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    <body><![CDATA[Sometimes it helps to read a series in order.  In the case of Christopher Moore, though, it's not always necessary.  I read &quot;You Suck&quot; first, and thoroughly enjoyed it, then went back and read its precursor, &quot;Bloodsucking Fiends.&quot;  While BF gave context for YS, each stands on its...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20245637">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have a hard time paying attention to when books were published and in what order, but Bloodsucking Fiends appears to be the prequel to You Suck and A Dirty Job - both of which I really enjoyed. Bloodsucking Fiends takes place in San Francisco and tells the story of Jody, who has just been turned i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20810017">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this up as my first ever Christopher Moore book.  I was thinking it would be a bit of a farse on paranormal stuff.  Most of his stuff seems to be like that after looking him up.  But it wasn't much of a farse, rather just silly and a bit boring.  To be fair I didn't read the whole book.  I ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46688131">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[When Jody is attacked one night on her way home from work, she wakes up the next night under a dumpster with a burnt hand and almost a hundred thousand dollars worth of cash. Mystified, she quickly realizes that the money isn't the only thing she's gained. She now has abilities that she never posses...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46639185">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67079678">
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    <body><![CDATA[Another light, humorous read from Christopher Moore, this time dealing with my favorite subject in the whole wide world (note the sarcasm, there): vampire relationships. This one has all of Moore’s hallmarks, and I enjoyed reading it, but it seems oddly incomplete and not as satisfying as his othe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67079678">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had read and loved <em>Lamb</em>, but had been a little put off by Moore's Douglas Adams-esque tendency to cram a one-liner into just about every sentence of his books. He's funny, but it was too much funny at once. <em>Bloodsucking Fiends</em> cuts way back on the wordplay and ratchets up the absurd (and you thoug...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68339204">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reread in anticipation of reading the sequel, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33453.You_Suck_A_Love_Story" title="You Suck: A Love Story by Christopher Moore">You Suck</a>, which finally turned up in the library's &quot;You Snooze, You Lose!&quot; section (I'm still No. 65 in the regular holds queue). I haven't been especially fond of some of Moore's more recent work (am I the only one who really didn't like <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5203.She_s_Come_Undone" title="She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb">Lamb</a>?...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42629812">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43213347">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I quite enjoyed this book, as usual for Christopher Moore. However, strangely not as much as its sequel, 'You Suck.' It seemed to drag a little more ...perhaps because I already knew how it ended. Nonetheless I laughed a lot and found myself thoroughly captivated.<br/><br/>I had a hard time relati...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43213347">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fun twist on a vampire story.  Jody wakes up under a Dumpster and realizes she's been turned into a vampire.  She's left to sort it all out with the help of Tommy, a 19 year old aspiring writer/supermarket stocker. Funny stuff.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Bought this as a beach/airplane read for our trip to Goa, but Val grabbed it before I could so I only just got to it.  A mix of the fantastic and the dryly humorous, in the Douglas Adams/Terry Pratchett vein.  The plot is set in motion when fairly ordinary office worker in San Francisco is turned in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76202334">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'll spare you the usual description of a book which most include in their review and attempt a simplification of the more important details. Jody, a fiery red-head in the San Francisco Bay area, was turned into a vampire at the start of the novel, forever stuck five pounds heavier than her ideal fi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54986964">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My first Christopher Moore book. <br/><br/>As soon as I finished reading it, I ran to the bookstore to pick up more of Moore's titles. He has a gift for turning cliches on their head. <br/>I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and am familiar with many of the haunts Moore describes in his book, ma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74884839">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[As my Christopher Moore kick continues, I finished Bloodsucking Fiends last week. Again, this is the exact type of novel I expect from Moore: clever, amusing, well-written, and fun. <br/><br/>This novel is about a woman turned into a vampire and then stalked by the vampire who turned her. Along th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55245964">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am really starting to love Christopher Moore. How could anyone not like a funny vampire story. Jody finds herself under a dumpster with a ton of money and a thirst for blood. What else is there to do but to learn the ropes and get herself a lackey to run her daytime errands.<br/><br/>This book h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57849130">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Jess lent me Bloodsucking Fiends and You Suck in our ever-expanding crusade to find light, amusing vampire reads. This certainly fit the bill! Very, very light. The characters were amusing however I wished more attention had been given to the female lead in terms of her development. This was clearly...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47167058">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I &quot;read&quot; You Suck and Dirty Job before this book and I think both of them were stonger.  <br/><br/>However I didn't realize how delightful The Emperor was in either of those.  Fisher Stevens narrated a dirty job and he didn't give The Emperor the same nobility that Susan Bennet pulled of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43684957">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just started this but it's cool to see that he reused the character &quot;The Emperor&quot; from <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33456.A_Dirty_Job" title="A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore">A Dirty Job</a>, the last Moore book I read.<br/>----<br/>As usual Moore combines fantastic elements (vampires in this case) and quirky real life people to create absurd (and funny) situations. The comed...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54881941">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I stumbled upon Christopher Moore a year ago while looking for a &quot;seasonal story&quot; to read during the holidays that didn't drip with a saccharine plot...I found &quot;The Stupidest Angel&quot;. After thoroughly enjoying the farce and humor, I took a crack at &quot;Bloodsucking Fiends&quot;....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49767137">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[While this claims to be 'a love story' I found myself laughing much more then cooing. And with the couple being a 19 year old, aspiring writer from Indiana and a recently turned drop-dead gorgeous redhead vampire, one of the last things you'd expect would be to get a laugh out of almost every page....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46714897">more...</a>]]></body>
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