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| Topics | | messages | Last message | | | Early Reviewers : October 2009 Books Received | | 65 | MerryMary, Yesterday 5:53pm |  |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Deedledee's 2009 books | | 146 | alcottacre, Yesterday 2:08am | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Pretear's 2009 | | 59 | Pretear, Wednesday 11:47pm | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Pushing for 75 in 2009 :-) | | 129 | thekoolaidmom, Wednesday 9:25am | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : amanda4242's 75 book challenge | | 105 | amanda4242, Tuesday 11:14am | |
| Book talk : Has anyone read these...... | | 8 | Jenson_AKA_DL, Monday 4:33pm | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Estarriol's 2009 Challenge | | 82 | estarriol, Sunday 6:02pm | |
| Early Reviewers : Books Never Received? | | 580 | catherinea, Sunday 2:10pm | |
| Seattleites : Third Place Thingers Book Club | | 208 | maggie1944, Sunday 12:45am | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Ti99er's 75 in 2009 | | 155 | suslyn, Saturday 6:11am | |
| Book talk : non serious fantasy | | 19 | susiesharp, December 3 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Lisa's 2009 Challenge - Upping the Ante | | 106 | LisaLynne, December 3 | |
| 999 Challenge : atlargeinthewrld's 999 attempt | | 51 | atlargeintheworld, November 26 | |
| Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : Parallel Works Hitlist | | 43 | booksfallapart, November 25 | |
| 999 Challenge : Blondierocket's | | 88 | cmbohn, November 7 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Books Brought Home - October 2009 | | 180 | momom248, November 1 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : aquascum '09 | | 143 | alcottacre, October 19 | |
| Author Chat : S.G. Browne, author of Breathers: A Zombie's Lament (Sept 21-Oct 2) | | 40 | SGBrowne, October 3 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Book Brought Home - September 2009 | | 215 | jdthloue, October 2 | |
| 100 Books Challenge for 2009 : elleseven's going for 100+ in 2009! | | 49 | elleseven, September 11 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Blondierocket's 2009 Challenge | | 213 | Cauterize, September 8 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : atlargeinthewrld's 50 Books list (so-far) | | 33 | billiejean, September 6 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : WHAT ARE YOU READING NOW? Where? Why? How? What? Is it? What? | | 141 | callmejacx, August 25 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of August 15, 2009? | | 286 | FicusFan, August 22 | |
| I want to read that! : Storeetllr's TBR List | | 67 | Storeetllr, August 10 | |
| 100 Books Challenge for 2009 : MissTeacher reads her little eyes out! 120 in 2009! | | 45 | MissTeacher, August 9 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Stuckey's 75 books for 2009 | | 101 | rstuckey, July 28 | |
| Club Read 2009 : dchaikin's 2009 reading log | | 227 | dchaikin, July 10 | |
| The Green Dragon : Favourite comic (funny) book | | 39 | chione, July 6 | |
| Librarians who LibraryThing : Literary Classics & Popular Fiction Assistance | | 36 | goydaeh, June 27 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of June 13 2009? | | 248 | koalamom, June 20 | |
| Book talk : A Silly Book Game - Part 7 | | 326 | SqueakyChu, June 18 | |
| Early Reviewers : December books NOT received | | 162 | HippieLunatic, June 13 | |
| Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Now? May 2009 | | 100 | teelgee, June 7 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 25 April 2009 | | 212 | Breez, May 28 | |
| 100 Books Challenge for 2009 : ravenous.reader's 100 Books in 2009 Challenge | | 9 | avatiakh, May 12 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : 2009 Your Best Five Reads of Quarter 1 (January - March) | | 117 | narcissus_in_theory, April 15 | |
| The Green Dragon : March Reads 2009 | | 243 | Morphidae, March 31 | |
| 999 Challenge : : Jak's | | 14 | jak1886, March 27 | |
| BookMooching : Ranting/Complaining about mooches, chapter 2 | | 361 | skittles, March 27 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of 7 February 2009? | | 214 | storm_indigo, March 27 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : sarahjanesandra's 2nd Year - Another 50 | | 69 | sarahjanesandra, March 22 | |
| Early Reviewers : Have December LTER Winners Been Announced? | | 133 | titania86, March 4 | |
| The Green Dragon : February Reads 2009 | | 159 | RitaFaye, February 27 | |
| The Green Dragon : And now, back to talking about books (and cheese.) | | 48 | clamairy, February 17 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : erinmontagues 2009 challange | | 2 | billiejean, January 23 | |
| 999 Challenge : Mojo's | | 11 | VictoriaPL, January 12 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Storeetllr's 2008 Book List | | 245 | Storeetllr, December 2008 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of 6 December 2008 | | 191 | ZanKnits, December 2008 | |
Finished Fool which was great... funny and tragic. And to continue on with the silliness I'm starting Definitely Dead - contrary to my good sense. I'm also close to finishing The Metamorphosis on my iPhone. While I have an aversion to Kindle and company, it is very convenient to read on my ... Huh. Matchless is out of Harper Collins/William Morrow, just like Fool is. Not a good sign for receiving it.
