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: 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…
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Book Review: Travel by Bullet (The Dispatcher #3)
While Scalzi always does a great job of coming up with something really unusual for his characters to grapple with, he really outdid himself this time.
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Book Review: Love, Factually
Did I expect the author of The Brothers Jetstream and Afro Puffs Are the Antennae of the Universe to take on the Hallmark Romcom Movie genre this holiday season? No, I did not.…
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Book Review: Riddles and Riches
This is book two in the Vegas Chantly Mystery series. I didn't deliberately skip the first book, but my love of puzzle solving pulled me directly into this one first. The blurb tempted…
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Book Review: How to Train Your Human
How to Train Your Human: A Cat’s Guide by Babas My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve been owned by a formidable Russian Blue for a dozen years now, so you can imagine…
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Book Review: Surely You Can’t Be Serious
Surely You Can’t Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! by David Zucker My rating: 5 of 5 stars A book about Airplane!? What is it? It’s pieces of paper with pictures and…
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Book Review: The Last Dragonslayer
My book club chose this as our June read, and wow, am I glad we did. Our discussion was very lively, as all of us agreed that Jasper Fforde has created a fantastic…
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Book Review: The Workshop: Week Two
The Workshop: Week Two by Matt Mills My rating: 4 of 5 stars If you haven’t read The Workshop: Week One, this review won’t make much sense. Why don’t you go read that,…
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Book Review: The Workshop: Week One
It's clear that Matt Mills is a writer (yes I know, duh, he wrote this book). But he's a writer that's fought in the trenches and, so far, has lived to tell the…
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Book Review: On Earth as It Is on Television
If you set up two television screens side-by-side, then simultaneously watch National Lampoon's Vacation on one and Close Encounters of the Third Kind on the other, while snacking on a pound of crispy…
