"Blueberry Girl" by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Charles Wes is a cute children's book that he wrote "for Tori, and for Tash, when she was only a bump and a due date." It's a beautiful written blessing and wish for a young girl to grow up as to be a beautiful woman. That she would have all the wonderful adventures in her life. And much, much more! If I ever have a little girl this is a book I would love to own and too read over and over!
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Sunday, August 2, 2009
Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaimen and Charles Vess
"Blueberry Girl" by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Charles Wes is a cute children's book that he wrote "for Tori, and for Tash, when she was only a bump and a due date." It's a beautiful written blessing and wish for a young girl to grow up as to be a beautiful woman. That she would have all the wonderful adventures in her life. And much, much more! If I ever have a little girl this is a book I would love to own and too read over and over!
Thursday, June 18, 2009
The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm
Buy it Now!
I found this book quite by accident while I was ordering things on the libraries web-site, not even really sure HoW I did that since I rarely do anything other than order what I'm planning and move on, but I'm really glad I did!
"The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm" is a fascinating collection of fantasy from some of the top authors in the genre. Including two of my favorites, Charles de Lint and Neil Gaimen. The stories range from the more traditional, to set in modern cities, to adaptations of stories from places like Japan where you might not be accustomed to hearing stories from!
While I didn't fall in love with every story in the book, I did fall in love with quite a few of them, and I've found some new authors to read! I made a nice long list of authors, books, and other anthologies to read. I'll be ordering them one by one and sharing them with you!
It's hard to pick favorites among so many great stories, but here's a little bit about a few of them that stood out in my mind.
"CATNYP" by Delia Sherman tells the story of the fairies that live on the fringes of New York City. There's a fascinating adventure in the library that got my mind racing with ideas and possibilities! I have a fantasy story to tell about books of my own now. We'll see if it develops into anything readable.
"The Feary Handbag" by Kelly Link fascinated me because it wove together stories of the old world and the new.
"Never Never" by Burce Glassco takes a fun new look at the old story of Peter Pan and Captain Hook, this time from Hook's point of view!
"The Faery Reel" by Neil Gaiman is a poem that will make you want to get up and dance!
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