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I didn't realize when I first started this book, that it was a retelling of The Jungle Book. Honestly it said graveyard and was by Neil Gaiman and that was literally all I needed to know to want to read it.
I had a lovely little time as I read along trying to figure out which characters here translated to the characters in TJB. Some were obvious, Silas had to be Baghera. The Sleer had to be Kaa. Miss Lupescu is probably Baloo, but I wasn't sure. Anyways, it was rather clever and I enjoyed it. I ...more
I had a lovely little time as I read along trying to figure out which characters here translated to the characters in TJB. Some were obvious, Silas had to be Baghera. The Sleer had to be Kaa. Miss Lupescu is probably Baloo, but I wasn't sure. Anyways, it was rather clever and I enjoyed it. I ...more
Nobody Owens, Bod for short, is a toddler when his family is murdered by a man named Jack. Bod manages to escape and end up in a graveyard. Two of the ghosts in the graveyard adopt Bod and Silas, a mysterious figure who isn't alive or dead, becomes his guardian. Gaiman fully imagines the ghosts in the graveyard and Bod's world growing up there. It took me awhile to get into the book but by the end I was entranced and wished the book was longer.
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Ack! I'm going to have to try to get the UK cover, it's way better than the US one :-(
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My UK book arrived today! I love it!
Also, my eyes are working again (during the long bout of sinusitis they would just ooze out liquids whenever I tried to read something. So I confess to having spent the entire day propped up listening to CSI Seasons 7 and 8.) ...more
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My UK book arrived today! I love it!
Also, my eyes are working again (during the long bout of sinusitis they would just ooze out liquids whenever I tried to read something. So I confess to having spent the entire day propped up listening to CSI Seasons 7 and 8.) ...more
2nd readthrough, and also read the graphic novel.
Classic Bildungsroman, read for we like things and stuff.
Might need to try the audio next time.
Classic Bildungsroman, read for we like things and stuff.
Might need to try the audio next time.
Sweet and whimsical, The Graveyard Book contains memorable characters and the promise that we are all connected, past and present, living and dead.
Jul 20, 2009
Mary E.
marked it as to-read
Oct 24, 2012
Cora
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really liked it
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europe,
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coming-of-age,
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Feb 25, 2017
Darcie
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Beth Tabler
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Kami
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