I’m a big fan of Saturday Night Live and sketch comedy, and I once
took a stand-up comedy class for fun, so this book was right up my alley.
This
book features a female writer for a sketch comedy show, and provides many
interesting insights about the goings-on behind the scenes. I laughed many
times at the main character’s sometimes irreverent sense of humor. Her
struggles with how best to deal with annoying coworkers, a competitive and
sometimes sexist work environment, and finding love and satisfaction were
relatable.
I liked that the show’s guest host – a popular singer – could see
the value in a woman who might not be the usual eye candy celebrities tend to
date. The book was funny, relatable, and insightful.
Tom Hanks is one of my favorite actors, so when I saw
that he’d written a book it immediately caught my eye.
Like my number-one
favorite book, it provides a behind-the-scenes look at how a show is made, in
this case a movie being shot on location. There’s much more drama going on
behind the camera than in front of it! The pacing is not frantic, however. The
cast of characters is wonderfully varied, and I enjoyed seeing how they related
to each other and grew as people – or didn’t.
I especially liked that Tom Hanks
also narrated the book. When an author narrates their own work, you experience
it exactly like they intended, with the inflection on certain words, etc.
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From the legendary actor and best-selling author: a novel about the making of a star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic books that inspired it. Funny, touching, and wonderfully thought-provoking, while also capturing the changes in America and American culture since World War II.
"Wild, ambitious and exceptionally enjoyable." —Matt Haig, best-selling author The Midnight Library, The Humans and Reasons to Stay Alive
Part One of this story takes place in 1947. A troubled soldier, returning from the war, meets his talented five-year-old nephew, leaves an indelible impression, and then disappears for twenty-three…
I’ve been a fan of Dave Barry’s humor since reading his
columns in the newspaper all those years ago.
He finds the funny in everyday
life, and the ridiculousness in people, and spins a wonderful yarn with these
elements. This book had lots of hilarious hijinks and over-the-top characters, but
also some real-life situations that kept it relatable and believable enough to
enjoy. I laughed out loud many times while listening to the book while walking
my dogs. My neighbors must think I’m nuts!
Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times bestselling author and actual Florida Man Dave Barry returns with a Florida caper full of oddballs and more twists and turns than a snake slithering away from a gator.
Jesse Braddock is trapped in a tiny cabin deep in the Everglades with her infant daughter and her ex-boyfriend, a wannabe reality TV star who turned out to be a lot prettier on the outside than on the inside. Broke and desperate for a way out, Jesse stumbles across a long-lost treasure, which could solve all her problems—if she can figure out how to keep it.…
International resort
developer Nigel Goodwin has traveled all the way from London to Misty Murphy’s
little corner of North Carolina and bought out the Mountaintop Lodge to pitch
an exclusive new resort concept to wealthy American investors.
But locals are at odds over the idea, and when a
group comes to the lodge to express their worries to Mr. Goodwin and the
potential investors, a blizzard hits Beech Mountain. Like the weather outside,
things quickly get frosty, and Misty has to call local police to intervene.
When Nigel Goodwin is found dead in the snow, Misty must help law enforcement
determine who put the developer on ice
and why.
