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Island of the Sequined Love Nun
Island of the Sequined Love Nun | Christopher Moore
29 posts | 65 read | 28 to read
Take a wonderfully crazed excursion into the demented heart of a tropical paradise a world of cargo cults, cannibals, mad scientists, ninjas, and talking fruit bats. Our bumbling hero is Tucker Case, a hopeless geek trapped in a cool guy's body, who makes a living as a pilot for the Mary Jean Cosmetics Corporation. But when he demolishes his boss's pink plane during a drunken airborne liaison, Tuck must run for his life from Mary Jean's goons. Now there's only one employment opportunity left for him: piloting shady secret missions for an unscrupulous medical missionary and a sexy blond high priestess on the remotest of Micronesian hells. Here is a brazen, ingenious, irreverent, and wickedly funny novel from a modern master of the outrageous."
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TheBookgeekFrau
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Eggs Brilliant 👏🏻👍🏼 5mo
TheBookgeekFrau @Eggs 🙌🏼🙌🏼 5mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Cute cover 💗 5mo
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lil1inblue Love Christopher Moore! 😍 5mo
TheBookgeekFrau @lil1inblue Me too!! Although, this was not a favorite 🤷🏻‍♀️ 5mo
lil1inblue @TheBookgeekFrau I haven't read that one yet. Fool is probably my favorite. 5mo
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Pickpick

This is an absolutely bonkers book and I liked it! Truly bonkers. A cannibal, a ghostly messiah, a talking fruitbat, a lovable transvestite, a reporter with flying pig underwear, supervillains, R-rated sex, ninjas (sort of), a knockoff but still pink Mary Kay with a thick Texas accent, etc etc. The hapless hero turned out to be a hero and the book came to a very satisfying end. Narrator second to none.

#Micronesia #readingOceania2024

Librarybelle That sounds hilarious! 9mo
Texreader @Librarybelle I don‘t think I would have stuck with it but for needing #Micronesia, because it takes awhile for the best humor to show up. It just feels annoying. Then, boom, you start caring about the island people and what the supervillains are doing, and you hope the ghostly messiah doesn‘t lead the islanders astray. (edited) 9mo
Librarybelle Good to know! 9mo
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TheBookgeekFrau If this was your first Christopher Moore don't give up! It's not his best. My favorite is 9mo
KathyWheeler I need to find my copy and actually read it. My favorites of his are: Lamb, Bloodsucking Fiends, You Suck, and Bite Me. The last three are vampire love stories. 9mo
BarbaraBB That really sounds completely bonkers! 9mo
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Texreader
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5feet.of.fury Outer space 🪐 9mo
monkeygirlsmama A remote Scottish chapel in the middle of nowhere 9mo
IndoorDame The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Yes please! 9mo
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Kristin_Reads London, 1527! 9mo
BarbaraBB Paris in the 1960s! 9mo
azulaco Venice (edited) 9mo
julesG Contemporary London (for a change 🙄🤣🤣) - ARC: 9mo
GingerAntics In Calcuta, India from 1960 until 1997, where Mother Theresa is doing some shady stuff. I need to quickly read a different book and get out of there. 9mo
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BarbaraBB Great! I am going to read this one for Micronesia: 9mo
squirrelbrain I thought about choosing this book for #micronesia so I‘d be interested to hear your thoughts. @BarbaraBB - that one is a tough read, but it‘s really good. 9mo
Librarybelle I‘ve not read anything by Moore. Will be interested to see your thoughts! 9mo
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ChaoticMissAdventures
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Books with Love in the title.

Happy VD.

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AbbaZabba02
Mehso-so

Book 5

Asshole Main Character is a womanizing arrogant twat. He ruins his career and genitals with a whore and a plane crash and ends up running from the law to Micronesia and finds himself saving the native islanders from a rouge methodist missionary doctor. Also, men literally have food dribble from their mouths at the sight of boobs. WTF.
But then I realized this is a Bond film: Dashing pilot. Sexy ladies. Bad guys.
Ok.
Tolerable.
Barely.

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thebacklistbook
Panpan

Lousy and borderline racist (characters saying derogatory, racist dialogue). No love nun whatsoever. Lots of organ trafficking though.

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Conservio
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Going to read some Christopher Moore for the square “a book that made you laugh”.

