Throwback Thursday (17)

Throwback Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by The Housework Can Wait and Never Too Fond of Books.

It’s the nature of book blogging to focus mainly on new releases, but there are thousands of great books out there that haven’t seen the “New Releases” shelf in years. We hope to be able to bring attention to some older titles that may not be at the top of the current bestseller list, but still deserve a spot in your To-Be-Read pile.

You don’t have to be a book blogger to participate! You can put up a Throwback Thursday post on your non-bookish blog; or if you don’t have a blog at all, just use the comments to tell us about a book you remember fondly.

Here’s how it works:
1. Pick any book released more than 5 years ago. Adult, YA, Children’s; doesn’t matter. Any great book will do.
2. Write up a short summary of the book (include the title, author, and cover art) and an explanation of why you love it. Make sure to link back to The Housework Can Wait and Never Too Fond of Books in your post.
3. Link up your post at The Housework Can Wait or Never Too Fond of Books.
4. Visit as many blogs as you can, reminisce about books you loved, and discover some “new” books for your TBR list!

Title: Coyote Blue

Author: Christopher Moore

Original Publication Date: January 1, 1993

Available at: Amazon – Kindle – Barnes and Noble

From Goodreads:

As a boy growing up in Montana, he was Samson Hunts Alone — until a deadly misunderstanding with the law forced him to flee the Crow reservation at age fifteen. Today he is Samuel Hunter, a successful Santa Barbara insurance salesman with a Mercedes, a condo, and a hollow, invented life. Then one day, shortly after his thirty-fifth birthday, destiny offers him the dangerous gift of love — in the exquisite form of Calliope Kincaid — and a curse in the unheralded appearance of an ancient Indian god by the name of Coyote. Coyote, the trickster, has arrived to transform tranquillity into chaos, to reawaken the mystical storyteller within Sam … and to seriously screw up his existence in the process.

This was the first book I read by Christopher Moore and I loved it. Christopher Moore is one of the funniest authors I’ve ever read. I need to reread the book to get a sense of it again because I last read it in 2008 but Coyote was one of the best characters ever. Ever since then, whenever I’ve come across a book with a Coyote character I’ve tried to read it.

It’s because of this book that I was turned onto the world that is Christopher Moore. I usually save his books until I’m feeling pretty down. His books will lift me out of a funk and cheer me up. His writing helps me gain perspective. Needless to say, I’m a huge Christopher Moore fan.

 

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