Percolations

I read somewhere that Neil Gaiman is brilliant. Brilliant. Now there’s a word. With this Percolation, I now own three of his works (four, if you count Coraline, which I gave to Veronica years ago). But back to American Gods. After reading a teaser, I’m not certain how to describe this telling. It seems to be about religion and mythology; and a man’s journey; but it’s also about murder; and a man called Mr. Wednesday.

A fellow blogger ties a neat ribbon around it by asking a series of hypothetical questions:

What if our belief in gods is what makes them real?
What if we give them shape and life by our sacrifices and worship?
What happens to them when we shift our focus to more modern gods?



This one is definitely for the more mature reader.







In the third installment of the Fablehaven series, The Grip of the Shadow Plague, creatures of light are mysteriously turning dark, and the beautiful fairies that fly around the preserve have become evil.

The series is about Kendra and Seth, siblings who visit their grandparents every year in a magical sanctuary called Fablehaven, and the adventures they have while there.

The Dude introduced me to this series, and I’m starting to get attached to some of the characters. Moral? Don’t shy away from a book because it’s labeled 'Young Adult' or 'pre-teen', grab what calls you, you will be pleasantly surrendering….

The only problem now is, which book do I read first?

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