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What Men Think about Sexby...Mark Mason average rating...nonetags...comedy relationships shelved by...laini viewable entries...1 |
'Review'
entry by...laini updated...Aug 25, '10 spoilers...n/a
So, Rob and Tim work in some unnamed company, and one day a new girl starts working in the office. Her name is Clare Jordan and both Tim and Rob decide that they really fancy her.
So they come up with a plan, a game to decide which one of them gets to ask her out. Tim must sleep with 5 girls whose names begin with C-L-A-R and E, and Rob must sleep with 5 girls in places beginning with those letters.
How sexist you might think, and how right you'd be.
Its not a bad novel for what it is, there are some interesting insights into the male view of sex, but if you're looking for intellectual stimulation, you''ve picked the wrong book. Enjoyable but not memorable.
So they come up with a plan, a game to decide which one of them gets to ask her out. Tim must sleep with 5 girls whose names begin with C-L-A-R and E, and Rob must sleep with 5 girls in places beginning with those letters.
How sexist you might think, and how right you'd be.
Its not a bad novel for what it is, there are some interesting insights into the male view of sex, but if you're looking for intellectual stimulation, you''ve picked the wrong book. Enjoyable but not memorable.
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Billyby...Pamela Stephenson average rating...4.0 / 5tags...biography comedy memoirbiography nonfiction shelved by...laini mazda502001 viewable entries...3 |
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entry by...mazda502001 updated...Feb 16, '07 spoilers...n/a
This is a great book about one of my very favourite comedians.
Blurb:
Who is the real Billy Connolly? He's the man who needs no introduction, and yet he is the ultimate enigma. From a troubled and desperately poor childhood in the docklands of Glasgow he is now the intimate of household names the world over. But who is the man behind the myth?
If anyone knows Billy Connolly better than himself, its his wife, Pamela Stephenson.
In this extraordinary book, she combines the very personal with a frank objectivity that makes for a compellingly moving - yet hugely entertaining - biography.
Blurb:
Who is the real Billy Connolly? He's the man who needs no introduction, and yet he is the ultimate enigma. From a troubled and desperately poor childhood in the docklands of Glasgow he is now the intimate of household names the world over. But who is the man behind the myth?
If anyone knows Billy Connolly better than himself, its his wife, Pamela Stephenson.
In this extraordinary book, she combines the very personal with a frank objectivity that makes for a compellingly moving - yet hugely entertaining - biography.
'Review'
entry by...laini updated...Sep 04, '09 spoilers...n/a
So this book was not quite what I expected, written by Billy's wife, Pamela Stephenson (who is also a comedian), it starts off with less of a bang than I would have thought. Pamela gives great insight into Billy's family history, his grandparents and parents lives before he was even thought of.
While not the laugh a minute I expected, it was nonetheless a very enjoyable read, gave a fantastic understanding of the man behind the laughs, and chronicles Billys journey through drink and drugs.
Don't get me wrong, there were still very funny moments in it, but it is definitely more of a serious biography than most would expect.
Definitely recommend it if your a fan of Billy Connolly at all!
While not the laugh a minute I expected, it was nonetheless a very enjoyable read, gave a fantastic understanding of the man behind the laughs, and chronicles Billys journey through drink and drugs.
Don't get me wrong, there were still very funny moments in it, but it is definitely more of a serious biography than most would expect.
Definitely recommend it if your a fan of Billy Connolly at all!
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As You Doby...Richard Hammond average rating...4.0 / 5tags...autobiography comedy nonfiction topgear shelved by...laini viewable entries...2 |
'Review'
entry by...laini updated...Aug 06, '09 spoilers...n/a
Here Richard Hammond reveals the stories behind a few of the documentaries and Top Gear films he has made.
Its hilariously witty and laugh out loud funny the whole way through. From describing taking a toilet break in the North Pole while his cameramen threw frozen Polar Bear poo at him to the story of rescuing his friends from their flooded house in an ornamental boat, it is interesting, enlightening and very enjoyable.
My favourite part of the book would have to be when he detailed his 20 mile run home in the middle of the night when his car got stuck behind barricades because of huge levels of flooding, just so that he could fulfill his promise to his daughter to be there for her birthday!
Its hilariously witty and laugh out loud funny the whole way through. From describing taking a toilet break in the North Pole while his cameramen threw frozen Polar Bear poo at him to the story of rescuing his friends from their flooded house in an ornamental boat, it is interesting, enlightening and very enjoyable.
