American Gods - how's it going

I'm a terrible, terrible readalong host, and have a feeling I should never do this again - lol.

So. We're what, about ... two to three weeks into it, right?

How's it going?

How far along are you? Are you enjoying it? Have you inhaled it already? Are you finding it a struggle? What do you think of the basic concept of the story?

Of Shadow? Of Gaiman's narrative voice?

I'm something like ... 200 pages in. But I have read American Gods before, and I love it. It's such a beautifully simple idea - that when people immigrate to America, they bring their gods with them. I haven't had a chance to do what I really want to do - sit down with it for a few hours and really get stuck in - for me, American Gods isn't really a pick-up-put-down kind of book: it demands time, and attention. Hopefully this weekend I can take American Gods on a date.

So - how are you going? Thoughts? Either discuss in the comments, or leave a link to your blog post and I'll drop by.

Er. Probably. I'm a little forgetful.

American Gods readalong

Okay. This is how this will work, and it's going to be very, very loose around the edges - lol.

Starting July 10 - which is a month from today - I'll be hosting a readalong of Neil Gaiman's American Gods.

I know there was the One Book One Twitter readalong of it in May, which I missed. :(

I love American Gods, and I've been meaning to re-read it for a while.

The 'plan' such as it is, would be to read it over the course of about four to six weeks - whatever people who decide to play along think is best.

For discussions - I'll throw that open to the floor - one post at the end of the readalong? Or periodic updates?

Sign up/let me know what you think in the comments. :)

Hashtag if you're on twitter: #agodsreadalong