It's been a while

I know it's been a while- Sorry about that.

I've been caught up with my film blog and also been struggling to fit two blogs in with work and other projects.

I will keep updating my Homer post and any other posts that I have started but not yet finished. 

Anyway- I've struggled to read (it find it hard to read) but now i have found my medium which is graphic novels. I've read about 6 in a day and i'm loving getting back into reading them.

So this post is about Neil Gaiman's neverwhere. 

I'm told that the book is epic but i haven't actually read the book- only the graphic novel. I'll be honest and say that most of the graphic novels I have just read where Neil Gaiman but i'm looking to branch out into other ones as well so keep watching this space and i'll keep adding posts about other graphic novels.

So what can I say about Neverwhere? The art is amazing. I could just stare at the chapter pages all day instead of reading the book and be quite content. 

The story is about a woman who lives below London. Her family were all killed by two men who were hired to kill the entire family. She is trying to find out who wanted to kill her and then destroy him. Lady Door keeps running. Her power is that she can open doors. Anyway, she falls out of a door and is discovered by a man called Richard Mayhew lying on the streets. Richard is a normal man who has a boring job and is engaged to an important woman. When Richard helps this woman he ceases to exist in london above. 

Desperate to get his life back, he tracks down Lady Door and joins her on her quest to find her killer. Along the way he discovers that he does have a use, he can fight.

The novel takes you through Earls court and Knightsbridge. 

Neil Gaiman takes the london underground, mashes it up with his imagination and creates something truly remarkable. Full credit to the artists that are responsible for creating the world that you can see on paper in front of you- it is truly amazing.

I know some of you guys might want me to post about 'real' books again but unfortunately i'm slowly working through Terry Pratchett's 'The Discworld Novels' and they are taking me a while to read. I'm only half way through Pyramids, having read only Equal Rites and Sorcery this year. When i finish it, i'll post about it but it will take a while because books with no pictures take me a while to read and understand.