My favourite part of the book would have to be when he detailed his 20 mile run home in the middle of the night when his car got stuck behind barricades because of huge levels of flooding, just so that he could fulfill his promise to his daughter to be there for her birthday!
'Richard Hammond'
entry by...laini updated...Jul 07, '10 spoilers...n/a
Name: Richard Hammond
Born: 19th December 1969
Died: n/a
Nationality: British
Most Famous Works: On the Edge, As you do: Adventures with Evel, Oliver and the vice president of Botswana
First Novel Published: What not to Drive
Born: 19th December 1969
Died: n/a
Nationality: British
Most Famous Works: On the Edge, As you do: Adventures with Evel, Oliver and the vice president of Botswana
First Novel Published: What not to Drive
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Love's Labour's Lostby...William Shakespeare average rating...nonetags...16th classic comedy drama fiction shelved by...thejulester viewable entries...none |
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The Importance of Being Earnest (Dover Thrift Editions)by...Oscar Wilde average rating...4.6 / 5tags...brilliant british classic classicbookclub clever comedy comedyfarcicalplay drama england hillarious play wilde shelved by...austengirl BlackViolin bookleader drneevil icecolddrink joaniebelair ohmarie424 thejulester wordy viewable entries...5 |
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entry by...austengirl updated...Mar 18, '07 spoilers...n/a
Whether it is talking about diaries, muffins, bunburrying (spelling?), or three-volume novels, this play is perfectly wonderful. I saw the movie first (with Reese Witherspoon, Judy Dench, and Colin Firth and it's also great) and it made me run to read the play.Hillarious.
'The Importance of Being Ernest Review'
entry by...drneevil updated...Feb 07, '08 spoilers...major
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Witty and buoyant comedy of manners is brilliantly plotted from its effervescent first act to its hilarious denouement, and filled with some of literature's most famous epigrams. Widely considered Wilde's most perfect work
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Witty and buoyant comedy of manners is brilliantly plotted from its effervescent first act to its hilarious denouement, and filled with some of literature's most famous epigrams. Widely considered Wilde's most perfect work
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entry by...bookleader updated...Jun 02, '07 spoilers...n/a
A perfect example of what a play can do that a novel can't. Because it is character driven and depends enormously on what a particular actor brings to a given role (or what the reader brings at a given time), this play is always a new experience, either read or seen.
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entry by...BlackViolin updated...Aug 16, '08 spoilers...n/a
Finished 7/08
Another masterpiece by Oscar Wilde that scorns and reveals the ridiculousness of society. Wonderful and preposterous play
Another masterpiece by Oscar Wilde that scorns and reveals the ridiculousness of society. Wonderful and preposterous play
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The Merchant of Venice (Folger Shakespeare Library)by...William Shakespeare average rating...4.2 / 5tags...16th classic comedy fiction friendship historic insightful italy literary play prejudice reading religion required shelved by...cmays87 icecolddrink jennifer22 locket mjvasile slowtostart thejulester viewable entries...2 |
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entry by...cmays87 updated...Mar 21, '07 spoilers...none
this play explains a lot... past, present, and future. its hard to read but i took from it what i could. ill reread sometime soon.
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As You Like Itby...William Shakespeare average rating...4.0 / 5tags...classic comedy drama england fiction play shelved by...thejulester viewable entries...none |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (Folger Shakespeare Library)by...William Shakespeare average rating...4.7 / 5tags...16th classic comedy fiction literary play shelved by...auringonkukka carmelita fromthepass Midgetgem mjvasile ohmarie424 slowtostart sohail thejulester viewable entries...1 |
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The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodentsby...Terry Pratchett average rating...2.0 / 5tags...animals comedy fantasy fiction youngadult shelved by...GroshingOoma thejulester viewable entries...none |
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Dave Barry Does Japanby...Dave Barry average rating...4.0 / 5tags...comedy humour nonfiction travel shelved by...elspeth97 GroshingOoma prabham viewable entries...1 |
'Laugh out loud funny'
entry by...elspeth97 updated...Apr 04, '07 spoilers...n/a
Dave Barry always manages to crack me up. In this book, he travels in Japan where the differences in culture make for a hilarious travelogue. From the Kibuki theater (I tried to read this part to my son and laughed so hard I could not get the words out) to plastic food displays, this is a most enjoyable read.
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posted by sohail submitted...Jun 02, '09
THIS IS A VERY NICE BOOK FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE IN DREAM.
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