Beginner's Greek: A Novel130 reviews James Collins Little, Brown and Company, 2008 A comedy of manners, a dramady of errors + Highly recommended! This spirited novel gets off to a questionable start. I believe it is intended that way, until you fall into its rhythm. At about page 60 I was hooked. By that time, I really grokked the narrator's flow and the prose became so natural that it was like I was living the story. The low-star ...             You Must Be This Happy to Enter (Punk Planet Books)4 reviews Elizabeth Crane Akashic Books, 2008 You'll be even happier once you get inside + The word "glad" appears on my forehead + Refreshing This is a collection of original, hilarious stories. My favorite is "Betty the Zombie" about a woman who gets on a theraputic reality show to deal with her "human flesh eating issues."             What Looks Like Crazy12 reviews Charlotte Hughes Jove, 2008 Charlotte Hughes is one funny & talented writer! + Enchanting Reviews: What Looks Like Crazy + Crazy Cool + Fast and Fun Read + Could be a good series             The Story of My Baldness: A Novel1 review Marek van der Jagt Other Press, 2006 "If life is a joke, I wanted to resign." Marek van der Jagt is a pen name for iconoclastic Dutch novelist Arnon Grunberg, whose novel Blue Mondays won the Netherlands' 1994 Anton Wachter Prize for a Debut Novel. After publishing additional successful novels, Grunberg created a literary controversy when he invented "Marek van der Jagt," an ...             Curse of the Spellmans: A Novel39 reviews Lisa Lutz Simon & Schuster, 2008 A unique mystery! + Too many "footnotes" + A MUST READ + Love, love, love it! + Great fun and decidedly different storyline             What's Wrong with Dorfman? A Novel23 reviews John Blumenthal St. Martin's Griffin, 2003 intelligent very amusing tale + Nothing Wrong with Dorfman + Hilarious and Entertaining! + I see Steve Martin in the title role. + A review by RD Larson             Mere Anarchy24 reviews Woody Allen Random House, 2007 Embellished, but brilliant and enduringly original + SJ Perelman is Alive and ... Well? + Embellished, but still brilliant and enduringly original OK: what would you guess Woody Allen would write about after these uneventful 25 years since his last volume of essays? You might well say matrimonial strife, court cases, movies and movie making, and a tell-tale nanny! Well, viola! A book of humourous essays is a hard act to pull off. But ...             What I Was: A Novel7 reviews Meg Rosoff Viking Adult, 2008 Beautiful story of lost youth + Angieville: WHAT I WAS + Well writen, possibly mis-categorized by the publisher? + Provocative + Oozing with nostalgia...             Second Chance91 reviews Jane Green Viking Adult, 2007 Second Chance Enjoyed this fiction novel. Well written and a delightful story of old friendships and how much they mean as we grow older.             Gun Shy: A Blanco County, Texas, Novel (Blanco County, Texas, Novels)6 reviews Ben Rehder St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007 As Perfect a Satirical Novel as You'll Ever Find about Guns and Developing Country and Western Music Stars + Super satire about guns + No one is in "Gun Shy" by Ben Rehder Most satire fails because it aims at just one target: In Gun Shy, Ben Rehder uses his rapier wit to humorously carve up every perspective in sight and scores perfect bull's eyes on each target. Here are the major objects for his wit: those who favor no gun control, those who favor outlawing ...             Trudy Hopedale: A Novel2 reviews Jeffrey Frank Simon & Schuster, 2007 shrewd and funny + DC done to a turn Jeffrey Frank continues to turn out novels about Washington that are shrewd, funny and engaging. Like no one else, he skewers the futile ambitions, the pandering and the rampant egotism that drive the city. His characters are losers all (even the winners), adrift in a treacherous world of false ...             The Spellman Files: A Novel92 reviews Lisa Lutz Simon & Schuster, 2007 A fun and interesting read! + entertaining + Super Funny + It's a comedy more than a mystery + Funny in a wry way and so much fun to read             Boomsday90 reviews Christopher Buckley Twelve, 2007 Insanely Hilarious + Almost too true to be funny - but it still is + Killing yourself for the good of your country + Very entertaining...             The Gum Thief: A Novel17 reviews Douglas Coupland Bloomsbury USA, 2007 great! + not his best, but still really good + Almost there... and then, nothing. + Definitely not what I was expecting             Gods Behaving Badly: A Novel129 reviews Marie Phillips Little, Brown and Company, 2007 MAKE THIS A MOVIE....NOW !!!!! + Review + Best impulse buy ever COULDNT PUT THIS READ DOWN, A BRILLIANT FRESH FUNTAKE ON THE GODS( WHOM WE HAVE ALL FORGOTTON )BACK STABBING, ROMANCE AND FANTASY. I SEE CATHERINE ZETA-JONES AS APHRODITE AND MATTHEW MCCONAHEY AS APOLLO.             Florence of Arabia: A Novel32 reviews Christopher Buckley Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005 Superb Satire! + C. Buckley does It Again + A fun, funny read! + Funny and controversial + Wickedly funny             Bad Monkeys55 reviews Matt Ruff HarperCollins, 2007 Solid Read + Excellent Read + plausibly undeniable + Very compelling read             Grub11 reviews Elise Blackwell The Toby Press, 2007 Clever comedy of errors with wry undertones + Great Read + Fast-paced and Hilarious! + Witty and perceptive             Rosie Little's Cautionary Tales for Girls3 reviews Danielle Wood MacAdam Cage, 2007 Rosie Little's Cautionary Tales for Girls gave me the giggles and the chills... + A smart, sassy selection + "But what precisely does an aquiline nose look like?" I bought this book for the cover and the first chapter combined. Not being a serious reader I was a bit surprised that I couldn't put the book down. Rosie Little's Cautionary Tales for Girls initially gave me the giggles. But very quickly I found Rosie's dark side, and found myself with a case ...             Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician: A Novel23 reviews Daniel Wallace Doubleday, 2007 Optimistic dysphoria + captivating, well crafted, frustrating + Imaginative modern fable + Let the Show Begin