I've actually had some time to read lately! Whooooooeee, it's been nice. I polished off Fool, Sundays at Tiffany's, and I'm about halfway into Bloodsucking Fiends.So let's see...Fool, by Christopher Moore. One of my favorite authors, Moore has a truly twisted sense of humour which I absolutely adore. Fool is his attempt to make Shakespeare roll over in his grave. The book is loosely based on King Lear, told from the jester's perspective. Moore willingly admits that he hasn't really tried to stick to the story and has incorporated bits and pieces from other works (the three witches of Macbeth). I was hugely entertained by the novel and the wild liberties Moore takes. I've read all but one of his books, and despite knowing how extremely crude (and occasionally disgusting) he can be, I was still a little surprised to read some of the scenes and see the lines he crossed. Fun though, for sure. Quite literally though, the part that made me laugh the hardest was long after the story ended and Moore was explaining how he came to the decision to write the story and talks about how in his research, after watching countless Lears rage at the storm at the peak of their insanity, he was about ready to leap onstage and kill the guy himself.
After finishing off Fool, I switched gears to Sundays at Tiffany's. I don't know about this one. It was definitely what I was looking for: pure fluff, and had sweet characters. They were very one dimentional though. Very very flat. Often the sentence structure reminded me of things I had written in elementary school. Twice, chapters started with "Here's what happened next". Seriously? Is that necessary? I assume that the following paragraphs would state what came next since I'm still reading the same book. I think the author was trying to be cute and relateable but came across as trite and redundant. All in all, I will never re-read it, but it was a good filler for a while.
Now into Bloodsucking Fiends, another from Christopher Moore and the last one that I need to read. So far so good. Typical Moore...twisted, amusing, fantastic characters, fun plot. All in all, enjoying it!I know I've raved a few times about Moore, but here's an experpt from his website that I enjoyed as an intro to the schedule of his book tour destinations:
"You know I think the world of you and would like to make peanut butter toast for each and every one of you (unless you have a peanut allergy, in which case, I’d like to make you toast and stab you in the leg with an epi pen.)"
