Another Neil Gaiman book for kids. Liked it, didn't love it, but would've loved it if I was 8 or so. There were a couple beautiful turns of phrase that I really enjoyed, but mostly it was just a great book for kids, and would've been scary if I was a little bit younger.
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...In which a diabetic mother with two other blogs tries desperately to remember not only what books she reads during 2008, but also, what she thinks of them...
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2008
- How Children Learn by John Holt
- Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
- A False Sense of Well-Being by Jeanne Braselton
- Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver
- Having Faith by Sandra Steingraber
- Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
- Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
- The Last Summer (of you and me) by Ann Brashares
- Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline by Becky Bailey
- Best American Short Stories 2001
- Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
- Stuart Little by E.B. White
- Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
- Deep Dish by Mary Kay Andrews
- The Last English King by Julian Rathbone
- Off Season by Anne Rivers Siddons
- Emma by Jane Austen
- Three Junes by Julia Glass
- The Last Time I Was Me by Cathy Lamb
- A Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L'Engle
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- Julia's Chocolates by Cathy Lamb
- Getting Near to Baby by Audrey Couloumbis
- Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler
- The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
- Don't Look Down by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer
- The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by Sharyn McCrumb
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman
- Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
- Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
- Your Two-Year-Old: Terrible or Tender by Louise Bates Ames and Frances L. Ilg
- Fear of Flying by Erica Jong
- Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
- Dress Your Children in Corduroy and Denim; Holidays on Ice; and Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
- Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
- The Happiest Toddler on the Block by Harvey Karp
- How Weaning Happens by Diane Bengson
- Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
- Little Sugar Addicts by Kathleen DesMaisons
- Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner
- Carpe Demon by Julie Kenner
- M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman
- A Life's Work by Rachel Cusk
- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
- The Homeschooling Handbook by Mary Griffith
- To the Tower Born by Robin Maxwell
- Sleepless in America by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
- The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
- Getting Things Done by David Allen
- Better OFF by Eric Brende
- Girlfriends' Guide to Toddlers by Vicki Iovine
- One Thing at a Time by Cindy Glovinsky
- New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
- A Flaw in the Blood by Stephanie Barron
- Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Everyday Blessings by Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Duchess by Susan Holloway Scott
- Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
- Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Cheating Destiny by James Hirsch
- Virgin by Robin Maxwell
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman
- Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
- Songs Without Words by Ann Packer
- The Case for Make Believe by Susan Linn
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
- The Cobra Event by Richard Preston
- Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
- Disobedience by Jane Hamilton
- How to Talk so Kids Will Learn by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
- The Boleyn Inheritance by Phillipa Gregory
- Victoria Victorious by Jean Plaidy
- The Queen Gene by Jennifer Coburn
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman
- The Third Circle by Amanda Quick
- Celtic Memories by Caitlin Matthews
- Wise Woman (anthology)
- Lead a Horse to Murder by Cynthia Baxter
- The Mother Dance by Harriet Lerner
- The Mother Trip: Hip Mama's Guide to Staying Sane in the Chaos of Motherhood by Ariel Gore
- Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller
- Putting on the Dog by Cynthia Baxter
- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
- Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
- Watch Me Grow: I'm Two by Maureen O'Brien with Sherill Tippins
- The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer
- The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
- Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult
- The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
- Angela and Diabola by Lynne Reid Banks
- The Mislaid Magician, or Ten Years After by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
- Child of Mine by Ellyn Satter
- Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
- Fit and Fabulous in 15 Minutes by Teresa Tapp
- The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
- Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes by Neal Barnard
- Baby Proof by Emily Giffin
- Everything You NEVER Wanted Your Kids to Know about $ex by Justin Richardson and Mark A. Schuster
- These Three Remain by Pamela Aidan
- Duty and Desire by Pamela Aidan
- Birth by Tina Cassidy
- An Assembly Such as This by Pamela Aidan
- When I Fall in Love by Lynn Kurland
- Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich
- Lady Be Good by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
- My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki
- Raising Cain by Dan Kindlon and Michael Thompson
- The River Knows by Amanda Quick
- Upon the Midnight Clear by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Mystique by Amanda Quick
- Mothering the New Mother by Sally Placksin
1 comment:
I'm reading this now. I haven't read any other Gaiman books, so I have nothing to compare it to, but it's certainly creepy. I definitely want to see the movie when it comes out.
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