2014 reading challenge: november.

Reading of the month:

"Coraline" by Neil Gaiman

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”

"Coraline lives with her preoccupied parents in part of a huge old house--a house so huge that other people live in it, too... round, old former actresses Miss Spink and Miss Forcible and their aging Highland terriers and the mustachioed old man under the roof. Coraline contents herself for weeks with exploring the vast garden and grounds. But with a little rain she becomes bored--so bored that she begins to count everything blue, the windows, and the doors. And it is the 14th door that--sometimes blocked with a wall of bricks--opens up for Coraline into an entirely alternate universe. Now, if you're thinking fondly of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe or Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, you're on the wrong track. Neil Gaiman's Coraline is far darker, far stranger, playing on our deepest fears. And, like Roald Dahl's work, it is delicious."

Coraline. So far I only knew the movie (which I liked a lot, btw). But since it is such a creepy story, I had to read the book, as well. November is usually a misty month, but the first few days were quite warm and sunny. But I'm  sure, the weather will change soon, with darker and colder days, the perfect moments to lit a candle, to drink a cup of tea and to a creepy book like this. And to make creepy creepier, this book has been illustrated masterfully in scritchy, terrifying ink drawings by British mixed-media artist and Sandman cover illustrator Dave McKean. 

Happy Reading!

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