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book would be a better suited as a movie than a book. I say this because there are over a dozen characters woven in and out of the plot, some of whom appear out of nowhere and you wonder if you missed something in previous chapters. The book FINALLY gets some action about 75% of the way through, which finally made me decide to finish the damn thing. The imagery is comparable to the movie "What Dreams May Come," which is why I said I think the is better suited to be re-written as a screenplay than a book. From what I've learned from friends and other reviewers, either you love it or you hate it. You'll remember the images, but you'll forget the plot and the characters. It has more holes than Swiss cheese, which isn't saying much. Honestly, save your time for something else and wait for the movie. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss4.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_275964458" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_275964458"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_275964458" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_275964458" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_275964458"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/twistedhausreads" target="_top">twistedhausreads</a> | Nov 27, 2024 | <a href="/review/275964458"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_275854748" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/12049600" data-workid="12049600" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307744434.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307744434.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307744434.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>Sometimes I want chocolate. And sometimes I want the chocolate experience. I'm as guilty as the next person of the occasional vending machine pick-up for when I need those quick fixes. But then there's the slow anticipation. Take last week, for instance. It had been a few days since the last time. As I waited in line for my latte, my eyes happened to linger on a cute little cupcake, dark velvety goodness. Short, stacked, with a swirl of fluffy milk chocolate frosting. I resisted temptation, but the thought of chocolate lingered in my mind, and it was only a day or two before I found myself heading to my favorite chocolatier, craving the bittersweetness of an espresso-infused truffle. The overwhelming rich smell of cocoa as I opened the door. The charming smile of the clerk. The snap as my teeth bit through the dark chocolate coating, and the coffee-flavored richness of the silky ganache coating my tongue.<br><br>[b:The Night Circus|9361589|The Night Circus|Erin Morgenstern|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1387124618l/9361589._SY75_.jpg|14245059] is achingly beautiful. I'll concur with the critics that it might not have much of a plot, but sometimes the point is the storytelling. Morgenstern's writing reminds me of [b:In the Night Garden|202769|In the Night Garden (The Orphan's Tales, #1)|Catherynne M. Valente|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320548374l/202769._SX50_.jpg|196179] in it's deceptively simple storytelling, of [a:Peter S. Beagle|1067608|Peter S. Beagle|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1360970921p2/1067608.jpg]'s melancholic and star-crossed lovers, and of [a:Steven Millhauser|12589|Steven Millhauser|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1243408184p2/12589.jpg]'s love of ornate visual details in a magical environment. It's lyrical and evocative. If you want hair-trigger, gun-slinging action, this is not the book for you. If you look for slow, winding beauty, the walk in the sun-filled garden and the sparkle of sunlight off ice-covered trees, this might be your book.<br><br>Cross posted at <a href="http://clsiewert.wordpress.com/2012/12/21/the-night-circus/" rel="nofollow" target="_top">http://clsiewert.wordpress.com/2012/12/21/the-night-circus/</a> <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss8.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_275854748" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_275854748"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_275854748" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_275854748" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_275854748"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/carol." target="_top">carol.</a> | Nov 25, 2024 | <a href="/review/275854748"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_275421755" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/12049600" data-workid="12049600" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307744434.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307744434.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307744434.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>One of the hottest fiction releases of 2011 was Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus. I read some articles about it last year in The New York Times and Publisher’s Weekly about how it received a huge marketing push, Morgenstern was well compensated for a first book, and the movie rights were already sold to create a huge franchise. “This could be the next Harry Potter!” I was told.<br><br>But it’s not.