two somewhat silly books, and a book grouping I didn't like

[snugglekitty]

Tex and Molly in the Afterlife by Richard Grant was a book I never saw coming. It was recommended to me by Novelist, since I am a Charles de Lint fan. The basic plotline is, two middleaged hippies get really stoned, fall down a well, and die. They now must try to figure out how to save the forest without bodies, even though the street theater collective is collapsing.
I'm not making this up, I swear. It was a little slow, but very funny in places. My favorite part was a bit comparing drugs to old gods - "As with drugs, so with the Ancient Ones - it was the dabblers who got themselves into the most trouble." Not an exact quote, since the book already went back to the library. Three stars.

Also somewhat silly, although in a different way, was California Demon, sequel to Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom by Julie Kenner. Kate Conner is still at it - trying to fight demons, assist her husband in his political career, and keep all her playdate commitments. Not as good as the first, but that could just be the novelty. Three stars again.

desiringsubject was kind enough to loan me someone else's copy of the Lost Girls trilogy. I'm not going to go into a lot of depth about this book, but I didn't expect it to feature as much incest and pedophilia in it as it did. I'm sure that Moore was just trying to stir people up and start controversies, but I found it offputting. The art was beautiful, but I feel I can only give it two stars, because I think I wish I hadn't read it.

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[bluepapercup]

I think I read Tex and Molly years ago! I might go find it and reread it now though :)