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[[Category:New Reviews|Humour]]==Humour==__NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreview|authorclass-"wikitable" cellpadding=John Saunders"15" <!-- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE--><!-- van LENTE -->|title=The Vernham Chronicles-|ratingstyle=4"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|genre=Humour[[image:1683690346.jpg|summarylink=Set amidst the rolling British countryside around Vernbury Vale is the little village of Vernhamhttp://www. Anyone who lives in a village will recognise it immediately, with its cobbled streets and Tudor buildingsamazon. There was some damage during the war (which might, or might not have been down to a lighthouse folly constructed by a local landowner on his lake) but the gaps have been filled with some beautiful, er, mock Tudor buildingsco. Almost unique and nearly beautiful as the village is, it's not the star of The Vernham Chronicles. The stars are the people who live in Vernham.|amazonukuk/dp/1683690346/ref=nosim?tag=<amazonuk>1907499598</amazonuk>}}thebookbag-21]]

{{newreview|authorstyle=Gervase Phinn"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|title=Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Stars|rating=4|genre=Humour|summary=I spent many of my teenage years reading James Herriot's books, and I found that this collection of anecdotes and poems [[The Con Artist by Gervase Phinn had a real flavour of Herriot about it. Perhaps it was just the setting, for Phinn was a school inspector in the Dales for many years, but I think he also has that knack of capturing a situation, and a character, and bringing out the humour without making the person appear ridiculous. Here he collates stories from his other books, some Christmassy and others not, and he relates them with several of his own poems interspersed between.|amazonukFred Van Lente]]===<amazonuk>0141036435</amazonuk>}}

[[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:History{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]]{{newreview[[:Category:Crime|author=Simon Garfield|title=Just My TypeCrime]], [[:Category: A Book About Fonts|rating=4.5Humour|genre=Humour|summary=A quality typeface is a bit like a good referee at a football match in that you only really notice them if something has gone wrong. A referee is there to facilitate the players on the pitch, not to be the star of the show (though watching Match of the Day these past few weeks you'd often beg to differ). So it is with typefaces. A good type helps the reader, enhances the flow and makes the viewing experience easy and simple. Well sort of.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846683017</amazonuk>}}]]

{{newreview|author=Bob Servant Comic-Cons are a place of wonder and sanctuary for many people, and Neil Forsyth|title=Bob Servant: Hero of Dundee|rating=3.5|genre=Humour|summary=After [[Delete This when Comic book artist Mike Mason arrives at Your Peril: One ManSan Diego Comic-Con, he's Fearless Exchanges looking for both that and sanctuary with other fans and creators, plus the Internet Spammers by Bob Servant|bursting into public consciousness]] as the scourge chance of email spammersmaybe, Broughty Ferry's resident polymath Bob Servant has returnedjust maybe reuniting with his ex. This timeHowever, he expands upon when his rival is found dead, Mike is forced to navigate every dark corner of the colourful life only hinted at con in order to clear his previous oeuvre, Delete this at Your Peril. And what a life it has been. He steers us name – from cosplay flash mobs and intrusive fans to zombie obstacle courses – Mike must prove his humble beginnings, his broken family innocence and traumatic schooldays, through the rise and fall of his window cleaning empire, and his role in Dundee's brutal cheeseburger wars. Along the waydoing so, we witness his struggles with, respectively, women ('skirt'), his simpleton sidekick Frank, and the demon drinkmay just unravel a dark secret behind a legendary industry creator.[[The Con Artist by Fred Van Lente|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1841589209</amazonuk>}}Full Review]]

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So, come on then. What ''is'' it?|amazonukstyle=<amazonuk>0007362188</amazonuk>"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|}}===[[Falling Short by Lex Coulton]]===

[[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{newreview|author=Axel Scheffler|title=How to Keep a Pet Squirrel|rating=4}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|genre=General Fiction]], [[:Category:Humour|summary=So, how do you keep a pet squirrel? WellHumour]], the simple answer is that you don[[:Category:Women't. They're wild animals and not at all suitable for keeping in captivity, but accepted thinking didn't always run that way. It was whilst he was dipping into ''The Childrens Fiction|Women's Encyclopaedia'' of 1910 that Axel Scheffler came across a small but indispensible guide to obtaining and caring for your pet squirrel. His inventive mind came up with these beautiful illustrations to accompany the text and if you're looking for an amusing gift for an animal-loving adult then this book could well be the answer.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571255981</amazonuk>}}Fiction]]