<br><br>The Night Circus‘s great appeal is in its visual storytelling. Even the book covers of its various editions are impeccable and represent Morgenstern’s talent for striking descriptions. Just about every chapter includes a clear image of either someone’s clothing, a dessert, or the entertainments of the night circus. Some combination of fabric, chocolate, and magical flame will take hold of your imagination, and I am sure these images will make for a grand movie spectacle, as well.<br><br>The magic is also easy to picture: Morgenstern’s magicians use illusions without bringing the reader too far behind the curtain to know how everything works. If a character heals cuts on her fingers with telepathy, then that is all the reader needs to know and Morgenstern is happy to omit any Latin spellcasting or bejeweled wands. I enjoyed letting the magicians wield automatic, mysterious magic. How they use the magic says more about their character than the existence of magic, anyway.<br><br>About halfway through the book, however, I started to lose touch with the cast. Maybe Morgenstern’s narrative jumped forward and backward through time too often. Maybe I’d had enough of the Starbucksian descriptions in which everything involves vanilla, chocolate, ice, cinnamon, clover, or some other fancy coffee ingredient. One thing is for certain: the dry characters had lost their appeal. Even by the time a romance entered the story, neither love interest felt compelling enough to care about. There’s a scene described as, “there was a boisterous mood in the room.” Thanks for the info! And thanks for every character trying to out-dandy everyone else. I loved reading about the Victorian-Romantic manners and outfits (this book could spark its own convention of cosplayers and merchandisers), but after a certain point the book’s world feels like a dinner theater where the murderer is just a member of the audience and nothing is really at stake. Insert joke about corsets.<br><br>A large chunk of the book serves as an epilogue for other characters who were not fleshed out nearly enough for the treatment they were given, unless a sequel revisits everyone. Imagine if Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ended with 70 pages explaining how Neville Longbottom became class president and made up his own business cards.<br><br>But then, that’s the difference between Morgenstern and Rowling. One put us in the head of a boy in a magical world. The other just led a tour of a castle. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss6.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_275421755" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_275421755"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_275421755" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_275421755" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_275421755"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/tmaluck" target="_top">tmaluck</a> | Nov 17, 2024 | <a href="/review/275421755"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_275363772" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/12049600" data-workid="12049600" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307744434.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307744434.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307744434.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>I have to read this again before I write a full review. This was <i>spectacular</i>. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss10.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_275363772" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_275363772"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_275363772" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_275363772" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_275363772"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/EllAreBee" target="_top">EllAreBee</a> | Nov 16, 2024 | <a href="/review/275363772"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_275234164" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/12049600" data-workid="12049600" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307744434.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307744434.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0307744434.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>I've been reading this on and off for a couple of months and taking breaks to read others in between. I think any time that I take a break from a book is not a good sign. It means I got bored. But, I guess I did keep coming back so that makes it worth something.<br><br>The stories were interesting and I did like the idea and concept of the magic and the circus.<br><br>I, however, love character development through a book. I normally want to feel like I understand why someone acts a certain way or makes the choices that they do. This book had quite a few characters but only a few that you really get to know well. I think that was just a distraction for me. I didn't LOVE any of the characters - not because they were not good people or even that they were annoying, but that I didn't feel a connection and was, therefore, a little bored with the story. <br><br>I can see why others would love this though. I think if I'd read this during a lazy summer, I may have slammed the book out in hours and just loved it. Wrong place, wrong time, maybe. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss6.