It's Friday the 13th, friends! And what better day to laugh at the darkness than today? I'm participating in the superfun #bookadayUK hashtag event only on Fridays because, well, I have other things to do. Frankly.
But here it is--Friday--so let the hilarity begin!
Oh ... and before you jump all over me about the scandal known as bookaday-gate, read the note at the end of this post. I'm just trying to fill my blog here, people. Honest.
BOOK A DAY No. 13: Books That Made Me Laugh
I could go on and on about Tim Federle and his books Better Nate Than Ever and Five, Six, Seven, Nate! But you can read about them in the links I just snuck into the last sentence. They are books to make you snort your milk out your nose, but then, so are these:
by Chris Crutcher
Greenwillow Books, 2004
YA/adult memoir
Told in the spirit of A Christmas Story, Crutcher's memories of boyhood in the 1950s are hilariously told in this short memoir. Read my Goodreads review here for more, then go buy this. Chris is an amazing writer whose YA titles include the fantastic novel Deadline (Greenwillow, 2007) and Period 8 (Greenwillow, 2013), among many others.
by P.G. Wodehouse
W.W. Norton, 2011 (originally pubbed in 1938)
adult fiction
When I'm down, or sick, or just want to laugh until my stomach begs me to stop, I reach for Wodehouse. He's been lauded as the funniest writer in history, and while I love Mark Twain and so many others, I have to concur. Hapless Bertie Wooster, who has too much money and time on his hands, would be in desperate straits were it not for his faithful valet (a "gentleman's gentleman"), Jeeves. Bertie is happily forever lost in 1920s Britain, before the war, when the most anyone had to worry about was a missing cow-creamer. This is Jeeves & Wooster at their hilarious best.
Note: Borough Press, which sponsors this fun idea, lately realized that there was already a #bookaday hashtag out there. So ... sorry for the confusion. Borough Press has changed their hashtag to #bookadayUK. The original Book a Day campaign is going strong! It's an annual summertime challenge hosted by The Nerdy Book Club here. So go do that. I would, but I have other things to do too. Frankly.
Next Friday: The book that wears my favorite cover. Check out more #bookadayuk fun here, on Twitter.
Love, love, love King of the Mild Frontier, but then there is not a word Chris Crutcher has written that I haven't loved. That one is special. I haven't read Wodehouse in years. Hmmmm. Need to find some. Neil Gaiman's Fortunately, the Milk is a book I read recently that had me laughing out loud. Always good to find humor on Friday the 13th. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteFORTUNATELY, THE MILK is on my list, Rosi. I love Neil Gaiman. And yes, Chris Crutcher is marvelous. So many good writers out there ...
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