Posts tagged with ‘Humor’
October 29, 2012
HILARIOUS SATIRE OF the celebritification of everyday life focuses on the media and powerful PR organizations.
Grade: B PLUS
THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING
Simon and Schuster
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Humor, Novels, Social and Cultural Commentary
October 25, 2012
FEARLESS INTERDIMENSIONAL DETECTIVE Thursday Next fights to save the world (and her odd family) yet again. Fun!
Grade: B PLUS
THE WOMAN WHO DIED A LOT: A THURSDAY NEXT NOVEL
Viking
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fantasy, Humor, Novels
October 23, 2012
SILLY, DELIGHTFUL LITTLE fable about workaholic angels at Heaven, Inc. trying to engineer love between nerds.
Grade: SOLID B
WHAT IN GOD'S NAME
Little, Brown
2012
Tags: Humor, Novels, Religion and Spirituality, Solid B Reviews
October 4, 2012
POLITICAL COMEDIAN LIZZ WINSTEAD reflects on her career, friends, and family in a set of funny, snarky essays.
Grade: SOLID B
LIZZ FREE OR DIE: ESSAYS
Riverhead
2012
Tags: Essays, Humor, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Politics, Solid B Reviews
October 2, 2012
MICHAEL FRAYN’S FARCE of jet-set conferencegoers and mistaken identities has lots of charm, insider snark.
Grade: B PLUS
SKIOS
Henry Holt & Company
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Humor, Novels
September 28, 2012
RAMBUNCTIOUS VAN GOGH fanfic extravaganza from Christopher Moore: a surreal carnival ride through art history.
Grade: SOLID B
SACRE BLEU: A COMEDY D'ART
HarperCollins
2012
Tags: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Humor, Novels, Solid B Reviews
September 27, 2012
THE HILARIOUSLY DYSFUNCTIONAL DENIZENS of Corduroy Mansions are back in another comedy of errors and egos.
Grade: SOLID B
A CONSPIRACY OF FRIENDS: A CORDUROY MANSIONS NOVEL
Pantheon
2012
Tags: Humor, Novels, Solid B Reviews
August 24, 2012
CHARMING COMIC NOVEL in blog form follows a sweet but dim English housewife through a crash course in reality.
Grade: SOLID B
A SURREY STATE OF AFFAIRS
Penguin Group/Pamela Dorman Books
2012
Tags: Humor, Novels, Solid B Reviews, Women's Fiction
August 21, 2012
ACID SATIRE ON the US political media industrial complex is laugh out loud funny, yet all too true at times.
Grade: B PLUS
THEY EAT PUPPIES, DON'T THEY?
Hachette/Twelve
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Humor, Novels, Politics
August 14, 2012
MARVELOUSLY SILLY SPACE saga stars a cranky interplanetary conqueror and his diabolical nemesis. Fun #beachread!
Grade: B PLUS
EMPEROR MOLLUSK VERSUS THE SINISTER BRAIN
Orbit
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Humor, Novels, Science Fiction