I‘ve been wanting to read “Island Of the Sequined Love Nun” for forever, solely because of the title. #reddit #bookbingo #comedy #rfantasy

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DaveGreen7777
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#ISpy a pink cover! 💖

I was nominated by the lovely @Eggs to share books with pink covers! Unfortunately when I went through my books, I discovered I only had one with a pink cover! 🤦🏻‍♂️ But here are a couple of other covers with pinkish hues, as well as Scarlett Witch who has some pink in her costume!

Next color will be... BLACK! @Meaw_catlady I nominate you to share books with black covers because I know black is your favorite color! 🖤🖤

Branwen Awesome picks! 🤗👍📚💕 5y
Meaw_catlady Ahhh okay! I think I have a lot! Let me pick my faves ! 🖤🖤🖤🖤 5y
DaveGreen7777 @Branwen Thank you! 😁 5y
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DaveGreen7777 @Meaw_catlady YAY!! Looking forward to seeing what books you pick! 😀🖤 5y
Erofan Wow! Scarlet Witch 😍 5y
DaveGreen7777 @Erofan ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
bookful Ooo I love the Scarlett witch figure 😍 @DaveGreen7777 5y
DaveGreen7777 @bookful Thank you! 😁 I‘ve had that for years, Scarlett Witch was actually one of my favorite Avengers characters well before the movies came out and someone gave me that for Christmas one year. 5y
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Blueberry
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Because I like the title and the inclusion of Mary Kay Cosmetics 😁

#Lovesexmagic #SeptemberSins @Jenniferw88

Gezemice It is a gun one with a message, too 5y
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DaveGreen7777
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It‘s a brand new #ManicMonday by @JoScho ! Let‘s shellibrate! 😀🐚

📖 - “Island of the Sequined Love Nun” by Christopher Moore
🎥- “The Little Mermaid”
🎶 - “Vacation” by The Go-Go‘s (once again my 80s influence is revealed 😂)

JoScho Shellibrate 😂 Dave you are awesome! Thanks for playing 🖤 5y
DaveGreen7777 @JoScho Awww, thank you, Jody! 😊 5y
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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TheBookgeekFrau
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 💗💗💗 6y
sudi 💖💖💖 6y
CarolynM Lovely! 6y
vkois88 Love it! 6y
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TheBookgeekFrau
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Freakin‘ hysterical! Both of ‘em

#AprilBookishMadness Day19 #PinkCover

jwashreads I almost picked Secondhand Souls! 7y
TheBookgeekFrau @jwashreads Great minds! 😁 7y
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Posh_Salad..AKA..LazyLimaLife
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Pickpick

Not my fave of Moore‘s titles, but still hysterical. It needed a cleaner edit and I found the ending a little anticlimactic.

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JuliaTheBookNerd
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Christopher Moore books always have me laughing out loud while reading and this book was no exception 🤣 #SetOnIsland 🏝 #MarchInBooks 🍀

#BookNerd 📚💙

Thndrstd One of my favorites of his 7y
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McFarchie
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Pickpick

Just finished this. As always Moore was solid. The man writes absurdist as good as anyone IMO ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Gezemice I read this last year. So much fun! 7y
Redwritinghood I've only read one book by this author, but his writing seems a lot like Tom Robbins, who I love. Would you agree? If so, I may need to check out more of his work. 7y
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McFarchie
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I'm really enjoying this, but I just can't seem to find the time to bury myself in it 🤘🏽

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McFarchie
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This book is so much fun. I want to hang out with Mr Moore 🤘🏽

monkeygirlsmama I need to check this out one day. 7y
Bloomingjen love him! 7y
AlaMich Whenever people mention him, I always point them to the audio versions of Fool, Serpent of Venice, and Sacre Bleu (the ones read by Euan Morton). Freaking hilarious!! 🤣🤣🤣 7y
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McFarchie
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Starting this. If that isn't a 5 star title, I don't know what is! 🤘🏽

IamIamIam 🤣🤣🤣 7y
Shemac77 I loved it. 7y
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khooliha
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#RiotGrams Day 13 - All of these pink books were near one another on my shelf already? Were they conspiring??

