I had all but given up on Neil Gaiman when a friend told me to read Stardust anyway. I enjoyed that a lot, but had then slipped back into ignoring Gaiman until last week when Jake's sister Sarah convinced me that The Graveyard Book was worth seeking out.

I'm glad I followed her advice, since The Graveyard Book may be Gaiman's best effort to date. It's certainly his most tightly-written book, and it does a better job walking the line between dark fantasy and humor than his other novels.

I think I may reread this out loud to Kevin at some point.