Neil Gaiman’s The graveyard book winning the Newbery made me feel slightly guilty I didn’t get around to posting even a short review of it late last year. The reason I didn’t get around to it was that although I loved it when I was reading it (especially the writing style and the whole idea of a child being raised by ghosts) I felt a bit more distant towards it not long afterwards. I often like books more when I’m actually reading them – any blog post I write within a couple of days of reading a book is liable to find me scratching my head over my enthusiasm months later. In this case, I suspect it was the combination of the episodic style and the ending, which felt rushed and slightly contrived, which dampened my enthusiasm. However, it has made me put The jungle book on my reading list to see if I like it better as an adult than as a child.
And to be honest, I thought it was good but I expected it to be good because it was by Neil Gaiman, which made me less interested in writing about it.
An Australian author, Melina Marchetta, has won the Printz award for her novel Jellicoe Road. Embarrassingly I can’t really remember this book. I know I found it slightly tough going at the start but that’s about it. Anyone else here enjoy it?
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