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Reading April 2018: The Gone World and more

Here we are almost at the end of April already, so I'm declaring my favorite book of the month to be The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch. I received this book in a mystery box and had no idea what it was about. I discovered a complex and unique story combining elements of time travel, multiverse, police … Continue reading Reading April 2018: The Gone World and more

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April 30, 2018April 30, 2018All Our Wrong Todays, April 2018, audiobooks, Dark Matter, Elan Mastai, Ghost stories, Horror, Michelle Paver, Multiverse, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Recommended Reading, The Gone World, Time travel, Tom SweterlitschLeave a comment
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Inspirations…

The Women's March was truly inspiring. I took part in my own small way. Our small North Carolina town had 1,500 people turn out. I was gobsmacked, because we are just not that big a town. There were 17,000 people marching in Raleigh. Here are some wonderful photos of the marchers around the world. What … Continue reading Inspirations…

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January 27, 2017August 13, 20171984, Book to film, Dystopia, George Orwell, Inspirations, Neil Gaiman, Outrage, Politics, Reading list, Women's March1 Comment
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Links for readers…

Some interesting links I've stumbled across lately: On annotating books (BookRiot): I personally cannot mark up a paper book, which is another reason why I like my Kindle--it makes highlighting painless. More marginalia (New York Review of Books). A book is a heart that only beats in the chest of another (Brain Pickings). What's reading … Continue reading Links for readers…

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June 30, 2015January 10, 2016Annotations, Jo Walton, Marginalia, Neil Gaiman, Reader's Corner, Readers, Reading2 Comments
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Neil Gaiman’s manifesto on reading

"I'm going to tell you that libraries are important. I'm going to suggest that reading fiction, that reading for pleasure, is one of the most important things one can do. I'm going to make an impassioned plea for people to understand what libraries and librarians are, and to preserve both of these things." This was … Continue reading Neil Gaiman’s manifesto on reading

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May 15, 2015January 10, 2016Guardian, Imagination, Libraries, Manifesto, Neil Gaiman, Reader's Corner, Reading1 Comment
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Recommended Reading: Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman

Trigger Warning, Neil Gaiman's latest collection of short fiction and poetry, is recommended for readers who love creepy stories, fairy tales and well-written fan fiction. PS Thanks to my friend Samantha Bryant for giving me a copy of this book. Samantha has a new book out: Going Through the Change: A Menopausal Superhero Novel. Check … Continue reading Recommended Reading: Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman

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May 4, 2015July 15, 2016Fairy tales, Fan fiction, Going Through the Change, Neil Gaiman, Samantha Bryant, Short stories, Trigger Warning1 Comment
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Most influential authors…

I keep a record of what I read in LibraryThing. I haven't recorded every book I've ever read, because I don't remember (boy, I wish I had started keeping a list at the age of 5 or something). But I have recorded almost 1,200 books, so I thought I'd take a look at my authors … Continue reading Most influential authors…

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March 17, 2015Christopher Moore, Edward Gorey, Francine Prose, Fred Chappell, Influence, Jane Austen, jonathan lethem, Kazuo Ishiguro, Kim Stanley Robinson, LibraryThing, Lists, Margaret Atwood, Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman, Nick Hornby, Octavia Butler, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Shirley Jackson, Stephen King, Tom Perrotta, Ursula K Le Guin, Writers1 Comment
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What is speculative fiction?

The kind of fiction I like to read the most, and that I tend to focus on here, falls under the broad umbrella of "speculative fiction." I've never been entirely comfortable with the traditional genre labels of science fiction, fantasy and horror. The definitions that are most often applied to these genres seem so limiting, … Continue reading What is speculative fiction?

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April 11, 2008August 13, 2017Apocalyptic literature, Cormac McCarthy, Fantasy, Fiction, Genres, Horror, jonathan lethem, Kazuo Ishiguro, Neil Gaiman, Science fiction, Speculative fiction1 Comment

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