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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

adventurous sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

My first audible... Gaiman reads Gaiman.  Up to then, I'd been a reader but not really a listener... I enjoyed Chivalry and Nicholas Was, but this was a novel,  short as it was.

The Skeleton Key & Bright Streets of Air: Two Stories by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

The Skelton Key
Bright Streets of Air

Fathom: The Definitive Edition by Michael Layne Turner

adventurous medium-paced

3.5

In those final issues the rewrite throws me off balance...

The Case of the Bleeding Wall by Tom Napolitano, Joe R. Lansdale, Kasey Lansdale

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I read the individual issues.  Loved the novella, but the adaptation was hard to follow.

Telling Tales by Neil Gaiman

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

1. A Writer's Prayer 
2. Harlequin Valentine
3. Boys and Girls Together
4. The Wedding Present
5. In the End

The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection by Neil Gaiman

lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

1. The Wolves in the Walls 
2. Cinnamon 
3. The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish 
4. Crazy Hair

Courting Disasters and Other Strange Affinities: Short Stories by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Lettered!!

Shoggoth's Old Peculiar by Neil Gaiman

funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Rueful Death by Susan Wittig Albert

4.0

Stable Cat by Garrison Allen

5.0

The third book I read, this one is fun too. We see more of the oddball residents of Empty "By God" Creek, Arizona while Penelope tries to find out who swiped the champion horse and got hers too!