My mother’s birthday was March 19, and she asked for only one thing: a list of funny books she could get on her Kindle. Mom’s a voracious reader, and she’s a big fan of Janet Evanovich, so I took to Facebook to see if my friends had any suggestions. Boy, did they ever. Here’s the curated list, alphabetical (limiting one title per author, omitting what I knew she’d already read, etc . . .)
*Starred items are currently priced under $10
Dave Barry, Insane City
*Sarah Caudwell, Thus Was Adonis Murdered
Fannie Flagg, Welcome to the World, Baby Girl
*Jim Gaffigan, Dad is Fat
*Liliana Hart, Whiskey Rebellion (Free today?!?!)
*Joan Hess, Malice in Maggody
*Merrill Markoe, Walking in Circles Before Lying down
Christopher Moore, The Serpent of Venice
*Terry Pratchett, The Color of Magic
*Mark Schweizer, The Alto Wore Tweed (99 cents!)
Sarah Vowell, Take the Cannoli
*Betty Webb, The Anteater of Death (99 cents!–getting this one for myself)
And now my amazon recommender-bot is all haywire . . .
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