The Monarch of the Glen | 
so-soAmerican Gods is probably my least favorite of Gaiman‘s works. I wasn‘t really invested in Shadow‘s story, which is just a framing device for little vignettes containing the stories of various gods. And, well, I at least liked those. I was hoping there‘ll be something similar here, but I was disappointed.
Still, it‘s Gaiman, so the base quality is there despite me not finding exactly what I was looking for.
3.0/5
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This is a short story as a followup after American Gods. It has been such a long time since I read American Gods when it mentioned the MC, Shadow, at first I was thinking Shadow was like an "entity" not a person.? I thought "oooh, this is gonna be spooky"Then I remembered. This was a pretty fun short read, good to visit this world again.
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1. Oh boy! I have a very silly system of picking my Bookspin Bingo list, then I try to read the two picks and then read trying to get a Bingo.
2. (⭐️) It was so bad it made me angry.
(⭐️⭐️) Didn't enjoy it, but the writing is ok.
(⭐️⭐️⭐️) It was good or alright.
(⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) Really enjoyed it.
(⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) Loved it, probably made me cry.
3. The rain! We finally are getting some here.
so-so3.5⭐️
Shadow has been on the road for two years since he left behind everything that happened with Wednesday. Now, while visiting Scotland, he accepts an offer that seems too good to be true but he needs the money. As the “bodyguard” to help keep out the locals, Shadow quickly realizes there‘s a lot more to this job than first meets the eye. Quick thinking and his past experiences are going to help get him out of this situation.
#quitterstrip marks my place at Book Fifth - The Descent of Les Miz and I‘m ending Friday night with finishing The Monarch of the Glen.
No idea what time I clocked in as I failed to set the stopwatch. 🤦🏻♀️
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Leap Year splurge on 3/5 of Neil Gaiman books. The other two are still in shipment. 🚚
pickMy favorite #americangodssequel i wish there‘d be many more european / norse / gaelic stories. Maybe one day?
pickOriginally published in the short story collection Fragile Things, this UK hardcover edition is a fantastic return to the world of American Gods. Shadow has been traveling and here has an unsettling experience in England with weirdos who never say what they mean, hints of myth & undercover god types, but especially an overwhelming sense of unease and menace around him that is brilliantly captured in the creepy dark illustrations throughout.
"The smaller you look, the more things unpack. It could take you as long to drive across America as it would to drive across Scotland, if you did it in the right way. It's like, you look on a map, and the coastlines are solid lines. But when you walk them, they're all over the place."
pickA welcome return to the world of Neil Gaiman's American Gods with all the aspects I loved most, old gods translated into modern shapes, mythology never fully revealed and a sense of unease that never quite lifts. The illustrations are perfect, this one reminds me of the gorgeous Tale of the Three Brothers sequence from the final Harry Potter Film
Running a little behind with all the holiday madness. I got some lovely books as well as a pretty bookmark, a Jane Austen mug and Brontë sisters peg dolls made by my talented sister. another great Christmas 😚🎄#SeasonsReadings #BookishGifts
This delightful #bookmail from the UK will further support my goal to #reread American Gods this month. Monarch is a new novella about Shadow set in the Scottish Highlands. Yay!
