JENERATION X, by Jen Lancaster
FUNNY, SNARKY BLOGGER, columnist Jen Lancaster’s latest memoir is about trying to be a grownup in the suburbs.
Grade: SOLID B
JENERATION X
New American Library
2012
Tags: Humor, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
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FUNNY, SNARKY BLOGGER, columnist Jen Lancaster’s latest memoir is about trying to be a grownup in the suburbs.
Grade: SOLID B
JENERATION X
New American Library
2012
Tags: Humor, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
QUIRKY, FUNNY, OFFBEAT memoir from Internet celebrity “The Bloggess” delivers laughs (and raised eyebrows!)
Grade: B PLUS
LET'S PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED (A MOSTLY TRUE MEMOIR)
Berkley
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Humor, Memoirs, Non-Fiction
GRIMLY FUNNY SAGA of a failed novelist’s obsession with online poker includes a truly epic Las Vegas roadtrip.
Grade: B PLUS
POCKET KINGS
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Humor, Novels
THE FUNNIEST AGORAPHOBIA MEMOIR ever written? Almost certainly, but there’s insight aplenty as well.
Grade: B PLUS
AGORAFABULOUS! DISPATCHES FROM MY BEDROOM
William Morrow
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Humor, Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction
AMERICA’S MOST NEUROTIC private investigator, Izzy Spellman, returns in this wacky, delightful tale of intrigue.
Grade: B PLUS
TRAIL OF THE SPELLMANS (SPELLMAN FILES #5)
Simon & Schuster
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Humor, Mystery, Novels
JOHN HODGMAN’S UNIQUE blend of quasi-factoids and surrealist spoof trivia goes apocalyptic in his latest tome.
Grade: SOLID B
THAT IS ALL
Dutton
2011
Tags: Humor, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
LAUGH YOURSELF SILLY at this ridiculous comic thriller by Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel. R-rated, wacky, fun!
Grade: A MINUS
LUNATICS
Putnam
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Humor, Novels
FUNNY, CLEVERLY WROUGHT, occasionally gory tale of pest control professionals on the run from assassins.
Grade: B PLUS
THE EXTERMINATORS: AN ASSASSIN BUG THRILLER
Poisoned Pen Press
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Humor, Novels, Thriller
HUMOROUS LITTLE BOOK bridges the worlds of self-help and gaming; amid the jokes are some surprising insights.
Grade: SOLID B
EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED FROM DUNGEONS & DRAGONS
Wizards of the Coast
2011
Tags: Humor, Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews
PUZZLE LADY CORA Felton sleuths again, in a mystery that involves blackmail, puzzles, and one of her many exes.
Grade: B PLUS
$10,000 IN SMALL, UNMARKED PUZZLES
St. Martin's/Minotaur
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Humor, Mystery, Novels