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I do love it when a great reader makes a great story come to life. It was more than a narration, it was a full-on dramatization, and even as I think back on parts of the story, it still feels like it was acted out by several people.

Neil Gaiman stories always have a sense of fantastic realism to them and even the epic stories flow with people you'd swear you've met before. I felt for Fat Charlie and I cheered for Daisy, and I grinned with delight at Spider's antics. I especially loved the Anansi tales woven throughout the novel. When I was wee I had a book of Anansi tales that have stuck with me. Clever beat brawn and I knew it was a clever girl.

I'll probably burn t his one to CD and send it to my mother. She'd get a kick out of these tales inside the tale.]]>