I actually almost finished this on Sunday. By some stroke of luck I actually managed to read at my mom's house rather than just lying around. I was only about 50 pages shy of finishing when the Boys needed to be walked, and I never pass up walking my Boys. So blame them for the delay. I really lik...
Nathan Quinn is a world-renowned marine biologist studying whale songs. His whole purpose in life is to find out what it means. He thinks that he is close when a rash of vandalism and very strange activities interrupt his life. His office is trashed, data destroyed, his partner and research assistan...
Having only read one other Moore novel, The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove, I was a little disappointed in this one. I must say, this is only personal preference, as the book is well written and engaging, enough so that I was able to continue reading, anyway. I just didn't care about the characters....
There were a few things I didn't like about this book, but they were quibble-y writer-y things (as in, a couple of the characters were such...characters) that didn't change how I devoured the story like maple syrup-covered Jonah.
Fluke Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings by Christopher MooreReally enjoying this book as it's an audio tape and you can hear the whalessinging. Lot of field research, breaking and missing sound recordings andnotes for seminars. some saw markings on the whale but now can't really claimit's real a...
After completing Fluke, I started to envision this fantasy scenario on how the novel came to be...Book Publisher: Thank you for coming in today, Mr. Moore. I wanted to discuss the manuscript you sent us.Christopher Moore: Yes, of course. The Song Cycles and Migratory Habits of Whales. Did you like i...
2/8/2013: This was a very fun read and I will probably read more of Mr. Moore (sorry) in the future. I particularly enjoyed the white boy surfer from New Jersey posing as a Rastafarian with Hawaiian ancestors. Mr. Moore clearly did some research on biology, marine biology and whales in particular...
Several of my friends have been raving about how funny Christopher Moore was, but I was hesitant to try him out because some how they rarely live up to expectation. Boy was I wrong - I was driving down the road listening to Fluke and nearly crashed when a section about Whale Penii (penis's or whate...
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