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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 [...]

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Too Much of a Good Thing?

25 Nov By Jennifer 15 Comments

Yes, I do think that there can be too much of a good thing. While reading Stardust, I figured out that reading four books might be too much to ask of any author. There was no reason for me not to connect with Tristran or Yvaine that I can think of, but I didn’t. I [...]

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#214 ~ Coraline

20 Nov By Jennifer 14 Comments

Coraline by Neil Gaiman Coraline, a vivacious and curious only child, has moved with her parents into a large old house that has been subdivided into four units. She has odd neighbors whom she occasionally visits, but she feels alone for the most part. Her parents, although home, seem always to be working, and there [...]

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#212 ~ Neverwhere

16 Nov By Jennifer 19 Comments

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Neverwhere is the story of Richard, a good man who seems to be meandering through his life without much of his own purpose or direction. He is engaged to Jessica, an almost domineering woman who is happy to treat him as if he isn’t good enough for her. Richard seems readily [...]

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#211 ~ The Graveyard Book

9 Nov By Jennifer 18 Comments

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Bod, although named Nobody Owens, isn’t a nobody. Someone wants him dead. The Man Jack killed his parents and sister one dark night. Bod was just a toddler and narrowly escaped The Man Jack’s knife when he wandered off into the cemetery just across the way from his parent’s [...]

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TSS ~ Neverwhere and Beyond Prizes

8 Nov By Jennifer 11 Comments

I’m finally and truly back in the swing of things and getting geared up for this month’s theme: Neverwhere and Beyond. I announced it on Monday and will have a full week of coverage next week. I promised a post about the prizes and I think they’re pretty darn exciting. Instead of holding several different contests [...]

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Neverwhere and Beyond: The Literate Housewife Discovers Neil Gaiman

2 Nov By Jennifer 28 Comments

Until I made plans to attend the National Book Festival in 2008, I had never heard of Neil Gaiman. Well, that’s not exactly true. Emily, one of the girls’ baby sitters read them The Day I Swapped My Dad for a Goldfish before then, but that doesn’t count because I wasn’t paying attention. Sometimes the [...]