Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

Cute and funny in a way that only Neil Gaiman can make fraud, murder, and voodoo cute and funny.

Charles Nancy learns his father has died and then he learns that his father was Anansi the Spider. Hilarity ensues. I should say chaos, then hilarity interspersed throughout...but sort of an understated, sarcastic hilarity.

Young Adult Fantasy...it's ok to look.

Here's my current library haul...and a few favorites:

Artemis Fowl (read them all, loved them all...the graphic novel is also cute)
His Dark Materials (just finished Golden Compass, 'coz I want to watch the movie - well done)
Land of Elyon (read the Dark Hills Divide - book one; cute, very fast read, talking animals)
Coraline by Neil Gaiman (Through the Looking Glass...shops at Hot Topic!)
Stardust - not sure if it qualifies as YA, but the movie was kinda marketed that way. Very entertaining...the book - haven't seen the movie yet.

That's all I've finished for now...I've also borrowed the Inheart/Inkspell...Cornelia Funke series and Theif Lord and Dragon Rider of hers. Should be fun.

Hi all. I've just finished the first three books in the Saxon Chronicles (starts with Lords of the North) by Bernard Cornwell and thoroughly enjoyed it. Lots of swordplay and pillaging during the reign of Alfred the Great. I'm in a medieval historical fiction rut and loving it.

Also, in a medieval fantasy vein, the new George R. R. Martin Song of Fire and Ice book, Dance with Dragons, is supposed to come out in September, so there's plenty of time to read the first four books in that series in anticipation. :)

Happy reading....I miss you all.
Amy