The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes, Neil Gaiman

I'd been meaning to read The Sandman for a while now, as a way to explore the graphic novel medium properly.  I have previously read a Marvel superhero graphic novel but nothing outside of that popular genre.  One of my modules at university last semester was about new media and involved the analysis of graphic…

Smoke and Mirrors, Neil Gaiman

After reading Trigger Warning earlier this year, I was inspired to read Neil Gaiman's other short story collections.  This one, Smoke and Mirrors, was his first.  I bought it soon after reading Trigger Warning alongside Fragile Things, his other book of short stories. Most of the stories are thrilling and creepy.  Most are loosely themed on the idea of…

The Night is Darkening Round Me, Emily Bronte

It was National Poetry Day on Tuesday and to celebrate it I decided to read some poetry by Emily Bronte.  I have previously read Wuthering Heights by Bronte but none of her poetry - despite hearing how good it is. I do not usually read poetry.  In fact, I hadn't enjoyed reading it until I…

Trigger Warning, Neil Gaiman

This was certainly a good choice to kick off my 2017 reading.  I've been a fan of Neil Gaiman since I first read Coraline as a child.  The fantastical elements Gaiman is able to weave into our own world blew me away then and still blows me away now.  Since then, I have read 5 of…

Reading for Fun

I absolutely love reading (in case you hadn't noticed).  It is one of the reasons I chose to study English.  I love the words, characters and settings inside each and every story. As I am studying English at university, I have a lot of reading to do - some fiction, some non-fiction.  When you consider how…

Milk and Honey, Rupi Kaur

In the past, I had always viewed poetry as something that is simply hard to understand and only for studying in class so, despite always enjoying English, I've never really enjoyed poetry.  That was until I read Milk and Honey. Milk and Honey is a poetry collection by Indian born Canadian poet Rupi Kaur.  It…