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🕑 Added 2023-01-26 05:33:17 +0000 UTCHello my bookish friends. Today we're going to talk about books that have made me laugh. I'm going to try and contain myself, so I'm going to keep the list to five books. FIVE. We'll see how successful I am.
Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Hall (Adult, Romance)--look, all of Hall's books are funny. Boyfriend Material was an absolute stitch. So why did I pick Rosaline, then? Because there's a scene in that book involving a pitcher of tea that honestly is pitch perfect in comedic timing. There's some argument as to whether Rosaline counts as romance, but I consider it as such and this is my post, so...I DO WHAT I WANT.
Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (Adult, Fiction)--all of Fforde's books have humor in them, so really, pick your flavor, but the Eyre Affair has a running gag about the main character's dad popping in from different moments in time to ask her if she knew who Churchill was yet that makes me laugh. That and Miss Havisham drag racing.
Book Lovers by Emily Henry (Adult, Romance)--lots of stuff made me laugh in this book. Lots. But I think its especially funny if you've seen a lot of those holiday movies where the big city guy goes back to his small town and falls in love with a owner of a cupcake shop or a tree farm...because this is about the woman he leaves behind. That likes to live in the city and loves her job and doesn't want any of that.
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson (Young Adult, Mystery)--alongside the spooky mystery, Stevie just has a delightfully funny take on things. I think Johnson is particularly good at situational humor as well.
Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove or Bloodsucking Fiends a Love Story by Christopher Moore (Adult, Fiction): much like Terry Pratchett, I think all of Moore's books are funny. But for jokes, these two stuck with me because the first has a scene involving a B-movie barbarian queen actress, a sea monster, and a weed whacker that has stuck with me. The second has a three sentence chapter that I used to have memorized, but it was an entire chapter dedicated to a joke.
Look, I basically stuck to five-ish! I'm going to call it a win. Obviously I didn't cover them all. Terry Pratchett has some amazingly funny book. House on the Cerulean Sea was hilarious. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy made me laugh. Soulmate Equation and I know I mentioned Scalzi's Kaiju Preservation Society on here. In Romance Talia Hibbert, Mia Sosa, and Alyssa Cole all have made me laugh, too.
But hey, I'm sticking to five here! Ish. Heavy on the ish.
What books made you laugh? Post in the comments!
-Lish
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Not sure if you like Sci-fi, but Lois McMaster Bujold reminds me a bit of Pratchett, at least in Vorkosigian Saga books. (I haven't read her fantasy yet.)
Agree that Jasper Fforde is a hoot, and Maureen Johnson is just the BEST! In honor of both Pratchett AND Gaiman, I'd add Good Omens to the list. It's a book that's been on my shelf forever, I've read through it many times, yet I can always pick it up, open to any page, and know that whatever I read will be awesome and/or crack me up!
Your timing was correct and I'm now trying to recover. California made me sick. Boo hiss. Maybe I should start doing rec-it posts that are just romance titles and call it Nana's Bookclub. Ha! I've added Cold Hearted to my reader! Always happy to try out a new werewolf book.
We talked about "Nana's favorite werewolf books" a while back, and I have one that should definitely go on the list, from a new-to-me author: Heather Guerre. I liked all of the Tooth & Claw series, but book 1, Cold Hearted, is just so... perfect. Besides the supernatural aspect, it deals (appropriately, I think) with pretty serious past partner abuse and depression, and yet finds ways to be light-hearted. ##“Caleb, be polite to Gracie.” “I am!” “Well, you can go ahead and knock it right off,” Grace snapped. and ##Dammit if his immediate acquiescence didn’t make her a little less mad at him. Boundary-respecting asshole! she fumed ineffectively. Also, Grace is a high school English teacher who is Not Afraid to use contemporary books in her classroom. At some point, I might be inspired to go back and count up all the titles she name-drops that I recognize and treasure. Have fun at the California wedding! unless my timing is completely off and that's all done, in which case, have fun recovering from the California wedding.
