You can also read my experience on seeing Neil Gaiman in San Francisco here!

I love this collection, but I remember enjoying his previous short story collections more. Yes, there were some stories that kind of creeped me out, but didn’t necessarily push my ‘trigger warning’ button. What that says about me I don’t really want to know. I still really enjoyed this book though, so here’s a list of stories I particularly liked or made a note of:

The Thing About Cassandra: Okay, I dog-eared thing because this story just weirded me out. So who was dreaming who?! I must know!!

The October and November Tale from A Calendar of Tales: I love my romance simple, not so corny, and so matter of fact. As for November’s, I remember wishing our health can be restored as easily as burning our health records away. My mom passed away last November you see, and with all her health problems, I wish I could have just burned her health issues away like that. On another note, the idea of A Calendar of Tales was pure genius (Neil Gaiman asked the Twitterverse story question prompts for each calendar month and he chose the most interesting ones).

The Sleeper and the Spindle: I’m a sucker for all things Sleeping Beauty. Don’t know why.

The Black Dog and The Case of Death and Honey: American Gods and Sherlock Holmes? Yes please.