Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore, 371 pagesMilo is an old soul. He's lived thousands of lives and not one of them has reached Perfection. But when his 9,995th life ends, Milo is shocked to discover that he only has five lives left to achieve Perfection. If he can't manage it by then, he'll be cast into the Nothing. So Milo embarks on these last five chances with a renewed purpose, one that's complicated by the fact that Milo is happiest in the afterlife, where he has fallen in love with Death (who prefers to be called Suzie).
This is a wonderfully funny and refreshing story that explores human nature, perfection, Buddhism, and the elusive ability to meditate successfully (according to Poore's version of the Buddha, it's OK if you keep getting distracted by thoughts of cats). I enjoyed Poore's style, which seems like a quirky combination of Neil Gaiman and Christopher Moore (particularly Moore's Lamb, which is one of my all-time favorite books). Coming from me that's high praise. I will be reading more of Poore.
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