Ghostly by various authors
Ghostly by various authors Forget Time Traveler's Wife. Audrey Niffenegger should be better known for her work on Her Fearful Symmetry. Her dark wit, complex characters and beautiful writing are, in my mind, not lauded enough. Bookish people tend to write off (get it?) commercial successes... but there was a reason Time Traveler's Wife did well. And I believe that Her Fearful Symmetry should have given her the same accolades. So I was excited when I learned that the autho
morning coffee at luke's | Literary Starbucks
October 17, 2014 This morning, my friends-in-my-head at Book Riot posted a little something that made my day just that much better. It's like the writers of this site woke up one glorious morning and thought to themselves "Self, let's create something that will make Bear Allen happy!" And this was the result... Literary Starbucks What happens when your favorite literary persona sashays up to the barista! Here are a few of my faves: #morningcoffeeatlukes #neilgaiman #tomsawye
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Everyone loves a good fairy tale, but authors tend to only share fairy tales with the very young. Adults are, not unsurprisingly, neglected in a genre that was likely their first exposure to the art of storytelling. And over time, I think that lack of magic and fairy tales in an adult's life tends to erode the imagination and faith in the unseen. What I love about Neil Gaiman is that he does not write adults off as undeserving of whimsy . In The Ocean at the End of the La
Where BearAllen will go when she dies
Because I'm a genius, I successfully worked my inaugural visit to Strand Bookstore in NYC into an otherwise boring client visit. And it was everything I ever thought it could be. It was full of all the books and all the book-related merchandise that I would be happy to spend Lorelai's entire college tuition on. As silly as it sounds, I found myself tearing up as I stood there and took it all in. I was surrounded by the kind of people that fully understand tearing up in the m
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
As I mentioned in a previous post, I had fallen in love with Neil Gaiman's children books after a friend so thoughtfully sent me a copy of Blueberry Girl after the birth of Lorelai. The book was honest and empowering, and it has since become my go-to gift for friends having daughters.I also follow Gaiman religiously on Twitter, but hadn't yet had the opportunity to read his books available to older age groups. While at my local indie, I purchased The Graveyard Book as a way
Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman
To celebrate the birth of Lorelai, I received a lot of really great children's books. However, my absolute favorite was a gift from my friend, Adrienne. Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman is an incredible children's book for little girls. I plan on gifting this to everyone I know who gives birth to a daughter... as I feel the message is so important and beautiful. Blame it on post-partum hormones, but I totally cried when I read it. Here's an animated video, narrated by the aut
Stephen King... need I say more?
::sigh:: “I never think of stories as made things; I think of them as found things." ~Stephen King If you're interested (and I know you are) in reading Neil Gaiman's interview with the ever-awesome King in Sunday's UK Sunday Times Magazine, click here. #stephenking #neilgaiman
