Lurve is in the air
and Claire has been busily sighing and swooning on your behalf. See her latest booklist of love stories.
Speaking of Claire, she's been pushing me for years to read Neil Gaiman's American Gods, which I'm finally doing. And loving, not least for the following exchange, among the most indelible in American literature:
Speaking of Claire, she's been pushing me for years to read Neil Gaiman's American Gods, which I'm finally doing. And loving, not least for the following exchange, among the most indelible in American literature:
The bird turned, head tipped, suspiciously, on one side, and it stared at him with bright eyes.
"Say 'Nevermore,'" said Shadow.
"Fuck you," said the raven. It said nothing else as they went through the woodland together.
Labels: Books for grown-ups, Dirty Birds, Great American Novel, Reading lists, YA
posted by Roger Sutton at 11:01 AM
4 Comments:
Anansi Boys, which is sort of a sequel, is even better.
Farah
Anyone who writes it as "lurve" is taking a somewhat cynical look at it. That's where I am, too.
I've been recently learning that the more you try to convince people you're sincere, the more they think you're not. So I won't try.
Yes, that's a good ones. I read it on a recent Neil Gaiman binge! What a way to waste your life away on the couch. Aaaah. :)
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