Keeping my hopes alive, but in a coma. Oh, yes, in general I enjoy his work very much, though I must say that I was disappointed with Fool. #53 - I haven't received my copy of Matchless yet. Keeping my fingers crossed that it will arrive soon... unlike Fool which never did. :( ... I'd say, and doesn't have reoccurring characters (as far as I can remember...) like You Suck or Bloodsucking Fiends. Fool was pretty funny too, though not really *fantasy* it was about King Lear's jester. ... by C. S. LewisRosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom StoppardGrendel by John GardnerFool by Christopher MooreThe Other Log of Phileas Fogg by Philip Jose FarmerWide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysThe Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood< ... ... reading for a while... but then the monotony got to me. (I'm weird about reading, I know.) In any case, I started reading Fool by Christopher Moore. I've been reading a lot of serious books as of late, so I decided to crack open a silly book. I've read all Moore's books with the exception ... ... that I have to.
How to Practise: The way of a meaningful life, His Holiness the Dalai Lama - purchased, to read
Fool, Christopher Moore - purchased, to read
The Difference Engine, William Gibson - on hold at the library (picking up Thursday when I go for the Neighborhood Em ... ... other books I've enjoyed reading recently, or just want to throw out as recommendations:
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Fool by Christopher Moore
Lamb by Christopher Moore
Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk
Kockroach by Tyler Knox
Plus all of the other ... Two from QPB:
Fool by Christopher Moore....my favorite satirist..
The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry...got this for a friend but she seems to have left town...guess her ex-husband has been sighted in the area....welcome to Mayberry!
two from PBS:
All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Brag ... #108 I'm a big Christopher Moore fan but haven't read Fool yet. Was it as good as all his other books? I just finished Fool by Christopher Moore and I'm almost finished with Physics Of The Impossible by Michio Kaku. ... series. I'm going to pick up the Dedalus Book Portuguese Fantasy but I think I might read it simultaneously with Fool. I never received Fool: A Novel either. I'm not sure any of us did.
I've since found it in a used book store, purchased, read and reviewed.
Once a publisher backs out on a promise such as an ER edition, I am much less likely to buy a book at all. Only because I so enjoy Christopher Moor ... Argh. Just got one of those automated reminder notices that I haven't yet reviewed Fool: A Novel from the December 2008 batch. I never received it. I emailed Abby and she chalked it up to "lost in mail" but the reminder notice still came. :( 39F.) Fool by Christopher Moore
A bawdy novel, loosely based on Shakespeare's King Lear. The protaganist is the king's Fool, and he takes it upon himself to save the kingdom. Or possibly destroy it. Although this book may be a bit over the top for some, I thought it was hilarious.
Oh boy, ... Book #61
Fool by Christopher Moore
Moore's re-telling of King Lear... with more obscenities and shagging.
Book#62
The Princess Bride by William Goldman Drood and Dickens.
Fool and King Lear.
Pride and Prejudice and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
I take it Ulysses and the odyssey doesn't count. Lamb or Fool by Christopher Moore
Skinny Dip or Lucky You by Carl Hiaassen
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (the trilogy has 5 books) by Douglas Adams
And I second katylit's suggestion of P.G. Wodehouse ... Truly have no idea what's in store for this character -- guess I'll find out tonight.
Considering 3 for my next read - Fool by Christopher Moore, Mr. Pip by Lloyd Jones, or a mystery, Killer Keepsakes by Jane Cleland. Leaning toward the mystery. . .takes place in NH and I get very ... #54: Fool by Christopher Moore
06/07/09 - 06/14/09, ***1/2
Reviewed I am reading Fool by Christopher Moore
1. I borrowed this book from the Durham County Library.
2. I'm reading this now because I love Shakespeare and wanted to read something gently coinciding with Shakespeare for my birthday.
3. It's been sitting on my shelf for at least three weeks.
... 26. Fool by Christopher Moore
This was hilarious - the tale of King Lear and his daughters, as told by his bawdy, vulgar and inordinately horny court jester. The ending is certainly better than the original, and it kept me giggling all the way through. "It's not nonsense, it's Welsh."