{{newreview|author=PJ Vanston|title=Crump|rating=3|genre=General Fiction|summary=ItLex Coulton's Kevin Crump's first day as debut novel is a lecturer at Thames Metropolitan University - an ex-polytechnic. It's the happiest day of his lifestory about mistakes, and he can't wait to see all that it holdsfailures, and make a difference to all his studentsrelationships. And then it hits him: the relentless pettiness of authority figuresThe main protagonist, Frances Pilgrim, the students is a sixth form English teacher who can't string two sentences togetherhas recently fallen out with her best friend Jackson, a work colleague, and is grappling with the lowering increasingly eccentric behaviour of standards in search of higher test scores, so more money from foreign students, and political correctness gone (as I believe her mother. This relationship is complicated by the saying goes) madfact that Frances's father disappeared at sea when she was five years old.[[Falling Short by Lex Coulton|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848762852</amazonuk>}}Full Review]]

{{newreview<!-- van LENTE -->|author=John Lennon-|titlestyle=In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|rating=3[[image:1683690346.jpg|genrelink=Humour|summary=During the height of Beatlemania, John Lennon used to doodle or write short poems or nonsense stories to pass the time (and there must have been a good deal of time to pass away on tour, if only waiting for screaming fans to leave them alone and go back home)http://www. Some of them were seen by Tom Maschler, literary editor at Jonathan Cape, who encouraged him to produce moreamazon. The results were published in two very successful short books in 1964 and 1965co.|amazonukuk/dp/1683690346/ref=nosim?tag=<amazonuk>0099530422</amazonuk>}}thebookbag-21]]

{{newreview|authorstyle=L C Tyler"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"||title===[[The Herring In The Library|ratingCon Artist by Fred Van Lente]]=4.5|genre=Crime|summary=Tall, elegant Ethelred is a gentleman, and a third-rate author. Elsie, his literary agent, is short and dumpy, and not afraid to speak her mind. It is Elsie, in fact, who constantly assures her client he only occasionally aspires to the giddy heights of being second-rate. This could be the business partnership from hell, but not only do these two seem to get along, they even manage to solve crimes together. In this, the third outing for L C Tyler's eccentric sleuths, we are provided with a locked room mystery, a cast of possible villains of the most stereotypical type, and a fresh, funny tale which will make you laugh so much you'll get a stitch.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0230714684</amazonuk>}}

[[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{newreview|author=A J Jacobs|title=My Experimental Life|rating=3.5}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|genre=Crime]], [[:Category:Humour|summary=A J Jacobs has a reputation for setting himself onerous tasks. His first book was about reading the entire Encyclopedia Britannica; his second detailed a year spent according to the Biblical precepts. In My Experimental Life, he recounts nine briefer episodes of living outside his comfort zone.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099547422</amazonuk>}}Humour]]

{{newreview|author=Seth GrahameComic-Smith|title=Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter|rating=3.5|genre=Humour|summary='Give me your tiredCons are a place of wonder and sanctuary for many people, your poorand when Comic book artist Mike Mason arrives at San Diego Comic-Con, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.he' That quotes looking for both that and sanctuary with other fans and creators, on plus the Statue chance of Libertymaybe, was probably not designed just maybe reuniting with the inclusion of vampires in mindhis ex. But by some means or another North America However, when his rival is found dead, Mike is rife with forced to navigate every dark corner of the things – hiding con in plain sight, as the older ones can bear sunlight, with the help of darkened glasses. It might just come down order to one eager young man clear his name – from cosplay flash mobs and intrusive fans to rid zombie obstacle courses – Mike must prove his new country of such thingsinnocence and, in doing so, on his way to something he’s may just unravel a dark secret behind a bit more known forlegendary industry creator.[[The Con Artist by Fred Van Lente|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849014086</amazonuk>}}Full Review]]

