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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.

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.

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