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August 1, 2008
Stardust
A week or so ago, I found myself at the local library picking up some books for Dawnise. While there, I wandered into the stacks and emerged with a Gaiman trifecta - Fragile Things (a short story collection), Stardust, and Anansi Boys.
I worked through Fragile Things over the past week or so (quite liked A Study in Emerald, which I'd read before, and The Monarch of the Glen - a novella-length sequel to American Gods.
Dawnise went out to dinner with a friend this evening - her increasingly busy social calendar being one of the positive upsides of our move back to suburbia - and I found myself with a glass of wine, a book, and a cat on my lap.
Stardust was entertaining - predictable, in a good way, and nicely self-contained. The pacing was good, and while I felt like it was dragging a bit, I read it basically in one sitting, which has been harder and harder in recent years.
I've half a mind to crack open Anansi Boys, though the cat's left, and the wine's nearly gone...
Posted by dberger at August 1, 2008 10:25 PM