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Halfway through and ready to dive in again. So far, my sense is those who are fans of both Gaiman and the genres he works in would enjoy this book the most. A lot of it is “inside baseball” on comics, fantastical fiction, etc. those who enjoy that world will get the most out of Gaiman’s unique discussion and perspective on it.
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There were a number of well done aspects and I felt like the book was just about to take off on a number of occasions but it just never quite got there. And when it abruptly ended I wasn’t willing to invest more.
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There were a number of well done aspects and I felt like the book was just about to take off on a number of occasions but it just never quite got there. And when it abruptly ended I wasn’t willing to invest more.
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I am not sure you can really know someone by reading about them but I think this is probably as close as you can get to understanding Gaiman without actually knowing and interacting with him in real life.
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Today I want to discuss a third category which I am calling books for younger readers. I read a mix of young adult, middle grade, chapter books, children’s literature, etc. So I am going to just include all of those in their own category.
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Unlike some I like to do my Best of Lists after the new year begins so that all of the previous year is in the books. It usually takes me sometime to get my thoughts together but this year I am a little more on the ball. So on the first day of 2014, let’s kick off our review of 2013 starting with fiction.
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Unlike some I like to do my Best of Lists after the new year begins so that all of the previous year is in the books. It usually takes me sometime to get my thoughts together but this year I am a little more on the ball. So on the first day of 2014, let’s kick off our review of 2013 starting with fiction.
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