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THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING, by Jon Methven

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

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THE WOMAN WHO DIED A LOT, by Jasper Fforde

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

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WHAT IN GOD’S NAME, by Simon Rich

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

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LIZZ FREE OR DIE, by Lizz Winstead

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

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SKIOS, by Michael Frayn

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

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SACRE BLEU, by Christopher Moore

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

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A CONSPIRACY OF FRIENDS, by Alexander McCall Smith

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

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A SURREY STATE OF AFFAIRS, by Ceri Radford

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

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THEY EAT PUPPIES, DON’T THEY? by Christopher Buckley

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

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EMPEROR MOLLUSK VERSUS THE SINISTER BRAIN, by A. Lee Martinez

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

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