Neverwhere and Beyond Retrospective & Winners

Today is the last day of November, signaling the close of my Neverwhere and Beyond month. Despite the burnout I felt toward the end of the month, I am so glad that I came up with the idea and followed through on it. I had wanted to do more, but given the circumstances of my job and home life, I am pleased with what I did accomplish. I have found that I enjoy Neil Gaiman’s writing more than I hoped that I would.

Here are links to the reviews of the novels I did read this month. I’m listing them in the order I read them. Interestingly enough, that is also the order in which I liked them, too.

Although Stardust is at the bottom of this list, please do not take that to mean I didn’t like it. I found it as good or better than most of the other books I’ve read this year. There is no doubt that I will remember the characters and their stories for a long time to come. I truly think that I would have liked it even better had I not been on a Neil Gaiman binge. LOL!

For once, I’d like to announce the winners of my contest on schedule. I know, I’m shocked myself…

First, let me announce the last two winners of my WWNR bookmarks: Sandy and Pam R. Congratulations! Sandy, I have your address, but Pam, I need yours.

Now for the Neverwhere and Beyond prizes:

Individual Coraline Bookmarks

I will send email notifications to all of my Coraline bookmark winners. Suffice to say, if you entered the contest, you almost probably won a bookmark.

Coraline Bookmark for you and 50 for your local library

Amanda from A Bookshelf Monstrosity! I think that it’s appropriate that a librarian-to-be wins this prize. Please send me your address and the address of your library of choice, I’ll send them on their way. I will of course let your library know that you sent them your way.

Neil Gaiman Poster

Zia from My Life in Not So Many Words! Congratulations! I have your address, so I’ll be ordering the poster and sending it your way.

Coraline DVDs

1 each for Piroska and Micheal Herdegen! Congratulations to both of you! I have both of your addresses, so I’ll package the DVDs up and send them to you this week.

Grand Prize Winner (1 of each of the books I read or planned to read)

Jill from Rhapsody in Books! Congratulations, Jill! Please send me your address. I don’t think I have it yet.

Thanks to everyone who participated in Neverwhere and Beyond. It was a great month!

At 2009.11.30 23:46, Melody said:

Congrats to all the winners!

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At 2009.11.30 23:58, A Bookshelf Monstrosity said:

Thanks for the bookmarks! This was a fun month for all of us readers I’ll email my info to you soon.

At 2009.12.01 00:48, Michael Herdegen said:

Thanks Jen, I also liked your Niel month. I have alot of ideas for things to read, your #1 was also mine from your reviews, the first one i’m going to read. Also thanks for the dvd, the kids will love it.I love checking out your site, i get tons of ideas, if only i read quicker. Thanks again.

At 2009.12.01 03:09, Zia said:

Awesome thank you! Congrats to all the other winners also!

At 2009.12.01 07:14, Sandy said:

Yay! Thank you Jennifer! And way to go everyone else, especially Jill! I’m sure it was a journey for you, but I bet you are just a little bit glad November is done now?

At 2009.12.01 10:39, Kathy R (Bermudaonion) said:

Congratulations on a successful month and to all the lucky winners!

Review: The Rebel Wife

At 2009.12.01 22:02, Pam r. said:

Thanks so much and congrats to all the winners! I’ll e-mail you my address now!

At 2009.12.03 12:53, Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit) said:

Congrats to all the winners.

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