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nausicaa83Got a bit of a stomachache again this morning. Luckly I still have two hours before I have to leave the house, and I'm feeling a lot better. Let us all praise whoever invented electric hot water bottles. Being stuck on the couch under two blankets, a hot water bottle, and a grumpy cat (she's been nervous all day), I decided to continue with the Reading Bingo, twice praised because it is helping me so much with going through that Leaning Tower of Books that was sitting on my dining room table. And occasionally on the floor when I had guests over. ^^"
For the "A Book You Heard About Online" square, I chose Colin Bateman's Mystery Man. I first heard about this book from Mr Benedict Cumberbatch himself, in this video, that was used by many fans on tumblr to do hilarious renactments of the St Bart's sequence in gifsets. It was one of those moments during the hiatus where I truly despaired for the fandom's sanity, and so I clicked on the link to see what the source was. I got intrigued and bought the book off Amazon. And then completely forgot about it, until yesterday, when I was combing through my bookshelves trying to find unread books that could fit the weirdest squares on the bingo.
First of all, I loved it. It's funny and intriguing, and very original. It's written in first person from the perspective of a bookshop owner in Belfast, who's an hypochondriac, paranoid coward, a guy who stalks the girl from the shop across the road and despises the entire human race. When the Private Eye next door suddenly closes shop, the clients start to turn in his bookshop asking for help, and he begins solving little cases for them. But soon it's the big case that finds him, the one where corpses keep piling up and the Odessa could be behind it all. It's black humour at its finest: most of the time you have no idea if there actually is a case, or if we're just looking at the world through a mad man's eyes. And it has murder, nazis, car chases, fake John Grisham, and leather trousers. Highly recommended, it makes for a very funny reading, and the ending caught me completely by surprise.
Also having read the book now I can see the irony of Mr Cumberbatch reviewing it while on vacation. If only the Mystery Man could see him! :D
For the "A Book You Heard About Online" square, I chose Colin Bateman's Mystery Man. I first heard about this book from Mr Benedict Cumberbatch himself, in this video, that was used by many fans on tumblr to do hilarious renactments of the St Bart's sequence in gifsets. It was one of those moments during the hiatus where I truly despaired for the fandom's sanity, and so I clicked on the link to see what the source was. I got intrigued and bought the book off Amazon. And then completely forgot about it, until yesterday, when I was combing through my bookshelves trying to find unread books that could fit the weirdest squares on the bingo.First of all, I loved it. It's funny and intriguing, and very original. It's written in first person from the perspective of a bookshop owner in Belfast, who's an hypochondriac, paranoid coward, a guy who stalks the girl from the shop across the road and despises the entire human race. When the Private Eye next door suddenly closes shop, the clients start to turn in his bookshop asking for help, and he begins solving little cases for them. But soon it's the big case that finds him, the one where corpses keep piling up and the Odessa could be behind it all. It's black humour at its finest: most of the time you have no idea if there actually is a case, or if we're just looking at the world through a mad man's eyes. And it has murder, nazis, car chases, fake John Grisham, and leather trousers. Highly recommended, it makes for a very funny reading, and the ending caught me completely by surprise.
Also having read the book now I can see the irony of Mr Cumberbatch reviewing it while on vacation. If only the Mystery Man could see him! :D
