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[[Category:New Reviews|Humour]]==Humour==__NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreview|authorclass-"wikitable" cellpadding=Philip Jose Farmer"15" <!-- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE--><!-- van LENTE -->|title=The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Peerless Peer-|ratingstyle=4.5"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|genre=Crime (Historical)[[image:1683690346.jpg|summarylink=It's World War One, and Britain has got wind of some brilliant scientific research, that has created a new bacterial weapon capable of wiping out the world's supply of sauerkrauthttp://www. But a dastardly German has stolen the formulaamazon. Before he can give a variant based on boiled meat, cabbage and potatoes to the kaiser, his most recent nemesis - Sherlock Holmes, no less - must be brought out of beekeeping retirementco. Cue an adventure and a half, as he and Watson take to the skies for the first time in their hectic lives, end up in darkest Africa, and encounter a certain yodelling, longuk/dp/1683690346/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-haired nobleman, more than up to the name of King of the Jungle...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857681206</amazonuk>}}21]]

{{newreview|authorstyle=Alain Mabanckou"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|title=Memoirs of a Porcupine|rating=4|genre=Literary Fiction|summary=[[The protagonist of this novel is an ordinary Congolese porcupine until Papa Kibandi performs an ancient ritual involving a hallucinogenic cocktail called ''mayamvumbi'', and transforms him into his son's harmful double. The insecure younger Kibandi becomes more and more embittered as his life goes on, and sends his porcupine to 'eat' anybody he feels the least bit threatened Con Artist by, a process whereby that person's life essence is sucked out, killing them instantly. Over one hundred victims later and following his master's death at the hands of a vengeful baby, our narrator retires to the hollow of a baobab tree where he writes this confessional.|amazonukFred Van Lente]]===<amazonuk>1846687675</amazonuk>}}

[[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{newreview|author=Tom Holt|title=Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages|rating=5|genre=Fantasy}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|summary=Imagine a world where pigs can do quantum mechanics, and where female solicitors turn into chickens. Add a dry cleaner that moves (literally, from the roof tiles to the basement) from town to town every forty-eight hours, a couple of medieval knights who've fought every day for centuries, and a magical ring (or pencil sharpener, depending on the mood it's in). Stir in a bit of property developingCrime]], a thaumaturgical detective and an old man who lives in a cloud. Result? You haven't even begun to probe the depths of this crazy, absurd, complex and hilarious book.[[:Category:Humour|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1841495077</amazonuk>}}Humour]]

{{newreview|author=Steve Hely|title=How I Became Comic-Cons are a Famous Novelist|rating=4|genre=General Fiction|summary=With an uncompromising title like 'How I Became a Famous Novelistplace of wonder and sanctuary for many people, and when Comic book artist Mike Mason arrives at San Diego Comic-Con, he's looking for both that and sanctuary with other fans and creators, plus the chance of maybe, this clearly isn't intended to be a subtle bookjust maybe reuniting with his ex. So I can hardly complain However, when a cynical look at his rival is found dead, Mike is forced to navigate every dark corner of the writing industry swings raw punches con in every direction. It just isn't my sort of humourorder to clear his name – from cosplay flash mobs and intrusive fans to zombie obstacle courses – Mike must prove his innocence and, but equallyin doing so, if you rave about 'may just unravel a dark secret behind a legendary industry creator. [[The Office' you will likely enjoy this book far more than I have done.Con Artist by Fred Van Lente|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849015724</amazonuk>}}Full Review]]

{{newreview<!-- Coulton -->|author=ClientsFromHell.net-|titlestyle=Clients From Hell"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|rating=4[[image:1473669588.jpg|genrelink=Humour|summary=Everyone who's worked as a freelancer has a story of a client from hell - that person who asked for something that was impossible, wanted it done yesterday for a fraction of the usual price, or is just plain angry about the work produced. The website [http://www.clientsfromhellamazon.net ClientsFromHellco.netuk/dp/1473669588/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] has collated a number of such stories over the years, and has now published them as a book.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0982473931</amazonuk>}}

