The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Halloween reading ideas, dark and charming The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Inspired by The Jungle Book, but a ghostly twist, Bod, short for Nobody is a boy raised not by animals but ghosts in an old graveyard; where ghosts from many eras reside. A coming of age tale for children & adults. Flows easy, has funny moments, but many heartfelt lessons for the young & the old. I listened to the audiobook narrated by Neil Gaiman himself, he was a wonderful voice and diction that go perfectly with his genius book. If you are older than 10 years-old, or your 110 years-old eyes or ears still work, I highly recommend you this for a lovely Halloween reading. #TheGraveyardBook #NeilGaiman #Octoberbooks #graveyardbooks #HalloweenBooks

Silver Nitrate & Covid-23

Since I was a young lonely girl, maybe around 7 or 8

I've found refugee in books, before the piano

Before the music, before my cousins, and my friends

There were the books.

Maybe because my mom and I are named both Berenice

We had a copy of Edgar Allan Poe's Horror Tales

Of course I read Berenice, and The Black Cat,

The Oblong Box, The Fall of the House of Usher!

I mean, I was not older than 8, but all made horrible sense

and I was hooked... later I switched to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's

Sherlock Adventures, and Agatha Christie, but I was marked for life

Horror, mystery, thrillers, have been the backbone of my love for literature

And now, alone again, about 45 years later,

I heal my Covid-23 wounds, no friends, no school,

just some work, but don't talk to anyone and wear a mask

some fever, headache, cough, no sense of smell!

All bearable, but oh the mental health, the rumination

Can't  go on my beloved walks, can't focus, can't draw...

Yet I discovered now, I can finally READ!

So I am able to grab these frightened eyes that have been staring at me

Since I got the book months ago, can finally be hold in my hands,

and what a fantastic cover this one is, yes finally reading this fantastic book by one of mine

fast-becoming favorite authors ever, Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Mexican by birth, Canadian by inclination as she calls herself

but with the deepest knowledge of my ex-beloved city than most authors

who actually live in the city.

This is not my first experience reading Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Mexican Gothic was my first book of hers, and what a superb novel!

Of course, I was into H.P. Lovecraft and other gothic authors too

She did a magnificent job creating the perfect "Mexican" and "Gothic" novel

I have also read Gods of Jade and Shadow, more of a Mayan fantasy book

and Velvet Was The Night, a perfect noir! No horror, no ghosts, just

a beautifully crafted noir film, that raises to the level of a Raymond Chandler novel

Being an student from La UNAM, Velvet Was The Night fast became my

favorite book of hers, but now, here comes Silvia with this uber neat literary bundle

that is Silver Nitrate, it's Mexico City again

And the 90's! Horror movies, metal music, film, sound editing,

runes, spells, magic, witchcraft, ghosts, beepers, an ex-telenovela actor

from yes, Televisa, some evil uppity white people, and yet another fantastic

anti-heroine, full brown Mexican sound editor, horror film aficionado

willing to fight Nazi occultists, and chauvinist bosses and workers

with the same fierce and unapologetic bravery.

What a fantastic book! Thank you Silvia Moreno-Garcia

For making these days of Covid-23 go faster.

You are the coolest, most intelligent contemporary author,

I have read recently.

The most heartful thank you and admiration

From my entire brown Mexican heart to yours!

The superb cover of Silver Nitrate

Silver Nitrate Silver

Summer of sci-fi & Pink Floyd

Of Cixin Liu’s El Problema de los Tres Cuerpos

en español

y de turntable

y de música nueva (gracias amigos)

y de Domingo por la noche

y Pink Floyd

American Dirt Controversy

I am halfway done with American Dirt and I think it is well researched, sure, there is a gringo vibe to it, but I sort of expected it...

I had NO idea how bad was the backlash, the author had to cancel the book tour!

A lot of blame goes to the publishers more than to the author really.

GBH News

https://youtu.be/-f3Ina9i7Gg

Al Jazeera The Stream <- this one is feisty!

https://youtu.be/G-o7ZnmxDUg

The Book Doctors (drives you crazy with the two 'doctors' speaking at once, but good points)

https://youtu.be/6qQFcNOIyNs

Oprah getting it!

https://youtu.be/ZYwxT3oFAiY

Is Frau Kitty trying to censor the book too?

And I actually started with the author at Politics and Prose, a great YouTube channel, this is Jeanine Cummins herself on the book, her other books, etc.

https://youtu.be/rDPLEtuxlbQ

I feel bad for the Latinx authors, but also for Jeanine Cummins! I think she really cares for immigrants, her webpage has resources to help them, and sadly, maybe the story had to be taken by a white lady to get more attention... so much to consider, but I am enjoying the book and of course will finish it!

Moby's Porcelain gets Pawpproved by Literary Gato

Herr Gato's love for literature emerges, or in this case,
rests again. His known love for books favors now
the open, funny, and truly wonderful Moby's memoir
Porcelain.
Moby, the electronic musician, who I love and respect
not only for his music but for his vegan life, and mostly
because he is just a really really good human being.
One of my first electronic music albums was Moby's Ambient.
I still have my CD! All beat up, I exchanged it in Mexico City
at El Museo del Chopo, where Mexican goth kids used to NOT
buy music but exchange it. I still play it a lot.
Follow Herr Gato's recommendation and read Moby's Porcelain.
And get ALL his albums, you will smile, knowing that
there is people like Moby out there.

Check this link for other books favored by the Literary Gato

Herr Gato loves Moby's book, because he knows Moby truly loves animals

After the 1st photo, he curled even more over Moby's book

Books 1 of 7

I am doing a book "posting" on Facebook.
I feel so sad to have abandoned by blog and posting more on Facebook and Twitter.
So the least I can do is share this 7-day challenge of posting 7 books!
here goes Book 1:

Day 1 of my 7-day book challenge: Rayuela (Hopscotch) is a novel by Argentine writer Julio Cortázar. I was nominated by Donna Rauch to share 7 of my favorite books, no explanation. Each day post a book cover and nominate a fellow book lover to participate (if they want!). I accept that nomination and nominate Hermione Betts Cloney #books