The Catcher In The Rye1 review
J. D. Salinger

Bantam, 1976

Rebel with Humor

I just reread this book after 30 years, and I found it even better than I remember. It's such a great window into the teenage mind, a boy on the cusp of childhood and adulthood, a study of contradictions: both silly and serious, irrational and clear-eyed, exaggerated and stone-cold sober, muddled ...
  
  











  



  
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn508 reviews
Mark Twain

Prestwick House Inc., 2005

Ole Huck

+ Huck Finn
+ Eli Sashihara writes:
+ Required Reading
+ Perfect for Teachers
  
  











  



  
Lunacy: The Best of the Cornell Lunatic2 reviews

Lunatic Press, 2008

Still funny after all these years

+ If you like college humor

I grew up reading MAD, Cracked and National Lampoon. I learned how to interact with others not from Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People," but from the classic paperback series "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions." ('Got a flat tire?' 'Nah, the other three just up and inflated ...
  
  











  



  
Our Dumb Century (Running Press Miniature Editions)208 reviews
The Onion

Running Press Miniature Editions, 2004

The Best of The Onion Books

+ Tiny little book, fairly large price
+ Need to know some history
+ Bought this for my husband....
  
  











  



  
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Books of Wonder)32 reviews
L. Frank Baum

HarperTrophy, 2001

FOR TRUE OZ FANS

+ Great Book
+ Wonderful Book Such A Great Read
+ Wizard of Oz
  
  











  



  
Cat's Cradle372 reviews
Kurt Vonnegut

Dell Publishing, 1998

As relevant today as it was in the past

+ WONDERFUL BOOK
+ The master of Cat's Cradle
+ Great Read
+ Wild satire about nuclear arms and the end of the world
  
  











  



  
National Lampoon 1964 High School Yearbook7 reviews
P.J. O'Rourke

Rugged Land, 2005

Brilliant Concept

+ Great blast from the past!
+ Classic Lampoon but a bit cheap on the reproduction..
+ They stole my 1961 Yearbook
+ Almost as good as the old version
  
  











  



  
Catch-22827 reviews
Joseph Heller

Simon & Schuster, 1996

Fantastic, Humorous and Everlasting

+ Best Book I Ever Read
+ Most Brilliant Satire
+ Stubborn, heroic innocence in a mad world
  
  











  



  
Selling Out: If Famous Authors Wrote Advertising2 reviews
Joey Green

John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1996

Funny spoofs of well known commercials using the styles of famous writers

This book is hilarious; the author rewrites well known product commercials using the style of a famous writer. Two excerpts are: Tony Tiger (in the style of William Blake) Tony Tiger, goodness sakes, Eats a bowl of frosted flakes; What brave artist dared create The mighty beast who roars ...
  
  











  



  
Holidays in Hell: In Which Our Intrepid Reporter Travels to the World's Worst Places and Asks, "What's Funny ...35 reviews
P. J. O'Rourke

Grove Press, 2000

Now you know where Borat got his storyline!

+ Humorous, sarcastic and profound at the same time.
+ In History
+ Irreverent, funny, and dated
  
  











  



  
National Lampoon 1964 High School Yearbook7 reviews
P.J. O'Rourke

Rugged Land, 2005

Brilliant Concept

+ Great blast from the past!
+ Classic Lampoon but a bit cheap on the reproduction..
+ They stole my 1961 Yearbook
+ Almost as good as the old version
  
  











  



  
Cat's Cradle372 reviews
Kurt Vonnegut

Dell Publishing, 1998

As relevant today as it was in the past

+ WONDERFUL BOOK
+ The master of Cat's Cradle
+ Great Read
+ Wild satire about nuclear arms and the end of the world
  
  











  



  
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn508 reviews
Mark Twain

Prestwick House Inc., 2005

Ole Huck

+ Huck Finn
+ Eli Sashihara writes:
+ Required Reading
+ Perfect for Teachers
  
  











  



  
Holidays in Hell: In Which Our Intrepid Reporter Travels to the World's Worst Places and Asks, "What's Funny ...35 reviews
P. J. O'Rourke

Grove Press, 2000

Now you know where Borat got his storyline!

+ Humorous, sarcastic and profound at the same time.
+ In History
+ Irreverent, funny, and dated
  
  











  



  
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Books of Wonder)32 reviews
L. Frank Baum

HarperTrophy, 2001

FOR TRUE OZ FANS

+ Great Book
+ Wonderful Book Such A Great Read
+ Wizard of Oz
  
  











  



  
Selling Out: If Famous Authors Wrote Advertising2 reviews
Joey Green

John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1996

Funny spoofs of well known commercials using the styles of famous writers

This book is hilarious; the author rewrites well known product commercials using the style of a famous writer. Two excerpts are: Tony Tiger (in the style of William Blake) Tony Tiger, goodness sakes, Eats a bowl of frosted flakes; What brave artist dared create The mighty beast who roars ...
  
  











  



  
Catch-22827 reviews
Joseph Heller

Simon & Schuster, 1996

Fantastic, Humorous and Everlasting

+ Best Book I Ever Read
+ Most Brilliant Satire
+ Stubborn, heroic innocence in a mad world
  
  











  



  
The Catcher In The Rye1 review
J. D. Salinger

Bantam, 1976

Rebel with Humor

I just reread this book after 30 years, and I found it even better than I remember. It's such a great window into the teenage mind, a boy on the cusp of childhood and adulthood, a study of contradictions: both silly and serious, irrational and clear-eyed, exaggerated and stone-cold sober, muddled ...
  
  











  



  
Lunacy: The Best of the Cornell Lunatic2 reviews

Lunatic Press, 2008

Still funny after all these years

+ If you like college humor

I grew up reading MAD, Cracked and National Lampoon. I learned how to interact with others not from Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People," but from the classic paperback series "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions." ('Got a flat tire?' 'Nah, the other three just up and inflated ...
  
  











  



  
Our Dumb Century (Running Press Miniature Editions)208 reviews
The Onion

Running Press Miniature Editions, 2004

The Best of The Onion Books

+ Tiny little book, fairly large price
+ Need to know some history
+ Bought this for my husband....