ohoh before I forget: a veryvery belated happy birthday to ceiling, sihui, jiaying and cherie((: Feel free to do anything you want to me if I've forgotten anyone.

I've just finished American Gods. This is about Shadow, an ex-convict, who meets Wednesday on a plane heading home. Wednesday strangely knows all about him, perhaps more than Shadow does himself.
It was a pretty long stretch of 3 or so weeks- I started on the monday of the school holidays, and today is monday of week 2. I'm writing this late, so it will turn up as tuesday on the post heading. Getting to savour the book really slowly made me appreciate it more in its entirety and the vast depth that Neil Gaiman went into, and the magnitude of the story. This also applies to its themes of gods and belief, which are very universal, despite the title of American Gods. It is seemingly disconnected when you first start, but in the end all the knots get tied quite neatly, so you have to read the uninteresting parts first before you can understand what happens next. It is slightly haunting, but he brings in a more fantastical, yet philosophical side into his writing that is not seen in things like Coraline or Smoke and Mirrors. Like all other Neil Gaiman books, this is best enjoyed on a comfy sofa on a rainy afternoon, or in a toasty bed in the wee hours of the night. This is what Neil Gaiman has to say about his novel- be sure to check the reseach section- I found several drool-worthy diners on the Roadfood link. What if American Gods were used as literary text? See what a lit teacher says. I would never ever sleep in a lit lesson again if the teacher did this.

I've recently been on a book-movie spree: Coraline, Ootp, Eragon and Artemis Fowl are all coming out soon! I know for sure Ootp is out in the states July 13 2007. Coraline is going to be voiced by Dakota Fanning yay but the release date isn't confirmed. OH stardust is out on march 9th 2007. His dark materials: the golden compass on Nov16 07. Spiderwick Chronicles on christmas day 07 (children's fantasy not unlike others; for younger readers) Hairspray on dec21'07 (musical on broadway) I need funding/ a job- I won't stick watching Ootp late on dvd):