Welcome to Litsy!

This is my first time trying the #jolabokaflod tradition. This is the first book up, and it opens with a knife-wielding maniac chasing a toddler after having just murdered his whole family 😨 Not very festive, but enough action to keep me awake, with the help of some gingerbread sandwich treats.

Finally finished reading this (life has been all to hectic if late!) and I can say it‘s one of my favourite books for younger people I have read.

*All of my bookish prompts are packed away so digital edits will have to suffice for now.*

The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

πŸ–€ 2022 challenge prompt: #25 - favorite author's favorite book
πŸ–€ November bingo prompt: recommended by a parent
πŸ–€ Bookish First bingo prompt: Author has written YA and adult

Original, oddly satisfying and well-written. This was my first Neil Gaiman book but definitely won't be my last.

So the answer to my concerns about a writer's regular fare being too dark might be to check if they've written anything directed at younger audiences?! Holds true here anyway. What I tried of American Gods was pretty unrelenting, but THIS was charming. (Still not fluffy though!)
Beautiful but sad in a way that rings true to life. I don't think I'll ever be a huge Gaiman reader, but I will be investigating other middle grade/YA works he's written.

As an MLIS graduate working in information management, I cannot properly explain the wealth of emotion wrought by this phrase... πŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ

#Undead #OminousOctober @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Started this with not knowing what I got myself into. While it took me a moment to settle into the story, I loved the simple language. Something I loved in all the Gaiman-books Iβ€˜ve read. Liked the story more the longer it went on and in the end I have to say, it was a good YA-Fantasy-read.

Books πŸ“š , beer 🍺 and baseball βšΎοΈβ€¦ color me happy.

Kiss a lover
Dance a measure,
Find your name
And buried treasure...

Great hook that leaves you wanting to read the whole thing.

Speculative. This book has one really fantastic hook that make you want to see where it going and how the book ended within the first 5 to 10 minutes of reading it. The author also gives great detail with his imaginative words that really allows you to create a movie in your head as you are reading.

Such a good yarn, love this book

#Scarathalon #TeamSlaughter #DailyPrompt
Day 12 - Grave

@Clwojick

β€œ.... Honed in on the thing he had come to find.β€œ

Want a spooky book that is perfect for Halloween time? This is the book for you!

The Graveyard Book was written by Neil Gaiman. This book is super spooky and gives descriptive details that makes you feel like you are apart of the story too. This book would be really fun to read around Halloween time.

1. Love them both, but if forced to choose I would go with Mystery.

2. Serial Killer every time.

3. Not really in to ghost books so would choose either The Graveyard Book or The Lovely Bones

#ThoughtfulThursday @MoonWitch94

Tagging @kezzlou85 @CocoReads @TheBookHippie @PageShifter @DieAReader

I‘m not sure why I waited so long to read this book, but wow did I love it! I don‘t want to write a synopsis because I went into it not really knowing what it was about and was happy to be surprised, but the characters are charming, the story feels classic, and it was just a delicious read and one that I will read again! Highly recommend!

πŸ”mystery, my dear Watson πŸ”ͺ
πŸ‘»haunted house, for sure 🏑

I‘m horrible at picking favorites but I really enjoyed the Graveyard Book! I‘m looking forward to reading it with my son.

@Yuki_Onna @inthegreensandblues want to play?

@MoonWitch94 thanks for the tag! #thoughtfulthursday

#scarathlondailyprompts #scarathlon2022 #grave @Clwojick

I can't believe it's taken me this long to read this book! It was excellent. I loved following Bod's adventures growing up in the graveyard and learning to interact with the world, raised by the dead & observing the living. It was just a bit spooky and mysterious. Perfect for today's #ScarathlonDailyPrompt #grave #Scarathlon2022 #TeamMonsterMash @StayCurious #31by31 @Catsandbooks #Spookoween2022 @TheSpineView #Pointsathon @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

β€˜Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn‘t live in a graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts.‘

I really liked this book. This will definitely be one of my favorites by Gaiman.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#Spookoween #31by31 #Pointsathon
#Scarathlon2022 Team Theme +15
#ScarathlonWordSearch (206) +2,060

+2,076 points #TeamMonsterMash

#ScarathlonDailyPrompt @StayCurious
#Grave

Loved this book! Always think of this story in association with graves.

#Scarathlon2022 #TeamMonsterMash

#ScarathlonDailyPrompts
Since I used The Graveyard Book for yesterday's #ghost πŸ‘» prompt, I thought I'd use a different edition of the book, this time with the excellent illustrations of Chris Riddell.

