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Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?: A Swashbuckling Tale of High Adventures, Questionable Ethics, and Professional ... 39 reviews
Thomas Kohnstamm
Three Rivers Press, 2008
A real Trip (No pun intended!)
+ Oh My!!
+ Dream job? Not so much.
I couldn't put this book down! It was funny in a sad kind of way, like when you were a kid and laughed when someone fell off a bicycle. We laugh at others' misadventures and troubles because we are uncomfortable and don't quite know how to react. The Lonely Planet should get much lonelier as ...
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Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty26 reviews
Jeff Pearlman
Harper, 2008
Highly readable tale of the 90's Cowboy dynasty
+ Great Book
+ Page turner
+ Superb!!!
+ The 1990s Cowboys are perfect for Pearlman's "The Bad Guys Won" oeuvre
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Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip--Confessions of a Cynical Waiter 149 reviews
Steve Dublanica Aka The Waiter
Ecco, 2008
A great read!
+ Waiter Rant - Accurate Account of Waiting Tables
+ Memories......
I initially read this book because I am a "foodie" and love to hear what goes on behind the scenes of an up-scale restaurant. The book delivered even more than I expected. I found the writer to be very likable, funny and wise. I'm glad the waiter finally realized what he wanted to be when he ...
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Fantasy Football The Next Level: How to Build a Championship Team Every Season6 reviews
David Dorey
Grand Central Publishing, 2007
A great resource
+ Get This Book
+ fantasy football
+ Brillant !!! A must have book that explains and teaches how to be better
+ Hudde up now...and read how to become a winner
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Dixieland Delight: A Football Season on the Road in the Southeastern Conference27 reviews
Clay Travis
Harper Paperbacks, 2007
The funniest sports book I ever read
+ Great to Travel the SEC
+ A Great Journey Thru the Greatest Institution in the US.
I'm always searching through Amazon looking for the latest sports book. I bought this one based on some solid reviews I had read for it. I wasn't prepared for how much this book made me laugh. One time, I had to put the book down and walk away from because I couldn't control how hard I was ...
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Strange Skies: A Novel (P.S.)9 reviews
Matt Marinovich
Harper Perennial, 2007
LOVED it...
+ a funny book that takes a big risk
+ Characters Who Misbehave
How many different ways are there to say that you completely and utterly adored a book? I sat down last night to start this book, and didn't get up until I finished it. I connected with the main character from the first page, and can honestly say that he's one of the most pessimistic yet ...
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Once a Runner: A Novel111 reviews
John L Parker
Scribner, 2009
Fantasic capture of an elite runner's "trials and tribulations"
+ Simply the best...
+ Simply Amazing!!
+ Great Entertainment for Runners
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Infected: A Novel193 reviews
Scott Sigler
Three Rivers Press, 2008
LOVING IT!!!
+ "The Ouchie I can hold in my Hand" and other tales of the terrible
+ Wow!
+ Unrelenting alien invasion
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Kung Fu High School11 reviews
Ryan Gattis
Harvest Books, 2005
Kung Fu
+ Legendary
+ Blood and Guts in High School
This was an amazing book but it's not written for everyone. If your only experience with violence has been through the television- you may not get this book. But if you have a personal history with violence the details used to explain everything from the taste of blood, the sound of broken bone ...
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Happy Hour Is for Amateurs: A Lost Decade in the World's Worst Profession50 reviews
Philadelphia Lawyer
William Morrow, 2008
Excellent storytelling
+ A candid view of Emotional Vacancy.
+ Try to remember which 'bar' this book is really about....
+ A hilarious tale of escape
+ White Collar Blues
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Inside the Helmet: My Life as a Sunday Afternoon Warrior 8 reviews
Michael Strahan, Jay Glazer
Gotham, 2007
I would never want to be a football player
+ Superman Strahan.
+ Well done, Michael Strahan!
This book is for those football fans, especially Giants fans, that want to read what a star football player thinks and what he goes through. It's not a book that you should expect to break any new ground in inside sports writing (like Jim Bouton's Ball Four), or have tremendous insights that ...
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The Alphabet Of Manliness223 reviews
Maddox
Citadel Press, 2006
Loyal Fan
+ Couldn't stop laughing!
+ Hilarious....
+ Not that i needed it . . .
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Why Fantasy Football Matters: (And Our Lives Do Not)14 reviews
Erik Barmack, Max Handelman
Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2006
Laugh out loud funny
+ An exciting look into a fantasy league season
+ Painfully acurate
+ Why Fantasy Football matters.....
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The Modern Drunkard 26 reviews
Frank Kelly Rich
Riverhead Trade, 2005
Counter Oprah's Beach Club Book...
+ Funny, Entertaining, Easy Read
+ Excellent all around
+ Recycled Material
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Brocabulary: The New Man-i-festo of Dude Talk 49 reviews
Daniel Maurer
Collins Living, 2008
Hilarious--If you have a sense of humor
+ it ain't no Hipster Handbook
+ More puns-per-square-inch than anything I've ever read
Brocabulary is a hilarious piece of satire and readers should go into it expecting to laugh, to be a bit grossed out, and to be entertained. For those who think that the book's offensive, I'm a girl and I liked it. So much so that I just bought another copy to give as a gift to my brother. (Isn't ...
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Look at My Striped Shirt!: Confessions of the People You Love to Hate17 reviews
The Phat Phree
Broadway, 2006
Hilarious!
+ Non stop laughter
+ Addictive, but flawed
This book is at times dark and warped but I loved it. Very funny stuff. You won't be disappointed if you're like me and enjoy making fun of everything and everyone (including yourself).
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Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays48 reviews
David Foster Wallace
Back Bay Books, 2007
Smart, eclectic, and hilariously funny.
+ for DFW disciples
Full disclosure: I have a major intellectual crush on David Foster Wallace. Yes, yes, I know about his weaknesses - the digressions, the rampant footnote abuse, the flaunting of his amazing erudition, the mess that is 'Infinite Jest'. I know all this, and I don't care. Because when he is in top ...
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You Are a Miserable Excuse for a Hero!: Book One in the Just Make a Choice! Series (Just Make a Choice!)5 reviews
Bob Powers
St. Martin's Griffin, 2008
Ridiculously Perfect, and Perfectly Ridiculous
+ Bob Powers does it again
+ A Great Idea Made Better By Hysterical Writing
+ Whatever you choose, you're gonna laugh
+ More Powers Gold!!!
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The Surrogates (Surrogates (Graphic Novels))4 reviews
Robert Venditti, Brett Weldele
Top Shelf Productions, 2006
Awesome Southern Comic
+ amazing
+ Excellent Graphic Novel
+ Solid sci fi
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The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game149 reviews
Michael Lewis
W. W. Norton, 2006
This is not just a sports book
+ a flawed but very interesting bio/sports book
+ Great Read
+ good sports writing, great human interest story
+ Fantastic Book, Fantastic Writer
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