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10. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
So, this is totally believable. On a certain level. And I hate to say it, but if the Bible were written more like this, I'd probably be more willing to read the Bible. Totally hilarious. Totally worth the time. Very dense though - I was probably working on this for a month, because I just couldn't bring myself to slog through large sections of it at once.
9. Dingley Falls by Michael Malone
I had been wanting to read this one for years, and finally found a copy of it for about a buck at a used book store, so I snapped it up. That way, if I no likey, I can donate it to the library or something when I'm done. They need more fiction in the collection, and my taste in books is generally either a) good enough or b) enough like our engineering boys to warrant them keeping my books instead of putting them in the book sale or reselling them online. Or whatever it is that they do.
Compared to the other Michael Malone book I read a few years ago, this wasn't really what I was expecting, then, I don't know what I was expecting. It was basically a soap opera about ordinary people's lives. I nearly had to make flash cards to keep up with all of the characters in this book, and the ending was slightly disappointing, because there was some resolution, but it didn't really end. The characters just kept on living...or didn't. But the reader is left wondering what would happen to the rest of their lives.
Good read, though.
8. A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison
More Rachel. More Jenks. This one takes the series to a new place. There is some action, but I feel like the majority of the development in this one is emotional and political. Definitely pushing toward a new place for the end of the series. Following Kim Harrison's blog is also ruining me...as much as I like the insight on her writing process, sometimes I just really don't want to know the ambiguous tid-bits she writes about the things she accomplished in her drafting the day before. Oh well - I would have to stop read the blog to stop seeing that, and I do enjoy parts of it.
I'm not joking about moving to Cincinnati. But that's not for a booklog post.
So, this is totally believable. On a certain level. And I hate to say it, but if the Bible were written more like this, I'd probably be more willing to read the Bible. Totally hilarious. Totally worth the time. Very dense though - I was probably working on this for a month, because I just couldn't bring myself to slog through large sections of it at once.
9. Dingley Falls by Michael Malone
I had been wanting to read this one for years, and finally found a copy of it for about a buck at a used book store, so I snapped it up. That way, if I no likey, I can donate it to the library or something when I'm done. They need more fiction in the collection, and my taste in books is generally either a) good enough or b) enough like our engineering boys to warrant them keeping my books instead of putting them in the book sale or reselling them online. Or whatever it is that they do.
Compared to the other Michael Malone book I read a few years ago, this wasn't really what I was expecting, then, I don't know what I was expecting. It was basically a soap opera about ordinary people's lives. I nearly had to make flash cards to keep up with all of the characters in this book, and the ending was slightly disappointing, because there was some resolution, but it didn't really end. The characters just kept on living...or didn't. But the reader is left wondering what would happen to the rest of their lives.
Good read, though.
8. A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison
More Rachel. More Jenks. This one takes the series to a new place. There is some action, but I feel like the majority of the development in this one is emotional and political. Definitely pushing toward a new place for the end of the series. Following Kim Harrison's blog is also ruining me...as much as I like the insight on her writing process, sometimes I just really don't want to know the ambiguous tid-bits she writes about the things she accomplished in her drafting the day before. Oh well - I would have to stop read the blog to stop seeing that, and I do enjoy parts of it.
I'm not joking about moving to Cincinnati. But that's not for a booklog post.