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_275234164" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_275234164"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_275234164" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_275234164" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_275234164"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/Trisha_Thomas" target="_top">Trisha_Thomas</a> | Nov 14, 2024 | <a href="/review/275234164"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class='reviewnav'><div class="right"><strong><a href="#" onclick="loadReviewsIntoContainer('',0,3,3,'wp_reviews',5,'','12049600','',false, null, 'profile');return false;">date<span class="sortArrow"> ▼</span></a></strong> | <a href="#" onclick="loadReviewsIntoContainer('',0,2,3,'wp_reviews',5,'','12049600','',false, null, 'profile'); return false;">votes</a></div>Showing 1-5 of 1277 (<a href="#" onclick="loadReviewsIntoContainer('',5,0,3,'wp_reviews',5,'','12049600','', false, null, 'profile'); return false;">next</a> | <a href="#" onclick="loadReviewsIntoContainer('',0,0,3,'wp_reviews',10000,'','12049600','', false, null, 'profile'); return false;">show all</a>)</div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="workpagesort_53" class="quickedit light flipped"><div class="nav"><div class="sectionhead_rbutcontainer" style="float: right;"><span class="sectionTitleHelp"><span class="sectionTitleHelp"><a href="https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/Published_Reviews" class="blacklink" title="Help"><img style="vertical-align:middle;" class="helpIcon" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/helpq.png" alt="?"></a></span></span></div> <a name="publishedreviews"></a><span class="navInfoTitle"><span class="divotBig" onclick="LibraryThing.work.handleSectionHide(this, 'mediareviews', 'u_5d11ccd4', '0');"><span class="chdivot" style="font-size:9px;vertical-align:bottom;">▼</span></span>Published reviews</span></div><div class="qelcontent" id="u_5d11ccd4" style="display:block;"><div id="mediareviews_container"><div id="mediareviews"><table class="sa_tools" id="u_308d5f95_link"><tr><td id="left">6 reviews</td><td id="center"><a href="#" onclick="LibraryThing.mediareviews.edit({'workid':'12049600'});return false;">add a review</a></td><td id="right"> thingScore <a href="https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/Published_Reviews"><span class="mre_score mre_score_good">79</span></a></td></tr></table><div class="bookReview" mr_id="56277" style="font-size:12px;"><span style="float: right; margin: 5px 0px 5px 6px;"><span id="rate-u_a129bae4" title="9.0 Stars" aria-title="9.0 Stars" class="rating rating-style-2 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><img class="thumb_rating" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/mr-uu.gif" /></span></span><div id="brtext_56277" class="commentText">Morgenstern’s wonderful novel is made all the more enchanting by top-notch narration from the incomparable Jim Dale.</div><div class="commentFooter" style="clear: right;"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="mredit">added by <a href="/profile/rretzler">rretzler</a> | <a title="edit review" href="#" onclick="LibraryThing.mediareviews.edit({'mr_id':'56277', 'workid':'12049600'});return false;">edit</a></span></span><span class="controlItems"><a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780307938909" target="_top" class="nowrap"><span class="nowrap mre_source">Publishers Weekly (starred review)</span></a> <span rawdate="1322456400" class="nowrap">(Nov 28, 2011)</span></span></div><div style="clear:both;height:1px;"> </div></div><div class="bookReview" mr_id="26844" style="font-size:12px;"><span style="float: right; margin: 5px 0px 5px 6px;"><span id="rate-u_a88d6a56" title="7.0 Stars" aria-title="7.0 Stars" class="rating rating-style-2 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><img class="thumb_rating" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/mr-u.gif" /></span></span><div id="brtext_26844" class="commentText">I am a reader who should have hated this novel; yet I found it enchanting, and affecting, too, in spite of its sentimental ending. Morgenstern's patient, lucid construction of her circus – of its creators and performers and followers – makes for a world of illusion more real than that of many a realist fiction. There is a matter-of-factness about the magicians' magic, a consistency about the parameters of the circus world, that succeeds both in itself and as a comment upon the need for and nature of illusion in general. While the novel's occasional philosophical gestures seem glib ("You are no longer quite certain which side of the fence is the dream"), the book enacts its worldview more satisfyingly than could any summary or statement. Rather than forcing its readers to be prisoners in someone else's imagination, Morgenstern's imaginary circus invites readers to join in an exploration of the possible.</div><div class="commentFooter" style="clear: right;"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="mredit">added by <a href="/profile/souloftherose">souloftherose</a> | <a title="edit review" href="#" onclick="LibraryThing.mediareviews.edit({'mr_id':'26844', 'workid':'12049600'});return false;">edit</a></span></span><span class="controlItems"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/sep/23/night-circus-erin-morgenstern-review" target="_top" class="nowrap"><span class="nowrap mre_source">The Guardian</span>, <span class="nowrap">Claire Messud</span></a> <span rawdate="1316750400" class="nowrap">(Sep 23, 2011)</span></span></div><div style="clear:both;height:1px;"> </div></div><div class="bookReview" mr_id="26847" style="font-size:12px;"><span style="float: right; margin: 5px 0px 5px 6px;"><span id="rate-u_b1143cc8" title="7.0 Stars" aria-title="7.0 Stars" class="rating rating-style-2 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><img class="thumb_rating" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/mr-u.gif" /></span></span><div id="brtext_26847" class="commentText">Underneath the icy polish of her prose, Morgenstern well understands what makes The Night Circus tick: that Marco and Celia, whether in competition or in love, are part of a wider world they must engage with but also transcend. It’s a world whose mystique and enigma is hard to shake off, and that invites multiple visits.