We're not going to talk about how long it took me to get around to this book OR how quickly I went through it once I actually got started.

I like listening to Neil read his more fairy tale and fantastically oriented books; it's like hiring a world-famous to read you to sleep and do all the voices and everything. He captures that mix between talented performer and dad reading to kid which makes the audiobook even better.

The story itself--it's a brilliant updating of Kipling's "The Jungle Book" that rewards all its listeners, but is infinitely more enjoyable if you know its provenance. It's so clever and lovely and just the right kind of children's book. No one does gothic horror for the young like Neil Gaiman.

(Having said that, does anyone do gothic for the young OTHER than Neil Gaiman?)