Graveminder

Graveminder, by Melissa Marr (of Wicked Lovely fame), is so incredibly creepy. I almost wish I had saved it for October. Almost. This is not your done, and redone supernatural novel. This is a new one you haven't read before. This is one you might have had a scary dream about but couldn't quite remember in the morning. It's like the Corpse Bride meets Sleepy Hollow with a lot more secrets. The land of the dead that exists in Graveminder really does remind me of the Corpse Bride... only without all the rotting and the worms and spiders. It's a more elegant and considerably less morbid place. In Graveminder all the morbid bits happen on our side. You think that you're going to be (at least) a little frightened by all the dead folks, and you probably will be. But you will probably kind of want to give them a hug, too. They can't help it they're dead. Resist the urge, though. They bite.

6 of 6 toes!

And just because it's fun, here's a Corpse Bride video set to Kate Nash music. :)

Apocalypse Now

Okay, everyone stop what you're doing and go find a copy of Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. If the world is going to end this weekend, it will be fitting that this is the last book you'll ever read. If it doesn't end, you'll know why it doesn't. :P

I've read it twice, if you don't count the million times I've read the first chapter aloud with a terrible british accent to innocent passers by. I've sold at least ten copies in the past year, and loaned out my own copy twice. It's out now and I'm already thinking about who's next in line. Also, I have the audio book, which is quite good too. In short, there are not enough six toed cats in the world to rate this book's greatness in my eyes. Read it and we might get to have a chat about it next week. Then again, maybe not. :D