</div><div class="commentFooter" style="clear: right;"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="mredit">added by <a href="/profile/ncgraham">ncgraham</a> | <a title="edit review" href="#" onclick="LibraryThing.mediareviews.edit({'mr_id':'26847', 'workid':'12049600'});return false;">edit</a></span></span><span class="controlItems"><a href="http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/09/16/book-review-the-night-circus-by-erin-morgenstern/" target="_top" class="nowrap"><span class="nowrap mre_source">The National Post</span>, <span class="nowrap"> Sarah Weinman</span></a> <span rawdate="1316145600" class="nowrap">(Sep 16, 2011)</span></span></div><div style="clear:both;height:1px;"> </div></div><div class="bookReview" mr_id="26846" style="font-size:12px;"><span style="float: right; margin: 5px 0px 5px 6px;"><span id="rate-u_aaedf4c6" title="9.0 Stars" aria-title="9.0 Stars" class="rating rating-style-2 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><img class="thumb_rating" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/mr-uu.gif" /></span></span><div id="brtext_26846" class="commentText">The Night Circus is one of those books. One of those rare, wonderful, transcendent books that, upon finishing, you want to immediately start again.</div><div class="commentFooter" style="clear: right;"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="mredit">added by <a href="/profile/ncgraham">ncgraham</a> | <a title="edit review" href="#" onclick="LibraryThing.mediareviews.edit({'mr_id':'26846', 'workid':'12049600'});return false;">edit</a></span></span><span class="controlItems"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/the-night-circus-by-erin-morgenstern/article2169161/" target="_top" class="nowrap"><span class="nowrap mre_source">The Globe and Mail</span>, <span class="nowrap"> Robert J. Wiersema</span></a> <span rawdate="1316145600" class="nowrap">(Sep 16, 2011)</span></span></div><div style="clear:both;height:1px;"> </div></div><div class="bookReview" mr_id="26845" style="font-size:12px;"><span style="float: right; margin: 5px 0px 5px 6px;"><span id="rate-u_a7dde871" title="3.0 Stars" aria-title="3.0 Stars" class="rating rating-style-2 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><img class="thumb_rating" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/mr-d.gif" /></span></span><div id="brtext_26845" class="commentText">The book itself looks beautiful but creaky plotting and lifeless characters leave The Night Circus less than enchanting</div><div class="commentFooter" style="clear: right;"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="mredit">added by <a href="/profile/ncgraham">ncgraham</a> | <a title="edit review" href="#" onclick="LibraryThing.mediareviews.edit({'mr_id':'26845', 'workid':'12049600'});return false;">edit</a></span></span><span class="controlItems"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/sep/11/night-circus-erin-morgenstern-review" target="_top" class="nowrap"><span class="nowrap mre_source">The Observer</span>, <span class="nowrap"> Olivia Laing</span></a> <span rawdate="1315713600" class="nowrap">(Sep 11, 2011)</span></span></div><div style="clear:both;height:1px;"> </div></div><div id="u_308d5f95" style="display:none;"><div class="bookReview" mr_id="56279" style="font-size:12px;"><span style="float: right; margin: 5px 0px 5px 6px;"><span id="rate-u_7aa39837" title="9.0 Stars" aria-title="9.0 Stars" class="rating rating-style-2 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><img class="thumb_rating" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/mr-uu.gif" /></span></span><div id="brtext_56279" class="commentText">Generous in its vision and fun to read. </div><div class="commentFooter" style="clear: right;"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="mredit">added by <a href="/profile/rretzler">rretzler</a> | <a title="edit review" href="#" 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href="/award/180.0.0.2012/Alex-Award-2012">2012</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/993/British-Book-Awards" class="" >British Book Awards</a> (<a href="/award/993.4/British-Book-Awards-Shortlist">Shortlist</a> – <a href="/award/993.0.4703/British-Book-Awards-International-Author">International Author</a> – <a href="/award/993.0.0.2011/British-Book-Awards-2011">2011</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/1432/CBC-Bookie-Awards" class="" >CBC Bookie Awards</a> (<a href="/award/1432.1/CBC-Bookie-Awards-Winner">Winner</a> – <a href="/award/1432.0.4198/CBC-Bookie-Awards-International-Fiction">International Fiction</a> – <a href="/award/1432.0.0.2012/CBC-Bookie-Awards-2012">2012</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/1052/Crawford-Award" class="" >Crawford Award</a> (<a href="/award/1052.5/Crawford-Award-Finalist">Finalist</a> – <a href="/award/1052.0.0.2012/Crawford-Award-2012">2012</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/395/Green-Mountain-Book-Award" class="" >Green