{{newreview|authorstyle=John Saunders"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|title=The Vernham Chronicles|rating=4|genre=Humour|summary=Set amidst the rolling British countryside around Vernbury Vale is the little village of Vernham. Anyone who lives in a village will recognise it immediately, with its cobbled streets and Tudor buildings. There was some damage during the war (which might, or might not have been down to a lighthouse folly constructed [[Falling Short by a local landowner on his lake) but the gaps have been filled with some beautiful, er, mock Tudor buildings. 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.|amazonukLex Coulton]]===<amazonuk>1907499598</amazonuk>}}

[[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{newreview|author=Martin Millar|title=The Good Fairies of New York|rating=4}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|genre=FantasyGeneral Fiction]], [[:Category:Humour|summary=In this fairytale of New YorkHumour]], the Cornish fairy King[[:Category:Women's children are living in exile, hiding in Central Park from a nasty industrial revolution back home. They have friends from Ireland with them, and all have the ability to startle the local squirrels. Elsewhere two innocent scallywag fairies fleeing Scotland have arrived, and adopted a human each. Heather has joined up with Dinnie, the cityFiction|Women's worst busker, a fat, alcoholic and lonely fan of TV ads for phone sex, while Morag befriends Kerry, a dying kleptomaniac beauty, just as alone for different reasons.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0749954205</amazonuk>}}Fiction]]

{{newreview|author=Gervase Phinn|title=Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Stars|rating=4|genre=Humour|summary=I spent many of my teenage years reading James HerriotLex Coulton's booksdebut novel is a story about mistakes, failures, and I found that this collection of anecdotes and poems by Gervase Phinn had a real flavour of Herriot about itrelationships. Perhaps it was just the settingThe main protagonist, Frances Pilgrim, for Phinn was is a school inspector in the Dales for many years, but I think he also sixth form English teacher who has that knack of capturing a situationrecently fallen out with her best friend Jackson, and a characterwork colleague, and bringing out is grappling with the humour without making the person appear ridiculousincreasingly eccentric behaviour of her mother. Here he collates stories from his other books, some Christmassy and others not, and he relates them with several of his own poems interspersed betweenThis relationship is complicated by the fact that Frances's father disappeared at sea when she was five years old.[[Falling Short by Lex Coulton|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141036435</amazonuk>}}Full Review]]

[[Category:History]]{{newreview<!-- van LENTE -->|author=Simon Garfield-|titlestyle=Just My Type"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: A Book About Fontscenter;"||rating=4[[image:1683690346.5jpg|genrelink=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 wronghttp://www. 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)amazon. So it is with typefacesco. A good type helps the reader, enhances the flow and makes the viewing experience easy and simple. Well sort of.|amazonukuk/dp/1683690346/ref=nosim?tag=<amazonuk>1846683017</amazonuk>}}thebookbag-21]]

{{newreview|authorstyle=P K Munroe"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"||title=You Can Stick It|rating=3.5|genre=Humour|summary[[The Con Artist by Fred Van Lente]]===Literary merit? Absolutely none!

Plot[[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|Crime]], characterisation and all that other stuff you usually talk about? Nope – there's none of that, either.[[:Category:Humour|Humour]]

AhComic-Cons are a place of wonder and sanctuary for many people, so itand when Comic book artist Mike Mason arrives at San Diego Comic-Con, he's non-fiction? Welllooking for both that and sanctuary with other fans and creators, plus the chance of maybe, just maybe reuniting with his ex. However, when his rival is found dead, Mike is forced to navigate every dark corner of the con in order to clear his name – from cosplay flash mobs and intrusive fans to zombie obstacle courses – Mike must prove his innocence and, in doing so, calling it ''fact'' would be stretching things may just unravel a dark secret behind a little too far..legendary industry creator.[[The Con Artist by Fred Van Lente|Full Review]]

