What a hilarious little book. Toddlers are Assholes: It’s Not Your Fault is pretty standard to the “parenting humor” genre, but it really worked for me more than most. I’m not a very laugh-out-loud type of person but there were more than a few times that I was honest to God fighting to control my laughter so the shaking didn’t wake up my own little asshole, hogging my bed late at night. However, there are certain conditions under which this book should be read. Read this […]
I still love it.
Vol. 3, or the one where Sex Criminals goes even more meta than usual. This series is probably the weirdest ongoing thing I read by quite a large margin, but it’s so kindhearted and earnest and willing to take chances, I just very much want everyone to give it a go. I’m trying right now to get my book club to read the first volume, so we’ll see about that (I think some of them might read it with their hands over their mouths in […]
Bumbling about Victorian England with a bulldog and a cat named Princess Arjumand.
After I read Doomsday Book a couple of years ago, a bunch of people told me that this one was much lighter in tone, and funny, but I didn’t realize it would be an almost straight up farce at points. To Say Nothing of the Dog takes place two years after the events of Doomsday Book, but either book can be read on its own without regard for the other. Oxford historian Mr. Dunworthy is the only character of any note who plays a role […]
A is for arms that hold baby tight, while pacing and muttering all through the night.
This is such a fun, stupid book. It’s been on my Goodreads list since I was pregnant (she’s closing in on 2…) and I finally got around to reading it just a couple weeks after a very early but very sad miscarriage, which I thought might be bad timing but it actually turned out to be fine. Which should tell you how seriously Let’s Panic About Babies! does not take itself. It’s basically a spoof of pregnancy/early parenting books. It’s a lightening quick read (although […]