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The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction by Neil Gaiman
The Neil Gaiman Reader showcases Gaiman’s range as an author. Gaiman moves between genres and tones like no other. From funny fairy-talesque stories to more ambiguous narratives with dystopian or horror elements. While I have read most of his novels and a few of his novellas I hadn’t really ‘sunk’ my teeth in his short…
1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Adult, adventure, America, American Gods, angels, books about writers, British author, curses, DEMONS, DETECTIVE, different styles (1st/2nd/3rd povs), dystopia, england, FAIRY TALES, FAIRYLAND, FANTASY, favourite authors, film industry, FOLKLORE, gods, great storytelling, HISTORICAL FICTION, HORROR, HUMOR, lgbtq+ side, m/m side, male authors, morality, myths, Neil Gaiman, PARANORMAL, published in 2020, RETELLINGS, SCI-FI, short stories, SPECULATIVE FICTION, story within a story, Storytelling, The Neil Gaiman Reader, The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction, URBAN FANTASY, what ifs -
The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
Once upon a time…The Magic Fish is quite possibly one of the most beautiful, poignant, and awe-inspiring graphic novels I have ever read. The story takes places in 90s America and we follow Tiến, a young boy, who loves reading fairy tales with his parents. Tiến’s parents are refugees from Vietnam and cannot speak English…
1990s, 20th century, 5 STARS, America, American, beautiful artwork, curses, f/f side, FAIRY TALES, FOLKLORE, gay, Graphic Novels, lgbtq+, LGBTQ+ Author, MAGIC, male authors, mothers & sons, published in 2020, queer, read in 2021, RETELLINGS, SEXUALITY, story within a story, Storytelling, The Magic Fish, Trung Le Nguyen, unrequited love, Vietnam, Vietnamese American Author, YOUNG ADULT -
The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht — book review
“He was alone and hungry, and that hunger, coupled with the thunderous noise of bombardment, had burned in him a kind of awareness of his own death, an imminent and innate knowledge he could neither dismiss nor succumb to.” To begin with I was intrigued by Téa Obreht’s The Tiger’s Wife. Obreht’s writing is both…
1940s, 1990s, 2010s, 20th century, 3.25 stars, balkans, BOOK REVIEW, Booklr, Contemporary, DEATH, doctors, female authors, FOLKLORE, HISTORICAL FICTION, LITERARY FICTION, MAGICAL REALISM, myths, published in 2011, read in 2020, Serbian American author, story within a story, Storytelling, survival, Téa Obreht, The Tiger’s Wife, tigers, unnamed country, war, WWII, zoos -
American Gods by Neil Gaiman — book review
“Gods die. And when they truly die they are unmourned and unremembered. Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the end.” It isn’t surprising that American Gods is regarded as one of the genre-bending novels of all time. Over the course of 500 pages Neil Gaiman deftly blends…
2000s, 3rd pov, 5 STARS, ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE, Adult, adventure, affairs, afterlife, ambiguous protagonist, America, American, American Gods, BOOK REVIEW, Booklr, British author, Chicago, Contemporary, DEATH, Dreams, FANTASY, fathers & sons, favourite authors, FOLKLORE, gay side characters, gods, great storytelling, heist, HISTORICAL FICTION, history, Illinois, lgbtq+ side, MAGIC, MAGICAL REALISM, male authors, minnesota, MYSTERY, myths, Neil Gaiman, PARANORMAL, prison, published in 2001, re-reads, read in 2016, read in 2020, Religion, road trip, SOCIAL COMMENTARY, SPECULATIVE FICTION, story within a story, Storytelling, SUPERNATURAL, tennessee, URBAN FANTASY, violence, Wisconsin, zombies & undead -
ONCE UPON A RIVER: BOOK REVIEW
“ Dreams and stories merge with lived experience, the dead and the living brush against each other in their comings and goings, the past and the present touch and overlap. Unexpected things can happen. Did the solstice have anything to do with the strange events at the Swan? You will have to judge for yourself.…
19TH CENTURY, 3rd pov, 4 STARS, Adult, British author, Diane Setterfield, drama, england, FAIRY TALES, family, FANTASY, female authors, FOLKLORE, GOTHIC, HISTORICAL FICTION, LITERARY FICTION, MAGIC, MAGICAL REALISM, MYSTERY, Once Upon a River, published in 2019, READ IN 2019, story within a story, Storytelling, The Thirteenth Tale, winter reads
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