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{{newreview|authorstyle=PJ Vanston"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|title=Crump|rating=3|genre=General Fiction|summary=It's Kevin Crump's first day as a lecturer at Thames Metropolitan University - an ex-polytechnic. It[[My Lady's the happiest day of his life, Choosing by Kitty Curran and he can't wait to see all that it holds, and make a difference to all his students. And then it hits him: the relentless pettiness of authority figures, the students who can't string two sentences together, the lowering of standards in search of higher test scores, so more money from foreign students, and political correctness gone (as I believe the saying goes) mad.|amazonukLarissa Zageris]]===<amazonuk>1848762852</amazonuk>}}

[[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{newreview|author=John Lennon|title=In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works|rating=3}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Humour|genre=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). Some of them were seen by Tom Maschler, literary editor at Jonathan Cape, who encouraged him to produce more. The results were published in two very successful short books in 1964 and 1965.[[:Category:Historical Fiction|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099530422</amazonuk>}}Historical Fiction]]

{{newreview|author=John Lindsay|title=Emails From An Asshole|rating=4|genre=Humour|summary=Some classified ads You are crying out for trollinga lass of twenty eight. Plucky, penniless and in Regency era London the race is on to find a suitable suitor - or else doom yourself to life as an eternal spinster. John Lindsay replies Along your journey you'll be accompanied by Lady Evangeline Youngblood - a fiesty noble eager to them, spins them save you from a yarnlife alone, and strings them along fired by a rogueish sense for as long as possibleadventure. Sometimes When it comes to suitors though, you'll have to make the advert is fairly innocuous ultimate decision between witty, pretty and wealthy Sir Benedict Granville, wholesome, rugged and caring Captain Angus MacTaggart, or the mad, bad and he emails them anywayterrifyingly sexy Lord Garraway Craven. These are emails from With orphans, werewolves, long lost lovers and ancient Egyptian artifcats along the way, it's clear this isn't going to be an asshole, after alleasy decision...[[My Lady's Choosing by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1402778279</amazonuk>}}Full Review]]

{{newreview<!-- Jester -->|author=L C Tyler-|titlestyle=The Herring In The Library"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"||rating=4[[image:Jester_Forever.5jpg|genre=Crimeleft|summarylink=Tall, elegant Ethelred is a gentleman, and a third-rate authorhttps://www.amazon. Elsie, his literary agent, is short and dumpy, and not afraid to speak her mindco. It is Elsie, in fact, who constantly assures her client he only occasionally aspires to the giddy heights of being seconduk/gp/product/1510704361?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-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.|amazonuk21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=<amazonuk>0230714684</amazonuk>}}1510704361]]

{{newreview|authorstyle=Seth Grahame"vertical-align: top; text-Smithalign: left;"|title=Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter|rating=3.5|genre=Humour|summary='Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.' That quote, on the Statue of Liberty, was probably not designed with the inclusion of vampires in mind. But [[Forever After: a dark comedy by some means or another North America is rife with the things – hiding in plain sight, as the older ones can bear sunlight, with the help of darkened glasses. It might just come down to one eager young man to rid his new country of such things, on his way to something he’s a bit more known for.|amazonukDavid Jester]]===<amazonuk>1849014086</amazonuk>}}

[[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{newreviewrating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Paranormal|author=Jane AustenParanormal]], Seth Grahame-Smith and Tony Lee|title=Pride and Prejudice and Zombies[[:Category: The Graphic Novel|rating=3Horror|genre=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 booksHorror]], inspiring others, and/or lead to the same story being published in many different guises. 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 remains. And this time it’s in graphic novel form.[[:Category:Fantasy|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848566948</amazonuk>}}Fasntasy]]

{{newreview|author=Carl McInerney|title=The Funniest Football Joke Book Ever|rating=3.5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Who scored Michael Holland is a cocky and brash young man who dies and gets made the most goals in the Greek Mythology League? The centaur forwardoffer of his lifetime; immortality. Badoom boom tshhhh. It's We follow Michael, a grim reaper and his friends Chip (a stoner tooth fairy) and Naff (a football joke book, packed to stoner in the gills records department) as they grapple with all sorts of cheesiness their long lives and sillinessfinding a clean surface to sit on in their flat. Funniest ever? Perhaps not, but it's not too bad.[[Forever After: a dark comedy by David Jester|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849391114</amazonuk>}}Full Review]]

