Friday, September 6, 2019

The Friday 56 (159) & Book Beginnings: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted by Freda's Voice where every Friday you pick a book and turn to page 56 or 56%, and select a sentence or a few, as long as it's not a spoiler. For the full rules, visit the the page HERE

Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader that asks you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you're reading.


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Synopsis from Goodreads...
Under the streets of London there's a place most people could never even dream of. A city of monsters and saints, murderers and angels, knights in armour and pale girls in black velvet. This is the city of the people who have fallen between the cracks. Richard Mayhew, a young businessman, is going to find out more than enough about this other London. A single act of kindness catapults him out of his workday existence and into a world that is at once eerily familiar and utterly bizarre. And a strange destiny awaits him down here, beneath his native city: Neverwhere....


Beginning: "The night before he went to London, Richard Mayhew was not enjoying himself."

56: ""A spy from the Upworld," said the Lord Rat-speaker."


Comments: Neverwhere is one of those books I've been meaning to read for a very long time. Recently, I finally got around to checking it out from the library, and I loved the story. What are you reading this week?


10 comments:

  1. I'm also reading a Gaiman book this week. :-) I need to read this one though. I added you to the Linky. Happy weekend!

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    1. I'm also trying to get to as many books by Neil Gaiman as I can. I plan to read The Ocean at The End of the Lane next. Thank you for adding me to the Linky! Have a great weekend!

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  2. I haven't read this one yet and I have had my eye one it. Your snippets have me intrigued. Happy reading! :)

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    1. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend! :-)

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  3. Neverwhere is such an awesome book, isn't it? After reading it, I had to get my hands on the short lived television show based on the book. It wasn't as good, of course, but it was a nice way to revisit some of the characters. Have a great weekend!

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    1. It is. I loved the story, but I haven't watched the show yet. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend!

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  4. I really need to read a Neil Gaiman book one of these days. Hope you have a great weekend! :)

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    1. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend! :-)

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  5. I've heard a radio dramatisation of this one, but I haven't sat down and read the book. Hope you are enjoying it.

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    1. I loved Neverwhere. It's one of my favorite books by Neil Gaiman. I haven't listened to the radio series yet, but I want to eventually get to it. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend!

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