You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

I just love the way you come up with points. Very creative.

Hmmm, I may need some help choosing a book for this. I don't generally do funnies. But very clever you two :-)

Oh this will be interesting! I think I know what I'll be reading!

Really excellent challenge, can't wait to start *dashes off to bookcase*

Fantastic! Thank you!

Thanks for getting this started, Judy! Good job. :)

If I can get it in time, I am going to read Chomp.

I am going to try to jump in on this one : ) I will have to rummage through the bookshelves/kindle to find something : )

I'm also going to read a Discworld book with Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett :-)

I picked up a book from a used book store that was on my wishlist, They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?. I can't wait to start reading it.

Janice wrote: "I picked up a book from a used book store that was on my wishlist, They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?. I can't wait to start reading it."

That one looks good :)

Janice wrote: "I picked up a book from a used book store that was on my wishlist, They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?. I can't wait to start reading it."

That's a great book. All of Pat McManus's are!

My son and I enjoyed the two by McManus we read together, too. I think it helps to have some outdoorsy-ness in your background, but my son relates to these just by a few little stories I tell about his grandpa and uncles.

Make Me Laugh-April Challenge


The Color of Magic

I'm in! I just read , which would have been perfect as I was laughing out loud in public. Oh well, I'll find another one ;-)

I am reading Diary of a Menopausal Woman by Cheryl Reid, Toby Williams, Lizzi Easyburn. I have chuckled a few times.

Does anyone know of older books that would get at least one point? Anything, really?

Also... I'm in Australia... and will be here on Hug An Australian Day, which is frankly very interesting.

Older, as in freely downloadable from gutenberg.org?

Anything by O. Henry is clever enough to get a chuckle out of me. Or maybe something by Mark Twain, for example A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Maybe you can find a collection of humorous verse by Ogden Nash or Edward Lear.

Exactly that, Cheryl. Some day I might not have to worry about that, but for the moment, gutenberg-age books are the only sort I have access to.

I'll probably be reading Mark Twain. And since I hated A Connecticut Yankee when I started it two years ago, I'll try it out again this year.

And if I really don't like it... I have a A Tramp Abroad, which is longer.

If you want more ideas, feel free to ask!

Sure thing. Thanks again!

Kim M. wrote: "Make Me Laugh-April Challenge

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The Color of Magic
is hilarious! i hate non fiction but i really got into that one..

Judy wrote: "That reminds me...I have a Pat McManus sitting around here somewhere. Is this your first McManus, Janice?"

Yes - I was pulled in by the title!

I've chosen It's Gothic Humour, and I just finished by the same author and loved it.

Yes, he does!

But a really interesting thing is that I'm suddenly confronting humor books here... and not a single author has a first name beginning with L,A,U,G, or H!

Examples:

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Babyhood by Paul Reiser
Tramps Abroad by Mark Twain

Oh well. XD

I read Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett for this challenge and I think I may have scared people with my laughter...

Points as follows:

Genre = sci-fi/fantasy - 5 points
Themes = family and politics - 9 points
Location/setting = make-believe world - 1 point
Author = born before 1962 and in UK - 5 points
Titles = none
Cover = yellow background - 2 points
Length = 283 pages - 1 point
Stars = 5 stars - 5 points
Bonus = in the workplace - 10 points

Total = 38 points (I think)

Judy wrote: "So, Sam, that was your laughter that I heard blowing over the great lakes yesterday?"

That is a definite possibility Judy, I was certainly laughing loud enough ;-)

Large Print: An Unshelved collection

My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Humorous Genres
Zero pts

Themes
Some 'office politics' but not quite enough to counts, so zero pts

Location/Setting
It *could* be Iowa, but nah. Zero pts

Author
Author's first name begins with L,A,U,G or H...5 pts

Gene Ambaum

Author uses a pen name...3 pts

Gene is a real librarian from Seattle so he does use a pen name.

Author was born in the same country you reside in...1 pt

Titles
Zero points

Cover
Title is written in an unusual font...3 pts
"Large Print"

Length
Zero pts

Your Rating

4 stars...4 pts

Bonus:
*Fun at Work Day --Add 10 extra points if the humor revolves around the workplace.

26 pts - tg for the bonus!