{{newreview<!-- Stibbe -->|author=Paul Magrs-|titlestyle=Hell's Belles"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"||rating=3[[image:Stibbe_Xmas.5jpg|genre=Humourleft|summarylink=The idea behind this series of novels is quite enchanting and amusinghttps://www. Frankenstein's daughter is living and sleuthing in Whitby, ably aided and abetted by her sidekick, the enigmatic Effie, and a growing menagerie of younger accomplices, namely Michael and Pennyamazon. 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 successco. Book two in the series was quite disappointing, relying on sensationalism rather than adequate plot and character development. Book three was an improvementuk/gp/product/0241309824?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-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.|amazonuk21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=<amazonuk>0755346467</amazonuk>}}0241309824]]

{{newreview|authorstyle=Nick Wadley"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"||title=Man + Dog|rating=4.5|genre=Humour|summary[[An Almost Perfect Christmas by Nina Stibbe]]==Throughout my life I've lived with dogs or deeply regretted the fact that I lacked a canine companion. Watching a dog – or better still, the interaction between dogs – is infinitely better than anything on television and it's sheer joy to see how man and dog interacts and how, so often, they hold a mirror up to each other.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1564785521</amazonuk>}}

{{newreview[[image:4.5star.jpg|authorlink=The Harvard Lampoon|title=NightlightCategory: A Parody of Twilight |{{{rating=3.5}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Humour|genre=Humour|summary=Most people will have heard of the worldwide phenomenon that is ]], [[Twilight by Stephenie Meyer:Category:Short Stories|TwilightShort Stories]]. 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|author=Steven Lowe and Alan McArthur |title=Is it Just Me or Has Christmas – the Shit Hit time of traditional trauma. You only have to think about the Fan?: Your Hilarious New Guide to Unremitting Global Misery|rating=3|genre=Humour|summary=''The banks fell over like fat Labradors running over turkey for that – once upon a wet kitchen floor.'' Surely that is time it was leaving it sat on the wackiestdownstairs loo to defrost overnight, most inappropriate simile for and if that failed the credit crunch and all hair-dryer shoved inside it has done for the worldtreatment was your next best bet. You wonNowadays it't get any such namby-pamby animal likenesses from these authors, instead with quite a potty mouth on them they will lambast the modern world, the entire banking system, s all those who failed having to see make sure it's suitably free-range and organic – but not too organic that you can go and visit it coming, and those millions just seemingly waiting for us all get too friendly with it to revert want to high-interesteat it. Christmas, high-riskthough, high-lending capitalism, so they can get back on the expenses train, and back up the rich lists.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847443656</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Eoin Colfer|title=And Another Thing is of course also a time of great boons... Douglas Adams' HitchhikerIt's Guide to the Galaxy: Part Six cash in hand for a lot of Three (Hitchhikers Guide 6) |rating=3.5|genre=Science Fiction|summary=Of all the big books announced for this year, this one must have raised more eyebrows than many. Why try plump people who can hire red suits and write a new Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy bookbeards, when way before the end, its creator Douglas Adams it was proving quite hopeless at such always a task? And why approach an Irishman, Eoin Colfer, when godsend for postmen with all the originals thank-you letters to aunties you saw twice a decade that your parents made you write out in long- tempered with their humour which could only be described hand as Monty Python doing a sci-fi Terry Pratchettchild, and with their cups as for the makers of tea Meltis Newberry Fruits – well, did they even try and dressing gowns, could only be described as very Englishsell them any other time of the year? Well the answer is most evident - Colfer is a world-beater when it comes to knocking up a story.[[An Almost Perfect Christmas by Nina Stibbe|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0718155149</amazonuk>}}Full Review]]

{{newreview<!-- Doescher -->|author=The Vampire Miles Proctor-|titlestyle=The New Vampire's Handbook"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"||rating=3[[image:Doescher_Will.5jpg|genre=Humourleft|summarylink=I shall start with a predictionhttps://www. I will not become a vampire, for this imminent Hallowe'en, any festive fancy dress parties, or indeed for life as the lifeless undeadamazon. I will not need tips on filing my fangs, or how to divert attention from the fact I cannot eat human food at dinner partiesco. 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 howuk/gp/product/159474985X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-to lifestyle guide.|amazonuk21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=<amazonuk>0224086464</amazonuk>}}159474985X]]

