Book 49 - Neil Gaiman "Stardust"

Neil Gaiman "Stardust" (Headline)




By the cover it would seem that this is another one of Gaiman's famed graphic novels. But instead it's an illustrated novella, spinning a story of three peoples' fate as they try to find the blonde-haired maiden from the night sky. The vibrant illustrations make the story.

An absolutely charming fairy tale with Neil Gaiman's characteristic twists. Stardust draws on traditional fairy tale memes and contorts them into something new, surprising and highly entertaining. The film differed from the source material in many ways and frankly some aspects of the film, especially Robert de Niro's Captain Shakespeare, were brilliant. Nonetheless, the plot is excellent and the characters keep the attention throughout.

Crowns,Hens,Birds and Mad Ideas

My friend, Georgina, has a problem with her neighbour and his horde of chickens and cockerels. They come up so close to her boundary from the neighbour’s fence. He is absolutely obsessed about his foul friends, in both sense of the word. I often get otalgia every time I visit. For her sake I hope the problem gets resolved soon such as a town fox eating the chickens.



Next visit over to Seaford will be on the 15th August, a Wednesday, as I am popping over to my brother’s the following day. We are off Friday to the small county of Rutland. Uppingham to be precise and staying at a pub called The Crown Inn. This place has been voted one of the best pubs in the country, and they serve excellent food. Then on the following Tuesday will be the next lunch club at La Tasca in Brighton.

There is a bird (ornithological) fair on over the weekend and that is the main thrust for brother going there. I have never been to that part of Britain so the whole experience should be exhilarating.

This coming week I shall be in Tunbridge Wells again on a pub food visit, so I should have more time to peruse that secondhand bookshop in the old part of town. Then I had a mad idea. I have a voucher for five quid from Waterstones to spend in a certain refurbished store of theirs. If I get the earliest bus (0732 from Teynham)  next Thursday my first port of call would be Brighton to spend the voucher, and then do Tunbridge Wells on the way back, followed by a Pumpkin visit in Tonbridge. I have worked out the times and it is within the bounds of doing it all in a day. Anyway, cousin Spot will be glued to the TV watching the Olympics, so this will be the perfect time for me to do this, since the voucher expires on the 5th August.

This will mean not going up to Dover Castle on the previous Wednesday night.

My tweets

• Sat, 19:47: Music And Grizzly Men http://t.co/YCueKT95
• Sun, 08:13: Another book finished , so now onto book number fifty
• Sun, 08:14: Once again i am avoiding these damn Olympics
• Sun, 09:14: Crowns,Hens,Birds and Mad Ideas http://t.co/kFoaBtuy