Originally Posted By alexbook >>Jasper Fforde - The Big Over Easy<< Hey, Chedstro, haven't seen you around lately. What do you think of Fforde? I really like "Eyre Affair" and "Fourth Bear."
Originally Posted By idleBrain "Stumbling on Happiness" by Daniel Gilbert Gilbert teaches psychology at Harvard. Very interesting book! He's an excellent writer; quite humorous, witty.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ I just finished all 12 of the Stephanie Plum books be Janet Evanovich. Hilarious!! How many ways can a car blow up? How many euphamisms are there to say her grandfather has gone to the all you can eat buffet in the sky? "My eyes rolled back in my head so far I could see......" Loved, loved, loved them!
Originally Posted By Chedstro Hi Alex,I love Fforde! Read everything up to this. Is The Fourth Bear another Jack Spratt Investigates..? Cindy
Originally Posted By alexbook Yep, in The Fourth Bear, Goldilocks is killed after she runs out of the three bears' house, leading DCI Spratt to suspect that there was a fourth bear. Knightnfrees and I actually met Mr. Fforde once at a book signing. Seemed like a nice guy. I think Knight has some souveniers.
Originally Posted By LVBelle I just started Marley and Me. I'm not even fifty pages in and I've already cried twice!
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich. No car explosions in this one! I missed the old Buick.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ Twelve Sharp - ah, the book of Ranger (as the lady at Barnes & Noble called it when I asked for it). I hadn't thought about it, but you're right! She didn't destroy any cars!
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 Yes, Suzieq...the lady at Barnes and Noble had it pegged! It bothered me a bit that some dope could pull all of that stuff on Ranger...I know it's fiction...it just seemed out of character. I did enjoy Grandma and Lula singing in the band, however!
Originally Posted By LVBelle I finished Marley and Me early this morning when I couldn't sleep. Great book but not one to read when you're completely hormonal unless you want to be crying!
Originally Posted By SuzieQ Yeah, I thought about that, too. How could a wannabe outsmart Ranger? Ah well, it was a fun read!
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 John Grogan, the author of "Marley and Me", is a columnist in our local newspaper, the Phila. Inquirer. There was a nice article he wrote last month about how much his life has changed since last year when the book was released. Here is a link for it: <a href="http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/15022742.htm" target="_blank">http://www.philly.com/mld/inqu irer/15022742.htm</a> It really is amazing when you read about all of the crazy things Marley did and how expensive it must have been to keep him, and then, as it turns out, Marley has made him a fortune! (I just loved that book!
Originally Posted By JohnS1 Great column by John Grogan. The literary agent he mentions (Laurie Abkemeier) is my literary agent too. So, of course, all we not-best-selling clients of hers are giving her a bad time for not helping to make the rest of us famous too! I'm crossing my fingers that my next book will be as successful in the world of biographies as Grogan's was in the world of dog books! I loved "Marley," by the way. Wonderful book!
Originally Posted By LVBelle Thanks for the great article! I can't wait for my hubby to read Marley and Me, I know he's going to love it!
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost Lacking in sophistication but always in need of a chuckle, I am re-reading, for the hundredth time, "Dave Barry Slept here". A very funny twist on American History. As he puts it "an extremely accurate look at history if it wasn't for the fact that I made most of it up". It is the funniest book I have ever read. A close second is "Dave Barry Turns 40".
Originally Posted By markedward Pee, Poop and Potty Training by Alison Mackonochie I think the title speaks for itself.
