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My only complaint was that it was so short. I loved the storyline, loved the art, but I wanted more!

#JustAnotherGraphicMonday
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A quick comic book style read

#acrossApril April 14: dance

When there‘s a teen parties, there‘s often dancing.

Weird but interesting. Love Gaiman) Good art.

Book: How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Movie: Empire Records
Song: This Will Be My Year by Semisonic

#manicmonday

📚 - How to Talk to Girls at Parties
🎬 - Party Monster
🎵 - Girls just Wanna Have Fun

#manicmonday @JoScho

Lord knows I need some help.

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I enjoyed this graphic short story. If you live in the U.S., you can pick it up as a #KindleDailyDeal

Weird but interesting!! I definitely want to check out more of Gaiman‘s work now. 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What do Littens do when they get a 15 minute break at work?
Read!📚
I found a few short stories online. I started with Virginia Woolf and ended my break with Neil Gaiman. 💃🏻

„We knew that it would soon be over, and so we put it all into a poem, to tell the universe who we were, and why we were here, and what we said and did and thought and dreamed and yearned for. We wrapped our dreams in words and patterned the words so that they would live for ever, unforgettable.“

4.5/5

I read the short story a few years ago when it came out. It's such a strange story that really stuck with me. I was thrilled to see a comic version of the story.

I don't know that it adds anything to the content of the story, but the art is beautiful and really compliments the story. If you enjoyed the short story, or haven't read it yet, I definitely recommend checking this out.

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#HeyJune

Doing a quick re-read after seeing the movie. #Ash does not care about girls or parties. However, he is a fan of bedtime. #CatsOfLitsy

☆☆☆☆☆

Lovely, lovely graphic novel. Haunting and fascinating and a little weird -- but I dig it.

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I love artists Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá. Phenomenal.

How to Talk to Girls at Parties by Neil Gaiman

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The artwork was nice! I get the gibberish, but needed just a tad more.. quick enough read I guess ✌🏻

Taking an easier reading route right now being that I must watch this hockey game as well #letsgopens 🐧 🏒 #amreading #currentread

#holds in yesterday and today ❤️

Neil Gaiman is my #favoriteauthor. As I was taking this photo I realized I'm missing The Ocean at The End of The Lane, and I have no idea what I did with it. #ReadingResolutions #April @Jess7

Had to post these 🤩 I love the inscription on Volume 1 !

This gets a pick for Moon & Ba. This was not an easy story to adapt, but you can feel the magic and strength of the “girls” and the confusion and loneliness of Enn through the art and limited text. My TBR stack has been reshuffled and I‘ll be starting Casanova tonight.
#LetsGetGraphicweeklongmarathon

If I had a nickel for every time I had to tell some guy this...
#speechbubblechallenge #letsdance #💃🏽🕺🏻 #letsgetgraphicweeklongmarathon

Sigh. Neil Gaiman is so hit or miss for me it I cannot stop trying. The only saving grace is that this was a short story so it finished it quickly. I didn‘t care for the story, the art, any of it. On the surface, it‘s an odd idea with no point. But if I read it as a an allegory, it annoys and insults me. Pass.

Thought I'd give this one a read before my late fees pile up!

#LibraryPolice

Got a new stack of books from the library including a giant stack of cookbooks. Slowly working my way though The Year of Living Danishly. A very unsure Doggie has joined me on the couch. He doesn‘t know what to make of his post-bath towel wrap. #libraryhaul

This is one of those books where you finish and think, “What did I just read?!” But I enjoyed it. I didn‘t realize it was a short story. I read the graphic novel, and the quirky beauty of it seeps through the words and pictures in a strange and beautiful way.

This has never been one of my favorite Neil Gaiman stories, and it puzzles me a bit that it's so popular with so many adaptations. But this is a beautiful, evocative graphic adaptation, and I definitely like it more than the original prose.

