Humour Books > G Humour Books

Advantages: funny, engrossing, interesting
Disadvantages: it's all true (therefore can be horrifying)

It's happened to us all, hasn't it? The feeling of fear and horror and absolute dread that creeps over you two seconds after you've clicked "send" on an email . . . and realised you've sent it to the wrong person. I've had it and if I had any doubt that I was the only one this had ever happened to, then reading "Great Email Diasters" clued me in bigtime. So HAS it happened to you? It's happened to me on a few occasions, and has happened with text ...
...to do - you accidentally hit "reply all" on a round-robin email, or start typing someone's name into the "send to" field and don't notice it has automatically been populated by someone from your company address book, or you've just not been thinking properly. For example, me and my friend Sarah were one day having a conversation about a student who had been annoying both of us, and at the same time as we were emailing about this, Sarah was emailing ... Read review

Advantages: Great Story in the best Tom Sharpe tradition
Disadvantages: Can be hard to follow the convolutions of the plot

This forms a sequel to the popular novel 'Porterhouse Blue' which was televised with David Jason as the irascible college porter Skullion. in this sequel Skullion has been appointed as Master of the college, in keeping with the tradition that permits an outgoing Master to name his successor. shortly after the appointment Skullion suffers a 'Porterhouse Blue'. a severe stroke brought on by the excesses of the college dining tradition. The College's ...
...just about anyone who has a chequebook, the Widow of the late Master is determined to prove that he was murdered and that the college is responsible. It helps to have read Porterhouse Blue before embarking on this one, it will help you to understand the references to exploding gas filled condoms, the conflict of tradition against equality and, God forbid, the quest for academia. The style is satirical, off the wall and sometimes downright black. ... Read review

Advantages: Amusing chick lit satire
Disadvantages: Does lose momentum at times

Eric Garcia was an author who was recommended to me by a member of this site however it was a while until I actually got around to buying one of his books and then it was only when after buying another piece of fiction this particular book appeared under the "people who bought this also bought" link on Amazon. Normally I ignore this rather lame attempt to cross sell a product but the authors name started a bell ringing which was an entirely new feature ...
...probably give the author Eric Garcia the benefit of the doubt and read something else that he has written but I'm in n mad rush to do so. Based on the cover and the title of the book I would have probably assumed this would be a piece of chick-lit if I had scanned it on the shelf and would have also probably read the authors name as Erica rather than Eric. Once I got into the book I realized that this was not the case and Garcia must be praised ... Read review

Advantages: Very thought provoking
Disadvantages: Little short

Scott Adams most famous for his creation of the "Dilbert" comic strip, brings to us a fable that will make you think! According to Adams this book is for "people who like having their brains spun inside their skulls". Adams deliberately creates theories which are consistent with today's science and some false statements which are designed to sound true. He invites the reader to decipher these and make their own decisions about the theories contained ...
...you cant put down after the first few pages. It touches on some interesting theories on God, the universe, relationships, probability etc. After reading this book I was pondering over the ideas brought forward and creating my own from them. This book is nothing like Adams' Dilbert books it isn't meant to be humorous. However this book is very though provoking and well worth a read. This book is short and can be read in the space of a few hours (I ... Read review

Advantages: Funny and clever
Disadvantages: Could turn you into a Grumpy old Man or Woman

...and chuckling throughout, David Quantick`s Grumpy Old Men is just such a book. It seems that the majority of modern life’s obstacles annoy the grumpy old man, from pointless speed bumps to call centres in Kazakhstan; they have all been designed purely to irk and irritate. Take cats for example, the grumpy old man insists that if cats could open tins of catfood themselves they would not need humans and would like to push them all into an active volcano. ...
...Many other animals cause the grumpy old man to vent his spleen; he describes city pigeons as “airborne sewers with guano so toxic it will burn through the paintwork on your car like bird’s arse napalm” while wasps are so accurately described as “a Spivey stripy stingy cross between mosquitoes and bees which only secured their passage on Noah’s ark by stinging to death the unicorns and nicking their tickets”. “Magicians start with a kit when they’re ... Read review