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Advantages: Humorous, got some good tips
Disadvantages: Some might not find it funny

... The Genre 211 Things a Bright Boy Can Do is a humorous book, so I would certainly say it falls into the Humour category and the publisher obviously agrees as this is what says above the barcode on the back, although some may say it could be a Reference book due to the recipes and suchlike in it. The Author This is what it says in the front of the book: "The son of a sex therapist and a sometime Dominican friar, Tom spent his early ...
...at a cloistered university. He began his professional career with a number of false starts as a teacher, set designer, double bass player, speechwriter, printer, toyshop manager, lyricist, wine waiter, City consultant, puppet maker, typographer, magazine editor, bandleader, portrait painter, radio reporter, cartoonist, and ghost writer for Cardinal Hume, before leaving the rat-race to spend more time with his slippers. Tom has written two acclaimed ... Read review

Advantages: very insightful, hilarious
Disadvantages: no sequel that I know of

Autobiography of a one-year-old is a highly original, and extremely funny wee book, and quite possibly the funniest book of fiction I have ever read. The author, Rohan Candappa, attempts to shed some light on just what exactly goes on in between those little ears. The way that he does this is perfect, in my opinion, as he writes it all in first person, imagining himself as a toddler, and how he would perceive the world, in journal format. There ...
...it easy to read, or pick up and open at random, and still find something interesting and funny. Published by Ebury Press in 2000, Autobiography of a one year old is widely available to buy in the shops, or online from a penny on Amazon and E-bay second hand. ... Read review

Advantages: A great companion to the series
Disadvantages: -

The Blackadder series, begun in the 1980s, was a comedic masterpiece set forth by Rowan Atkinson and his comrades. From start to finish, the first series was a masterstroke of wit, irony and comedic styling that fits both the contemporary and medieval situations perfectly. The combination of slapstick and intellectual humour blended well, and the literary types will not miss the occasional credit of William Shakespeare as a collaborating writer on ...
...comedy Shakespeare would have produced today. The first series was set in the pre-Tudor royal family, projecting that Richard III won at Bosworth Field, and a rather older Richard IV succeeded him, until after many adventures, the entire royal family was done in, and Henry Tudor reworte history thereafter (as the victor often does). The first series starred Brian Blessed and Elspet Gray as the King and Queen, and Robert East as their eldest son, ... Read review

Advantages: good for cars, a general laugh, pictures of the cars( only in the hardback)
Disadvantages: no pictures in the paper back,nextime he can write as a book

A great book again i don't know how he does it but he is amazing. the content of this book is not written specifically for the book but is a compilation of his Sunday times motoring columns. this book is basically a hysterical review of about 60 cars. the review of each car starts off by Jeremy moaning about something or explaining about something which is no concern to us. but somehow he links it all back to the car he is writing about. it is very ...
...to him, and which audience the car is best for. he also compares the car he is reviewing with another similar car and points out the good and bad points. if you wanted to find out about cars then this is a book for you. but even if you do not like cars then this book is also for you . just because this book is so funny. also the hard back contains a picture of each car he reviews to give you an understanding of what he is talking about ... Read review

Advantages: Accurate evocation of 80's student life
Disadvantages: He makes it all seem too easy for his story to be a compelling read

This book is named after a song by The Smiths. I hope Andrew Collins chose it with a sense of irony. If he were honest, the Smiths title that'd sum up his published life to date is 'You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby'. That's because Collins is one of the fortunate few to whom everything seems to come easily. His first book 'Where Did It All Go Right' was subtitled 'Growing Up Normal in the 70s'. It detailed his comfortable middle-class childhood. ...
...student years in the following decade. But nothing's really changed; despite his subtitle ('My Difficult 80s'), Andrew Collins is still getting everything on a plate - including the 'veg laz' in the subsidised hall of residence canteen. We follow his progression from teenage sexual fumbling in his Mini Metro whilst on an art foundation course in his home town of Northampton, through to the end of his three years at Chelsea School of Art. You can't ... Read review