Christopher Moore, the bestselling author of Lamb, now brings us his own take on Shakespeare's King Lear in Fool.

This story is set in King Lear's England, and is about an orphan named Pocket (thanks to him being so little that he could fit in the nun's pocket). Pocket grows up in a nunnery, and due to some sinful acts, becomes a Fool for the great King Lear. He will eventually, thanks to a ghost (there's always a bloody ghost), become something more than just a Fool. Almost at every turn there is a new surprise that slowly unlocks the story of Pocket and his heritage.

This book was well written, and has me wanting to read more Moore. Pocket is truly a character that you won't ever forget. His wit, and smart ass comments will make you wish that you could say the same things just as freely. Drool is a lovable sidekick to Pocket who'll warm your heart. And Cordelia is a powerful force to be dealt with. By the end of the book, you will be at war with yourself on whether or not Lear deserved what he got. And lastly, there is Kent, a very close friend to Lear. Kent goes through hell to keep his friend, King Lear, protected. Even after Lear is something less than a friend.

The other characters in this book are: King Lear's other two more evil daughters, Goneril, and Regan. Edmund (a real bastard), The Anchoress, and of course, the three witches.

You do not need to know of the original Shakespeare's King Lear to get into this. Anyone who likes a bit of humor, intrigue, and just a bit of gruesome eye plucking will love this book.

If you haven't gotten your Shine connected yet, follow this tutorial. It should be pretty much the same if you are in Windows.

Connect your phone and open up BitPim

Retrieve the filesystem:

Choose LGAPP - Media - Java - Cert - save the att.pol to your computer.

MAKE A BACK UP!

Open att.pol with a text editor.

Look for this line:“domain: C=US;O=Cingular Wireless, LLC;CN=Cingular Trusted Root CA”

Copy what is beneath it. It should look something like this:

domain: C=US;O=Cingular Wireless, LLC;CN=Cingular Trusted Root CA
allow: packet_data_access_http_https
allow: low_level_packet_data_access_1
allow: low_level_packet_data_access_2
allow: comm_connectivity_options
allow: local_connectivity
allow: all_app_autostart
allow: read_user_data
allow: write_user_data
allow: messaging
allow: sms_cell_broadcast
allow: multimedia_recording

Now, look for this header: “domain: untrusted”

domain: untrusted
oneshot: packet_data_access_http_https
oneshot: comm_connectivity_options
oneshot: local_connectivity
oneshot: low_level_packet_data_access_2

Remove the lines below the header and paste what you copied from “domain: C=US;O=Cingular Wireless, LLC;CN=Cingular Trusted Root CA”. So now you should have something that looks like this:

domain: untrusted
allow: packet_data_access_http_https
allow: low_level_packet_data_access_1
allow: low_level_packet_data_access_2
allow: comm_connectivity_options
allow: local_connectivity
allow: all_app_autostart
allow: read_user_data
allow: write_user_data
allow: messaging
allow: sms_cell_broadcast
allow: multimedia_recording

Save your file.

Go back to BitPim and right click on the background, select New File, choose your newly saved ATT.pol

Right click again and choose reboot phone.

Any programs currently on the phone that needs that allow access permission will have to be reinstalled for this to work.

First off download BitPim

Now, do this in your phone: Menu -> Settings –> Connections –> USB Connection Mode -> Data service:

Open terminal and type:(gksudo bitpim &) only without the parenthesis:

Click on View –> check mark "Filesystem":

Click on the icon "Edit Settings":

Now click on "Phone Wizard – Carriers: Verizon –> Manufacturers: LG –> Models:VX8700 –> Next":

under Port –> Auto:

Click Finish:

Click on Filesystem –> click on the arrow, it will feel like it is retrieving forever:

If done right you will see this:

Have fun!

I read a comment somewhere about a person reading Lamb right after reading this.  I can certainly understand why, however I must say that Lamb is my all time favorite book, and Good Omens (although excellent) was no where near Lamb. Not even close. Lamb left you a fuzzy yet I've lost a best friend feeling, and Good Omens was just a great story.

Good Omens is a story about Armageddon and the fight between Heaven and Hell, with two angels (one from each side) doing their best to foil the plans. The way they see it, six thousand years wasn't long enough for them. 

Although this book was written by two authors, you certainly would not be able to tell. I will be picking up Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, and checking out the other books by Terry Pratchett.

Terry Pratchett
Neil Gaiman

These are the top 106 books most often marked "unread" by LibraryThing's users. Here are the rules: BOLD the books you have read, italicize the books you started but did not finish (DNF), *STAR* the books you've read more than once, underline books that are on your TBR pile, and cross out books that you hated.

Here is my list:
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Anna Karenina
Crime and Punishment
Catch-22
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Wuthering Heights
The Silmarillion
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