The thing about the recent spate of irregular sleep is, it affords an excellent opportunity to catch up on reading. I finished the two books I was reading concurrently, being Terry Pratchett's "The Last Hero" and Wodehouse's "Carry on, Jeeves", the latter a birthday present from Ju and G. I won't review Pratchett, not because it's not a great book, but because this is the second time I'm reading it, and reviewing it didn't seem quite right.
This being my first Jeeves book, I found myself laughing aloud quite often at Jeeves' presumptuous attitude, and how Wooster's ridiculous attempts to assert himself always fail. To say that it is a marvelous inversion of the classic master and servant relationship would not be remiss, I think. It's humourous light reading, and Wodehouse's touch of Brit humour is really quite endearing. Thanks G and Ju for introducing yet another good author.
Was reading the last few stories yesterday on the bed, and sis was beside me. I was regaling her with choice bits from the story and she was laughing along. Then she started on her perennial quest to introduce me to manga, which has many good stories running along similar lines. Was wondering if I should give it a try: after all, I became a convert of graphic novels too, didn't I, even to the pater's derision of "you actually read graphic novels?"
Rating: 4 out of 5
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