The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse Narrator: Jonathan Cecil Series: Jeeves #7 Published by AudioGO on May 1, 2012 (originally published 1938) Genres: Fiction, Humor Format: Audiobook Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Audible Add to Goodreads “To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some… July 22, 2021 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 7 ★★★★½
Dear Fahrenheit 451 by Annie Spence Published by Flatiron Books on September 26, 2017 Pages: 256 Format: eARC Source: the publisher A Gen-X librarian’s laugh-out-loud funny, deeply moving collection of love letters and break-up notes to the books in her life. Librarians spend their lives weeding. Not weeds, but books!… March 26, 2018 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 10 ★★
Made in America Add to Goodreads In Made in America, Bill Bryson de–mythologizes his native land—explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn’t won, why Americans say “lootenant” and “Toosday,” how Americans were eating junk food long before the word… April 19, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 2 ★★★★½
The Amazing Thing About the Way It Goes by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Published by Andrews McMeel Publishing on March 4th 2014 Genres: Humor, Nonfiction Pages: 100 Format: Paperback Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also by this author: All Wound Up The Amazing Thing About the Way It Goes takes on… Read more »
Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris Series: Upon a Marigold #1 Published by Harcourt Inc. on 2004-06-01 Genres: Fairy Tales, MG Books Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Christian was clueless when he started spying on the royal family through his telescope. He lives in a cave… Read more »
All Wound Up by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Published by Andrews McMeel Publishing on October 18, 2011 Genres: Crafts, Humor Pages: 240 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Also by this author: The Amazing Thing About the Way It Goes “. . . a sort of David Sedaris-like… Read more »
Puns are everywhere, from Shakespeare (“Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun of York”) to marketing (a camping store’s off-season slogan: “Now is the winter of our discount tent”.) In The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and… Read more »
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