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Review: The Serpent of Venice, by Christopher Moore
Rating: 🐉🐉🐉🐉 .75 First Response: I think this is the weakest of the three. Or maybe I'm just too unfamiliar with it's source material. One Sentence Summary: Pocket is almost murdered by a cabal of merchants in Venice, and seeks his revenge on them while the events of The Merchant of Venice and Othello unfold in the background. Tell Me More: I'm conflicted about this book. On the one hand, it was really good, and made me laugh out loud (hence the 5 dragons). On the other
Nov 73 min read


Review: Fool, by Christopher Moore
Rating: 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 First Response: After yesterday's fun romp, I wasn't prepared for this book to tug my heartstrings the way it did! One Sentence Summary: Pocket is the fool in the court of King Lear (yes, THAT King Lear); and while the events of Shakespeare's play are unfolding, Pocket is playing out his own hilarious, heartfelt drama in the background. Tell Me More: This is the book where I was SUPPOSED to meet Pocket of Dog-Snogging, until Libby did me wrong. Reading the
Nov 64 min read


Review: Shakespeare For Squirrels, by Christopher Moore
Rating: 🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️ First Response: Well, I HAVE to read the rest of them now! One Sentence Summary: Pocket of Dog-Snogging (a fool) has washed up on the shores of Athens just in time to get mixed up in the events of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream -- but someone has killed Robin Goodfellow (i.e., Puck) and Pocket has to figure out who did it! Tell Me More: Apparently, this is the THIRD in a series of Christopher Moore novels based on Shakespeare plays. Libby didn
Nov 53 min read
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