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[mikekn]

27. Bloodsucking Fiends - Christopher Moore [808/1520 53.16%]
This is the first book I read from Christopher Moore, and I'll probably be reading a lot more of his work in the future.  In addition to being a well written and humorous novel, this one had the added bonus of having a modern interpretation of Emperor Norton as a character.

Comments

[snugglyevil.livejournal.com]

Heh...I read this a couple years ago. For me, the biggest kick I got was her and the cosmetic counter girl. It's so true on the badgering into buying what you obviously dont need.

[mikekn]

Yep. Have you read any of his other books?

[snugglyevil.livejournal.com]

Alas I have never gotten around to picking up any of his other books. I meant to years ago when I finished Bloodsucking Fiends.

[kbuxton.livejournal.com]

If you ever get a chance to see him do a reading, go for it. He's total ADD boy and it's really fun to watch :)

As for the rest of the books, definitely read them. I haven't read the latest yet, but will soon.

[mikekn]

Sounds cool :) I'll have to keep an eye out for him.

Side question for you: How do you come up with your 100 books list each year?

[kbuxton.livejournal.com]

This was actually the first time I've tried it (and perhaps the last ;). I basically went through my shelves of stuff I hadn't read and picked 100 books that I'd either been putting off, or knew I wanted to get to or just randomly picked.

[mikekn]

Ok, thanks.

I think I was combining it with your list of books read each year. Still, if I thought I could get anywhere near 100 books read, it's something I could try (hmm...maybe 30 or 40 would be a better number for me)

[kbuxton.livejournal.com]

The people I stole the idea from pretty much all used 50, though some used 50 total and others 50 specific (like what I did)

[mikekn]

Got it (and just found where in your book log you mentioned it first :) ).

Christopher Moore

[bobbinchick.livejournal.com]

If I had known you hadn't discovered him, I would have introduced you years ago. I read Coyote Blue (his second) at some point not long after it came out and I've kept up with his works. I love his versions of the metaphysical and his characterizations - I look at a lot of people in his books and go, "Oh yeah, that's so and so..." I particularly recommend "Blood Sucking Fiends", "Coyote Blue", "The Lust Lizared of Melancholy Cove" and "Lamb" which is a fills in the years of Jesus' life not mentioned in the bible as witnessed by Jesus' best friend Bif, which may sound absolutely sacriligeous (and indeed, I wouldn't recommend it to my mom) but if you are open minded, it makes for interesting reading. If you'd like to do any borrowing, I just need to get my copies back from the last person I foisted them on.
Cathy

Re: Christopher Moore

[mikekn]

I got "Blood Sucking Fiends" a while ago, probably from an Amazon recommendation, but only just read it. I picked up "Lamb" when it was published because I love sacrilegious sounding stuff :) Still need to read it though.

Now that I've read one of his books, I'll be getting the rest of them. (I rarely borrow books, because a: I like to own stuff I've read and b: I've got so many books of my own that I've not read that it doesn't make sense to add more)

As a side note: I need an email address for you so that I can invite you two to stuff. Drop me a line if you get a chance: mike at knauer.org.