by Erin Morgenstern –

2011 / 400 pgs /  rating –  8.5

I kind of expected to be disappointed in this book because there’s been so much hype.  But I wasn’t – maybe I kept the hype at bay somehow.  Anyway, this book is MAGICAL!   It’s about magic rather than illusion – or perhaps manipulation is a more accurate term.  And it’s about  about perception,  names,  cards, love, reality and  running away with the circus.  MORE…