Fragile things week 3 by Neil Gaiman
This is just a round-up post of my thoughts after week three of the Fragile things read. As with any short story collection some of the stories worked for me, and...
25 September 2011
Keepsakes and treasures (Fragile things week 3) by Neil Gaiman
Spoilers The narrator starts this story by telling us that we can call him a bastard if we like, well I do like. And I don’t mean bastard in the parentage...
25 September 2011
Other people (Fragile Things week 3) by Neil Gaiman
Spoilers below Hell is other people, so the saying goes. But in this story hell is pain and the life you’ve lived. Other people is another short short story. Just a...
25 September 2011
Bitter grounds (Fragile things week 3) by Neil Gaiman
Spoilers ahead! What makes you want to abandon your life? To chuck it all and just leave? In Bitter grounds we are never told exactly why the narrator leaves his home,...
25 September 2011
Going Wodwo (Fragile things week 3) by Neil Gaiman
Beware of spoilers. Discussion welcome. Okay, this is one of those posts where I may type and type and yet say nothing, because I’m really unsure of what I want to...
25 September 2011
Closing time (Fragile things week 2) by Neil Gaiman
Watch out for spoilers below. This is more of a discussion about rather than a review of sort of post. Yet another story within a story. Of course, that is a...
25 September 2011
The Flints of Memory Lane (Fragile things week 2) by Neil Gaiman
As usual with these group reads a spoiler warning is in full effect. They are discussion posts rather than reviews. Things that are “story-shaped” are explainable. Explicable even. But real life...
25 September 2011
Forbidden brides of the faceless slaves in the secret house of the night of dread desire by Neil Gaiman
I’m, as usual, playing catch up. Never got around to posting on the stories I read for week 2, so hopefully I’ll get through them all this time around. As usual...
25 September 2011
The hidden chamber (Fragile Things week 2) by Neil Gaiman
I’m, as usual, playing catch. Never got around to posting on the stories I read for week 2, so hopefully I’ll get through them all this time around. As usual with...
25 September 2011
The adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle : The thing beneath the bed by Patrick Rothfuss
Illustrated by Nate Taylor Read for this year’s RIP challenge. Check out the RIP review site. Everywhere I have seen this book mentioned there comes a warning; this is not a...
18 September 2011
Beauty by Robin McKinley
A retelling of the story of Beauty & the beast Read for this year’s RIP challenge. Check out the RIP review site. Honour is the youngest of three girls. Her mother...
18 September 2011
Genesis by Bernard Beckett
In the far distant future fourteen year old Anax is about to sit an exam. A four hour interview that will decide whether or not she will be accepted into The...
15 September 2011
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