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Title: Full Moon
Series: Blandings Castle #8
Authors: PG Wodehouse
Rating: 3.5 of 5 Stars
Genre: Humor
Pages: 200
Words: 78K
A full novel with the further (mis)adventures of the residents and guests of Blandings Castle. Ther_e is the usual crossed lovers denied entry to paradise by disapproving aunts. There are wayward sons doing stupid things. There are in-laws and Uncles calling everyone else pigheaded. There are artists. Of course there is the Empress, the Queen (pig) of the Castle. And jewelry.
Throw it all together into a blender, select high speed to take the edge off that chunky jewelry, blend for 1minute and voila, another perfect Blandings Castle story. I mean, that is all Wodehouse really does. He takes various well-used but still amusing ingredients and simply mixes them together in new ways. It is genius.
Now, most of Wodehouse’s works are just plain silly and if you’re not ready for it or feel in the need of some big fat literary literature, they probably won’t tickle your funny bone. But I was not in the mood for big fat literary literature with out of touch snobs telling me lies about crap that didn’t matter, so this hit the spot exactly. I was tempted to give it 4stars for how much I enjoyed it, but that was more down to circumstances (that hopefully won’t be duplicated) than to the book itself. So 3 ½ it is!
★★★✬☆
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Yeah, Wodehouse had a formula, but when when it’s so well executed you just have to enjoy it.
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Has this been redacted? Missing letter in the second sentence.
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I was blaming it on 5am-itus….
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Yep, when something works, it works 🙂
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Wow. This is a Wodehouse I haven’t read! Must check it out.
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As long as you are even slightly familiar with the Blandings Castle set up, you can dive right into this 🙂
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I just glanced over the plot outline – enough to establish I hadn’t read it before – and all the usual ingredients are there. I mean, I could have read it, but don’t think I did. The Ionicus cover doesn’t look familiar, either.
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I’ve given up trying to remember books by cover now. With so many books getting multiple covers, trying to track down one specific one can be a chore…
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One day I might try Wodehouse, but fear I may go down a similar path as the one I went down with Wolfe.
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The thing with Wodehouse is that it is very easy to burn out on his brand of humor. But considering your voracious consumption of Wolfe, I don’t think any of the ordinary “rule of thumb” rules apply to you 😀
So I can totally see you doing that….
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Haha I’ll put him on the list!
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Talking of funny, am reading everything by Christopher Moore at the minute, funny, gory, supernatural and pithy. Great fun.
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I have not heard of him does he write a series or just standalones?
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I think I’d class them as standalones but some are set in the same place. If you were trying him out I’d go for Noir to start.
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Thanks! I’ll have to see what’s available….
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You have to be in the correct frame of mind for British class-humor. I tried re-reading To Say Nothing of the Dog a couple days ago and bounced pretty hard.
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That is one book I keep toying w in my mind for a reread. But I enjoyed it back then, so am hesitant because I ended up disliking almost everything else by Willis.
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Eh, it’s a pretty good ‘un, I think. I just found myself unable to handle the fact that a large part of the plot revolves around a cat being almost drowned.
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Ahhh, I can see that would affect other people…
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😦
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I include you as part of that ‘other people ‘ if that’s what caused the sad face.
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Technically it was an angry face….
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Gotcha.
Try the > for the eyebrows or mouth. Or both if you’re really angry
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I haven’t read To Say Nothing of the Dog in years, but I do remember really enjoying it. Take that as a rec!
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But have you reread it? That’s the issue at hand here.
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I haven’t, but I don’t re-read novels very often. Usually only classics. But I would re-read it now I think.
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You should. Give your book review blog a nice little happy book to review 🙂
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Yah, Blandings Castle. Lots of fun.
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I’m actually liking it more than Jeeves n Wooster 🙂
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I don’t know how you do it to read comedy/humour books like this. I feel like I’d love comedy more when it’s integrated into a genre I know I love rather than having a whole story focused around it, for books at least hahah
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It helps that I deliberately try to keep my reading circle as wide as I can accept. I don’t know that I could have done it 20 years ago. But the reading rotation I have works so I’m not going to mess with it 😀
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I loved this one.
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I can see myself re-reading these Blandings Castle novels a decade after I finish them. Wooster and Jeeves, not so much. I think part of it is the greater cast of characters and there’s no homogenous Jeeves character to solve everything. Everyone solves a little bit or serendipity just puts her nose into things 😀
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I still prefer the Wooster novels, but I also like the different feel that each setting offers.
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Circumstances is exactly right.
I’ve never read the Blandings Castle books, but Jeeves and Bertie once got me through a very tough time.
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I’m just thankful there is humor that I like…
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