{{newreview<!-- Curran -->|author=Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith and Tony Lee|titlestyle=Pride and Prejudice and Zombies"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: The Graphic Novelcenter;"|rating=3[[image:1683690133.jpg|genrelink=Graphic Novels|summary=It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie story of any renown will not remain simply a zombie story. Before you can say ''the risen undead'' it will become a series of books, inspiring others, andhttp://or lead to the same story being published in many different guiseswww. Here, then, on its way to Hollywood, is Jane Austen’s story of Lizzie Bennet, the feisty young woman trying to ignore Mr Darcy while fighting off the ''manky unmentionables'' – at least she is until the hidden truths open up to her, just as the soft soils of Hertfordshire do to yield their once-human remainsamazon. And this time it’s in graphic novel formco.|amazonukuk/dp/1683690133/ref=nosim?tag=<amazonuk>1848566948</amazonuk>}}thebookbag-21]]

{{newreview|authorstyle=Paul Magrs"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|title=Hell's Belles|rating=3.5|genre=Humour|summary=The idea behind this series of novels is quite enchanting and amusing. Frankenstein[[My Lady's daughter is living and sleuthing in Whitby, ably aided and abetted Choosing by her sidekick, the enigmatic Effie, Kitty Curran and a growing menagerie of younger accomplices, namely Michael and Penny. Whilst the original idea showed huge promise, I felt that the author has rather overdone it in terms of output, in his desire to capitalise on his original success. Book two in the series was quite disappointing, relying on sensationalism rather than adequate plot and character development. Book three was an improvement-and I'm delighted to report that this, the fourth book in the series, shows him returning to form with the promise we saw in the first of the series.|amazonukLarissa Zageris]]===<amazonuk>0755346467</amazonuk>}}

[[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{newreview|author=Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul|title=Winnie's Jokes|rating=2.5|genre=Confident Readers}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Humour|summary=Who turns off the lights at Halloween? The lights witch. What does an Australian witch ride on? A broomerang. YepHumour]], it's a joke book.[[:Category:Historical Fiction|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192729063</amazonuk>}}Historical Fiction]]

{{newreview|author=Nick Wadley|title=Man + Dog|rating=4You are a lass of twenty eight.5|genre=Humour|summary=Throughout my Plucky, penniless and in Regency era London the race is on to find a suitable suitor - or else doom yourself to life Ias an eternal spinster. Along your journey you've lived with dogs or deeply regretted the fact that I lacked ll be accompanied by Lady Evangeline Youngblood - a canine companion. Watching fiesty noble eager to save you from a dog – or better stilllife alone, the interaction between dogs – is infinitely better than anything on television and fired by a rogueish sense for adventure. When itcomes to suitors though, you's sheer joy ll have to see how man make the ultimate decision between witty, pretty and wealthy Sir Benedict Granville, wholesome, rugged and dog interacts caring Captain Angus MacTaggart, or the mad, bad and howterrifyingly sexy Lord Garraway Craven. With orphans, so oftenwerewolves, they hold a mirror up long lost lovers and ancient Egyptian artifcats along the way, it's clear this isn't going to each otherbe an easy decision...[[My Lady's Choosing by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1564785521</amazonuk>}}Full Review]]

{{newreview<!-- Jester -->|author=The Harvard Lampoon-|titlestyle=Nightlight"width: 10%; vertical-align: A Parody of Twilight top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Jester_Forever.jpg|ratingleft|link=3https://www.amazon.co.5|genreuk/gp/product/1510704361?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=Humour|summary6738&creativeASIN=Most people will have heard of the worldwide phenomenon that is [[Twilight by Stephenie Meyer|Twilight1510704361]]. The books by Stephenie Meyer and the film have made a legend of the romance between vampire Edward Mullen (Robert Pattinson plays the movie role) and teenage schoolgirl Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart).|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849013330</amazonuk>}}

{{newreview|authorstyle=The Vampire Miles Proctor"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|title=The New Vampire's Handbook|rating=3.5|genre=Humour|summary=I shall start with [[Forever After: a prediction. I will not become a vampire, for this imminent Hallowe'en, any festive fancy dress parties, or indeed for life as the lifeless undead. I will not need tips on filing my fangs, or how to divert attention from the fact I cannot eat human food at dinner parties. Me and my reflection in mirrors will remain intact. But for those of you reading this at night, somewhere, flameproof cape at hand, with your distaste of garlic, publicity and presumably the anaemic, this is the sterling how-to lifestyle guide.|amazonukdark comedy by David Jester]]===<amazonuk>0224086464</amazonuk>}}

