A Certain Slant of Light

That's precisely the comparison I usually make. :) I read The Night Circus on a plane, and that was probably an ideal place, since I didn't have much else to do and the beautiful images were a nice distraction from the cramped conditions. I read JS&MN back when I was underemployed and had a lot of spare time, or else I don't think I would ever have finished it. These days, something needs to be pretty compelling/fun for me to actually sit down and read it, which is probably why so much of what I read is gay romance...short and sweet. Heavier stuff I tend to listen to in audiobook form while commuting, or just procrastinate. Which is probably partly why my TBR shelf is so huge, heh.