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Shawna
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The only book I have with #loveinthetitle #17booklove

howjessicareads Hahaha, well it's a great title! 8y
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freyaheart
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#17booklove day 4 Love in the title. This was one of my first kindle books ever. Christopher Moore is awesome. @jess.how

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TheNextBook
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So I dont have many books #setonanisland, so this will have to work! 😂😂😂

This man is a nut but this story was hilarious!

readordierachel That is quite a title! 8y
TheNextBook Try reading the story @ReadOrDieRachel 😂😂😂 he has some of the strangest plots ever. Pure comedy! 8y
LazyLibrary Christopher Moore is great! 8y
annkuch13 This one is so great! I love all the weird looks people give you when you're reading it! 8y
TheNextBook @LazyLibrary @annkuch13 😂😂😂 because the title and hot pink cover are so conspicuous! I love his early work. 8y
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Leelee08
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Pickpick

I know y'all are probably getting sick of my Christopher Moore obsession, but I can't help it. Today is part 1 of 2 Christopher Moore picks....Island of the Sequined Love Nun! It's got a failed pilot, a talking fruit bat, a Micronesian cult, and a big twist. Moore's absurdist humor is on full display here, and it's laugh-out-loud funny.😂📚😂📚😂 #setonanisland #seasonsreadings2016

JanuarieTimewalker13 Pretty sure I would love this! 8y
Leelee08 @JanuarieTimewalker13 It's amazing. Sooooo funny. I've worn my copy out in the last 10 years or so....😂😂 8y
Lola I've only read one Christopher Moore but I absolutely loved it-looking forward to reading more Moore! (Pun honestly unintended!) 8y
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Leelee08 @Lola That's awesome! Sacre Bleu is my pick for tomorrow!💙🖌😍 8y
Shemac77 I loved this book! And am a huge Moore fan. Keep 'em coming! 8y
MemoirsForMe You have definitely encouraged me to add Moore books to my #tbr list. 😁 8y
ChasingOm My boyfriend LOVES Christopher Moore. 8y
JanuarieTimewalker13 @Leelee08 ha! Sounds good!! 8y
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Gezemice
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Pickpick

Shark People, a Sky Priestess, a Sorcerer, Roberto the talking fruit bat, a man-girl navigator, an old grouchy cannibal and a complete loser who thinks with his penis make up the cast of Island of the Sequined Love Nun. In proper Moore form, insane silliness ensues. Tucker Case starts out as sex obsessed jerk, but slowly turns into a loveable loser while uncovering a sordid mystery and his sense of decency. 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

TheNextBook I laughed out loud quite a few times with this one!!!! 8y
Gezemice @TheNextBook Me too! The beginning was rather low but it gets a lot better. 8y
IndyHannaJones He pops back up in the Stupidest Angel, as does Roberto. He no like the light. 8y
Gezemice @Hyaeger I read that a while ago but I don't remember much of it. Time to re-read! 8y
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Gezemice
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I am almost always #readinginbed . This is my rather messy bedside table... And since I felt my reads were kind of sluggish, I decided to lighten up with some Christopher Moore

Mommamanzi I love Christopher Moore! 8y
Gezemice @Mommamanzi He is one of my favorites! 8y
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Peliman
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Mehso-so

Took me a while to finish the book as it sort-of dragged down in the middle. Once I reached the latter half of the book, it got more interesting and I couldn't stop reading.

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Leelee08
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Here's my #augustphotochallenge #pinkandgreenbooks. A little bit of the zany Christopher Moore, the first Flavia mystery, and some other fun travel memoirs. And my garden gnome, Norb. 😀🌺🍄

Blair_Reads Great name! 8y
Leelee08 @Blair_Reads Aww thanks! 8y
BookFreakOut Hello Norb! 8y
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[DELETED] 3803335244 Love your Gnome!!! 8y
Leelee08 @AustenNerd16 Thank you!🍄😊 8y
bookwrm526 I read this one for school a while ago and thought it was fantastic. And Flavia is always a winner for me! 8y
Gayan Love Christopher Moore! 8y
Annl Like the gnome 8y
Leelee08 @bookwrm526 Most definitely! 8y
Leelee08 @Gayan He's one of my absolute favorites! 8y
Leelee08 @Annl Thank you! 8y
DebinHawaii Love Norb! 🍄🌻❤️ 8y
Leelee08 @DebinHawaii Aww thank you!😊 8y
denise what a cute gnome! 8y
Leelee08 @denise Thank you very much! 8y
BarbaraTheBibliophage I love the gnome too! 8y
MemoirsForMe Cool gnome! 8y
Leelee08 @UwannaPublishme Thanks! ☺️ 8y
TheSpinecrackersBookClub Who is the cutie in the pic? 8y
Leelee08 @TheSpinecrackersBookClub That would be Norb.😍 8y
TheSpinecrackersBookClub Norm is absolutely adorable! 8y
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