Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

I finished reading this novel about 2 months ago, but I have just been too preoccupied lately that I totally forgot to write a blog about it until I saw a preview for the movie last night!  I am so excited that they are making a movie about this novel, I think that it is going to be so good!  With Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson, how can it not be? 

This novel is a lot different than the previous novels I have blogged about.  For one, it is told in a man's perspective and and for two, it is definitely not a chick novel.  It has a lot of cursing and violence!  But I love all the drama associated with it.  It really keeps you in suspense and wanting to read more.

The main character is Jacob who grows up as an only child in a caring family.  His father is a veterinarian so he decides to go to school to be a vet also, hoping to one day help his father in his business.  As Jacob is in school he learns that his father and mother have died in an accident.  Not knowing what to do and not having any money for school or food, Jacob runs away. 

He finds himself in the middle of nowhere walking along railroad tracks.  He decides to jump on the next train and see where it leads him.  Instead of boarding an empty train, he quickly learns that he has jumped onto a circus train. 

He eventually gets a job working for the circus and becomes their vet.  He meets a variety of different people while working for the circus but becomes attached to Marlena and August the most.  Marlena and August are married and have been working for the circus for a long time and are in charge of the animal performances.  

You eventually find out that August has a personality disorder and can be extremely nice at times and extremely mean at other times.  August is very cruel to the animals that do not perform well and this makes Marlena and Jacob furious.  They quickly form a friendship and eventually fall in love. 

Throughout the rest of the novel they scheme to find a way to get away from the circus and away from August.  This was such a great novel!  I would have liked it to have a little bit of a different ending so I am curious to see how it ends in the movie.  I am so excited for it to come out so I can go see it! 

Baby Proof by Emily Giffin

It feels like it has been FOREVER since I have updated this blog!  I have been so busy that I just kept putting off reading.   I would normally read right before I went to bed but lately I have been so tired that I just go right to sleep.

  A few weeks ago for Christmas, Marshall bought me a kindle and it has made me a lot more excited to read!  I love my kindle!  So that is what brings me to my this blog!  I finally got motivated and finished a book after months of not reading!  

Baby Proof took a little while for me to get into.  But once I did, I was very pleased.  It is definitely a chick pick!  The men probably won't enjoy it as well as I did.  It was hard for me to relate to the main character because her opinion on having a baby is so different than mine!  She doesn't want one and never will! 

In fact, the main character, Claudia, is so against having a baby that she ends up divorcing her husband, Ben, after he insists that he needs to have a baby someday.  Their divorce is really hard on Claudia but she eventually starts dating again and begins moving on with her life.  But in the back of her mind, she still finds herself thinking of Ben.

There are a few other characters that play a major role in the novel.  Her sisters and her best friend, Jess are among a few of them.  The novel dives into their love lives and explores how each one of them feel about having babies. 

I really enjoyed this novel.  I especially liked the ending!  Let me know what you thought about it in the right upper corner.