I changed my read to Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich

Humorous Genres
0 Points

Themes
0 Points

Location/Setting
0 Points

Author
Author was born in 1962 or earlier...4 pts
Author is not a TV or movie personality...2 pts
6 Points


Titles
There is a number in the title...2 pts
2 Points

Cover
Title is written in more than one color...4 pts
Cover has a yellow background...2 pts
6 Points

Length
300-350...2 pts
2 Points

Your Rating
5 stars...5 pts
5 Points

Bonus:

*Fun at Work Day --Add 10 extra points if the humor revolves around the workplace.
10 Points

Total Points : 31 points

Kimberly wrote: "I changed my read to Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich..."

I am going to do this one also - is my plane read when I fly out tomorrow - but I reckon that you can get 2 points for adventure as Stephanie's antics are just one adventure after another and this time she is in Hawaii)



Humorous Genres
0 Points

Themes
Adventure - 2 points

Location/Setting
0 Points

Author
Author was born in 1962 or earlier...4 pts
Author is not a TV or movie personality...2 pts
6 Points


Titles
There is a number in the title...2 pts
2 Points

Cover
Cover has a yellow background...2 pts
2 Points

Length
300-350...2 pts
2 Points

Your Rating
TBA

Bonus:

*Fun at Work Day --Add 10 extra points if the humor revolves around the workplace.
10 Points

Total Points : 24 points (so far - will add on rating score)

Nah I'm fine with the points I gave it. It's not really an adventure book in my opinion :)

Kimberly wrote: "Nah I'm fine with the points I gave it. It's not really an adventure book in my opinion :)"

yeah - you're probably right - haven't read it yet though - flying out in a few hours and it is my travel read :)

It's the perfect travel book :D Have a safe flight!

I'm reading by Christopher Moore. I'm not one to laugh out loud over a book (maybe cry a little but that's about it), but this one has some very absurdly funny lines and situations. My husband has caught me chuckling. Oh dear.

Moore's pretty popular - my husband likes most everything he writes; I liked Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal and The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove.

I'll have to try that one next. Moore seems to be quite irreverant in his choices of subject matter.

I loved Lust Lizard. The only one I didn't like was Fool.

I agree about Fool. :(

I must say, I probably never would have found and read some of the books I have, if it hadn’t been for Goodreads. My to-read list wouldn’t be nearly as long as it is, authors I have never heard of wouldn’t be considered, genres would be left unexplored. I had never heard of Christopher Moore until I came across him here and I’m so glad I did. Now I have even more to add to my list. It just keeps growing. At least I’ll never be bored.

Judy wrote: " I must say, I probably never would have found and read some of the books I have, if it hadn’t been for Goodreads. At least I’ll never be bored.

I had to laugh at your comments, Roz, because befo..."

I've got you beat by a very long mile. I have 2584 books on my TBR list and it's still growing. I don't discriminate. :)

I can’t imaging paring down my TBR list. I figure if I put it there, the book must have sounded interesting at the time, so it stays. At the rate I add to the list and the number I already have waiting, I’ll be reading well past my 90s. I’m not concerned about reaching that age, just staying awake long enough to finish the books. ;)

Roz I've got you beat with over 7,000 on my TBR list :D

Kimberly wrote: "Roz I've got you beat with over 7,000 on my TBR list :D"

I think we're book junkies!! Could be worse, right?

I absolutely am :D

Being a book junkie works for me, too.

I've got 650ish on my list, but I'm happy with the number and hoping not to add too many more. I'd like to actually read the books I've put on that list while still being able to relax with a book I've just found, that will not 'help' me in any way.

Like a romance book. XD

And I am so glad I'm a book junkie, rather than anything else. Possibly the best thing to be addicted to, right?

I did something in bed last night that I haven't done in a very long time!

I laughed uncontrollably at a chapter in They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?. It was about a dog named Strange who had an encounter with a skunk.

Janice wrote: "I did something in bed last night that I haven't done in a very long time!..."

LOL I'm a firm believer in doing it in every room of the house. Even the kitchen!☻

My sister used to do that but I think she was practicing her smile in case she ever became a big star. Didn't happen.

The Color of Magic


Humorous Genres
Sci-fi/Fantasy...5 pts



Themes
Adventure...2 pts

Location/Setting
Make-believe world...1 pt

Author

Author was born in 1962 or earlier...4 pts
Author is not a TV or movie personality...2 pts

Titles
Word in title begins with the letter "C"...5 pts


Cover



Length
200-299...1 pt

Your Rating
3 stars...3 pts

Total 23

Terry Pratchett was either very imaginative....or incredibly high ....when he wrote this.