{"id":3231,"date":"2011-06-01T22:51:22","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T02:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=3231"},"modified":"2011-06-01T22:51:22","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T02:51:22","slug":"water-for-elephants-by-sara-gruen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=3231","title":{"rendered":"Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Title: Water for Elephants<\/em>
\nAuthor: Sara Gruen
\nPublisher: Algonquin Paperbacks
\nSource: My personal library<\/p>\n

\"Water<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve been interested in reading Sara Gruen’s books for years.\u00c2\u00a0 In one of the first interviews I read of hers, she mentioned she wrote the first draft of this novel during NaNoWriMo and it’s now a habit.<\/p>\n

While I was off work last month due to a viral infection I felt like I had to read this before the movie was widely released in theaters.\u00c2\u00a0 This was a great book and I can see why people would want to read it with their book clubs.\u00c2\u00a0 The story alternates between the past and present lives of Jacob Jankowski.\u00c2\u00a0 He’s in his last weeks of veterinary school when he receives bad news from home.<\/p>\n

It has a beginning that tricked me and an ending that worked. There are several themes running through the book which<\/p>\n

The movie has been out for several weeks and I’ve managed to avoid any reviews of it. I’m really quite surprised. \ud83d\ude42 Reese Witherspoon is older than her character but I think she’ll be able to pull it off. Robert Pattinson I’m not so sure about. Eventually I’ll get around to seeing it to find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Title: Water for Elephants Author: Sara Gruen Publisher: Algonquin Paperbacks Source: My personal library I’ve been interested in reading Sara Gruen’s books for years.\u00c2\u00a0 In one of the first interviews I read of hers, she mentioned she wrote the first draft of this novel during NaNoWriMo and it’s now a habit. While I was off… Continue reading Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[493,494],"class_list":["post-3231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-review","tag-sara-gruen","tag-water-for-elephants","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t