[[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{newreviewrating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Paranormal|author=David O'DohertyParanormal]], Claudia O'Doherty and Mike Ahern|title=100 Facts About Pandas[[:Category:Horror|rating=3.5|genre=Humour|summary=Sometimes the title says it all - this is a book with 100 facts about pandas. Sometimes you need to note the author too - David O'Doherty won an Edinburgh Comedy AwardHorror]], so this is a book of a 100 silly and untrue facts about pandas.[[:Category:Fantasy|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0224086324</amazonuk>}}Fasntasy]]

{{newreview|author=Richard Horne |title=A Michael Holland is for Armageddon|rating=2.5|genre=Humour|summary=The world is definitely going to hell in a handcartcocky and brash young man who dies and gets made the offer of his lifetime; immortality. We're only just preventing lethal global warming by having follow Michael, a credit crunch that has prevented grim reaper and his friends Chip (a lot of big building, air travel, stoner tooth fairy) and consumerism. The population is getting so obese there is no room for any more of us - and add that to Naff (a stoner in the exploding population statistics, records department) as they grapple with their long lives and it's never going finding a clean surface to look better. And don't get me started sit on where all the bees have gonein their flat...[[Forever After: a dark comedy by David Jester|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0224086197</amazonuk>}}Full Review]]

{{newreview<!-- Stibbe -->|author=James May-|titlestyle=Car Fever"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: Dispatches From Behind The Wheelcenter;"|rating=4[[image:Stibbe_Xmas.jpg|genre=Lifestyleleft|summarylink=Now, way back when I was younger, and watched TV a lot, I am sure I remember Top Gear as being a consumer programmehttps://www. How times changeamazon. These days I am sure they destroy more cars than they review, and the three main people from the show are approaching superstar status, with their amenable personalities, awkward wardrobe choices and trenchant laddish charmsco. They've sprung their media entities from out of the studio, into other TV programmes, and the world of journalism, with chatty columns in the broadsheets allowing them free rein to witter to their heart's desire. And here, in one grandiloquent volume, and in time for Christmas, are many of James May's desires.|amazonukuk/gp/product/0241309824?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=<amazonuk>0340994533</amazonuk>}}0241309824]]

{{newreview|authorstyle=Harry Hill"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|title=Tim The Tiny Horse At Large|rating=4|genre=Humour|summary=It's been a while since Tim and Fly's [[Tim the Tiny Horse An Almost Perfect Christmas by Harry Hill|last adventuresNina Stibbe]], and changes are afoot in Tim's tiny world: Fly is getting married to his girlfriend. Tim's a little worried because they've only known each other for a week. The marriage goes ahead, and Tim finds himself kicking his heels, so he gets a pet. And so the brief episodes in the life of a horse who lives in a matchbox continue.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571244157</amazonuk>}}==

{{newreview|author=Spike Milligan|title=The Magical World of Milligan|rating=[[image:4.55star.jpg|genrelink=Confident ReadersCategory:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Humour|summary=Some people you just have to love. It's the law. Spike Milligan was always fantastic, and he's much missed. He's got the perfect mix of nonsense, heart, and surreal humour. He speaks to people of all agesHumour]], and he's just plain lovely. [[:Category:Short Stories|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905264844</amazonuk>}}Short Stories]]

{{newreview|author=Sam Savage|title=The Cry Christmas – the time of traditional trauma. You only have to think about the Sloth|rating=3.5|genre=General Fiction|summary=Meet Andrew Whittaker. In some untold turkey for that – once upon a time of recent American historyit was leaving it sat on the downstairs loo to defrost overnight, he is forced through a and if that failed marriage the hair-dryer shoved inside it treatment was your next best bet. Nowadays it's all having to make sure it's suitably free-range and organic – but not too organic that you can go and visit it, and an artistic temperament at odds get too friendly with so many other people, it to let properties want to tenants he does not likeeat it. Christmas, though, for $120 is of course also a monthtime of great boons. The lodgers might not like the state of the buildings - ceilings falling through and so on - but thatIt's another matter. He would much prefer to be left alone cash in front hand for a lot of his little Olivetti typewriter plump people who can hire red suits and create art. He runs beards, it was always a literary journal, of godsend for postmen with all the thank-you letters to aunties you saw twice a kind, called "Soap", which nodecade that your parents made you write out in long-one likeshand as a child, no-one reads (and often, with dodgy, cheap printing, no-one could physically read it anyway)as for the makers of Meltis Newberry Fruits – well, did they even try and which makes him poorer in sell them any other time, money and spirit.of the year? [[An Almost Perfect Christmas by Nina Stibbe|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0297856499</amazonuk>}}Full Review]]

