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 by Bill Bryson Published by AudioGO Genres: History, Humor, Nonfiction Format: Audiobook Source: the library Goodreads Also by this author: One Summer: America, 1927 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… 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 Goodreads Also by this author: All Wound Up The Amazing Thing About the Way It Goes takes on the amazing… 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 Goodreads Christian was clueless when he started spying on the royal family through his telescope. He lives in a cave with a… 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 Goodreads Also by this author: The Amazing Thing About the Way It Goes “. . . a sort of David Sedaris-like take on… 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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