Mountain Book Award</a> (<a href="/award/395.2/Green-Mountain-Book-Award-Nominee">Nominee</a> – <a href="/award/395.0.0.2014/Green-Mountain-Book-Award-2014">2014</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/908/Guardian-First-Book-Award" class="" >Guardian First Book Award</a> (<a href="/award/908.3/Guardian-First-Book-Award-Longlist">Longlist</a> – <a href="/award/908.0.0.2011/Guardian-First-Book-Award-2011">2011</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/2943/The-Kitschies" class="" >The Kitschies</a> (<a href="/award/2943.5/The-Kitschies-Finalist">Finalist</a> – <a href="/award/2943.0.19771/The-Kitschies-Golden-Tentacle-Debut-Novel">Golden Tentacle (Debut Novel)</a> – <a href="/award/2943.0.0.2011/The-Kitschies-2011">2011</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/130/Lincoln-Award-Illinois-Teen-Readers-Choice-Award" class="" >Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Award</a> (<a href="/award/130.2/Lincoln-Award-Illinois-Teen-Readers-Choice-Award-Nominee">Nominee</a> – <a href="/award/130.0.0.2014/Lincoln-Award-Illinois-Teen-Readers-Choice-Award-2014">2014</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/154/Locus-Award" class="" >Locus Award</a> (<a href="/award/154.1/Locus-Award-Winner">Winner</a> – <a href="/award/154.0.2427/Locus-Award-First-Novel">First Novel</a> – <a href="/award/154.0.0.2012/Locus-Award-2012">2012</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/154/Locus-Award" class="" >Locus Award</a> (<a href="/award/154.5/Locus-Award-Finalist">Finalist</a> – <a href="/award/154.0.2427/Locus-Award-First-Novel">First Novel</a> – <a href="/award/154.0.0.2012/Locus-Award-2012">2012</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/1203/Massachusetts-Book-Award" class="" >Massachusetts Book Award</a> (<a href="/award/1203.202/Massachusetts-Book-Award-Must-Read-Longlist">Must-Read (Longlist)</a> – <a href="/award/1203.0.5/Massachusetts-Book-Award-Fiction">Fiction</a> – <a href="/award/1203.0.0.2012/Massachusetts-Book-Award-2012">2012</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/58/Mythopoeic-Awards" class="" >Mythopoeic Awards</a> (<a href="/award/58.5/Mythopoeic-Awards-Finalist">Finalist</a> – <a href="/award/58.0.1812/Mythopoeic-Awards-Adult-Literature">Adult Literature</a> – <a href="/award/58.0.0.2012/Mythopoeic-Awards-2012">2012</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/462/Nutmeg-Book-Award" class="" >Nutmeg Book Award</a> (<a href="/award/462.2/Nutmeg-Book-Award-Nominee">Nominee</a> – <a href="/award/462.0.2952/Nutmeg-Book-Award-High-School">High School</a> – <a href="/award/462.0.0.2014/Nutmeg-Book-Award-2014">2014</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/748/RUSA-CODES-Reading-List" class="" >RUSA CODES Reading List</a> (<a href="/award/748.1/RUSA-CODES-Reading-List-Winner">Winner</a> – <a href="/award/748.0.1668/RUSA-CODES-Reading-List-Fantasy">Fantasy</a> – <a href="/award/748.0.0.2012/RUSA-CODES-Reading-List-2012">2012</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/1353/Womens-Prize-for-Fiction" class="" >Women's Prize for Fiction</a> (<a href="/award/1353.3/Womens-Prize-for-Fiction-Longlist">Longlist</a> – <a href="/award/1353.0.0.2012/Womens-Prize-for-Fiction-2012">2012</a>)</div></div></div><h2>Distinctions</h2><div id="u_e379b10a" class="lt_itemlist"><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/18/Amazon-com-Best-Books" class="" >Amazon.com Best Books</a> (<a href="/award/18.0.1437/Amazon-com-Best-Books-Literature-Fiction">Literature & Fiction</a> – <a href="/award/18.0.0.2011/Amazon-com-Best-Books-2011">2011</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/618/Historical-Novel-Society-Editors-Choice" class="" >Historical Novel Society Editors' Choice</a> (<a href="/award/618.0.1668/Historical-Novel-Society-Editors-Choice-Fantasy">Fantasy</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/773/Indigo-Books-Heathers-Pick" class="" >Indigo Books Heather's Pick</a> (<a href="/award/773.0.0.2011/Indigo-Books-Heathers-Pick-2011">2011</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/175/Kirkus-Reviews-Best-Book-of-the-Year" class="" >Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year</a> (<a href="/award/175.0.2694/Kirkus-Reviews-Best-Book-of-the-Year-Debut-Fiction">Debut Fiction</a> – <a href="/award/175.0.0.2011/Kirkus-Reviews-Best-Book-of-the-Year-2011">2011</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/297/Publishers-Weeklys-Best-Books-of-the-Year" class="" >Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year</a> (<a href="/award/297.0.5/Publishers-Weeklys-Best-Books-of-the-Year-Fiction">Fiction</a> – <a href="/award/297.0.0.2011/Publishers-Weeklys-Best-Books-of-the-Year-2011">2011</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/307/Village-Voice-Favorite-Books" class="" >Village Voice Favorite Books</a> (<a href="/award/307.0.0.2011/Village-Voice-Favorite-Books-2011">2011</a>)</div></div></div><h2>Notable Lists</h2><div id="u_197a4d1f" class="lt_itemlist"><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/42/ALA-Outstanding-Books-for-the-College-Bound" class="" >ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound</a> (<a href="/award/42.0.6075/ALA-Outstanding-Books-for-the-College-Bound-Arts-and-Humanities">Arts and Humanities</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/15280/Booklist-Editors-Choice-Adult-Books-for-Young-Adults" class="" >Booklist Editor's Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults</a> (<a