Ok not quite sure what I read here but hey it's written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by the brilliant Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba (I adore Daytripper!). It's a strange tale of a 15yo guy who crashes a party w his cool friend Vic and tries to talk to girls at the party. Gorgeous artwork and such a strange and somehow sad story. #readathon

A Neil Gaiman comic, green tea and a strawberry cheerio marshmallow bar that the 4yo and I made - perfect for #readathon teatime

So this was hard. I don't think this is a story that translates very well to a visual medium. It wasn't written that way. The whole story is based around things that we can't quite see and can't quite understand and anything an artist outs down, no matter how good, is going to fall short of our imagination. But it is a good story. And good art. I'd say if you're a Gaiman fan, read the short story first, then check this one out.

What? Whaaaaat? Okay, what? What is this? What did I just read? What just happened to me? Who am I?!
(no, but really, what on earth is this? I'm so confused. I'm baffled and amazed and super confused.)

(Still) Waiting for this storm to finish up and the lights to come back on.....#candlelightreading

Cute! I seriously love everything Mr. Gaiman does. The illustrations were also amazing! So vibrant 👽✨

Going to start my second 7 in 7 readathon read in my morning bath!

Couldnt resist a look at the GN shelf...

I didn't make it to the 24hrs, I made it to 14hrs. 🤷‍♀️ 📖Pride and Prejudice, audiobook, 50% finished. 📚How to Talk to Girls at Parties, audiobook, completed. 📖 The Graveyard Book, 50% finished. 📚Small Great Things, completed. I had so much fun! Thank you so much @24in48 for hosting all the fun! Looking forward to the next one. #readathon #24in48 😁✌️📚📖🌈

📚 Toronto, Canada
📚 yes, last summer
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Ready to start the #24in48 readathon! Stayed up to start right on time @24in48 😁👍 have fun everyone 📚🌈 #readysetgo

• an interesting, QUICK read...over too soon, really! don't know how to describe it, just read it, it's trippy and bursting with beautiful artwork. •

4/5 ⭐️

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Not sure what I just read, and I am positive I didn't understand the larger meaning, but it was on my shelf, it's GAIMAN, and I was very attracted to it. The language/story is very poetic, the art super beautiful, and the feeling both calm but also unsettling. I need to refresh myself on the original story and it says a movie is coming. Should be interesting!

This was ok. I would have liked more to the book or a sequel. It just felt stunted.

#MiaCat and I both give this graphic short story a solid meh. It just goes nowhere. Nice riff on the power of poetry to overtake and overwhelm, but not much more. 🤷🏻‍♀️

#MiaCat, our firstborn, keeps me company as I read today. He is adorable!

I read this in Fragile Things. I liked it even more as a graphic novel.
It's a perfect short story, telling you what you need to know, leaving the rest up to your imagination. Illustrating it just heightens those effects.

#litsypartyofone

Reading this before breaking for dinner 📚

#litsypartyofone

Having Book Club next door to King's Books & Destiny City Comics might not be a good idea for me. Went to talk about GWATG. Stopped in at Destiny City Comics to check in on something. Got talked into this Gaiman gem - surprise!😜
PS - I ❤️ how our Book Club is shaping up😍. Thanks for coming & talking 🙂, @ohmygoshbeck @respekt1111 @Oliveskool & @EsquireGirl - @AWahle we'll see you next time!

I teach this short story, so I couldn't resist when I saw this graphic novel adaptation at my local bookstore tonight.

Also, today one of my students referred to Neil as "your man, Gaiman." It was a sign. ?

Yes yes yes! I adore both Gaiman and the brothers Ba & Moon, so this was unsurprisingly delightful 😍 the lines, colors, and story are just all so dreamy. And then I learn John Cameron Mitchell is making the film?! Be still my heart, Berlin Wall 💗💗💗 #mommyreads #comic #ebook #adaptation

This is primarily my library books bookshelf with a few other titles I got for Christmas or purchased recently...so basically my TBR. 😳

It is overwhelming right now so I'm actually paring it down this evening. I always go overboard then end up returning a bunch of stuff unread.

#shelfie #riotgrams