Fool by Christopher Moore
"Is loyalty a virtue when paid to virtue's stranger?" I'm in Britain with crotchety old King Lear and his Fool. I've given up on my copy of Fool: a Novel by Christopher Moore.
*sadness* ... were I would have to read Bloodsucking Fiends first regardless of how well it stands alone). I am quite interested in Fool though...hell I'll figure it out when the time comes. ... Goods
8. The End of the Affair
9. The Gunslinger
10. Drawing of the Three
11. You Suck: A Love Story
12. Fool: A Novel
13. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
14. Jane Eyre
15. Coraline
16. Wizard's First Rule
17. Lady Chatterley's Lover
18. The Picture of Dorian ... 49. Fool by Christopher Moore
Fun, fun, fun! Reads like a goth-y slapstick movie, just my kind of thing.
Quote: "What ho, daughter," said he. "Hast thou shagged a fool?"
"Methinks any wench who shags a man hath shagged a fool. Father."
*snickers* Never received Fool: A Novel by Christopher Moore. (December 2008 batch.)
I don't think any of us got them. :( Books About Books
1. Inkspell by Cornelia Funke (1/28) 3 stars
2. Fool by Christopher Moore (3/10) 3.5 stars
3. The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde (3/26) 3.5 stars
4. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Rigler (4/6) 1.5 stars
5. The Book of Lost Things by John Conno ... ...
14. The Ape Who Guards the Balance by Elizabeth Peters
15. Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters
Mar:
16. Fool by Christopher Moore
17. The Falcon at the Portal by Elizabeth Peters
18. He Shall Thunder in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters
19. The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fford ... ... What Was She Thinking: Notes on a Scandal?
I also am finishing off A Case of Exploding Mangoes and about to start Fool, my first by Christopher Moore. ... a lot of heavy stuff lately so I think it's time to read some silliness - after I finish Collapse, I'm going to start Fool by Christopher Moore. I'll read King Lear first, it's one of the plays that for whatever reason I've never gotten a chance to read. And I've vowed to stop reading ... ... - an ARC
All Shall Be Well; And All Shall Be Well; And All Manner of Things Shall Be Well by Tod Wodicka - an ARC
Fool by Christopher Moore - an ARC
The Sea by John Banville
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
Waiting for the Barbarians by J. M. Coetzee
All Quiet on the Western Fron ... ... I'm reading, I don't usually get too bent out of shape over it. Except did you happen to see my review of Chris Moore's Fool? (see http://justonemorepageblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/fool-bawdy-tale-indeed.html) I was really knocked for a loop on that one, at least at first. ... loud (and snorted a few times) without realizing it. I haven't read A Dirty Job yet, but just finished his newest book, Fool, which is a retelling of Shakespeare's King Lear (no knowledge of the play is needed) from the perspective of Lear's fool, Pocket. I loved it. Fluke, or I know Why ... >124: I saw Fool in the Powell's Dose of the Day email a few weeks ago. I love books that bring peripheral characters centre-stage - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead being one of my favourites. I've had Island of the Sequined Love Nun on my TBR list for months for the title alone so will ... ... I feel like I can say it wouldn't be a bad place to start. I don't know if his other works are based off other stories like Fool was, but I found it to be a great book. Is Fool a good place to start with Christopher Moore? I've not read any of his work before, but so many people rave about him... 42. Fool by Christopher Moore
Books Published in 2009
Finally something I can put in this category. An adaptation of King Lear, by by the fool's prospective. Very funny and good. 46. Fool by Christopher Moore
A new spin on Shakespeare’s King Lear, told by the fool’s prospective.
I was immediately intrigued when I was given this book as a gift because King Lear is one play I am very familiar with having done a production of it in high school. Knowing the story ... My favs, no particular order:
Bitter Moon I:Triane's Son Ascending
Kushiel's Mercy
Fool
Elfhunter
The Lightning Thief (Picked this one up for my 999 challenge. Even though it's a children's book, I really enjoyed it!)
...
14. The Ape Who Guards the Balance by Elizabeth Peters
15. Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters
Mar:
16. Fool by Christopher Moore
17. The Falcon at the Portal by Elizabeth Peters
18. He Shall Thunder in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters
19. The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fford ... ... a bad idea. I noticed 2 weeks ago when our university bookstore was having a 75% off used book sale that several copies of Fool were in the "new" used books pile. 67. Fool by Christopher Moore.
