In the waning minutes of the last hour of January, I've finished what might be the best book in years for me: The Night Circus. A captivatingly poetic kaleidoscope of dreams and magic, coalescing into the chronicle of a unique black and white circus at the turn of the 19th century. Once I stepped into the book, I couldn't leave. Beauty drips from every page, mesmerizing prose brings the theatrics and acrobatics to life, all laid against the backdrop of a star-crossed romance that defies everything I thought it would be. The story is all the better for jumping around in time, leaving us focused on the real star of the book, the circus, and letting the story slowly come clear around it.

Anyone who loves beauty should immediately grab this. I hope in my heart's little secret place that someday this will be made into a movie or miniseries, because I so want to share this with everyone.