Water for Elephants

I have to say that Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants has been my favourite book so far. The circus scenes captured my imagination, and the seamless moving between the present and past felt right to me.
The fact that I was able to read the book right through without any of the aborted attempts which I had with several of the previous SBC choices is always a good litmus test for me.
I know from our SBC meeting some of us preferred the circus scenes compared to the rest home scenes but I can honestly say that the pace of WFE worked for me, the characters and situations lingered in my mind, long after I finished reading it.
So yes, I would definitely recommend this book to others, and for the bean counters amongst us, I gave it a rating of 4 stars out of 5 stars.