American Gods.

Yes. Preceding my upcoming review of Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman, I'm gonna post something about another Gaiman book I've just started reading: AMERICAN GODS.

Ever since I started reading Neverwhere by the same author, I've been officially hooked on Gaiman's works. I felt that each of the stories he has written is real. Fantastic. More than that typical Harry-Potter-style whimsy. Definitely a lot more entertaining in ways not even an imagination-less scholar could think or imagine. Neil Gaiman is the J.K. Rowling of adults and teens that can handle the ride. Even kids know how Gaiman does (check out Coraline, for example).

And now, after reading two of his books (Neverwhere and Smoke & Mirrors), I've been dying to read American Gods, which, judging by the book reviews I saw on the Internet, is supposed to have similarities with Neverwhere, my favorite Gaiman book EVER.

And now, I've started American Gods. So far, it's been nice (and definitely heavier than the other two Gaiman books I've read). The paper used for the pages and the smell, though, aren't anything to write home about. In fact, for me, part of the selling drive of the books are their smells and their weight and the paper quality. But we're here to talk about the story of the book and not the aesthetic quality now, aren't we?

Now, onto my thoughts about American Gods (take note that I have just started reading it and I'm not even close to halfway of the book). I was originally gonna be spending my not-so-hard-earned money on Rant by Chuck Palahniuk (thought I'd give Palahniuk's book a try, since PATD used quotes from a Palahniuk book on their first album), but since I have my trust on Gaiman, it's definitely gonna be American Gods first, Rant later.

The whole start was pretty nice. I particularly liked the raves about American Gods (I've always read those things) and the first few pages were nice. I'm probably expecting quite a lot from American Gods (it's hard to keep up with Neverwhere, after all), but I think it's still gonna be a blast, even though it's not even close to Neverwhere's plot skeleton.