*Lulu* Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Happily married, mother of three, in serious need of a break from reality, seeking humerous reading material Must be at least moderately well written and absolutely not sappy or interested in making me contemplate the larger questions of life Thanking the Hive in advance for setting me up! B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Harry Potter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 David Sedaris Laurie Notaro Bossypants by Tina Fey Alison Arngrim's Confessions of a Prairie B---- (about being Nellie Olson) The Stephanie Plum series is funny (earlier ones moreso). Carolyn Haines' Bones series is amusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 PG Wodehouse--any of the Jeeves and Wooster books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalmia Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 My Family and Other Animals by Gerrald Durrell (there are more in this series) http://www.amazon.com/Family-Other-Animals-Gerald-Durrell/dp/0142004413/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379171292&sr=1-1&keywords=my+family+and+other+animals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 #1 Ladies Detective Agency. And if you like it, there's a whole series of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 I read YA in cases like that. I just finished the Mortal Instruments. I usually default to Harry Potter or Sookie Stackhouse. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate steampunk/urban fantasy series is funny and a lot of fun. It begins with Soulless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjffkj Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Jim Gaffigan's new book seems to be hilarious! I haven't read it yet but my husband is in the middle of it and can't stop laughing. He has been reading parts of it out loud to me, which he NEVER does, and its all given me a good laugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Lulu* Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 Harry Potter We've gone out a few times. :) It is on the short list of works I have enjoyed enough to re-read. (As a matter of fact we are listening to book 2 right now......love Jim Dale!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Lulu* Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 #1 Ladies Detective Agency. And if you like it, there's a whole series of them. I did like that one; I didn't realize there was a series...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Whew! Reading the thread title, I thought your chest was on fire. :tongue_smilie: I don't have any book recommendations for you. Sadly, I exclusively read the kind of books you're trying to get away from. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide by Peter Allison Everyone I have recommended that book to who has read it has loved it, plus Amazon gives it 4 1/2 stars so we aren't alone. It appears to be exactly what you are looking for (humor, etc). http://www.amazon.com/Whatever-You-Do-Dont-Run/dp/0762745657 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Lulu* Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 Whew! Reading the thread title, I thought your chest was on fire. :tongue_smilie: I don't have any book recommendations for you. Sadly, I exclusively read the kind of books you're trying to get away from. :p BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA That would be a bOOk EMERGENCY....... Also very important, if you are having one. The only crisis I suffer in that department is the consistent application of gravity and time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiramisu Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 M.C. Beaton makes me laugh out load. One series is Hamish Macbeth (the Scottish Highland village); the other Agatha Raisin (English Cotswald village). Definitely doesn't make you think. Both are murder mysteries with a lot of humor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingersmom Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 I just finished Behind the Candelabra (about Liberace and his lover). Strange but interesting enough that I read it in one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan C. Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 PG Wodehouse--any of the Jeeves and Wooster books I got a lot of these free for Kindle (but haven't had enough time to read them). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeacherZee Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 If you like Ladies Detective Agency there are several other books by the same author I like The Only Boy for Me by Gil McNeil Dorothy Sayers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomOfOneFunOne Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 PG Wodehouse--any of the Jeeves and Wooster books AMDG :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Ooooh! I have a great suggestion ... PG Wodehouse--any of the Jeeves and Wooster books I see it's been recommended though! I *heart heart* PG Wodehouse. If you enjoy audiobooks then I will recommend Bob Newhart's book - I don't think it would be as good as an actual book because he reads the audiobook and that adds so much charm. Jim Gaffigan's new book seems to be hilarious! I haven't read it yet but my husband is in the middle of it and can't stop laughing. He has been reading parts of it out loud to me, which he NEVER does, and its all given me a good laugh Off to order this for DH's birthday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 My Planet: Finding Humor in the oddest places by Mary Roach. http://www.amazon.com/My-Planet-Finding-Oddest-Places/dp/1621450716/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379186638&sr=1-5 And if you want to tackle some of lives questions with the help of Mary Roach then: Read Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void and find out how to astronaunts go poop without it floating about. How to astronaunts go poop without it floating about? http://www.amazon.com/Packing-Mars-Curious-Science-Life/dp/B00AR2BCLW/ref=la_B001H6MAHM_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379186738&sr=1-4 oh well, I'm to lazy to list the rest of them. http://www.amazon.com/Mary-Roach/e/B001H6MAHM/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Good Omens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Richard Peck--any of the books featuring Grandma Dowdel as a character. You will laugh out loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexigail Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Harry Potter :iagree: I'm listening to The Order of the Phoenix right now for an escape into something stress free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Lulu* Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 Thank y'all! I knew this was the place to bring an emergency of the Book or bOOk variety! