Anansi Boys

[abracanabra]

Big thanks to discoflamingo for loaning me Neil Gaimon's Anansi Boys. I enjoyed reading it. It's written in a simpler style than some of Gaimon's previous novels, and its humorous touches sometimes hint at an affinity with Terry Pratchett, but it doesn't suffer from this. Underneath everything, it's really a coming-of-age story.

By comparison (as my English teacher always said, "Compare and contrast."), the other book I've been reading was quite awful. Ok, really, there is no comparison. I cannot remember why I picked up Christmas Guest by Anne Perry, but that was a wasted half-hour of my life. It's a Regency-era mystery of the variety described as 'cozy'. I didn't actually read the entire book, just the first few chapters. Then I skipped to the end and read the last chapter. I was completely unsurprised. I didn't feel like I'd missed a thing. Clue: that's a Bad Thing.

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[erragal.livejournal.com]

You want to talk bad!
On a trip to Portland I got some books I found while searching for Ramayana and Mahabhrata. The Prince of Ayodha is BAD.
I tried to read it aloud to devilstears but kept giving up it was so awful. She told me to skip a chapter... sometimes it gets better.
About 8 chapters later we finally gave up.

[cloudscudding.livejournal.com]

You just like tormenting her. I understand. Your relationship has a weird dynamic.