Skip to content

bookskeptic.com

  • About
  • Reading History
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
  • To Be Read
    • 2017
    • 2016
  • Projects and Challenges
    • 12 Museums for 2022
    • 12 Plays for 2022
    • #20BooksofSummer 2021
    • #20booksofsummer 2020
    • #20booksofsummer 2019
    • 12 bookshops for 12 months
    • #20booksofsummer 2018
    • #20booksofsummer 2017
    • #20booksofsummer 2016
    • Reading Ireland Month 2016

Tag: Neil Gaiman

Norse Mythology – Neil Gaiman

On June 23, 2018June 9, 2018 By bookskepticIn Reviews8 Comments

I wanted to get this book since it was published, but my book buying ban got in the way last year, so I was happy to come across it during my trip to Stanfords in May. I even mentioned it in my review of the American Gods, hoping that it would do justice to Norse …

Continue reading Norse Mythology – Neil Gaiman

May round-up

On June 2, 2018August 30, 2018 By bookskepticIn Thoughts3 Comments

May has been very gracious with the weather, it feels like from early spring we jumped right into summer and I am not going to complain about this. I love the sun and the warmth and I really hope it'll stay this way for another few months. What I cannot believe is that only 3 …

Continue reading May round-up

Stanfords – 12 bookshops for 12 months – Book Haul

On May 23, 2018March 6, 2020 By bookskepticIn Thoughts10 Comments

As I mentioned in my previous post, I did go a little bit over the top with buying books during my trip to Stanfords. I usually buy up to three books on my bookshop adventures, but this time I got carried away and bought eight, which probably is also a testament to how well the …

Continue reading Stanfords – 12 bookshops for 12 months – Book Haul

Ghosts of Christmas Past

On December 4, 2017December 3, 2017 By bookskepticIn Reviews6 Comments

Another one of my Cambridge haul down! I'm doing pretty well with it having so far read five out of seven books I bought then, the only ones left are: Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca and David Szalay's All That Man Is, so I actually do stand a chance of finishing all of the haul before end of year …

Continue reading Ghosts of Christmas Past

Spectacular fall on the home stretch

On November 9, 2017October 27, 2018 By bookskepticIn Thoughts10 Comments

I wrote few weeks ago how I finally caught up with all the reviews, that is now officially in the past, I am three books behind again and surely soon it will be four. This however is a common state of affairs, one may even say it was highly unusual to be caught up with …

Continue reading Spectacular fall on the home stretch

#20booksofsummer completed

On July 24, 2017July 24, 2017 By bookskepticIn Thoughts6 Comments

This was unexpected, but the unexpected sometimes happens and it's not always a bad thing. I officially completed my #20booksofsummer reading on Saturday, more than a month early. Last year I struggled a lot more to finish on time, so what was different this year? No teeth problems to start with, not that those months …

Continue reading #20booksofsummer completed

American Gods – Neil Gaiman

On July 15, 2017June 9, 2018 By bookskepticIn Reviews2 Comments

Thanks to Amazon this title is now all over the place. Finally I got round to reading it, because I wanted to know the book before I start watching the series. Now I read the book and I probably won't be watching the series... When I was a child and I run out of fairy …

Continue reading American Gods – Neil Gaiman

The Ocean at the End of the Lane – Neil Gaiman

On May 7, 2017 By bookskepticIn Reviews6 Comments

It was my first book by Neil Gaiman and I enjoyed it. I do think it is aimed at a bit younger reader, because it sometimes is a bit naive, but enjoyable read nonetheless. An unnamed man comes back to his hometown for a funeral and on impulse revisits places from his childhood rediscovering events …

Continue reading The Ocean at the End of the Lane – Neil Gaiman

April round-up

On May 1, 2017June 4, 2017 By bookskepticIn ThoughtsLeave a comment

April didn't necessarily bring spring to London, but it certainly did to Madrid, where I spent a wonderful weekend. Reading-wise the month started so well that in the last week I decided to finally tackle It by Stephen King, at almost 1400 pages it is a bit intimidating book. Luckily I have it on my Kindle, …

Continue reading April round-up

Enter your email address to follow my blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 499 other followers

Present

  • A Pause
  • The Shark is Broken – Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon, dir. Guy Masterson
  • The Beekeeper of Aleppo – Christy Lefteri
  • A Long Way Off/ Daleko, dalej – Pascal Garnier
  • Charles Dickens Museum – 12 Museums for 2022

