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How I Conquered Your Planet
John Swartzwelder
Kennydale Books, 2006
I was right
+ The Novella Fella
+ If you like the simpsons...
+ Burly does it again
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The Deeper Meaning of Liff: A Dictionary of Things There Aren't Any Words for Yet--But There Ought to Be
Douglas Adams, John Lloyd
Three Rivers Press, 2005
I love it!
+ Amusing read for lunchbreaks
+ glorious
This book is wonderful- I really loved it and laughed out loud more than once. It' not for everybody, but it does have a wonderful sense of humor and it describes perfectly several situations you have lived trough. Too bad for the very British ones that I missed, not being British. But overall a ...
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Washington Schlepped Here: Walking in the Nation's Capital (Crown Journeys)
Christopher Buckley
Crown, 2003
Buckley interjects humor into what could have been a dull book
+ Lots of fun, and some great info too.
+ Buckley being Buckley...always a good thing
I've always enjoyed walking through the nation's capital, so
I was intrigued by the premise of WASHINGTON SCHLEPPED
HERE--written and read by Christopher Buckley.
It is a walking tour of Washington, DC, by an insider who has both
lived and worked there for some 20 years . . . ordinarily, I'm ...
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No Way to Treat a First Lady: A Novel
Christopher Buckley
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003
Funny, funny novel
+ Nobody slams them better
+ Buckley eviscerates a certain presidential power couple
+ Entertaining read, witty satire
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Jennifer Government
Max Barry
Vintage, 2004
Dystopia for Western grown-ups
+ jennifer government
+ Cyberpunk without the cyber
+ "Can I get a Diet Stephenson, please?"
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Fight Club: A Novel
Chuck Palahniuk
W. W. Norton, 2005
Better then the Movie in both Plot and Humor
+ better then the movie
+ I am Jack's smirking revenge.
+ ok
+ Love, love, love this book
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The White House Mess
Christopher Buckley
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1995
FUNNY, FUNNY, FUNNY
+ Where to go after "Thank You For Smoking"
+ Is Christopher Buckley a secret psychic friend?
+ Prophetic Comedy
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Practical Demonkeeping
Christopher Moore
Harper Paperbacks, 2004
Another Gem by Christopher Moore
+ practical demonkeeping
+ Jumps around a lot; a fun read
+ What is so practical about keeping demons?
+ No More Cookie Monster For You!
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The Time Machine Did It
John Swartzwelder
Kennydale Books, 2004
Unbelievably funny
+ Swartzwelder!
+ Laugh Out Loud Literature
+ Enjoyable Read
+ Amusing and at times ridiculously hysterical
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A Dirty Job: A Novel
Christopher Moore
William Morrow, 2006
Fun Book - Like Bear!
+ Try Moore if you haven't...you will either love or hate him
+ Humorous & not what I expected
+ Superb Supernatural San Francisco
+ funny
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Little Green Men: A Novel
Christopher Buckley, Random House Inc.
Harper Perennial, 2000
Good God! Is Buckley the Greatest living writer?!
+ Amusing
+ Was this alien BO?
+ I could almost believe it
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Happy Valley: A Novel
Sugar Ray Dodge
iUniverse, Inc., 2007
Sugar Ray Dodge is a Genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a ground breaking novel! Happy Valley sends you on an intense rollercoaster ride with an ending that you never see coming! This novel will have you on the edge of your seat until the last word! Sugar Ray Dodge's writing style is not only the future of Mormon literature, but modern ...
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
Del Rey, 1995
One of my all-time favorite books
+ My go-to gift for 12 year old boys
+ improbably great
I love the way that Adams plays with language. Often time I find myself re-reading a passage just to play the words over again in my head. And just as interesting are the IDEAS in this series: planets where mattresses grow, cows that are raised to want to be eaten, poetry so horrible is can kill ...
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Bloodsucking Fiends
Christopher Moore
Harper Paperbacks, 2004
bloodsucking fiends
+ Best Modern Day Vampire
+ New to Moore, will have to read more...
+ my favorite Moore book
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Wet Work
Christopher Buckley
Allison & Busby, 2003
Imagine a cross between Tom Clancy and Tom McGuane
A simple premise ... a wealthy American businessman's only granddaugter dies of a cocaine overdose. He decides that he's going to kill everyone who had anything to do with it, starting with her boyfriend and ending with the head of the Columbian drug cartel. Along the way yachts are wrecked and ...
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