Monday, January 19, 2009

Middle Grade Madness: The Graveyard Book

Author: Neil Gaiman

Illustrator: Dave McKean

Genre(s): Fantasy

Award(s): Newbery Medal

Platform: ebook

Why I wanted to read it: loved Coraline

Why I'll remember it: story atmosphere; nice reveals on characters; succinct language

If this book was a dish it would be: borsht (cold and earthy)

Read this if: lichen-covered crypts feel like home

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2 ate pie:

beth said...

This is another book on my list to read...

nomadshan said...

I read someone else say they thought the characters were cold, but I didn't think so at all -- I found them warm + fully fleshed to boot.