Hardcover ... Or if they do, it doesn't seem to dissuade anyone from mooching.
PS: I notice you're reading Christopher Moore's Fool. How do you like it? If you decide to put it up on BM, consider reserving it for me as I am dying to read it ^_~ (Sorry, I'm shameless.) ... (excellent)
Ammunition by Ken Bruen (not his best, but decent)
Down in the Zero by Andrew Vachss (one of his best)
Fool by Christopher Moore (my new favorite Moore title)
Footsteps of the Hawk by Andrew Vachss (just ok)
False Allegations by Andrew Vachss (not good at all)
Night ... ... of the Crimson Rose,Lauren Willig (re-read)
24. The Temptation of the Night Jasmine, Lauren Willig
25. Fool, Christopher Moore
26. Resistence, Owen Sheers
27. Blindness, Jose Saramago
28. Fluke, Christopher Moore
29. Bloodsucking Fiends, Christop ... Book #30 - Fool by Christopher Moore
Excellent read. I love Christopher Moore and I was a theatre major as an undergraduate, so this was a spot-on book for me.
Book #31 - The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Another excellent story by Neil Gaiman. I found it more engaging than C ... Has anyone received Fool by Christopher Moore yet? Since my last post I read Coraline and Fool and I am now reading Blue Highways
I have read all winners so far this month, I'm on a roll! Thanks for making us 'official' Maggie!
I got sidetracked by Fool but I will get to it soon. I just got home from an author event with Christopher Moore and got my copy of Fool autographed. This was the first time I had seen/heard him and he is just as funny in person as his books. Seems like a really nice guy too. I'm reading Fool: A Novel by Christopher Moore which just came out today. I'm so excited! I love Christopher Moore and am thrilled he's taking on one of Shakespeare's tragedies. It's King Lear as only Moore could tell it.
DeltaQueen, I hope you're enjoying The Book Thief! It's honestly ... ... Glaister ****
23. 'The Shadow of the Wind' by Carlos Ruiz Zafon ****
24. 'Coraline' by Neil Gaiman ***.5
25. 'Fool' by Christopher Moore **
26. 'Sweeping up Glass' by Carolyn Wall ************
27. 'The Big Over Easy' by Jaspar Fforde READING NOW
28. 'Eclipse' by Ste ... ... Gayle Wilson
8. Tick Tock by Dean Koontz
9. The Family by Mario Puzo
10. Resolution by Robert B. Parker
11. Fool by Christopher Moore
12. The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
13. A Few Seconds of Panic by Stefan Fatsis
14. The Yankee Years by Joe Torre and Tom Verdu ... ... Dee Cervantes
17. Stories in Stone: A field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography by Douglas Keister
18. Fool by Christopher Moore
Abandoned:
The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene
Perdido Street Station China Mieville
jak1886 in 999 Challenge : 999 Challenge: Jak's 999 Challenge (Dec 19, 2008, 2:44pm) Recommended
1. The Once and Future King
2. Magic Bites
3. Fool {X}
4. The Bone Doll's Twin
5. The Lies of Locke Lamora
6. Magic Study {X}
7. The Briar King
8. Dragon Champion
9. The Sword of Shannara 117. Fool: a Novel by Christopher Moore. 8 stars. ER When Moore or his publisher says it's bawdy, you had better believe it. I, who am no prude by any stretch of anyone's imagination, was a bit taken aback at first by the language and scenes of lewdness and debauchery. However, I stuck in ... Finished Fool: a novel by Christopher Moore, which, as advertised, was bawdy indeed, but which also turned out to be highly entertaining.
Started Chasing Darkness, Wolfbane and Mistletoe (an anthology of holiday tales of horror, featuring Sookie Stackhouse), and Gods Behaving Badly. Oh ... Still reading Fool by Christopher Moore, an ARC. It is a retelling of the King Lear story. I was so happy to get it because I absolutely love Lamb: the gospel according to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal.
Fool arrived with a warning that it was a "bawdy" tale. Well! Bawdy doesn't come ... ... Authors of Books I've Read (A keeper from 888) (1)
1. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
2. Fool by Christopher Moore
3. Iodine: A Novel by Haven Kimmel
4. Natural Flights of the Human Mind by Clare Morrall author of Astonishing Sp ... Books Published in 2009 - COMPLETE
1. Fool by Christopher Moore FINISHED MAR 30
2. Twilight Director's Notebook by Catherine Hardwicke FINISHED APR 3
3. Swimsuit by James Patterson FINISHED JULY 4
4. ...
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