Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

I sometimes forget that Douglas Adams wrote books other than Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. This was a great reminder.

This is no light reading. If you are not clued in you lose the plot very easily.

Like the author describes " A thumping good detective-ghost-horror-who dunnit-time travel-romantic-musical-comedy epic" it is :D

Must read

The Fire Thief

People at Landmark kept trying to sell me this book when I was looking for The Book Thief. They thought I had the title wrong and I thought this book was some random thing that they were trying to sell. When I came across this book while browsing the library I thought I should try it.

It is hilarious! A super take on greek gods :)

Fatherhood - Bill Cosby

A must for anyone who wants to be a parent. And if you are already a parent it gives you something to laugh about. Hilarious!

My rating 4 on 5

The Da Vinci Cod

No that isn't a spelling mistake the book is really called so. It has the tagline A fish Parody. Even the author's name is a parody - Don Brine (Real name Adam Roberts). The book goes to painful extents to disprove everything the original book The Da Vinci Code but the pun and PJs in it are entertaining. Hilarious at places. I am very very tempted to spill the spoilers but will desist :)

One thing though, Don Brine suggests that this parody be made into a film and have the gorgeous George Clooney play the lead role. I'd say they should remake the original itself with Clooney. As much as I like Tom Hanks he wasn't convincing in the role of Robert Langdon or was it Robert Donglan? I can't remember now :)

My rating 3.5 on 5

A midsummer night's gene

A classic case of never judge the book by the cover! The blurb on the back cover was very funny, the book was not. To give myself credit I did try very hard. Read more than 50 pages and didn't see the humour promised in the back cover. Considering this is a sci-fi parody (based on Shakespeare's midsummer night's dream if you haven't already guessed by the title) that I was reading right after Douglas Adams, made things only worse. I gave up! I am going to be wary of author Andrew Harman from now onwards, that is for sure!

Rumpole and the Angel of Death

This was recommended by Varali. Usually I like her choice so I picked up the book. But then I had forgotten her penchant for English humour! It is too subtle for me. So I didn't really complete this compilation of short stories by John Mortimer.

Too bad. I like Woodhouse better than this guy is the only consolation for me!

The CEO of the Sofa

A book I picked up on a whim. It is funny but the context is very American and hence made no sense to me! The author, - P J O'Rourke rambles on literally through out!

Wyrd Sisters

This is Terry Pratchett's 6th book in the Discworld series. The theme is very serious - the effect the words can have on reality. There are three witches, one duke and duchess, a king's ghost, a fool, an actor and a very angry kingdom. But the twisted humour (I can't think of anything else to describe Pratchett's style) makes it so much more enjoyable than anything on the samelines that has been said at least a few dozen times.

Wikipedia tells me that this book is a homage to Shakespeare's Macbeth. I don't remember much of it but it might be true. Although I certainly prefer Wyrd Sisters to Macbeth. Sorry Shakespeare :)

The book made me think about the history that as we know now. If all it takes is words to remember it, then anyone with a little creativity and some might can alter it and we won't even realise. Isn't that what's happening right now? The rights and the wrongs of history, that is irrefutable when it is happening can be changes just as easily when it is just a memory.

My rating 3.5 on 5