What I'm Reading

The Stupidest Angel is set just down the coast from SF in Big Sur country. This was the first Moore novel I read and my favorite to date.
Fluke is set in Lahina. A good buddy of mine (Sinslee) lives in Lahina and confirmed some of the pidgin rasta speak. The setting in Lahina was enough to hook me and the story is fantastic (Fantasy). This is light stuff and a fun read.

Moore has sold a lot of books in the last 10 years. He lived in SF and most of his previous books are set in the City. Fluke is one of his most recent books, set in Maui and now his sleeve reads that the author splits time between Sucka Free and Maui. Nice. Moving on up the ocean westside..
Based on the recommendation of a friend, I've been reading Christopher Moore over the past 2 weeks. He compared it to Tom Robins and mentioned one book irreverantly chronicling Jesus during the decades he disappears from the bible. Nice sales pitch; I immediately checked out four of his books from the library.

Bloodsucking friends was published earlier than the others, and I found the author's voice less clear. The following three, though, are all clearly written by an author comfortable with his niche and voice.

Christopher Moore has enough imagination and ear for conversation to appease book snobs (like me). Harry Potter for adults?