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C2E2 this weekend and while I didn‘t make it, I did send my husband and daughter with a list of tasks to accomplish. Fortunately, they succeeded in the most important one—getting a sketch from Dustin Nguyen, one of my favorite comic artists. He drew Dream from The Sandman and honestly, I can‘t look away. Love it and now sorta feel like I might have to revisit the comic soon.

I was going to save these for tomorrow. But Dream kept calling to me. I loved it!

I wanted to like this but found I'm just not into this. I listened to 2 hours of it and am moving on.

#Bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

The only Death for me is death from sandman! Sandman is one of the best things in all of literature for me - and I will argue at grad school to defend that idea. I haven't made myself watch the netflix show yet because I'm so precious about the books I worry I could never enjoy it, but the two characters I remember seeing the casting for and thinking 'yep I can get on board with that' are Death and Desire. #scarathlon #skeletoncrew #autumplease

I bought this audiobook when it was first released in 2020. I was experiencing a lot of loss and upheaval at the time so I didn‘t actually start listening to it until Act II was released in 2021. I didn‘t get very far. I felt that the music and sound effects were too distracting. I was disappointed because I‘m a huge Neil Gaiman fan. But I wasn‘t completely surprised because it was based on a comic book series. (cont)

I‘ve read this a couple times and never got around to reviewing it. I really like the storyline and characters. Dream and Death are my favorite. Love that John Constantine was included. Some pretty good artwork, too.

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#WinterReadathon #WinterCosy #Readathon

Switching over to graphic novels for a little bit. I‘ve read a few of these but never finished the series. I wanted to give them a reread after watching the Netflix series.

#WinterReadathon #WinterCosy #Readathon #SeriesRead2022

Ooo I know I‘m getting sucked into this comic series !!! I mean it‘s Gaiman so that makes sense. #DoubleSpin book
@TheAromaofBooks

#ReadMyRoom #NotAnotherGraphicMonday

This is my #DoubleSpin book. Considering visiting the audio afterwards. I love Gaiman.

#NotAnotherGraphicMonday
@TheAromaofBooks

I will never not revisit this comic. Gaiman lives on another plane and he gifts us his musings. An occultist tries to trap Death, but ensnares her little brother, Dream. For 70 years he is held captive. When he gets free…well, good luck. I absolutely LOVE the issue at the end of this volume: The Sound of Her Wings.

I wasn‘t sure how comics would translate into the audiobook formats, but apparently one should never doubt the brilliance of Neil Gaiman. This production is amazing. The cast is incredible (hello - James McAvoy as Morpheus? 😍). The storylines are complex, and I‘ll be honest, I probably only followed them as well as I did because of the Netflix series, but I‘m still looking forward to listening to Act II. So good.

Volume 1 had some darker moments than I remembered, but it‘s so good, and it spawned this iconic world that I‘m excited to be revisiting! #Scarathlon2022 #TeamMonsterMash @StayCurious #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks #Spookoween2022 @TheSpineView #31by31 @Catsandbooks #PointsAThon @dieareader @GHABI4ROSES #OutstandingOctober @andrew65 #bodycountbingo @PuddleJumper #AutumnAtoZ @Texreader

Performance wise: amazing! Production wise: amazing! But overall it didn‘t really jive with me in this format. At times it was hilarious, scary, disturbing… and then at times, it dragged to the point where I almost zoned out. I did zone out on the last chapter (pictured), and barely listened. It was just to get it done.

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Let‘s try this experience! It‘s slightly spooky right? 👻

#IndelibleMoments @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @eggs

#Death

I didn‘t know much about this series before reading the first volume, only that it‘s a cult classic.

In the past a group of people are trying to get control over Death, but they get something else. And this has consequences, people not sleeping and people only sleeping. For many years, they keep this creature captive. When he finally becomes free, he goes on a hunt to find his lost possessions.

The clue to getting a happy ending in a story.

I have begun my Sandman journey, and I‘m loving it already! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I laughed for a solid 5 minutes after reading this.

Remember when a large group of BBC Sherlock fans believed that there must be a secret episode coming - that they wouldn‘t just leave it like that? GOOD TIMES!

Anyway.

I read the first few books in university (just a few years ago 🤣🤣), and I finally decided I need my own copy. This is the book from the Canadian chain Chapters, and it has the first 20 stories included. Good bang for my buck.

Just wanted to show a closer glimpse of the Barnes & Noble special edition of this, as it's super beautiful! 😍💕📚

Soooo...I did a thing! 🙊😂

I read couple of graphic novels in the series way back in the day, but never finished the series. I'm watching the Netflix show and loving it so far, so I decided to take the plunge and read the whole story this time. These are the collected volumes, which contain all ten of the original graphic novel series, plus some extras. Barnes & Noble has been having a sale, which also made this hard to resist! 💕📚

I‘ve not read the comics but I was expecting it to be more scary and less cheesy… (I‘m only 2 episodes in tho, so things could change!) excited to see Jenna Coleman!

I‘m slightly late to the party (I kept putting off watching cause I was so worried I‘d be disappointed) - but I‘m actually really enjoying this ambitious adaptation. Is it perfect? Not quite. Is it better than I expected? Absolutely. I‘ve got minor quibbles (and 4 episodes to finish off), but I‘m comfortable saying I like this adaptation and kudos to Netflix for pulling it off. 😄
What does everyone else think?

