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Sara Gruen: Water for Elephants (Hardcover, 2006, HarperCollins Canada)

As a young man, Jacob Jankowski was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that …

and honestly accurate look at the circus

I loved this.

I loved the "elder looking back on his life" set up. I loved the conflict that ended, honestly, catharticly. And I loved the very end.

It was a great book that I tore through in about 2 sittings.

Neil Gaiman: American Gods (Paperback)

Days before his release from prison, Shadow's wife, Laura, dies in a mysterious car crash. …

almost exactly what I wanted

A very very compelling read.

I loved the story, the characters, the setting. This truly does capture the strangely mystic nature of the flyover states in America.

I listened to a full cast audiobook version during my work commute, and I had moments of straight up yelling in anger or shouting in joy at the audio at the events. It's just a wonderful book.

My only gripe is some of the language used. In the first half of the book in particular, the author had a weird obsession with writing about women's nipples. Every single female character had their breasts and nipples described in a weird amount of detail.

Like, I know some of the characters are literally sex gods, and I understood them being described in Full Detail. But like, moon goddess in a nightgown? Didn't need to know about her nips.

Thankfully, after all the major players are …