href="/award/15280.0.0.2011/Booklist-Editors-Choice-Adult-Books-for-Young-Adults-2011">2011</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/423/Globe-and-Mail-Top-100-Book" class="" >Globe and Mail Top 100 Book</a> (<a href="/award/423.0.4198/Globe-and-Mail-Top-100-Book-International-Fiction">International Fiction</a> – <a href="/award/423.0.0.2011/Globe-and-Mail-Top-100-Book-2011">2011</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/796/JoMA-Mythic-Fiction-Reading-List" class="" >JoMA Mythic Fiction Reading List</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/15247/King-County-Library-System-Best-Books" class="" >King County Library System Best Books</a> (<a href="/award/15247.0.22339/King-County-Library-System-Best-Books-Fiction-Books">Fiction Books</a> – <a href="/award/15247.0.0.2011/King-County-Library-System-Best-Books-2011">2011</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/15159/Reading-Olympics" class="" >Reading Olympics</a> (<a href="/award/15159.328/Reading-Olympics-High-School">High School</a> – <a href="/award/15159.0.0.2024/Reading-Olympics-2024">2024</a>)</div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="workpagesort_60" class="quickedit light flipped"><div class="nav"><div class="sectionhead_rbutcontainer"><a value="view history" value="view history" class="func_lt2_display_ui lt2button btn btn-tiny btn-default" type="button" role="button" href="/commonknowledge/changelog.php?item=12049600&type=1" ><span class="btntxt">view history</span></a></div><span class="navInfoTitle"><span class="divotBig" onclick="LibraryThing.work.handleSectionHide(this, 'ck', 'u_04072b7f', '0');"><span class="chdivot" style="font-size:9px;vertical-align:bottom;">▼</span></span>Common Knowledge</span><span class="sectionTitleST"></span></div><div class="qelcontent" id="u_04072b7f" style="display:block;"><div id="fwikiContainerTablediv"><table class="fwikiContainerTable ch1 " fn="inlineWikiItemsContent"> <tr> <td COLSPAN="2"> <div class="fwikiHint fwikiTopHint"><div class="fwikiWarningHint">You must <a href="/">log in</a> to edit Common Knowledge data.</div> For more help see the <a 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'1952-12-30, 1933-10, 1902, or 120 BCE' ><div class='fwikiItem divoriginalpublicationdate'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=2011-09-13&f=16&exact=1&type=1">2011-09-13</a> </div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_characternames"></a>People/Characters</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField fwikiGroup' id='u_70870d6a' itemType='1' itemNum='12049600' fieldType='3' name='u_70870d6a' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'characternames' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Enter each character's name in a separate box. Examples: Hermione Granger, Andrew Jackson, Oberon, St. Paul of Tarsus, or Zeus (Deity)' ><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Celia+Bowen">Celia Bowen</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Hector+Bowen">Hector Bowen</a> <span class="fwikiAutoLinks">(<a class="fwikiAutoLink" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=%22Prospero+the+Enchanter%22">"Prospero the Enchanter"</a>)</span></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Mr.+A.H.">Mr. A.H.</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Marco+Alisdair">Marco Alisdair</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Chandresh+Christophe+Lefevre">Chandresh Christophe Lefevre</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class="itemnumberoverflow" id="link_u_62f8098f">(<a href="javascript:showHiddenfieldcontent('u_62f8098f')">show all 16 items</a>)</div><div id="u_62f8098f" style="display: none;"><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Madame+Padva">Madame Padva</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Lainie+Burgess">Lainie Burgess</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Tania+Burgess">Tania Burgess</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Ethan+Barris">Ethan Barris</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Herr+Friederick+Thiessen">Herr Friederick Thiessen</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Tsukiko">Tsukiko</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Bailey+Clarke">Bailey Clarke</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Isobel+Martin">Isobel Martin</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Hinata">Hinata</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Winston+Aidan+Murray">Winston Aidan Murray</a> <span class="fwikiAutoLinks">(<a class="fwikiAutoLink" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=%22Widget%22">"Widget"</a>)</span></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Penelope+Aislin+Murray">Penelope Aislin Murray</a> <span class="fwikiAutoLinks">(<a class="fwikiAutoLink" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=%22Poppet%22">"Poppet"</a>)</span></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </div></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_placesmentioned"></a>Important places</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField fwikiGroup' id='u_c934e2c1' itemType='1' itemNum='12049600' fieldType='2' name='u_c934e2c1' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'placesmentioned' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = '"Boston, Massachusetts, USA", "London, England", "The Plaza Hotel, New York, New York, USA", "Hogwarts", "Alpha