A guy is sitting at home when he hears a knock at the door. He opens the door and sees a snail on the porch. He picks up the snail and throws it as far as he can. A year later, there’s another knock at the door. He opens it and sees the same snail. The snail says, “What was that all about?”
Hahaha…That joke always makes me laugh. And I love a good laugh. So this Tuesday for Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, I bring you books that made me laugh. Laugh so hard I almost peed. Laughed for days afterward. Laughed because it was so witty. Or laughed because I could relate.
I struggled to find many YA books, then it hit me. An idea, not a stray pigeon (which incidentally nearly happened in France. I was nearly clipped by a pigeon. Mon Dieu!). Anyway, I realized that life really isn’t that funny when you are a teen. It’s super dramatic and angst-filled. It’s only when one ages that he or she can see the humor in life.
So in a mix of Adult and some YA, I present…
Top Ten Books That Made Me Laugh
Loser Goes First, Dan Kennedy
“I still had learned at least one valuable thing. If I can pass it on to one person out there, then my failure was worth it. It’s this: Sometimes in your life, you have to find a long, painful road. Wait. Every time you need pain, you have to find a long road and walk…around,and then have some dreams or something…What the hell was it? Whatever. I’ll remember. It’ll come to me.”
Bridget Jones’s Diary, Helen Fielding
“I realize it has become too easy to find a diet to fit in with whatever you happen to feel like eating and that diets are not there to be picked and mixed but picked and stuck to, which is exactly what I shall begin to do once I’ve eaten this chocolate croissant.”
We Thought You Would Be Prettier, Laurie Notaro*
“The first indication that the situation warranted some concern was that the list of possible swollen ankle-related illnesses took longer to download than it did for me to meet my husband and get him drunk enough to think I was pretty. It was not good news. Like a disease buffet, it offered me a variety of misfortunes to choose from. The first on the list was congestive heart failure…”
Away Laughing on a Fast Camel, Louise Rennison*
“Why oh why did this happen to me? I must have done something incredibly bad in a past life. Perhaps I was that Roman bloke who played his instrument whilst Rome burnt down, Tyrannosaurus Rex. Oh no, I don’t mean Tyrannosaurus, I mean Nero. If it was Tyrannosaurus rex, that would mean that a dinosaur played a violin, which is clearly not going to happen.”
Feeling Sorry for Celia, Jaclyn Moriarty
“Dear Ms. Clarry, I see you have a pimple just beneath your nose today. That’s a good start and we’d like to compliment you on that. Teenagers are supposed to have pimples. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? That’s the MOST DISGUSTING ZIT WE HAVE EVER SEEN….All the best, The Association of Teenagers.”
Lamb, Christopher Moore*
“By the way, his name was Joshua. Jesus is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Yeshua, which is Joshua. Christ is not a last name. It’s the Greek for messiah, a Hebrew word meaning anointed. I have no idea what the “H” in Jesus H. Christ stood for. It’s one of the things I should have asked him. Me? I am Levi who is called Biff. No middle initial. Joshua was my best friend.”
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, Mindy Kaling
“This book will take you two days to read. Did you even see the cover? It’s mostly pink. If you’re reading this book every night for months, something is not right.”
Thursday Next: First Among Sequels, Jasper Fforde*
“Yes, and imagine a world where there were no hypothetical situations.”
Bossypants, Tina Fey
“Once in a generation a woman comes along who changes everything. TINA FEY is not that woman, but she met that woman once and acted weird around her.
Advance Praise for Bossypants
“Absolutely delicious!”- A guy who eats books
“Totally worth it.”- Trees
Yes Please, Amy Poehler
“I think middle age begins once you start looking forward to eating dinner before six thirty, or when you call the cops when your next-door neighbor has a party.”
(*All books in the series by the author made me laugh)
I’m always in need of a laugh. What funny books can you recommend to me? Or do you have a funny joke? Give me all the funny things! 🙂
