Stardust

This is a lovely fairy tale by one of my favorite authors. It's another adventure in the faerie realm, as many of these Mythopoeic winners are. It's a short book but leaves a delightful taste on the reading palate. It has the warm prose of most of Gaiman's shorter works. In fact, this reminded me of the style of one of my favorites, Graveyard Book. This one is an adult fairy tale, though it is also found in the YA section of the library. I saw the film version many years ago, for which I'm grateful because I didn't remember a thing about it. I had no preconceptions going into this book. So I was surprised and delighted by it, enjoying it on a cold, rainy day off from work in bed under a couple of quilts. This won the 1999 Mythopoeic Award and was nominated for the Locus Fantasy award as well.

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