Books

I've been catching up and working on reading the Sandman Series of books 1-5 that I had purchased years ago. I started into them, put them down, couldn't remember what I had read, so I started with 1 again (I'm sure I lose major goth points for this, as though I had any left to lose). I started 4 last night, and seem to be getting through them pretty quickly now. I also have and have read The Dream Hunters. Does anyone have books 6-10 and also Endless Nights, who wouldn't mind lending them to me? I could buy them, but in that whole quest to not accumulate clutter and not knowing if/when I'd read them again, I'd rather not. The library is an option, but none of the ones around me seem to carry them (and I don't feel like driving out to Maynard or some place like that if I can just borrow from a friend.

At some point I'll make my way through the other Gaiman stuff. I did own Neverwhere at some point on paperback, and I started it, but couldn't get into it. I think I was at a busy/awkward time in my life, where I didn't seem able to get through any books that weren't school related. I'm going to see what I can find of his at libraries, because I'm a huge fan of urban fantasy, religions and mythology, and his writings seem to follow along those lines. I'm not expecting the new one with Terry Pratchet to be easily available via a library soon, but I have a lot of catching up to do.

Similarly, I LOVE Charles De Lint, and there's a bunch of his I haven't yet read. Can you suggest any other similar authors I should check out at some point that follow this same general theme?

What are you reading right now?

Note to self

Pick up new Dresden Dolls album and the new Dita book that came out yesterday, and ponder the new Morrisey (I wasn't crazy about the last one, on the fence on this one).

I love Bust magazine's articles and reviews. Its often very thought provoking. Without getting into too much discussion, things from this mag:
-Betty Page and views of her (versus actual her) inspired by the new movie, 4/14 I think
-How Target isn't the best place to shop, though it sucks us in
-The actual simplicity of pinup style makeup techniques (and how the style was influenced by war time)
-The ton of good books and music out there to check out
-On the opposite side (related to a book review), how changing would it be to stop buying "stuff" for a year (save for essentials)