I was on episode 5 before I realized why the Sandman adaptation felt so weird to me. Sandman is my Thing in a way few stories have ever been my Thing. Over the last 20 years, I‘ve reread it so often I can‘t rate it anymore, spent ages considering ever aspect of its makeup, memorized huge swathes of it, pushed tons of people to read it, and discussed it with everyone who took my advice and dove in. It‘s more than special to me. ⬇️

Netflix Sandman is so good.

My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/n2ohKMIXXi4

Enjoy!

Okay, who else is absolutely loving this Netflix adaptation?! I've been a fan for ages, and was a little worried about how they might adapt the series for the screen.

No spoilers, I'm just over halfway thorough, but I'm really delighted with what they've done with it so far!

I've just seen the first episope on Netflix.. 🤩🤩 just WOW!!!! That was a very good start.

I just started reading the graphic novels! I had no idea Netflix was adapting this.

The god of dreams is mistakenly imprisoned by a cadre of occultists and imprisoned for decades. Dream eventually escapes but is left weakened. To return to his former glory and control dreamworld again, he seeks his three personal objects which were stolen from him. Beautifully written fantasy! 🌟

Coming August 5th!!!

So. Excited.

This is a good story with excellent artwork, but moves along a bit slowly. The narrative jumps from character to character at times and tends to feel disjointed; sometimes making it difficult to follow.

However ultimately it is a great read, with interesting concepts.

I wouldn't say it's perfect but it's a good start to a series.

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The Sandman Act II. A stacked cast and top notch production. I have to admit though, I think I liked Act I better. 😬 If I ever were to get into comic books, this series would be where I'd start. #Screamathon @4thhouseontheleft

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How can I even write a review worth of this genius.

I have just completed the first of eight in the Sandman series and boy and I‘m so happy I listened to this on audio versus reading it. The narration (Neil Gaiman), the cast (so much goodness) is beyond the best audio Ive ever listened to!

If you are a fan of the Fae folk, and mythology well then this is definitely for you!

This is incredible! I'm only at disc 2 but I love it so much already!

I got into Gaiman's Neverwhere & Sandman comics in a big way when I was in college. There was something dark, subversive, mysterious & enigmatic about the worlds he created, but I was nervous about revisiting it & whether I'd feel the same. While some of the writing & plotting seems a bit derivative now, I still enjoyed the weird & twisted journey of the 1st volume. It was also more violent than I remembered! Look forward to re-reading the rest.

Here is a bit of fan art I‘ve made that was inspired by my experience reading Neil Gaiman‘s The Sandman series. It‘s a self-portrait composite photo created from many layers. I took all of the photos used in this image myself.💕

I can‘t help telling everyone The Sandman is FREE on Audible until Oct 22. I love the comic books, and the Audible version has great cast including James McAvoy, and is narrated by Gaiman.

#audiocrafting #fan_art

This book is more gruesome than I remembered. 😅 I feel kind of bad for suggesting it as a book club read. At least two members couldn‘t finish it. I enjoyed it, but it certainly isn‘t Gaiman‘s best work.

Though I‘ve read this a few times before, I hadn‘t realized the irony of following up Smoke Gets In Your Eyes—a journey to death acceptance—with a story about people attempting to stop death forever! At which, of course, they fail, though not for the usual reasons.

#LittensDressedInBlood – Enter Sandman – Need I say more? 😆

#littensdressedinblood #neilgaiman #thesandman #scifi #fantasy #graphicnovel
#September 10 Prompt: #entersandman #Metallica

I think this book fits perfectly! First three volumes. 📚 I‘m gonna read it in October. I LOVE that song too! It took me back to my teenage years. 😂🤣😂

Listening to the absolutely incredible Audible 🎧 📖 version of Volumes 1-3 of The Sandman while driving to Williamsburg Va today! I haven‘t read the graphic novels in years, but I am extremely impressed with how well it is translating to this format. With James McAvoy as Dream though, how can you go wrong?

As always, The Sandman crew knocked it out of the park with a big ol‘ nightmare. Can‘t wait to go get the next one!

I have read a few graphic novels before but this is the first in the comic world for me. I loved Gaiman‘s insane creativity & way with words. I didn‘t like how confused I sometimes was or the straight horror aspects, especially the gruesomeness of “24 Hours.” I didn‘t love it until the last story,& in the afterword Gaiman says that‘s the only one in this first collection that feels like his own voice. So, I think I will read the next collection!

Wow, I loved Vol. 1, had to force myself to put it down and go to bed 😆 . I haven‘t read a comic/graphic novel in almost 5 years. Gaiman never disappoints, so I don‘t know why I am surprised that I enjoyed it so much. On to Vol. 2 🙌🏾

“People things dreams aren‘t real because they aren‘t made of matter. Of particles. Dreams are real. But they are made of viewpoints, of images, of memories, of puns and lost hopes...”

This isn‘t my usual thing but graphic novels almost always get me hooked!

Eeeeeeeee!

Y'all know Sandman is my favorite comic and Just early this morning they finally released some casting announcements.

I. Love. Every. Single. Choice.

Especially Lucifer! 🥰

Holy balls I can't wait! 🤩🤩🤩