{{newreview|authorstyle=Richard Horne "vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|title=A is for Armageddon|rating=2.5|genre=Humour|summary=The world is definitely going to hell in a handcart. We[[William Shakespeare're only just preventing lethal global warming by having a credit crunch that has prevented a lot of big building, air travel, and consumerism. The population is getting so obese there is no room for any more of us - and add that to s the exploding population statistics, and it's never going to look better. And don't get me started on where all Force Doth Awaken: Star Wars Part the bees have gone...|amazonukSeventh by Ian Doescher]]===<amazonuk>0224086197</amazonuk>}}

{{newreview|author=James May|title=Car Fever[[image: Dispatches From Behind The Wheel|rating=4|genre=Lifestyle|summary=Now, way back when I was younger, and watched TV a lot, I am sure I remember Top Gear as being a consumer programme. How times change5star. 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 charms. 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.jpg|amazonuklink=<amazonuk>0340994533</amazonuk>Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]], [[:Category:Humour|Humour]]

{{newreview|author=Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith |title=Pride and Prejudice and Zombies|rating=4.5|genre=Humour|summary=AhA long time ago, in a galaxy far away, there was a man called William Shakespeare, the benefits who was able to create a good book series of dramatic histories full of a classic first linemachinations most foul, rulers most evil and rebellious heroes and heroines most sturdy. You may or may not have noticed the cinematic version of his original stage play for ''Call me Ishmael.The Force Doth Awaken' 'It was a bright cold day , but here at last we get the actual script, complete with annoying-in-different-ways-to-before droids anew, returning heroes from elsewhere in Aprilhis oeuvre, and people keeping it in the clocks were striking thirteenfamily til it hurts. And if you need further encouragement, don' Who can t forget Iain Bankshis audience only demanded three parts of Henry VI – here the series is so popular we' re on to part seven – surely making this over twice as good… [[William Shakespeare'It was s the Force Doth Awaken: Star Wars Part the day my grandmother exploded'? Or those timeless words Seventh by Jane Austen, 'It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.'Ian Doescher|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1594743347</amazonuk>}}Full Review]]

{{newreview<!-- Goss -->|author=Harry Hill-|titlestyle=Tim The Tiny Horse At Large"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|rating=4[[image:Goss_600.jpg|genre=Humourleft|summarylink=It's been a while since Tim and Fly's [[Tim the Tiny Horse by Harry Hill|last adventures]], and changes are afoot in Tim's tiny worldhttps: Fly is getting married to his girlfriend//www. Tim's a little worried because they've only known each other for a weekamazon. The marriage goes ahead, and Tim finds himself kicking his heels, so he gets a petco. And so the brief episodes in the life of a horse who lives in a matchbox continue.|amazonukuk/gp/product/1785942719?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=<amazonuk>0571244157</amazonuk>}}1785942719]]

{{newreview|authorstyle=Sam Savage"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|title=The Cry of the Sloth|rating=3.5|genre=General Fiction|summary=Meet Andrew Whittaker. In some untold time [[Doctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of recent American history, he is forced through a failed marriage and an artistic temperament at odds with so many other people, to let properties to tenants he does not like, for $120 a month. The lodgers might not like the state of the buildings - ceilings falling through and so on - but that's another matter. He would much prefer to be left alone in front of his little Olivetti typewriter and create art. He runs a literary journal, of a kind, called "Soap", which no-one likes, no-one reads Time Lord Verse (and often, with dodgy, cheap printing, no-one could physically read it anywayDr Who), by James Goss and which makes him poorer in time, money and spirit.|amazonukRussell T Davies]]===<amazonuk>0297856499</amazonuk>}}

