Humor Me: An Anthology Of Funny Contemporary Writing (Plus Some Great Old Stuff Too) (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
Ian Frazier makes me laugh, so I thought our senses of humor were more aligned. I was surprised that I found many -- maybe even most -- of his choices for this anthology quite dull. However, this is worth reading for a few really great pieces:Steve Martin's "The Third Millennium: So Far, So Good"Ian Frazier's "Lamentations of the Father"Jack Handey's "What I'd Say to the Martians"Patrick McManus's "The Miracle of the Fish Plate"Mark O'Donnell's "There Shall Be No Bottom (A Bad Play for Worse Actors)"David Sedaris's "A Plague of Tics"Jake Swearingen's "How Important Moments of My Life Would Be Different if I Was Shot Twice in the Stomach at Close Range"Michael O'Donoghue's "How to Write Good" As many have already said, the essays in this book are generally hit or miss. Any edited collection is going to have its ups and downs, and when you're dealing with humor, you're really at the mercy of people's tastes. I enjoyed a number of them, but few (if any) had me laughing out loud. They felt a bit dated, though I know that some of them are supposed to be classics. I probably would have finished the collection except that this book was a victim of a library book purge and just a general feeling of "too many books, too little time to waste."
What do You think about Humor Me: An Anthology Of Funny Contemporary Writing (Plus Some Great Old Stuff Too) (2010)?
This book is a reminder spell check is not a copy editor. Ridiculous number of typos.
—sari
Definitely a little uneven, as others have noted, but there are some funny bits here.
—Sister101
Won it! Can't wait to find the time to read & review it.
—Ida
