Finished the first of my Christmas books — Cold as Ice by Anne Stuart. This is the second book in Stuart’s Ice romantic suspense series, featuring the men and women of the Committee — a group dedicated to stopping terrorists and the like. In this one, lawyer Genevieve Spenser is sent to get billionaire Harry Van Dorn to sign some documents. →

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Finished Death: The Time of Your Life by Neil Gaiman. This one also features Death and some characters from other Sandman books, one of whom has now become a rock star. In the end, the rock star is forced to choose between life and death, and fame and obscurity. Not as interesting as the other Death book, so I’m going →

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Finished Death: The High Cost of Living by Neil Gaiman. This one features Dream’s older sister, Death, who must live as a human for one day every century. Along the way, she meets Sexton, a moody teen contemplating suicide, and other weird characters. I always liked the character of Death, and it was a treat to read a whole book →

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Finished The Sandman: The Wake by Neil Gaiman. This book talks about what happens at the wake and funeral for Dream and ties up some loose ends. I liked this one a lot because you finally get the answers to some questions (like who Dream had an affair with several books ago). So, thumbs up. Up next: A couple of →

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Finished The Sandman: The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman. This is the longest of the Sandman books and features Dream being attacked by the Furies for killing his son, Orpheus — and eventually dying himself. Lots of past characters make an appearance in this book, which is always a treat. Odin, Loki, monsters, dreams, humans … this book has got →

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