I've still got a backlog of book that I have read to post, and I'm still trying to get organized with what I've read and what I still need to read. I've got too many book going at the same time - books I own, books I'm reading on the Kindle, library books, etc, but I keep trying to get "organized", whatever that means. I feel like I've got reading lists all over the place, so I've been busy putting them all into a spreadsheet, and cleaning it up. The process seems to be taking forever, but spending a little bit of time each day I seem to be making progress.
And that intro has absolutely nothing to do with the review of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, except that rather than posting a review of a book I've read previously, this is a review of a book I just finished. I have to be perfectly honest that this was one of those books that I was just excited to finish and get off the list. For some reason it looked stupid, and the books, movies, or anything related didn't interest me too much. I've read Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams before, and really wasn't blown away by it. It wasn't bad, but it certainly wasn't great.
So things started pretty slowly for me the first couple chapters, and I kept thinking I wasn't going to like this. Why should I care about Arthur Dent and his house that is about to be demolished? What the heck is up with Ford Prefect? And then a funny thing happened, I just couldn't put the book down.
Now I think boy, was I wrong, and when am I going to read it again? This was one of the funniest books that I've ever read, and I really enjoyed it. I guess my only regret is that I didn't read this sooner.
My rating: 5 stars
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