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“M is for Magic. All the letters are, if you put them together properly.”

July 27, 2015 by crystalclear 1 Comment

As I was wandering through my library looking for a new audiobook for my commute home, I decided to check out the YA section. I was looking for something easy and fun. We don’t have many audiobooks for that section (we’re trying to get kids to actually read!) but I was pleased to find this. A book by Neil Gaiman? Nice!  Read by Neil Gaiman? Sweet!  Is this meant for young children? No, I don’t think so. But older ones could get something out of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: fantasy, Fiction, m is for magic, Neil Gaiman, short story collection

crystalclear's CBR7 Review No:10 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: fantasy, Fiction, m is for magic, Neil Gaiman, short story collection ·
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Wasn’t Magical for Me

July 16, 2015 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

My adventures in short story reading continue, and I’ve reached the point where I’m convinced they aren’t for me. Not even the glorious, melodious Neil Gaiman reading his own collection, M is for Magic, to me could do the trick. I appear to be broken in some way. That’s not to say that there aren’t good stories in this collection. There are several that are quite good, just not good enough to round the collections overall rating up from a 3 star. The stories in […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: faintingviolet, m is for magic, Neil Gaiman, short stories

faintingviolet's CBR7 Review No:53 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: faintingviolet, m is for magic, Neil Gaiman, short stories ·
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