#Scarsthlon2022
#TeamMonsterMash
@Clwojick @StayCurious

For today's #OminousOctober I'm posting an image from one of my favorite Neil Gaiman books, The Graveyard Book. #ghost

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@Eggs
#Scarathlon2022
#TeamMonsterMash
@StayCurious

I wasn't sure about today's #ScarathlonDailyPrompt until I read this passage and it fit perfectly for #scream and #OminousOctober #ghost
@StayCurious @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Neil Gaiman is a master of creepy books for children! This book has become a favorite of mine.

5 ⭐️s
I absolutely LOVED this book! Everything about it was wonderful. I loved how Gaiman wrote the characters and how he was ambiguous about who/what Silas was, but the reader still knows. I adore Bod! The ending had me choked up, but was still beautifully done. I‘ll have to hunt down the graphic novel version now!
#Scarathlon2022 #TeamMonsterMash
All applicable readathons/contests/etc. will be tagged in the comments below.

To start tomorrow

πŸ“• - The Graveyard Book
✍️ - Neil Gaiman
πŸ“Ί - Grey‘s Anatomy
🎀 - Garth Brooks, Glen Campbell
🎢 - Gentle On My Mind #manicmonday #LetterG @CBee

#IndelibleMoments @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#Award

The Graveyard Book has received lots of awards and accolades. Including the Newberry Medal and Hugo Award.

A family is murdered except for the youngest child, a toddler who happened to figure out how to escape his crib at a very opportune time. He wanders down the street to a graveyard where he is raised by its otherworldly inhabitants. As he grows older he will leave the safety of the graveyard and venture out into the world where a man waits to finish the job. This reminded me a little of Lincoln in the Bardo, which I also loved! 5⭐️

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.

One of my favorites by Mr. Gaiman. Both the audio and physical book are fantastic! I need to get my hands on the graphic novel.

#AlphabetGame
#LetterG
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#Alphabetgame #LetterG

girl who drank the moon & Good girl‘s guide to murder series are few other books for letter g.

β€œIt's like the people who believe they'll be happy if they go and live somewhere else, but who learn it doesn't work that way. Wherever you go, you take yourself with you. If you see what I mean.”

#AlphabetGame #letterG

My favourite Gaiman! (not counting The Sandman series, since I haven‘t read them πŸ™ˆ).

"Fear is contagious. You can catch it. Sometimes all it takes is for someone to say that they're scared for the fear to become real,"

~ The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.

Honestly, I got goosebumps after reading the opening line to this spooky book β™‘.

Hmm, my wild book box arrived today - and I‘m not that enthused with their selection but the note means I‘m going to give them another month to wow me (and then I‘ll sleep my subscription for a couple of months - so that it feels like a treat when it reactivates)

#MayMoms @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#Ghost

This was my 3rd time reading this creepy coming-of-age story. It's modeled on The Jungle Book but set in a graveyard instead. At its heart, it‘s about a boy who feels like he doesn‘t quite fit in anywhere. That unifying feeling makes the book applicable to just about anyone. Gaiman creates an unforgettable world in the graveyard and these characters will stay with me forever.

β€œIf I come back, it will be a place, but it won‘t be home any longer."

The beginning and end were strong but the middle seemed to drag. #20in4 #Readathon I am 57 pages short of my 600 page goal at 11:40 pm. I am not going to make it. I am ok with it, considering day one I had a sick kid. Days 2 and 3 had me parenting alone and day 4 brought a killer headache.

#graveyard #savvysettings @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#Graveyard πŸͺ¦ #SavvySettings πŸ€

#BookNerd πŸ’™πŸ€“πŸ“š

My favorite book set in a #graveyard - the story of Bod… #SavvySettings @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#Movie2BookRecs @Klou
Prompt: Ghostbusters

Love this #Book #BeginsWith

I‘ve read this gorgeous book in print, so this time I listened to the audio. Gaiman did an excellent job (of course!) as well as the rest of the full cast - an excellent production! If you have not read this book, I highly recommend it!

#bookspinbingo - free space
#pop22 - Hugo Award winner
#jumpstart2022

I don‘t know how I ended up with such a cool 3 year old ❀️I finished the graveyard book tonight and loved it! πŸͺ¦looking forward to reading it together in a few years…and with his sister a few years after that!

Aaaaahhh!! This is so fantastic! Thank you soooo much @Karisa I feel so lucky to have you as my swap! The mug, the socks, the booksβ€” and my favorite chocolate! I just found the stickers too! This is awesome 🀩 thanks for making it a very spooky time @wanderinglynn πŸ‘» I can‘t wait to rock this mug in class haha! #hhs21

#QuotsyOct21 @TK-421
#Grave