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Jennifer Balke has commented on (3) products.

Bel Canto: A Novel by Ann Patchett

Jennifer Balke, January 1, 2013

Wow, what an incredible story! I've heard people talk about this book for years, and now I know why.

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Bel Canto: A Novel by Ann Patchett

Jennifer Balke, September 19, 2012

Wow... I had heard people talk about this book for a long time, so I finally bought it a couple of months ago when Powells was offering one of their special deals. I cannot really express how beautiful this story is. Although I like other things by Patchett, I see why people who have read Bel Canto always compare her later works to this one. Not only does it make me want to listen to and learn more about opera, Bel Canto tells such an incredible story about the nature of humanity.

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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Jennifer Balke, January 2, 2012

I'm not sure if this is a totally great comparison, but The Night Circus kind of reminded me of a cross between The Hunger Games and Something Wicked This Way Comes with its love story embedded into a fight to the finish and the supernatural circus. I can be easily distracted reading books (probably because I'm so busy during the school year), but I was totally sucked in with this book and couldn't put it down. For me the best part of this book was probably all the descriptions, especially of the different elements of the circus, that Morgenstern includes.

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