Review: The Pig Did It by Joseph Caldwell

by Carol5 Comments
I honestly don't even know where to start my comments when it comes to The Pig Did It. I'm not even sure if I liked it or not, but it was compelling in some odd way. I had to keep reading, just to see where the story went. I didn't particularly care for any of the characters, and I felt like the author was almost trying to hard to be witty and amusing, but I wanted to keep reading. The narrator is Aaron, a writer and teacher who has come to his aunt's house in Ireland to grieve to over a woman, not a woman he loved mind you, but a woman he wanted to love him but who had not interest in him whatsoever. He's self-absorbed and whiny, and wet for most of the book. Near the beginning of the story, due to an accident and a bus having to stop, he ends up being followed to his Aunt Kitty's...
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I Has a Hotdog by Professor Happycat and ihasahotdog.com

by Carol7 Comments
I Has a Hotdog by Professor Happycat and ihasahotdog.com This is not my usual type of book. To be honest, I'm not a big fan in general of those cute animal pictures with funny captions. That's just not the kind of thing I find funny usually. But I had to review this one, because, you see, my daughter (10) found it hilarious. The day it came in the mail, she told me grandma has the cat one, which must be I Can Has Cheezburger?, then she sat down, looked at every picture, laughing and giggling and showing me one everyone few minutes. And then David got home, and he had to look through it and laugh too. It really is a cute little book. Fun, light-hearted. Probably not something I personally would spend my money on, I can imagine a lot of people really enjoying it. The pictures included here are from the I Has a Hotdog website. Do you know what your dog's...
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The Inimitable Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse

by Carol11 Comments
The Inimitable Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse This was my first meeting with Jeeves, and I must admit that I enjoyed the audiobook immensely. The book is a series of very loosely linked stories. In most of them, young, wealthy Wooster or his pal Bingo Little get in some sticky situation often involving a woman or gambling, and it is up to Wooster's genius butler Jeeves to solve the problem. Sometimes Wooster asks Jeeves for help and sometimes Jeeves takes care of the situation before Wooster even realizes there is cause for concern. I have to say that some of the situations Wooster found himself were just hilarious. My personal favorite, though, is when he goes to the country and bets on the which of the local parsons will deliver the longest sermon. The narrator's accent and the British slang were a treat for me and just added to the fun. I will definitely be reading more of the Jeeves books. First published in 1923 6...
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