Humor – Page 3 – Looking For a Good Book

March 11, 2019

WASTE OF SPACE – Gina Damico

Waste of Space by Gina Damico is a very clever idea, written in an interesting (appropriate for the subject matter) style, but still mostly a long, drawn-out story that doesn’t have the payoff for sticking with the book. Some not quite top-of-the-line Hollywood producers are looking for the next great reality show and team up Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, HUMOR, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, Humor, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult

March 8, 2019

HE STARTED IT!: MY TWITTER WAR WITH TRUMP – Danny Zuker

While I would very much like to keep politics out of this blog (and this review), that’s going to be a little difficult with the reviewing of this book. First I feel as though I need to note that I am not a fan of Donald Trump. Not his politics, not his behavior, not his Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, HUMOR, Uncategorized

2 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, Humor, Reviews

January 18, 2019

I ONLY KILLED HIM ONCE -Adam Christopher

Raymond Electromatic is an assassin. An assassin posing as a private gumshoe. Raymond Electromatic is also a robot. And not just any robot … he is the last robot since the Department of Robot Labor (DORL) saw to the end of robot production. Ray Electromatic is very good at his job but he has one Continue reading

MYSTERY, SF/FANTASY

Book Reviews, Books, Humor, Mystery, Reviews, SF/Fantasy

December 27, 2018

WILLFUL CHILD – Steven Erikson

I requested this book four years ago and over time I’ve forgotten what it might have been about so I began to read this ‘blind’. Lately I’ve also been interested in reading some humorous fiction, so imagine my delight to begin reading and discovering that this isn’t just a humorous story, it’s a parody that Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, HUMOR, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, Humor, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Star Trek, Television

December 14, 2018

KILLING IS MY BUSINESS – Adam Christopher

I love this series. I recently reviewed an anthology of humorous sci-fi novellas and I mentioned that I had been in the mood for some good, fun, and funny sci-fi. That anthology did NOT do the trick, but the Ray Electromatic Mystery series works wonderfully. Raymond Electromatic is a robot. He is the last working Continue reading

HUMOR, MYSTERY, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Humor, Mystery, Reviews, SF/Fantasy

November 19, 2018

A SHOT IN THE DARK – Lynne Truss

Wait a minute…this is a comedy? Seriously…is this a comedy? I was attracted to this book because it was described as the beginning of a new mystery series featuring a brilliant and driven police detective, Constable Twitten, and written by a New York Times best-selling author, Lynne Truss. That this first book featured a theatre Continue reading

HUMOR, MYSTERY, Uncategorized

2 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Humor, Mystery, Reviews

May 18, 2018

GEEKED OUT – Obert Skye

The world is crumbling apart after bombs have nearly destroyed humanity, but that doesn’t mean kids get a pass from going to school! Uh uh, not way! It’s just that school isn’t quite the way it used to be. Sure, there’s still a hierarchy of cliques, with the jocks at the top of the heap Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, HUMOR, Uncategorized, YA

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Humor, Reviews, Young Adult

April 26, 2018

THE ASYLUM OF DR. CALIGARI – James Morrow

I don’t think there is anyone writing today like James Morrow. I’ve seen him compared to Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. and to Harlan Ellison, but Ellison is too pedestrian compared to Morrow, and Vonnegut not quite risky enough. In The Asylum of Dr. Caligari, Morrow mixes art, war, and madness – which, when you think about Continue reading

HUMOR, OTHER

5 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Humor, Literature, Reviews

April 13, 2018

SOUTH POLE STATION – Ashley Shelby

Who, in their right mind, would want to spend significant time in a place that has an average temperature of -54°F and where there is no sunlight for half the year? No one … in their right mind. That’s the basic premise behind Ashley Shelby’s comic novel (comic in the way Catch-22 or M*A*S*H is Continue reading

HUMOR

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Humor, Literature, Reviews

March 2, 2018

UNDERWOOD, SCOTCH, AND WRY – Brian D. Meeks

Arthur Byrne is a college professor with tenure and a penchant for scotch and female teaching assistants and a talent for avoiding technology. The Luddite professor has become a little bit of an embarrassment for the small college, looking to improve and grow, but they can’t do much about a tenured professor. Byrne is assigned Continue reading

OTHER, Uncategorized

2 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Humor, Literature, Reviews

February 9, 2018

LET THE GAMES BEGIN – Niccolò Ammaniti

Writing humor/satire is difficult. Black humor can be even trickier to make sure that the reader is understanding that it’s humor, and dark. The fact that Niccolò Ammaniti is being translated probably isn’t helping him at all. But bottom line – I found nothing redeeming in this book at all. According to the Goodreads description, Continue reading

HUMOR, Uncategorized

1 Star, Book Reviews, Books, Humor, Literature

February 7, 2018

THE PEOPLE’S POLICE – Norman Spinrad

I have really mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand it’s gritty and very real feeling, with oddball characters and a dark, Disney-esque New Orleans. On the other hand, it’s very political, with characters that don’t appeal or reach out to me. I haven’t read many books set in the New Orleans area Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Humor, Literature, Reviews