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 I just finished reading The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window. It fits your requirements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomOfOneFunOne Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 AMDG I didn't have timt to mention thhis earlier, and its off topic anyway . . . One of our libraries sometimes wraps a book in brown paper and tapes a notice like the one you put on the op. It's right at the librarian's desk and you are not supposed to unwrap the book. Just select from the personals, yell her which one and she checks it out for you. Then you can open it then and there or wait . . . For a more intimate moment. They started it on valentines day one year but it was so popular that they bring it back several times per year. Or, did . . . That library is now closed for a three-year renovation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammi K Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Bill Bryson: A Walk in the Woods, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, In a Sunburned Country (although I admit this is probably funnier if you actually have lived in Australia) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 These have been mentioned, I vote for Stephanie Plum and Sookie Stackhouse but I'm trashy like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett is hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittleWonders Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Bill Bryson: A Walk in the Woods, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, In a Sunburned Country (although I admit this is probably funnier if you actually have lived in Australia) I loved A Walk in the Woods! I will have to check out his others you mentioned. When I need something funny and light, I always default to Sofie Kinsella. I think I first heard of her here. Her "shop-a-holic" books are actually my least favorite. Can You Keep a Secret had me crying for laughing so hard both times I read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Here are 2 YA books set in the mythical land of Damar. Excellent reads! The Blue Sword The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc26 Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Tina Fey's Bossypants was the last book that made me literally LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaraby Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Shhh....don't tell anyone, but the last book I read was by Meg Cabot (the Heather Wells series) which wasn't laugh out loud funny, but didn't require contemplating any of life's thornier matters. It also wasn't too angsty when it comes to her love interest which is firmly a side issue. The first and third were better than the second. If asked, I will deny ever having read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Terry Pratchett! Jasper Forde (Thursday Next series, The Big Over Easy, the Nursery Crimes Division series) Robert Asprin For books that will really suck you in try the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 What does AMDG mean, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Well, I am seriously enjoying "What the Dog Saw" by Malcolm Gladwell. Not humorous, but I have learned a lot about ketchup and the Veg-O-Matic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 If you have a high tolerance for burlesque - in the full-steam-ahead, witty, racy sense - you might like John Barth's The Sotweed Factor. Happily married, mother of three, in serious need of a break from reality, seeking humorous reading material Must be at least moderately well written and absolutely not sappy or interested in making me contemplate the larger questions of life. Humorous, well-written, not sappy, not the Big Questions .... check, check, check, check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Jasper Forde (Thursday Next series, The Big Over Easy, the Nursery Crimes Division series) I really liked The Last Dragonslayer too, and I love Fforde's sense of humor. I think the sequel just came out or will soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Here are 2 YA books set in the mythical land of Damar. Excellent reads! The Blue Sword The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley Great books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 David Sedaris (Warnings: language and alternative lifestyle) I was reading this one day while the entire fam was at the pool. Across the whole pool, with a zillion kids screaming and laughing and lifeguards' whistles' blowing, my DH, who was in the pool w/ the kiddos, heard me cackling while reading this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Lulu* Posted September 15, 2013 Author Share Posted September 15, 2013 I have a lovely hold list going at the library now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 The Iron Druid series by Kevin Hearne is fun. http://kevinhearne.com/books The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathmom Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Bridget Jones' Diary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 AMDG I didn't have timt to mention thhis earlier, and its off topic anyway . . . One of our libraries sometimes wraps a book in brown paper and tapes a notice like the one you put on the op. It's right at the librarian's desk and you are not supposed to unwrap the book. Just select from the personals, yell her which one and she checks it out for you. Then you can open it then and there or wait . . . For a more intimate moment. They started it on valentines day one year but it was so popular that they bring it back several times per year. Or, did . . . That library is now closed for a three-year renovation. What does AMDG mean, please? I've been wondering this, too! MomOfOneFunOne, what does it mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmiraGulch Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 To laugh, if you don't mind colorful language, anything by Jen Lancaster. My favorite is her first, Bitter is the New Black. Laugh out loud funny. Let's Pretend This Never Happened, by Jenny Lawson. Also hilarious. My favorite feel good book ever is Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived. It sounds weird, but I'm telling you this book is amazing. It's full of love and adventure and just fantastic storytelling. Every person I've recommended it to has loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Somebody probably already mentioned this, but if not...The Amelia Peabody Series by Elizabeth Peters. Start with Crocodile on the Sandbank. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 What does AMDG mean, please? I've been wondering this, too! MomOfOneFunOne, what does it mean? ad majorem Dei gloriam. It is the Jesuit motto meaning 'to the greater glory of God'. (Or all men deserve government according to my husband!) Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomOfOneFunOne Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 I've been wondering this, too! MomOfOneFunOne, what does it mean? AMDG Sorry, sorry, guys! Not paying attention! AMDG is an acronym for Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam which means "for the greater glory of God." Besides being (a slight abbreviation of) the motto of the Jesuits, many Catholics will type or write it first in a letter or document. People do it for all kinds of reasons including reminding themselves to only say those things which are for the greater glory -- and not mean, snarky, sarcastic, et c. Of course, I'm not saying that *I* need reminding . . .! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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