As I have now finished Moll Flanders and the other novels I have ordered for college have yet to come in, I have decided to read books I got last Christmas or birthday for fun. I have started off with Water for Elephants which I find an interesting read. I can appreciate all of the research Sara Gruen would have had to do for the book, but I am not enjoying it quite as much as I believed I would based on the praise for the book several of my friends gave. That could simply be because I have felt more in the mood to read fantasy lately, though.