mechanique
because, well, it's got
robots. Sort of. See, I have three loves: monsters, ghosts, and
robots. So, if a book has any one of those three things, chances are
I'm gonna wanna read it. In this case, a troupe of mechanical
performers travel a war-torn world entertaining the masses until
they're trapped between both sides of the war, and a more personal
war builds within the troupe's own ranks.
Quite a few of the blogs and
sites I frequent seemed to enjoy it, so I figure I would too. Have
you read it yet? If so, what did you think of it?
Are there any circus-themed
books that you've enjoyed over the years, that you'd recommend?
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