![]() ![]() And, my favorite: the poem “Instructions,” which is one of my favorite picture books. Except for the sunbird, which they set off to do, not heeding the consequences. “Sunbird,” which is about an epicurean club who have basically tried eating everything there is to eat. “How to Talk to Girls at Parties,” which is a mundane awkward boy party until you realize that they crashed a party of alien girls. “October in the Chair,” a delightful story personalizing the months of the year and their gathering where they each take turns telling one story, and the story that October tells. There were a few that absolutely stood out: “A Study in Emerald,” his take on a Sherlock Holmes story which is weird and wild, and has an absolutely brilliant twist at the end. I didn’t love them all, but the ones I liked, I really liked. So, a collection of short stories and poems seemed just my speed: Gaiman’s trademark oddness in bite-size doses.įragile Things is a collection of some fascinating, some entertaining, some disturbing Gaiman stories. ![]() I really love his work for children, and while I’ve enjoyed some of his adult books, mostly I find them too much for me. ![]() I have decided, for the time being, that I really enjoy Neil Gaiman in small doses. ![]()
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