{{newreview<!-- Doescher -->|author=Christopher Moore-|titlestyle=You Suck"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|rating=4[[image:Doescher_Will.jpg|genre=Humourleft|summarylink=You know that old adage about books and covers? Well this is a case in pointhttps://www.amazon. The title isn't great, but the cover design for the paperback imprint is, like, duh!, the pitsco. It is so uncool…so unrepuk/gp/product/159474985X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-resent-ative of the book. This is not a cocktail thing. Not even a "Bloody Mary" thing. 21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=159474985X]]

{{newreview|authorstyle=Hugh Murr and Sid Nigtures "vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|title=Cyber Sign Offs|rating=2|genre=Humour|summary=I admit I had [[William Shakespeare's the wrong end of Force Doth Awaken: Star Wars Part the stick when it came to this book, before I opened it at least. I had assumed it was a collection of real-life on-line signatures - we've all seen them, those straplines people have on all their forum posts. The obvious response would have been along the lines of 'fair enough, but why is this a book in this day and age, and not a website?'. But no. This is a collection of dialogues between two people - shall we call them Sue deNim and Allie Bye, who have a line or two to say to each other, and a made-up name (sorry, make that May Dupp-Name) with which to sign it off. Much jolly nonsense ensues.|amazonukSeventh by Ian Doescher]]===<amazonuk>1904312497</amazonuk>}}

{{newreview|author=Tim Fitzhigham |title=All at Sea[[image: One Man4. One Bathtub5star. One Very Bad Ideajpg|link=Category: Conquering the Channel in a Piece of Plumbing|{{{rating=4.5|genre=Travel}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|summary=Once more my life is made easy by saying this book does just what it claims on the cover - takes a narrator of zestyScience Fiction]], wacky humour, throws him into an unlikely situation (a bath) and gets him to do something unusual (row it across the Channel - and then beyond). This despite the fact he was the world's worst sculler at University.[[:Category:Humour|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848090269</amazonuk>}}Humour]]

{{newreview|author=Simon Brett|title=BlottoA long time ago, in a galaxy far away, there was a man called William Shakespeare, Twinks and the Ex-King's Daughter|rating=4|genre=Humour|summary=There can be few people who have written eighty books without me even having picked up one was able to create a series of dramatic histories full of themmachinations most foul, rulers most evil and rebellious heroes and heroines most sturdy. At leastYou may or may not have noticed the cinematic version of his original stage play for ''The Force Doth Awaken'', and but here at lastwe get the actual script, complete with annoying-in-different-ways-to-before droids anew, I have redressed that fault returning heroes from elsewhere in the case of Simon Bretthis oeuvre, and have come to people keeping it in the conclusion there are 79 more that will be worth investigatingfamily til it hurts. Here And if you need further encouragement, don't forget his audience only demanded three parts of Henry VI – here the series is so popular we meet for 're on to part seven – surely making this over twice as good… [[William Shakespeare's the first time Blotto (posh idiotic son of a dowager duchess) and Twinks (posh brilliant genius sister to Blotto), their family, their surroundings, and Force Doth Awaken: Star Wars Part the corpse inconveniently disturbing a dinner party.Seventh by Ian Doescher|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1845299353</amazonuk>}}Full Review]]

{{newreview<!-- Goss -->|author=Karl Pilkington-|titlestyle=Karlology"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|rating=4[[image:Goss_600.jpg|genre=Humourleft|summarylink=The Radio Five film critic Mark Kermode has a rule when reviewing comedieshttps://www. If he laughs more than five times then the film deserves its billing as a comedyamazon. If that rule was applied to Karl Pilkington's new book Karlology then it would easily fit into the category for there are laugh aplenty in this strange, amusing and charming little bookco.|amazonukuk/gp/product/1785942719?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=<amazonuk>140533746X</amazonuk>}}1785942719]]

