Humor
A category to pair with others, such as fantasy, science fiction, mystery... you might even find a biography or other real-world adventure lurking in here, if appropriate.
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Book Review: Melania: Devourer of Men
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Book Review: Inspector Hobbes and the Gold Diggers
A brilliant inspector and their clever sidekick is a commonly used trope. And that's fine, it's used often because it works - and I love that. But it's also fun to turn the…
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Book Review: What If? 10th Anniversary Edition: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
I told myself I'd read one question/answer a night, to let my brain have time to absorb what I knew would be fascinating yet very complex answers. But each question/answer was a deliciously…
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Book Review: Inspector Hobbes and the Curse
So, you love Sherlock Holmes and John Watson's adventures, but you think there's not enough, oh, you know, otherworldly monster-ish qualities about Holmes, and you wish Watson could be more of a bumbling…
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Book Review: B.R.A.N.E. Inc.
If you've ever worked in an office, you've no doubt developed a relationship with the copy machine. You've probably also spent time fantasizing that your life was more exciting.
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Book Review: The Gallery of Regrettable Food
In spite of the book's synopsis, which warns that this is not a cookbook, there are recipes and instructions scattered about. They aren't any sort of competition for the witty, snarky writing, though.
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Book Review: He Lost His Keys in Space
After twelve years of diplomatic service to planets all over the galaxy, Vega Ulysses - a man who looks like a bespectacled lumberjack in modified stormtrooper gear - is ready to go home.
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Book Review: My Imaginary Mary
As a fan of irreverent historical fiction, I enjoyed the television series My Lady Jane immensely. Recently, I needed to be told by a friend that a book series existed, called the "Lady…
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Book Review The Story of Oog: A New Thinker’s Guide to the Forest
The Story of Oog: A New Thinker’s Guide to the Forest by Len Vlahos claims to be "for readers of Monty Python, Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, John Green".
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Book Review: I See You’ve Called In Dead
I See You’ve Called in Dead by John Kenney My rating: 5 of 5 stars This excellent story feels like it’s got multiple personalities. It’s part Dave Barry-ish snark, part Douglas Adams style…
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Book Review: Just One Damned Thing After Another
If you've ever considered a career as a historian but worry that it might be too dusty, boring, and academic for your snarky personality, there's hope for you. The deliberately-dull name of St…
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Book Review: Grimsworld Tales
Grimsworld Tales by David Hankins My rating: 5 of 5 stars If you haven’t yet visited David Hankins world, filled with absurdity, bureaucracy, coffee, cats, demons, quips, and scythes, you are in for…
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Book Review: Trial of a Dragon
How will they convince anyone that a hellfire-breathing red dragon is innocent?
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Book Review: Death and the Dragon
This eagerly-awaited sequel to author David Hankin's Death and the Taxman picks up the pace as we continue the absurd but believable adventures of the Grim Reaper himself.
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Book Review: Twits Hit the Target
I was pleased to see a new addition to the Twits Chronicles, just before Christmas. So of course I bought myself a present!
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Book Review: Half-Off Ragnarok (InCryptid #3)
It was brave of the author to change protagonists just three books into a series, but as it turns out, it was a fine choice.
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Book Review: Twits on the Stump: A Steampunk Distraction
Reading the latest installment of the "Twits Chronicles" during an election year was a surreal experience. The antics of my favorite fictional friends got me thinking about what's probably going on behind the…
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Book Review: Twits to the Test: A Steampunk Distraction
Tom Alan Robbins writing skills are at peak performance as he pokes fun at so many aspects of life.
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Book Review: Twits on the Hunt: A Steampunk Distraction
Cyril and Binky are on the run!
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Book Review: Twits on the Loose: A Steampunk Distraction
The 4th outing (5th if you count the short story that started it all) has our protagonist, Cyril Chippington-Smythe, trying to help out his cousin Binky, who's fallen madly in love (yet again),…
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Book Review: Twits Abroad: A Steampunk Distraction
Twits Abroad: A Steampunk Distraction by Tom Alan Robbins My rating: 4 of 5 stars While book 2 of The Twits Chronicles still remains my favorite of the series (and probably will always…
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Book Review: Twits in Love: A Steampunk Distraction
Love at first distraction! This is great stuff, in a bite-sized story.
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Book Review: Twits in Peril: A Steampunk Distraction
Awesome second story in what's quickly proving to be a reliably hilarious series.
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Book Review: Bad Boy Wizard #1: The Astral Gatecrashers
Charlie's just your average kid living in a boring village (there's no way a village called Upper Bottom could be exciting), struggling with school and putting up with the most insufferable mom on…
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Book Review: Midnight Blue-Light Special
What a ride! (Or should I say, what a run across the rooftops?) I loved InCryptid #1, Discount Armageddon, so I cracked into Midnight Blue-Light Special with high hopes.
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Book Review: Designer Dirty Laundry
I needed a change from heavier fantasy and sci-fi novels, and Designer Dirty Laundry by Diane Vallere (aka DiVa) was just the thing. The story is sassy, breezy, a little silly, but with…
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Book Review: Uncle Hugo’s Crisis: A Twits Short Story
I loved this short story. It appealed to my sense of humor and love of wordplay.
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Book Review: Death and the Taxman
As a fan of Terry Pratchett's version of Death, I was easily pulled into this story by the blurb's promise of death cheating hijinks and hilarity. And as a former cubicle dweller and…
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Book Review: The Husbands
I'm a sucker for a good book blurb. I know how hard it can be to write one that's short while also compelling. "Do you take this man? No? What about this one?"…
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Book Review: Starter Villain
I dove straight into Starter Villain just after closing the third book in John Scalzi's "The Dispatcher" series. It wasn't too much of a jolt, as the author's voice is so strong in…
