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Happy first day of #Scarathlon 2023! For the first #ScarathlonPhotoChallenge prompt -- #Black -- I'm posting a book by my favorite author!

#mischiefandmayhem

This collection of writing by the incomparable Neil Gaiman was already well on its way to a 5-Star rating when I came to: Nothing O‘Clock (2013). Gaiman wrote Doctor Who fanfic and my nerdy little heart exploded. I. Can‘t. Even. Gaiman gets all the stars. All. The. Stars.

After the jolt to my soul of trudging my way through a novel by an author I normally greatly enjoy, I was gun-shy to pick up this book by the always brilliant Neil Gaiman. But alas, mere seconds into this audiobook book I was nestled inside the warmth of Neil‘s narration and the wonder of his storytelling. Fear not, Uncle Neil to the rescue.

Monday I got to hear Neil Gaiman speak. He‘s one of my favorite living authors & it was such a joy to listen to him joke & answer questions. He read essays & poems (Chivalry). He has such an incredible skill for storytelling & the perfect voice to read his work. There's something so magical about an entire sold-out auditorium listening with rapt attention as someone reads to them. It's so different from our normal society doing 15 things at once.

The final countdown to Evening with Neil Gaiman is here! I‘m giddy with excitement having to wait two years for this day to arrive!

I can confirm that you are NEVER too old to listen to someone read stories to you…stories, poetry about Batman, about refugees, anecdotes about Terry Prachett, Gene Wolfe, and updates on all the tv happening—Good Omens 2, Anansi Boys and, of course, Sandman. So much fun. If you ever have the chance to see Neil Gaiman in person, I highly recommend doing so. He is a consummate storyteller and wonderfully entertaining.

I guess I‘m reading a big book next. I had to dig a fat hardcover from the TBR piles. My new bookmark needed an appropriate home. Isn‘t it lovely?!?

I can‘t find a listing on Litsy for this short story, but this audible original was a fun little read for any fans of Neil Gaiman. He read it himself and it‘s brief, but I enjoyed it. An astronaut wakes up as his ship is failing only to discover his name is Neil Gaiman. He remembers nothing else.

Great collection of fantasy and other stories, most of which I had not read before. Black Dog is a tingly ghost story. Some remind me of Ray Bradbury. Even has a good Dr Who story. Brilliant.

Thanks Santa 📚📚

Will start reading this since I feel obligated. I won it in an online sort of raffle! I think from Goodreads. I like Neil Gaiman though. Haven't seen or read Good Omens though.

I got a great haul of Neil Gaiman books for my birthday yesterday.

#PoetryMatters Day 3: #Fairy

Love this 📚❤📖 made me chuckle whilst I'm ill. Hope it can cheer others up too. #litsylove #litsyhumour #neilgaiman #dontgrowup

Excellent. My full review is up on the British Fantasy Society website now.

A good collection of Gaiman's work. Not all selections i personally would have picked, but a good read

#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks
Square 13 ✔️
Bingo!

#InspiredNewYear Day 9: We need to be #Brave as we face the year ahead - some wise words here from Gaiman.

Here's to a better 2021.

🎧 📚 Holy SMOKE!! Neil Gaiman is a dirty bird. Maybe I just never noticed but with a pile of short stories/entries, BAM! In your face! LOL

He reads it. The stories vary and include new content. All short or excerpts from novels & all chosen by his readers.

The thing you may like about this is that each “story” is a chapter & that makes it easy to jump around based on your available time. I enjoyed the stories! Love me some Gaiman!
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The audiobook of this lovely gem is in sale right now for $4.99 on Apple Books. I had to snatch this up while I could.
#NeilGaiman #audiobook #TheNeilGaimanReader #AppleBooks #AppleBooksSale

#ChristmasQuotes #presents

Book presents are the best presents! 🎁

“Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them. And it's much cheaper to buy somebody a book than it is to buy them the whole world!”
—Neil Gaiman

Skipping over to the library APP to see if he‘ll read it to me 🖤🖤🖤 I LOVE PRE-WORK BOOK SHOPPING AT B&N!! 😁

https://youtu.be/6jwGr5S6gfs

Halloween treat for myself. 🎃

I apologize in advance for nerding out . . . I got my copy of the Neil Gaiman Reader today. It‘s wonderful! It is populated with stories, all but one, selected by a fan vote taken earlier in the year. On Monday Mr Gaiman said he “put his thumb on the scale” for the last story - Monkey and the Lady - because he loves it and he wanted his fans to have it. 👇🏻

Marlon James interviewing Neil Gaiman on this rainy afternoon makes it the best afternoon. Here Mr James is talking about how much Mr Nancy means to him. 💕 I highly recommend signing up for any online event with either of these gentlemen should you get the chance.

Yesterday's book mail!

Whoa! This is an incredible Litfluence score! Congrats, Karen, aka @Texreader on your milestone and this awesome #KarensGiveaway!

So excited about this one!

Preparing for a postgrad seminar on Neil Gaiman I'm teaching this summer term. This nerdy girl is soooo looking forward to this!! 😍