Review: The funniest book I've ever read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2014
BEAUTY AND THE BOOKWORM has to be the funniest book ever!!  I'm an avid fan of gay romance and have read close to 600 titles in the months since I first bought my Kindle.  I don't limit myself to any ONE particular kind of story.  I read the GFY stories, and the Coming Out stories, and the Sweet Love stories and the angsty Dramatic Love Stories, and even a few of the BDSM stories------  But my favorites are the stories that have some comedy in them.  Nick Pageant gives us a  TOTAL comedy.  I laughed at every page--  Every kind of laugh from chuckles to belly laughs to tears-streaming-down-my-face uncontrolable laughs.  The lead character, Mason has a sense of wit and self-effacing, urbane humor that makes it impossible not to laugh at every bit of his dialogue with the other characters in the story, as well as an hilarious  INNER dialogue in his head that he shares with the reader!  But, please don't think there isn't a real, hearfelt love story going on beneath all the humor.  Mason isn't the character that we see in so many of these gay romances.  No, he's not 6' tall with gorgeous eyes and muscles on top of muscles.  Intstead, he's 5'5" tall with a so-so body, and he constantly wears cardigan sweaters.  He is what I call a "pocket gay"---  a cute little sweetheart that you just want to pick up and put in your pocket.  And he's not a football jock or a business tycoon.  No, he's a LIBRARIAN!!!  We all know the stereotype of the quiet little librarian.  But that is NOT Mason!  He's a fiesty little guy with a wicked sense of humor and a funny outlook on life.  I could so easily fall in love with him if I ever met him in real life!!  And that whole librarian-thing is an added bonus because I was a Library Science major in college and worked for a number of years in various libraries.  Where, oh where was MY "Mason" back when I was in the stacks?  If YOU think YOU are a Mason-type of guy, give me a call so we can run away together and live happily ever after!  (just kidding.........or not)Don't think for an instant, though, that Mason is the only funny, real-life-like character in Pageant's book.  No, not at all.  Pageant fills the story with an array of delightful characters........from Mason's lesbian, biker Granny, to Mason's sassy best friend, Twyla (every gay man needs a sassy best friend, of the female persuasion), to the lovable jail-bird, Shawn.  And for those of you looking for that tall, well-built, jock type of guy----  There's Shane.  Shane is the kind of guy that we THINK would never be interested in a short, wiry librarian like Mason.  But it turns out that Shane is a real sweetheart and he's been lusting for Mason ever since they first met (when Shane's running shorts got pulled down exposing his pink no-no in a minor jogging accident).  I would explain that in more detail, but I don't want to spoil that hilarious scene for you before you get to read it for yourself.  Now stop waiting around and go out and buy this book. After you've wiped away the tears of laughter from your face, you'll thank me for suggesting that you read this book.And to Nick-----  I'm going out to read your other stories as soon as I have this review posted and on its way.  But I'm begging you!  Give us more stories that include Mason and his gang!Thanks----------- Lee