Funny as Hell!
A great funny book is a healing balm for emotional rainy days! Those books that are coffee table worthy, never to be stuffed into a dusty bookshelf, because they double as a laughing gas when you need it. Humor, feel-good therapy!
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list created May 2nd, 2012
by Regina Griffin (votes) .
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Nabanita wrote: "why is funny??!! i really dont get it..."
Someone told me its satire! You have to admit its rather silly. the most boring "love affair" ever...
Someone told me its satire! You have to admit its rather silly. the most boring "love affair" ever...
~☆ Alice☆~ wrote: "Nabanita wrote: "why is funny??!! i really dont get it..."
Someone told me its satire! You have to admit its rather silly. the most boring "love affair" ever..."
yeah, u r right.. it is rather boring...
Someone told me its satire! You have to admit its rather silly. the most boring "love affair" ever..."
yeah, u r right.. it is rather boring...
ok - i've read book 1 & 2 on your list and they were super awesome and hilarious!!! gone give no 3 a try now!
ok. This must be fiction that is funny, because David Sedaris in everything and Augsten Burroughs , especially in "Dry" were hysterical.
hey, can you suggest books in which there is one boy and two girls(best friends) type love triangle.
Nabanita wrote: "why is funny??!! i really dont get it..."
P&P is a social commentary about the time. I think once you are familiar with the story and you read it becomes funny. Everyone in the book is terrible and oblivious. Their mom is obsessed with marriage and doesn't even try to hide it, Mr Collins lacks all the social grace you'd expect a clergy to have, the most attractive person Elizabeth meets is a con-artist, and the most deplorable person turns out to be the good guy.
Austen makes fun of people she doesn't like. For example Mr. Collin's a man of the cloth who is mostly concerned with flattering people in better standing then him. He bows constantly, is terrible at conversation, and fawns over lady catherine every day. He is meant to be totally ridiculous, unlikeable, and funny.
P&P is a social commentary about the time. I think once you are familiar with the story and you read it becomes funny. Everyone in the book is terrible and oblivious. Their mom is obsessed with marriage and doesn't even try to hide it, Mr Collins lacks all the social grace you'd expect a clergy to have, the most attractive person Elizabeth meets is a con-artist, and the most deplorable person turns out to be the good guy.
Austen makes fun of people she doesn't like. For example Mr. Collin's a man of the cloth who is mostly concerned with flattering people in better standing then him. He bows constantly, is terrible at conversation, and fawns over lady catherine every day. He is meant to be totally ridiculous, unlikeable, and funny.
Amelia wrote: "Nabanita wrote: "why is funny??!! i really dont get it..."
P&P is a social commentary about the time. I think once you are familiar with the story and you read..."
Huh.. now that u say it, i does seem a little funny that way. and though, it made me read the book again, i have to say, u r right! Thanks. :)
P&P is a social commentary about the time. I think once you are familiar with the story and you read..."
Huh.. now that u say it, i does seem a little funny that way. and though, it made me read the book again, i have to say, u r right! Thanks. :)
Karen wrote: "haha somebody added twilight omg"
Hhhhhhh
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It surprised me to see that no one had added Bill Bryson's Tegenvoeters, een reis door Australië (In a Sunburned country / Down Under) yet. I read it recently and had such a good laugh :-)
Nabanita wrote: "Amelia wrote: "Nabanita wrote: "why is funny??!! i really dont get it..."
P&P is a social commentary about the time. I think once you are familiar with the sto..."
Pride and prejudice is definitely funny when you read the remarks of Mr Bennett, for example, or when you take a look at the character of Mr Collins, and so on. And yes, of course it is an excellent example of its time but don't forget Jane Austen's pen could be very sharp at times (and was meant to be so)....
P&P is a social commentary about the time. I think once you are familiar with the sto..."
Pride and prejudice is definitely funny when you read the remarks of Mr Bennett, for example, or when you take a look at the character of Mr Collins, and so on. And yes, of course it is an excellent example of its time but don't forget Jane Austen's pen could be very sharp at times (and was meant to be so)....
Booklovinglady wrote: "Nabanita wrote: "Amelia wrote: "Nabanita wrote: "why is funny??!! i really dont get it..."
P&P is a social commentary about the time. I think once you are fami..."
hmm.. you are right.
P&P is a social commentary about the time. I think once you are fami..."
hmm.. you are right.
A couple Funny As Hell Books to give a try.
Greegs & Ladders - Free!
Mr. Manners: Proper Etiquette for the Modern Degenerate
Greegs & Ladders - Free!
Mr. Manners: Proper Etiquette for the Modern Degenerate
Mark Giglio Mark's short story Spell Check is hillarious. J Richards, a critic, is a failed writer who gets his jollies by writing devastating reviews of other writers. He gets his comeupins when witches Sybil and Jillian take revenge and put a spell on his words. He continually talks in cliches and what he says comes true much to the chagrin of his colleagues. This book made me roar with laughter. You can find it on Smashwords or Amazon or he gives coupons for free short stories when you join his blog. Here's the link I found http://alchemistgift.com/2015/12/07/t...
i would like help in finding a funny or humorous book for my book club that would also lend itself to some discussion.
When I need a good laugh, I go to the manga or anime for these:
Lighthearted comedies with often off-the-wall humor or strong set up and punch lines. And the characters all get along relatively well without any drama.
Lighthearted comedies with often off-the-wall humor or strong set up and punch lines. And the characters all get along relatively well without any drama.
Sonja wrote: "ok - i've read book 1 & 2 on your list and they were super awesome and hilarious!!! gone give no 3 a try now!"
chocolate lovers is amazing!
chocolate lovers is amazing!
Horn-Horn by ADT McLellan - one of those few books that you will go from the last page immediately back to the first page. Like The Sixth Sense, reading it a second time is like reading it for the first time again. It's a completely different story once all of the twists are revealed.
Beyond hilarious, too. On nearly every page.
Beyond hilarious, too. On nearly every page.
Karen wrote: "haha somebody added twilight omg"
well,he/she made the right choice.i was laughing my ass off throughout the book.why do they even call it romance.it's of humor genre
well,he/she made the right choice.i was laughing my ass off throughout the book.why do they even call it romance.it's of humor genre
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Jack :-)