24 Feb
Book News – Are Teens More Literate Because of the Internet?
While sites like Failbooking.com make me worry about the human race in general, this article from the Huffington Post sheds a new light on the phenomena of the Internet.
Archive for the 'Neil Gaiman' Category
01 Feb
Neil Gaiman is coming to town
February 4th, Neil Gaiman is coming to UCLA to do a lecture. I’m so there. * February 7th: It was really fun to hear Neil Gaiman talk. He read bits from his books The Graveyard Book, Fragile Things (he read his poem “Instructions”) and Odd and the Frost Giants. If you want to find out [...]
20 Nov
Gift List Suggestions – #2 – Fantasy
Here is the next on my list of gift suggestions for the upcoming holidays. Fantasy For those friends and family members who would be more at home digging around in a dragon’s cave, these are my recommended reads: – Hogfather or any other books by Terry Pratchett I reviewed the Hogfather in a previous post. This [...]
06 Apr
Interview with Neil Gaiman
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Neil Gaiman comedycentral.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor NASA Name Contest
31 Oct
Book Review: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Author: Neil Gaiman Book: The Graveyard Book Genre: Supernatural/Horror/YA Julia Rating: 10 Comments: Neil Gaiman’s newest book – The Graveyard Book – is considered to be for children, but I beg to differ. The main character – who’s name is Nobody – grows up during the duration of the book, but I think that’s the [...]
08 Oct
The Graveyard Book Contest
Harper Collins is having a contest to win a copy of Neil Gaiman’s latest masterpiece – The Graveyard Book. It’s a YA book about a boy who is raised in a graveyard by ghosts. I’ve decided to review it for Horror Month as well, since Mr. Gaiman is one of my favorite authors – it’s [...]
18 Sep
Horror Month Confirmed
So, starting the first of October, I will be reviewing at least three horror books weekly. I may do more then that. The books will include: Week 1 – New Books: October 1st – 11th – Infected: A Novel by Scott Sigler – Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs – Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris [...]
12 Jul
Good Omens – Neil Gaimen and Terry Pratchett
Book: Good Omens Authors: Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett Genre: Fantasy Julia Rating: 10 Comments: This is the book that got me into Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett – both of whom I am slightly obsessed with now. “Well,” you say, “she must have read that book a long time ago, why review it now?” [...]
28 May
Article on Neil Gaiman
I am obviously a huge Neil Gaiman fan and, knowing this, my loving father sent me an article on Mr. Gaiman that I’d love to share with you. So here it is. It’s basically is brief history of Neil Gaiman and his work. I found it intriguing and enjoyable… and now I have to find [...]
02 May
Neil Gaiman Poem… Translated
The Neil Gaiman poem called The Day the Saucers Came has been translated into LOL Cat language here. Check them out and tell me which one you like better.