Play Book Tag discussion

Tucker Case is a wastrel - loving both drink and women (usually together). He's a good pilot, but when he crashes his employer's plane he's forced to take a job as a private pilot for a medical missionary on a far away isolated Polynesian island. It's not an easy journey to get to the island, but he gets there with the help of Kimi, a transvestite islander whose best friend is a fruit bat. On the island, all is not quite as it seems .....

Why did I think that it was appropriate for the tag of "Strong Women" when the protagonist AND his sidekick are not women? Well, there are a few secondary characters who ARE strong women. The first is Tuck's original employer - Mary Jean, the head of a cosmetic empire (think Mary Kay). She's smart as a whip with a southern twist. Then there is Beth - the missionary doctor's wife and sky priestess - who thinks she's strong but is really just arrogant. Then the Sky Priestess herself - a painting of a luscious bodacious woman on the nose of a WWII fighter plane who inspired a whole island religion.

When "Fun" won as the April tag, I knew that a Christopher Moore book was in my near future. Island of the Sequined Love Nun is definitely FUN - and irreverent and wacky - but also a surprising tale of redemption and religious satire. I think that Love Sucks is still my favorite of his books so far (lAbby Normal is a hoot!), but this one is a close second.

This is one of the few Christopher Moore novels I haven't read yet.
Thanks for reminding me of the title! I plan to extend reading for Fun for the rest of the year, and I also enjoyed the Abby Normal vampire romances.