Centauri", "Hell"' ><div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/London%2C+England%2C+UK">London, England, UK</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Concord%2C+Massachusetts%2C+USA">Concord, Massachusetts, USA</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Munich%2C+Bavaria%2C+Germany">Munich, Bavaria, Germany</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/New+York%2C+New+York%2C+USA">New York, New York, USA</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Le+Cirque+des+R%C3%AAves">Le Cirque des Rêves</a> <span class="fwikiAutoLinks">(<a class="fwikiAutoLink" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=The+Circus+Of+Dreams">The Circus Of Dreams</a>)</span></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class="itemnumberoverflow" id="link_u_87dcc940">(<a href="javascript:showHiddenfieldcontent('u_87dcc940')">show all 19 items</a>)</div><div id="u_87dcc940" style="display: none;"><div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Cambridge%2C+Massachusetts%2C+USA">Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Paris%2C+France">Paris, France</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/England%2C+UK">England, UK</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Boston%2C+Massachusetts%2C+USA">Boston, Massachusetts, USA</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Lyon%2C+Rh%C3%B4ne%2C+Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes%2C+France">Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Cairo%2C+Egypt">Cairo, Egypt</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Vienna%2C+Austria">Vienna, Austria</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Prague%2C+Czech+Republic">Prague, Czech Republic</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Barcelona%2C+Catalonia%2C+Spain">Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Glasgow%2C+Scotland%2C+UK">Glasgow, Scotland, UK</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Basel%2C+Basel-Stadt%2C+Switzerland">Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Constantinople%2C+Turkey">Constantinople, Turkey</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Dublin%2C+Ireland">Dublin, Ireland</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Montr%C3%A9al%2C+Qu%C3%A9bec%2C+Canada">Montréal, Québec, Canada</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </div></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_events"></a>Important events</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_3d9e1686' itemType='1' itemNum='12049600' fieldType='34' name='u_3d9e1686' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'events' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Great Fire of London (1666), Battle of the Bulge (1944|1945), Assassination of John F. Kennedy (1963-11-22), Battle of Hoth' ><div class='fwikiItem divevents'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_movies"></a>Related movies</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_f9208a74' itemType='1' itemNum='12049600' fieldType='37' name='u_f9208a74' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'movies' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Blade Runner (1982), The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Three Musketeers (1993)' ><div class='fwikiItem divmovies'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" editVal="The Night Circus (in development | tt1992248)" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=The+Night+Circus&f=37&exact=1&type=1">The Night Circus</a> <span class="fwikiAutoLinks">(<a class="fwikiAutoLink" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=in+development">in development</a> | <a class="fwikiAutoLink imdblink" target="_top" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1992248/">IMDb</a>)</span></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr>     <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_epigraph"></a>Epigraph</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_18f81077' itemType='1' itemNum='12049600' fieldType='28' name='u_18f81077' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'epigraph' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The work's epigraph, "a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document or component." ' ><div class='fwikiItem divepigraph'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.<br>--Oscar Wilde, 1888</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_dedication"></a>Dedication</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_0ce6dd90' itemType='1' itemNum='12049600' fieldType='30' name='u_0ce6dd90' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'dedication' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Author's dedication' ><div class='fwikiItem divdedication'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_firstwords"></a>First words</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_79411833' itemType='1' itemNum='12049600' fieldType='25' name='u_79411833' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'firstwords' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The first sentence of the work.' ><div class='fwikiItem divfirstwords'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >The circus arrives without warning.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_quotations"></a>Quotations</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField fwikiGroup' id='u_a21f35ce' itemType='1' itemNum='12049600' fieldType='27' name='u_a21f35ce' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'quotations' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Well-known, relevant or interesting quotations from the work; Quotation marks are unnecessary.' ><div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >“The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones.”