Things That Happen When You Listen To Your Sister #1

Or rather, things that happen when I listen to my sister . . . A(nother) new addiction!

It all started innocently enough a few years ago. Niko had gotten tickets to a Neil Gaiman reading and didn't have anyone to go with, so she asked me. I didn't have anything else to do, so I went. We were crammed into this little art gallery and arrived too late for seats. I wasn't really looking forward to standing listening to some comic dude for 2 hours in a sweaty little box of a room, but what the heck, we were there.

Well, that was one of the funniest evenings I've ever spent standing listening to a talk and I didn't even have to leave town to hear it. For entertainment value he was right up there with Bruce "Evil Dead" Campbell and sword master Anthony De Longis.

Since then I've slowly started reading all Neil's books, usually handed to me in the library by Niko with a stern "Read this!" First had to be American Gods, I got hooked on that one after listening to Neil read an excerpt, then Neverwhere and Stardust, and Good Omens, etc. I've watched "Neverwhere", just bought "Coraline" (very spooky book) and have requested the first of the Sandman series from the library. Oh yeah, and spent a huge chunk of cash on a hardcover of The Sandman: Endless Nights. I think I'm hooked . . .