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Josselyn Bravo josselyn_b7608 — Finally finished the last pages today ("The Listen Lesson") after leaving the diary collecting dust in a corner of my bedroom for over a year. It was interesting reading back what I filled out during a weird period in my life... 2 weeks after I started the diary (full of hope & enthousiasm) I got seriously ill and had to stay home for months (tediousness). After finally returning to work I got into a funk. I'd already forgotten about a lot of this but could really tell from the pages of this diary... And it makes me thankful for the present. I'm happy to say some of my wishes have come true, and it's good to be reminded to cherish them.

Karen Lai yoshikinana — A look at the psychology and poetry of boxing. Oates developed an attraction for the sport, as her father took her to matches as a kid.

Yu Kyoungsuk cosmicboi — A nice predictably easy read by Mercedes Lackey. Was able to pick it up and finish it in one day which was very nice. I've found that none of her Elemental Masters novels are very challenging,nor are the characters all that deep. However, the plots are decent and it's an easy, amusing read for a lazy Saturday.

Berenice Ipince bereniceipince — This volume is short. It's only four stories that have nothing to do with each other, besides being set in the same universe: "Calliope," "A Dream of a Thousand Cats," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and "Facade." Calliope This story is mediocre. A man traps a literal muse named Calliope, keeps her as a prisoner, rapes her, and uses her to become famous through literature. This is my second time reading it, and very little of this story stuck with me, except for the beginning. The beginning has a doctor bringing the rapist/author a special form of bezoar (which is a stone found in a human stomach), a trichenobezoar (made of partially digest hair). It's gross, and it's Gaiman. And it stuck with me. A Dream of a Thousand Cats This story is silly. Or at least it should be. In this story, a mother cat who had her kittens drown in a sack by her owners journeys to meet Morpheus (in cat form, of course). Morpheus shares the true history of cats. I'm trying not to spoil anything, but I'll just say "...the game of cat and man. Prrrrrr." This story is good, and effective, and somehow holds itself up by it's own storytelling. It shouldn't be a good story. But it is. A Midsummer Night's Dream You should read the forward to the next volume for a good history of this story (by none other than Harlan Ellison). It's enough to say that it's one of those game-changers, changed the way people whose business it is to be in the fantasy genre treat both fantasy as a whole and graphic novels specifically. The forward is a really good read. As for the story itself: it's wonderful. William Shakespeare makes his second appearance, performing A Midsummer Night's Dream (commissioned by Morpheus) for a crowd of demons, Faeries, spirits, and mythological creatures. It's a good story. I've read (i.e. experienced) it several times now. Excellent. Facade This story is more like a coda, a minor project in this volume. It features Morpheus' sister, Death, as she deals with an ex-super hero character from some lore that I'm not familiar with. I've never been into super hero stories, so the super hero aspect of this falls flat. Death, however, is charming. So why five stars? With two mediocre stories? Because somehow, Neil Gaiman's universes don't really need the stories themselves to be great. The worlds he creates are great as stand alone worlds. Which kills me, by the way. By and large I'm a science fiction guy, and don't like fantasy worlds that don't have a concrete foundation in the world I live in. But Neil Gaiman keeps making me care about his fantastical worlds. It's intriguing.

Ivana Flores ivanaflores — I'm typically not a fan of Christian literature. The Chronicles of Narnia are an exception. The reason is that the Christian literature I've read has often proselytized too much and/or had characters react to situations unrealistically. But I knew this was Christian fiction going into it (how can you not from the title?), read some reviews, and downloaded it (for free) onto my Kindle. And I LIKED it. There were passages that made me laugh, some that made me cry, many that made me think, and more than a few that made me wish I could call my mom to discuss the book with her. So, yeah. I liked it. And I mean REALLY liked it. It gave a fresh perspective on one's search for Jesus, and I especially loved the depiction of the multiple types. I'd read this again and recommend it - and that's something I've never said about other Christian lit I've read.