Is there any thread or refrain of the main character feeling like they can Fix All The Things, or that they need to be responsible for Fixing All The Things? That's pretty much a sure-fire trigger to a bad headspace for me nowadays.

(On the one hand, therapy has been very helpful for me. On the other hand, there are times when I think not investigating my baggage was a totes okay coping strategy, because doing so has made me hyper-aware of some things in the media I like.)

I don't think so, Jilli. Now that you've made your trigger more specific, I'm a little more certain it's not in there. But I did read the book very fast and was more focused on the fantasy/horror aspects.

Well heaven knows I will glom onto the horror aspects with glee, so I'm feeling reassured about the book. Thank you, I will read it once I get through this work week!

Jilli, no on your most recent whitefont. The narrator is well aware that he is incapable of fixing the problem. I was terrified for him at several points, even though the book starts off with him as an adult having obviously lived through the events of the book.

I'm currently listening to the audiobook of The Ocean at the End of the Lane and it is even better hearing Gaiman read it.

Tea:

I had a customer come in to the library bookstore when I was volunteering the other day looking specifically for fantasy novels, and I tried to steer her toward the Gaiman novels we have on the shelf when she told me that she read one of Gaiman's novels and didn't like. I honestly couldn't think of a thing to say to her after that.

regarding ereaders. I love my Nook, but the interface to organize things is highly annoying. I've got lots of shelves, but I know of no way to organize those shelves without having to do all the moving on the Nook itself. Are Kindles any better at organizing things? I've been thinking for a while about upgrading my ereader, and I'd like to stay with Nook--yay, no restrictions on formats!--but if the Kindle will organize things easily I'll have to do some serious thinking. Alternately, have I been missing the wonderful app that will organize things? I use Calibre for managing the library, but I haven't seen a way to organize things on the Nook.

I don't know how Nook organizes, but I do not love the kindle organizing.

Random thing: I was at the bookstore near me today, and realized that half the books I read were in their "horror" section. I was startled (it was things like Gail Carriger, and Kim Harrison), as I normally find them in Science Fiction, and don't at all think of horror as something I enjoy. But then I was trying to think of what I *would* classify as "horror" (if not vampires and werewolves, which seemed to be the main bent of the section, at this store) and was like "Um...serial killers?" but then thought that I read a lot of those type too, but they're usually "thrillers" and under either mystery or just regular fiction. The only thing I could come up with for "horror" was Stephen King, and I don't even read his books, so i don't know what they're like. Thoughts?

I don't organize on my Kindle. I mostly use the search option to find books, but I also usually am only reading one book at a time and kind of just let my collection it stay in disarray. I know there IS an ability to group things in collections (much like your shelves), but I haven't used it. There are many complaints that it's hard to use and doesn't really sync across devices, which makes me think it is a lot like the Nook shelves. However, there is apparently a Calibre plugin [link] that allows you to organize into collections using Calibre and export the collections (with books included) to various devices, so that might be a little better than the Nook, since it sounds like you have to do that directly on the device. Looks like you can even make automatic collections based on Calibre tags, which is pretty neat.

I really, REALLY hate the Nook app on Android, I've discovered. There just aren't enough settings, either in tablet or phone mode, so I can't make it look right for me. The Kindle app isn't great either (Stanza blows it out of the water) but it's better than the Nook app. That alone is enough to make me stick with Kindle books more often. But in terms of the e-ink readers, I think they're about equally difficult to work with.

Based on my reading, it doesn't look like the Kobo readers are any better. Shelves, but no good way to organize them from a computer. In case that was a consideration. Certainly if you are anti-Amazon, as I know some of us are, they are a worthy contender, but this doesn't seem to be a place they are better than the others.

If that Calibre app does what I hope, I'll be on my Nook until the hardware dies.

edit: ah, it's a Kindle app. ah well

Yeah, sorry, I looked to find one for nook, but it doesn't look like Calibre can access the Nook shelves. It appears that B&N stores that data in a very inaccessible file (a SQL file that requires root access to edit) so no plugins can be made for it. And B&N has given no way to modify the shelves on a PC. So it appears you are out of luck.