</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >“People see what they wish to see. And in most cases, what they are told that they see.”</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >“Secrets have power. And that power diminishes when they are shared, so they are best kept and kept well. Sharing secrets, real secrets, important ones, with even one other person, will change them."</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >“Life takes us to unexpected places sometimes. The future is never set in stone, remember that.”</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >“You're in the right place at the right time, and you care enough to do what needs to be done. Sometimes that's enough.”</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class="itemnumberoverflow" id="link_u_ae2ef764">(<a href="javascript:showHiddenfieldcontent('u_ae2ef764')">show all 15 items</a>)</div><div id="u_ae2ef764" style="display: none;"><div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >“The most difficult thing to read is time. Maybe because it changes so many things.”</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >“Good and evil are a great deal more complex than a princess and a dragon . . . is not the dragon the hero of his own story?”</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >“People don't pay much attention to anything unless you give them reason to”</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >“I couldn't tell the difference between what was real and what I wanted to be real.”</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >“The truest tales require time and familiarity to become what they are.”</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >“I prefer to remain unenlightened, to better appreciate the dark.”</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >“We must put effort and energy into anything we wish to change.”</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >“It is difficult to see a situation for what it is when you are in the midst of it... It is too familiar. Too comfortable.”</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >You need to understand your limitations so you can overcome them.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >Time is a peculiar thing. You'll learn that eventually.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </div></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_lastwords"></a>Last words</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_462db683' itemType='1' itemNum='12049600' fieldType='26' name='u_462db683' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'lastwords' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The last sentence of the work. Content will be hidden unless clicked.' ><div class='fwikiItem divlastwords'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" id="u_889ee145" style="display: none; min-height:12px;" >You are no longer quite certain which side of the fence is the dream.</div><a href="javascript:showHiddenfieldcontent('u_889ee145')" id="link_u_889ee145">(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)</a><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_disambiguation"></a>Disambiguation notice</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_9afcfc08' itemType='1' itemNum='12049600' fieldType='13' name='u_9afcfc08' allowmultiple='0' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'disambiguation' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Clarifications to be used by future combiners and separators, or just as information.' ><div class='fwikiItem divdisambiguation'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_series"></a>Publisher's editors</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_40994364' itemType='1' itemNum='12049600' fieldType='1' name='u_40994364' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'literaryeditors' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Publisher's or acquiring editor' ><div class='fwikiItem divliteraryeditors'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_blubers"></a>Blurbers</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField fwikiGroup' id='u_0d115a62' itemType='1' itemNum='12049600' fieldType='29' name='u_0d115a62' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'blurbers' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Who blurbed the book? A blurb is defined as a super-short review, done before the book is published or reviewed professionally. As Rachael Donadio wrote, "Book blurbs are a tangled mass of friendships, rivalries, favors traded and debts repaid, not always in good faith." This field aims to capture that tangle! <b>Note:</b> Please enter only the names of people, not publications. Use the form: Lastname, Firstname.' ><div class='fwikiItem divblurbers'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=Niffenegger%2C+Audrey&f=29&exact=1&type=1">Niffenegger, Audrey</a> </div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divblurbers'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=Barry%2C+Brunonia&f=29&exact=1&type=1">Barry, Brunonia</a> </div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divblurbers'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a 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