{{newreview|authorstyle=Michael Marr"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|title=Three Jumpers|rating=5|genre=Literary Fiction|summary=When Bardolph Middle placed an ad in the paper proclaiming he was a writer, he thought he might get the odd request to write a speech or two. Maybe, if he was very lucky, a company might ask him to conceive an entire marketing plan [[Doctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of Time Lord Verse (Dr Who) by James Goss and advertising campaign. What he never expected was this job offer…|amazonukRussell T Davies]]===<amazonuk>1906558485</amazonuk>}}

[[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{newreview|author=Rosy Barnes|title=Sadomasochism for Accountants|rating=3|genre=Women}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's FictionRhymes and Verse|summary=HumourChildren's very personal, isn't it? If you dig films like ''Shaun of the Dead'' Rhymes and ''Hot Fuzz''Verse]], I predict you'll love this chick lit parody. It's anarchic and very British comedy tradition. If you're into the conventions of good writing[[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]], you may find it a little painful. Nevertheless, I enjoyed plenty of moments in Rosy Barnes' first novel.[[:Category:Humour|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0714531812</amazonuk>}}Humour]]

{{newreview|author=Lady Annabel Goldsmith|title=Copper: A Dog's Life|rating=4|genre=Humour|summary=Copper was one Consider the Doctor. Just how many birthday and Christmas gifts must he have to hand out each year, were he to keep in touch with even half of his companions? He would certainly need a litter few novelty gifts for some of them, say, for example, whimsical books of verse that pithily encapsulate the life of dogs born to a stray bitch Time Lord and who was 'adopted' by Lady Annabel Goldsmith - or might that of some of his friends and enemies. As luck would have it be , he has the other way round?. Here he tells space in his story TARDIS to stock up in his own words as transcribed for advance, so my advice to him by his owner. He's got his own priorities – and obedience is not one of them sorry, her – would be to pop along with a roving spiritto his local Earth-based book emporium and get himself ready. ItAnd if you's perhaps fortunate that he's re working on a dog as this allows you to call him 'cheeky' and 'charming'. If he was shorter timescale, with a human being 'randy' shorter lifespan, and 'arrogant' would be two of thinking perhaps just one gift season ahead, well my advice is pretty much the first words which came to mindsame.[[Doctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of Time Lord Verse (Dr Who) by James Goss and Russell T Davies|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0751538205</amazonuk>}}Full Review]]

{{newreview<!-- Ingram -->|author=Tim Moore-|titlestyle=I Believe in Yesterday"width: My Adventures in Living History10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|rating=4[[image:Ingram_Kammie.jpg|genre=Humourleft|summarylink=Common opinion has it that the television programme ''Time Team'' did a lot for the public image of archaeologists – bringing them out of their holes in the ground, and making them seem like exciting, interesting people with a good way of putting their knowledge acrosshttps://www.amazon.co. However it was clearly a much harder task when it came to those background artistes they have sometimes, walking up and down in Roman centurion gear, or living the historical lifestyle as a reuk/gp/product/1785451995?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-enactment.|amazonuk21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=<amazonuk>0224077813</amazonuk>}}1785451995]]

{{newreview|authorstyle=Mark Crick "vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|title=Sartre's Sink: The Great Writers' Complete Book of DIY|rating=4|genre=Humour|summary=''Sartre's Sink'' comprises fourteen short story parodies of some of the world's best known writers – the twist being that the stories are all about undertaking some mundane DIY task such as tiling a bathroom (Dostoevsky) or reglazing a window (Milan Kundera). So far it sounds a bit like some pretentious Oxbridge student twaddle. You can just imagine how the idea came up over an over-ripe Brie and an underrated bottle of 1963 Taylor's port. It also rather smacks of that Radio 4 programme which I detest [[Conversations with an absolute passion - I can't even stand writing its name, ugh - ''Quote Unquote'', in which parodies do feature, read out Kammie by smug self-congratulatory writer darlings (you can tell I don't like it, can't you?). However, dear readers, this book is rather enjoyable and I speak as someone who is rather less versed in the writings of this famous lot than I care to admit.|amazonukAnnie Ingram]]===<amazonuk>1847080472</amazonuk>}}

