I LOVE this idea-how interesting to get a sneak peek into what everyone else is reading! Besides pulling my hair out waiting for my first group interview for grad school, I have been trying to relax myself with a little reading! I am reading "Geek Love" STILL! I have been struggling to pick it up in my free time but it has been getting better and better as I go along!
For those of you who haven't read one of Carlin's previously blogs, I love the strange, demented, CRAZY storylines, with as much gross-out as possible. My favorite author, Chuck Paluhnuik, recommended this author and book in his Portland travel book. So I thought I would check it out!
Geek Love is a story about a carnival family, the Binewskis, who strive to have a family of "geeks," or circus freaks. During the mothers pregnancy, they try all sorts of things to ensure the unborn will come out with some sort of "power" or oddity. The story basically outlines circus live with the various family members.
At this point in the book, with only 40 pages to go, the Siamese twins Iphy & Elly just birthed a 26 lb. baby named Mumpo, Oly (the albino, humpback, bald, dwarf) just asked her youngest brother Chick, to impregnant her with her older brother Arty's semen using only his (Chick's) mind to do it. Arty is Aquaboy and he has a series of followers called the Arturans who are willing to shed their limbs for him! The book also goes into the future every once in awhile where Oly is watching both her mother and her daughter without them knowing! Thankfully, her daughter Miranda was born with a tail! At least she wasn't a "norm!"
Wow-what a storyline! Will keep you updated on how it ends! Can't wait to hear what everyone else is reading!
Thursday, February 26, 2009
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