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Basket Case 12 reviews
Carl Hiaasen
Mysterious Press, 2005
Darkly funny and wildly entertaining
+ A lot of fun
+ My first Carl, of many
+ Laugh, laugh more, and laugh again!
+ Surviving the Winter Blues
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Snuff 97 reviews
Chuck Palahniuk
Doubleday, 2008
Not as good as his other books
I hate to be mean to authors because they're giving it their best (or at least I hope so), but this book made me feel like Palahniuk is just writing because it's his job. It wasn't a gripping tale like Fight Club or even Diary, and it was only 180 pages so it's only entertaining for a day. He ...
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Syrup95 reviews
Maxx Barry
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2000
Brilliant Satire on Marketing!
+ Pleasing short read
+ Essential Barry
+ Amazing
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Naked Came the Manatee50 reviews
Carl Hiaasen, Dave Barry; et al.
Ballantine Books, 1998
Crazy good read!
+ The Bare Facts!
I had a lot of fun reading this mess of a book, but if you are looking for a 'normal' novel then you might want to run the other way. This is NOT a book to be taken very seriously (and if you try then you'll probably end up hating it). It's like the pass a long stories you wrote with friends back ...
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Florence of Arabia: A Novel 32 reviews
Christopher Buckley
Random House, 2004
Superb Satire!
+ C. Buckley does It Again
+ A fun, funny read!
+ Funny and controversial
+ Wickedly funny
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Little Green Men: A Novel 86 reviews
Christopher Buckley, Random House Inc.
Harper Perennial, 2000
Good God! Is Buckley the Greatest living writer?!
+ Amusing
+ Was this alien BO?
Reading this book is literally stunning. If there were any justice, the hacks ought to abandon their work (or at least rewrite it through a few times) before they sling it out the door- looking at James Patterson and Dan Brown.
The prose on every page is so carefully wrought it is amazing. He ...
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Nature Girl153 reviews
Carl Hiaasen
Grand Central Publishing, 2007
Great Weekend Read
+ Nonstop, wild ride
+ Not as bad as some of the reviews.
This book was an entertaining distraction from real life. Throughout the book I was excited to how the characters came colliding together in a hilarious situation born out of their own ineptness. This book is a funny tribute to human nature and Florida beauty. It was a great diversion for me ...
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Jennifer Government179 reviews
Maxx Barry
Abacus, 2003
Dystopia for Western grown-ups
+ jennifer government
+ Cyberpunk without the cyber
+ "Can I get a Diet Stephenson, please?"
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Survivor: A Novel385 reviews
Chuck Palahniuk
Anchor, 2000
Survivor: A Novel
+ Great
+ amazing imagination
Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk *****
Survivor is the story of where it all went wrong. The point in our lives where we have all had choices to make. The choices that affect the rest of our lives. Survivor is the search for something far and something big, maybe something bigger than all of us, it ...
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A Dirty Job: A Novel56 reviews
Christopher Moore
HarperCollins, 2007
Someone has to do it
+ A Riot!
+ Best book I've read in a long time
+ Born-again Reader
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The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove111 reviews
Christopher Moore
Harper Paperbacks, 2004
... dies laughing.
+ Randomness supreme
+ You did WHAT with the weedwhacker?
If you've read Chris Moore, you know you'll be laughing from the first page on. If you haven't read his books before, get ready. He's got to be the funniest fiction writer to come along in at least 30 years!
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Lullaby267 reviews
Chuck Palahniuk
Anchor, 2002
By the balls
+ as good as fightclub
+ Unexpected dark humor... how can you resist?
This book grabbed me by the balls until I was done. I normally take a few months to get through a book, like Choke, but this was about a week. I would have only liked more main characters to die.
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Tourist Season80 reviews
Carl Hiaasen
Grand Central Publishing, 2005
Get everything he writes!
+ In the beginning.
+ A little darker than usual, but still good for some laughs
+ One of Hiassen's best
+ A Modern Pop Crime Masterpiece
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Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon (Crown Journeys)36 reviews
Chuck Palahniuk
Crown, 2003
Great Glimpse into a Great City
+ A different type of travel guide
+ Drag Queens and Aborted Fetuses in Portland, OR
+ An interesting look at Portland
+ Oregonian loving this book
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Strip Tease55 reviews
Carl Hiaasen
Vision, 1994
Great, Off-Beat Cast of Characters. Well Written & Enjoyable
+ MOTHERHOOD AND STRIPPING IN ONE TIDY NOVEL!
+ Top Hiaasen tale of the underdogs outsmarting their masters!
+ MEN REALLY ARE EASILY DAZZLED!
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God Is My Broker: A Monk-Tycoon Reveals the 7 1/2 Laws of Spiritual and Financial Growth56 reviews
Christopher Buckley, John Tierney, ...
Harper Perennial, 1999
A Classic From America's Foremost Satirist
+ Love It!!!
+ Investors advice
+ More than a parody
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No Way to Treat a First Lady55 reviews
Christopher Buckley
Random House, 2002
Nobody slams them better
+ Great satire, good reading
+ Buckley is king of political satire for a reason...
+ Buckley eviscerates a certain presidential power couple
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Double Whammy71 reviews
Carl Hiaasen
Grand Central Publishing, 1989
Definitely worth the read!
+ Very entertaining
+ He's Done it Again
+ Wonderfully funny even if you don't like fishing
+ An Easy Read
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Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings (Today Show Book Club #25)128 reviews
Christopher Moore
HarperCollins, 2004
What great read!
+ Don't buy the UK edition, but it's still a wonderful book
+ Did you even know that whales sing?
+ What a (Whale) Ride!
+ Good, but could be better
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Invisible Monsters291 reviews
Chuck Palahniuk
W. W. Norton & Company, 1999
This book is ca-razy!
+ One of my favorites ever
+ Great Company to purchase from
+ My Unexpected Favorite
+ GREAT
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