[[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{newreview|author=Eric Nakagawa|title=I Can Has Cheezburger |rating=4}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|genre=Pets|summary=''I Can Has Cheezburger'']], is a clever and witty anthology of some of the best pictures and captions from the fantastic [http[://icanhascheezburger.com/ lolcats websiteCategory:Humour|Humour]] of the same name. The site has been growing in popularity in recent months, and so it was inevitable that a book would soon hit the shelves. Choosing which pics to include in the book could not have been an easy task, and some of the old favourites are there, alongside some less well known ones.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340977574</amazonuk>}}

{{newreviewIt was something of a relief when I encountered Annie Ingram and her cocker spaniel Kammie. You see, Annie knows something which has been self-evident to me for a long time: dogs are perfectly capable of communicating with humans and not just on a level of food!, walk! or play!. You do require extensive training to become fluent, but most dogs will be perfectly willing to give their time to teach you and all you have to do is listen. Annie has studied hard: Kammie has trained her well and the pair have allowed us to share some of their conversations. [[Conversations with Kammie by Annie Ingram|Full Review]] <!-- Harris -->|-|authorstyle=Ian Crofton"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Harris_Glass.jpg|titlelink=History Without the Boring Bitshttp://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1908943823/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  |ratingstyle=5"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"||genre=History==[[The Breaking of Liam Glass by Charles Harris]]=== [[image:3star.jpg|summarylink=I was never one Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|Crime]], [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] Teenager Liam Glass is mugged and stabbed yards from his Camden flat. As the boy lies comatose, desperate journalist Jason Worthington scrabbles for the inside scoop, tired police officer Andy Rockham searches for a missing tape, harried politician Jamila Hasan fights for historyre-election, distraught mother Katrina Glass waits by her son, and gym-owner Royland simply finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. We follow this host of ensemble characters in fact a bleak, kaleidoscopic satire of modern media. [[The Breaking of Liam Glass by Charles Harris|Full Review]] <!-- LENTE -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Lente_10.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1683690222/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left ;"|===[[Ten Dead Comedians: A Murder Mystery by Fred Van Lente]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] Nine comedians are invited to a remote Caribbean island under the dregs guise of working with Dustin Walker, a comedic legend. Each fits neatly into one of the archetypal comic stereotypes: Steve, the washed-up has-been who has fallen far from his early days; Zoe, the rising female star with a new stand-up special coming soon; Dante, who went from being a history teacher kid on the streets to the hardest working road comic in tatters the business; Oliver, the child-like prop comic who can't get any respect from his peers; Janet, the insult comic who is past her prime; TJ, the nightly variety show host with a reputation for harassing his female colleagues and guest acts; Ruby, the ultra-feminist YouTuber and Blogger with a chip on her shoulder; and William, whose redneck character ''Billy the Contractor'' is a far cry from his real personality as a posh millionaire. Of course, all nine agree because ''when I scraped through with God almighty walks down on a Dbeam of light and asks for your help, what the hell else are you going to say?'' [[Ten Dead Comedians: A Murder Mystery by Fred Van Lente|Full Review]] <!-- Scott -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Scott_Eliz.jpg|link=http://www. Stillamazon.co.uk/dp/1788037006/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Elizabeth, history William... and Me by S Lynn Scott]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] Ally is an odd thing – written ordinary woman with teenage children, a husband and a job. Then comes the day when ordinariness flies out of the window. It's not a coincidence that it's the same day she finds Queen Elizabeth I in the pantry and the Bard of Avon in her bath. What's she going to do? Well, Elizabeth and Will have their own ideas about that! [[Elizabeth, William... and Me by S Lynn Scott|Full Review]] <!-- Rodford -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Rodford_Surgeon.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/178565005X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Surgeon's Case: George Kocharyan Mystery 2 by E G Rodford]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|Crime]], [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] In the winners second instalment of coursethis series, Private Investigator George Kocharyan has been hired by a well-known local man to track down some missing valuables. Bill Galbraith, a world-famous surgeon at Cambridge's Addenbrooke's Hospital who hosts a popular medical television programme, and annoyingly biased has had his briefcase stolen by his live-in my mind towards domestic servant, Aurora. According to Galbraith, this briefcase contains confidential notes concerning an important patient of his at the hospital. George agrees to look into the plaintheft, assuming it will be a relatively easy and straightforward case – little does he know, he's about to enter a world of deceit and dysfunction. [[The Surgeon's Case: George Kocharyan Mystery 2 by E G Rodford|Full Review]] <!