Past

Categories

  • Quotes
  • Reviews
  • Thoughts
  • Uncategorized

Tags

#12bookshopsfor12months #20boksofsummer #20booksofsummer #20booksofsummer20 #20BooksofSummer21 #ReadMyOwnDamnBooks Andrzej Sapkowski book book haul book review book reviews books Canada Crime crime fiction Elena Ferrante Elizabeth Strout fiction Ian McEwan Ian Rankin Ireland Jeanette Winterson John Grisham Jo Nesbo Julian Barnes Kapka Kassabova Kate Atkinson Kazuo Ishiguro London Margaret Atwood Neil Gaiman New York non-fiction Olga Tokarczuk Poland quotes Rebecca Solnit review round up Shirley Jackson short stories Stephen King The United Kingdom Thoughts Thriller Toni Morisson travel United Kingdom United States warsaw
  • View bookskeptic’s profile on Facebook
  • View @booksceptic’s profile on Twitter

Blogroll

  • The 100 Greatest Books Challenge
  • BookerTalk
  • Brontë's Page Turners
  • Thinking in Fragments
  • JacquiWine's Journal
  • The Bookshelf of Emily J.
  • bhaktimotta
  • Reading Turtle Duck
  • Novels & Teacups
  • bookssavetheworld
  • Tincture of Museum
  • cupandpaper.
  • BeeOrdiway
  • Spiral Spun
  • 746 Books
  • Worn Corners
  • The Book Satchel
  • Reading To Remember
  • JacquiWine's Journal
  • The Bibliophile Struggle
  • Consumed by Ink
  • The London Particular
  • The Bookworm Bistro
  • Cleopatra Loves Books
  • Book Snob
  • Fig and Thistle
  • Read Diverse Books
  • heavenali
  • CIMPLE – A Curious Introvert's Musings & Photos about Life and Enjoyment
  • A reader's footprints
  • Iconic Photos
  • She Reads Novels
  • photospace violetta kaszubowska
  • Real Life Reading
  • theliterarysisters
  • Kate Beth Heywood
  • Travels Food
  • Dysfunctional Literacy
  • Book Haunt
  • Adventures in reading, writing and working from home
  • Feminist Texican Reads
  • Simoneteffect – Pure Black & White
  • The WordPress.com Blog
  • the blue bore
  • WordPress.com News
  • The Perks of Being a Bookworm
  • Tony's Reading List
  • 120secondbookreviews
  • Laura Broadberry
  • London In Photos
  • Tara Sparling writes
  • If You Can Read This
  • the knitted footballer
  • Shoshi's Book Blog
  • Penguin Blog
  • RatherTooFondofBooks
  • My Book Strings
  • The Novel Eater
  • Franklenstein
  • Show This Book Some Love
  • booksaremyfavouriteandbest
  • RELATING TO HUMANS
  • Asylum
  • madame bibi lophile recommends
  • Drunk Off Rhetoric
  • The Writes of Woman
  • 101 Books
  • thebookshelfblog
  • inkyspells
  • Reading the End
  • Disco Demolition Night
  • Tales from the Reading Room
  • If Books Could Blog
  • bookowly
  • KURTBRINDLEY.COM
  • Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings
  • Savidge Reads
  • Tea & Paperbacks
  • rants and raves of a bibliophile
  • The Daily Dosage
  • Leaping Life
  • WOCreads
  • cup of tea with that book, please
  • thelibrarylizard.wordpress.com/
  • Sorry Television
  • The Critiquing Chemist
  • Fleeting Brook
  • The Daily Post
  • bookskeptic.com
  • http://bookowly.wordpress.com
  • Big Reading Life
  • Hard Book Habit
  • middle, beginning & end – The Book Review
  • CANVAS & QUILL
  • Lizzy's Literary Life
  • Portobello Book Blog
  • sunroseclear
  • Lotus Book Blog
  • Dream by Day
  • Beyond Eden Rock
  • Beauty is a Sleeping Cat
  • Damn Ugly Photography
  • Simonet – Pure Black & White
  • Donovan Reads
  • British Museum blog
  • Distant Drumlin
  • Cameron Book Reviews
  • The Bookish Badger
  • Lady Fancifull
  • findingtimetowrite
  • ireadnovels
  • ReadandReview2016
  • FictionFan's Book Reviews
  • BaileyBee
  • Duchess Reading
  • The Hungry Monster Book Review
  • A Note From Abroad
  • Lisa Tiller
  • Mike Finn's Fiction
  • The Reading Bug
  • Ranty Runt of a Reader
  • mirabile dictu
  • Bits & Books
  • Happily Ever Bookish
  • Words And Peace

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • bookskeptic.com
    • Join 499 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • bookskeptic.com
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...
 

    Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
    To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy