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Lil Dancer, I'm familiar with Water for Elephants. My wife is also a reader and she recommended the book to me. Our interests are very different but every now and again we'll recommend a book to each other.

I'm forever saying that the sign of a good book is if you lost it, would you go out and buy another copy to finish the story. In this instance, Water for Elephants was one of those two week library specials. I had to return it and wait a month to borrow it again to finish the story. So, it met my test of a good book! I enjoyed the description of circus life during the depression as remembered by a 90 year old in a nursing home.

Nelson DeMille as you say has written some great books over time: Gold Coast, The Charm School, Word of Honor.

I think you'll agree that books are somewhat like art. Everyone has their own reading tastes and I've read some real losers that were highly recommended by people at work.