-- Jordan -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Jordan_Tiny.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1760293814/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Our Tiny, Useless Hearts by Toni Jordan]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]], [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] As predicted by Caroline and Janice's mother on Caroline and Henry's wedding day, their marriage is over, albeit 15 years and two daughters further along than predicted. Indeed, this is definitely not a good weekend for Janice to be babysitting at Caroline's house. There's no real reason to remember the order split and the awkwardness of Henry VIIIthe girls' schoolteacher being the other woman for a start. Then there's six wivesthat mistaken identity moment involving the neighbours. At least Janice is well adjusted and over her ex-husband Alec. She still dreams of him, yes, but we can only relish it's so over! Just as well really… guess who's at the door? [[Our Tiny, Useless Hearts by Toni Jordan|Full Review]] <!-- Taylor -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Taylor_Scilly.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/178475515X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Life of a Scilly Sergeant by Colin Taylor]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Travel|Travel]], [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] Meet the Isles of Scilly. (I know they should be called that – the author provides a handy guide to the etiquette of their name, their nature and location, etc.) For our more distant readers, they're several chunks of granite rock out in the one credited Atlantic, where Cornwall is pointing, with polydactylismjust 2,200 permanent residents. They're big on tourism, and big on growing flowers in the tropical climate the Gulf Stream bequeaths them – although the weather is bad enough to turn any car to a third nipple rust bucket within years. They're so wee, and whatnot (the second so idyllic-seeming, especially at night, you can be mistaken for thinking there would be no need for a police presence. But there is – at least two working at any one time. And oneof them in recent years has been Colin Taylor, in fact who has done his official duty – whoever alongside maintaining a well-known online existence, which has brought to life all the whimsical comedy of his work. [[The Life of a Scilly Sergeant by Colin Taylor|Full Review]] <!-- Lloyd -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Lloyd_Twas.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1472125118/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[['Twas the Fight Before Christmas: A Parody by Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] It's Christmas Eve and Mum has arranged everything. All she now has to do is await the arrival of the relatives and the food shopping delivery. Little does Mum know that was)those two elements alone have the potential to ruin everything. [['Twas the Fight Before Christmas: A Parody by Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees|Full Review]] <!-- Phinn -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Phinn_Virgin.jpg|left|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1444779400/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Virgin Mary's Got Nits by Gervase Phinn]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|amazonuklink=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Humour|Humour]], [[:Category:Anthologies|Anthologies]] Christmas in our house is the time we tend to get on a plane and head to either sun or snow, anywhere that is far, far away from the madness at home, last minute dashes to the shops on Christmas Eve, and food cupboard stockpiles that would imply supermarkets are shutting for a month, nor a mere 36 hours. But I do remember the feeling of Christmas when I was younger, back when it was magical, and back when you knew exactly what the season would bring with carol concerts and school nativities and Christmas parties. This book is an anthology of those moments, and it took me right back to the wonder of Christmas as a child. [[The Virgin Mary's Got Nits by Gervase Phinn|Full Review]] <amazonuk!-- North -->1847243746|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:North_Romeo.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0356508536/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Romeo and/or Juliet by Ryan North]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] For all those who think tragedy plots are too restricted and prescribed, read on. In these pages you too will see that Romeo had lots of options en route to hitting the bottle. Likewise, she could have turned away from her predestined path at no end of junctures. And to what result? Well, happy marriage and a kid called Ben, because the leads have just banged people's heads together and stopped the quarrelling, or Death by Tybalt (him) or a long life running an establishment curing murderous women, such as a Lady M (her). [[Romeo and/or Juliet by Ryan North|Full Review]] </amazonuk!-- DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE -->}|}