false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255577130m/2213661.jpg 2213661 28 <P> Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place-he's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well as their timely ghostly teachings-like the ability to Fade. </P> <P> Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead? And then there are things like ghouls that aren't really one thing or the other. </P> <P> This chilling tale is Neil Gaiman's first full-length novel for middle-grade readers since the internationally bestselling and universally acclaimed <i>Coraline</i>. Like <i>Coraline</i>, this book is sure to enchant and surprise young readers as well as Neil Gaiman's legion of adult fans. </P> 2219449 book 1 10 2008 The Graveyard Book total:15227|5:5940|4:6267|3:2423|2:482|1:115| 15227 63116 24904 4563 4 68 false false Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 20:56:13 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 19:52:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 33 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 08:46:43 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 11:37:56 -0700 2008
Scene: at the library.
Picks up Stardust and reads back flap... thinks, "hey, this looks like a great book. What an interesting idea for a story..." When actually reading Stardust: bored.

A couple months ...more...]]> 4 18 false false Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 20:53:28 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 14:28:12 -0800 2008 This review is mostly aimed at Jackie and RA, as I'm too lazy to fill in the blanks of our conversation on this book thus far.

This review has light spoilers (but not enough to click that box down there) and also won't really interest people who haven't read it, yet.
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Here are my first impressions upon reading this book...it is absolutely wonderful. I was incredibly fortunate to get this ARC and thank those who sent it my way. It is a gorgeous book. Gorgeous. It is elegant, gently witty, pensive...more...]]> 3 17 false false Thu Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 07:43:56 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 08:23:30 -0700 2008
This book was entirely mediocre. The plot was disjointed and very loosely woven throughout the story, and much of it didn't make any sense. Details (what few details there were) seemed to be added at the last minute to make later events in the story make sense. It's a...more...]]> 4 11 false false Sun Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 21:07:09 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 26 14:39:53 -0800 2009 Newbery Winner, 2009!!!! Woot! I am thrilled that this book won the Newbery Award! Congratulations to Neil Gaiman!

Update with spoilers: While I loved the main part of the story - Bod living in the graveyard, learning from the ghosts - I didn't find the reason for him being there well eno...more...]]> 4 11 false false Tue Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 08:12:08 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 13:37:58 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 4 7 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 12 04:54:37 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 25 14:59:32 -0700 2009 2
It's a dark sort of fairy tale, the kind of thing Gaiman has excelled at tellin...more...]]> 3 14 false false Fri Dec 12 13:04:35 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 06:08:00 -0800 2008
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Ghosts are fantasy
Carved deep from wishful thinking.
More real than the real.
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Gaiman's The Graveyard Book is new favourite of mine. The story is brisk, the writing whimsical, and the characters well-rende...more...]]> 4 3 false false Sat Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 23:02:57 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 23 18:56:23 -0800 2008
There is no way I could review this book from an impartial or critical perspective. I had been trying and failing to see Neil Gaiman read for something like 18 years when this book came out and I finally did. If my yearning to meet him was a separate entity...more...]]> 5 5 false true Sat Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 13:25:39 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 20:09:34 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 5 3 false true Thu Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 01 23:41:42 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 13 07:05:40 -0800 2009 once, so far. more...]]> 2 8 false false Fri Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 06 18:45:33 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 07 17:52:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 21:52:58 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 16:45:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 10:13:51 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 10:35:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2213661