[[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{newreview|author=Christopher Moore|title=You Suck|rating=4}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|genre=Humour|summary=You know that old adage about books Children's Rhymes and covers? Well this is a case in point. The title isn't greatVerse]], but the cover design for the paperback imprint is[[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]], like, duh!, the pits. It is so uncool…so unrep-resent-ative of the book. This is not a cocktail thing. Not even a "Bloody Mary" thing. [[:Category:Humour|Humour]]

WellConsider 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 few novelty gifts for some of them, say, except for example, whimsical books of verse that pithily encapsulate the tiny bit life of a Time Lord and that isof some of his friends and enemies. As luck would have it, he has the space in his TARDIS to stock up in advance, so my advice to him – sorry, but her – would be to pop along to his local Earth-based book emporium and get himself ready. And if you'll discover that in due coursere working on a shorter timescale, with a shorter lifespan, and thinking perhaps just one gift season ahead, well my advice is pretty much the same.[[Doctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of Time Lord Verse (Dr Who) by James Goss and Russell T Davies|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1841498092</amazonuk>}}Full Review]]

{{newreview<!-- Ingram -->|author=Hugh Murr and Sid Nigtures -|titlestyle=Cyber Sign Offs"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|rating=2[[image:Ingram_Kammie.jpg|genre=Humourleft|summarylink=I admit I had the wrong end of the stick when it came to this book, before I opened it at leasthttps://www. 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 postsamazon.co. 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 websiteuk/gp/product/1785451995?'. But no. This is a collection of dialogues between two people ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag- 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.|amazonuk21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=<amazonuk>1904312497</amazonuk>}}1785451995]]

| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Conversations with Kammie by Annie Ingram]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{newreview{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Pets|Pets]], [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] It 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|authorFull Review]] <!-- Harris -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Harris_Glass.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1908943823/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Breaking of Liam Glass by Charles Harris]]===Simon Brett [[image:3star.jpg|titlelink=BlottoCategory:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|Crime]], Twinks [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] Teenager Liam Glass is mugged and stabbed yards from his Camden flat. As the Exboy 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 re-King's Daughterelection, 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 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|ratinglink=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1683690222/ref=nosim?tag=4thebookbag-21]]  |genrestyle=Humour"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Ten Dead Comedians: A Murder Mystery by Fred Van Lente]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|summarylink=There Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] Nine comedians are invited to a remote Caribbean island under the 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 kid on the streets to the hardest working road comic in the business; Oliver, the child-like prop comic who can be few people 't get any respect from his peers; Janet, the insult comic who have written eighty books without me even having picked up one 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 God almighty walks down on a beam of themlight 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.amazon.co. At leastuk/dp/1788037006/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Elizabeth, William... and at lastMe by S Lynn Scott]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] Ally is an 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 redressed their own ideas about that fault ! [[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 second instalment of this 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, has had his briefcase stolen by his live-in 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 theft, assuming it will be a relatively easy and straightforward case – little does he know, he's about to enter a world of Simon Brettdeceit 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 have come 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 the conclusion split and the awkwardness of the girls' schoolteacher being the other woman for a start. Then there are 79 more 's that will be worth investigatingmistaken identity moment involving the neighbours. At least Janice is well adjusted and over her ex-husband Alec. Here we meet for She still dreams of him, yes, but it's so over! Just as well really… guess who's at the first time Blotto (posh idiotic son 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 dowager duchess) and Twinks 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. (posh brilliant genius sister I know they should be called that – the author provides a handy guide to Blottothe etiquette of their name, their nature and location, etc.)For our more distant readers, their familythey're several chunks of granite rock out in the Atlantic, where Cornwall is pointing, with just 2,200 permanent residents. They're big on tourism, their surroundingsand 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 rust bucket within years. They're so wee, and 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 one of them in recent years has been Colin Taylor, who has done his official duty – alongside maintaining a well-known online existence, which has brought to life all the corpse inconveniently disturbing whimsical comedy of his work. [[The Life of a dinner partyScilly 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;"|amazonuk===[['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 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]] <amazonuk!-- Phinn -->1845299353|-| 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|link=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]] <!-- North -->|-| 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/amazonukor Juliet by Ryan North|Full Review]] <!-- DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE -->}|}