Okay, the reason I haven’t been here reporting on a book for a while is Hell’s fault.  I saw it at Half Price Books for like $1.00 or $3.00 or something ridiculous like that and it said psychological horror on it, so I bought it.  I tried and tried to get into it, and wow, what a piece of crap.  After about a week, I managed to get through about 25 pages.  Every goddamn word was a chore, let me tell you.  So, I had a week or so trying to plod through it, then a day or so while I actually made up my mind to give up on it (I don’t like admitting defeat) and then, a few days to read another book, so here I am. 

You Suck by Christopher Moore might just be the funniest book I’ve ever read.  I’ve been a fan ever since I read Practical Demonkeeping (one of my favorites, one I’ve read many times) years and years ago. (Still waiting for Disney to make that movie, by the way.)  Moore might be the only writer who can make me laugh out loud this much.  Every time I read one of his books, I get looks like I’m crazy ‘cause I’m just sitting there, reading a book, laughing my ass off.  Or, as Abby Normal would say, LMAO.  The funniest passages are the excerpts from Abby’s journal.  I think that "OMG.  It was so fucking cool - like coming twice with Skittles and a Coke." might just be the funniest lines ever put on paper.  Also, there’s a kind of poetry to it.  Didn’t realize until about 30 pages or so in that this book is actually a sequel to Bloodsucking Fiends, which I’ve always been meaning to pick up, but now I have to.  No worries though, You Suck stands on its own.  The characters Moore creates are funny, but he doesn’t condescend to them the way you often see in sarcastic humor.  You actually like and care about what happens to these people, even the bit players like Blue, the smurf hooker and Jared, the emo-homo friend of Abby Normal.  You even have a degree of affection for Lucifer 2, Jared’s rat and perhaps lovetoy.  Also, the universe crosses with the universe of A Dirty Job, which I read just a few months ago and now have to reread.  (I don’t mind; it was fucking hilarious, too.)  And, there are moments that are hysterical and kind of disturbing at the same time.  It’s a juggling act that Moore does just brilliantly.  I think there are only two or three of his books I haven’t read yet which is a situation I intend to remedy as soon as possible