"point of impact" tyler palmer

there is not very much humor in this book. there is alot of irony and real life humor. humor like the feds getting outsmarted in there own game. ha that kind of humor. ya ik know its not very funny but thats all there is. the biggest and funniest irony is that through everything that goes on bob lee saves the girl and actully ends up being with her. which ks his ex partners wife. its messed up but its also ironic bc bob lee and don, his partner are supposed to be friends for life and bob lee ends up with his girl. dont choose this book. its not very funny at all. ugh

Confessions of a Not it Girl part 2 (Josie Jackson)

Now that I've gotten deeper into the book, more of the authors humor style has become apparent. Such as whenever she thinks about a boy she even remotely likes, her daydream is in the setting of a Shakespeare play, then, at the end she says "CURTAIN". The main character also compares people to unusual famous folk, or describes them with unusual, yet humorous terms.For example, "...when all of a sudden there was a squeal. Literally a squeal. Like the violent death of some animal."Here is also an example of the sarcasm used in the book. Flirting with this guy she says"I don't like to mix business with pleasure." As the story goes on you get a better feeling for the characters, and everyones very unique personalities, that is one thing this author does well is she gives very good, detailed descriptions even of characters with the tiniest parts, but its makes the story just that much more of an experience. So, onto the summary. Jans love life is slowly progressing, while her best friend, the it girl's, is moving rapidly, she is having a thing with on of her fathers middle aged employees, even though she is only 18. Jan is falling in love with the old neighbor boy.

Ariel hudson

The book the absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian is one of the worst book I have ever read. What i mean by that is it is very sarcastic and really has no point unless your a little kid.the book is starts out like a kid would "I was born with water on my brain" who would start a book like that. At the end of the book he says "Well, the thing is, I don't thing Indians are nomadic anymore. most Indians, anyway."
I would never tell anyone to read this book, this book has a lot of sarcastic in it which makes it a humorist but its not ever funny at all. the funny thing in the book is the pictures which looks like a little kid made them.

Flush -Tram Dinh

I think that the humor is starting to show as I kept reading.

Where I left off is when Paine escaped from jail. Everything seems to be going fine and Donna and Paine became closer then ever. Since Paine couldn't do anything Noah and Abbey comes up with a plan to get Dusty and his goons shut down for good. Without telling there parents, they come to Shelly who is the only one that could help them. "She waved us inside and cheerfully resumed shaving her legs at the kitchen sink.The way she did it wasn't quite as glamorous as in the T.V commercials.Whenever she nicked herself, she'd cuss like a biker and wipe her blood away with her pinkie." I think the funniest character in the book would be Shelly, she is very blunt and she also has a sense of humor. There plan was to get on the ship and flush "fushia" food coloring down the toilet, so that's where Shelly had to flush,and flush often.I also thought that it was funny when Noah and Abbey was stopped by Bull and Jasper because Abbey clamped on to bulls ear with her teeth until he would let them go, they also found out that there was someone that was watching them they call him the "pirate" he protected them like a guardian angel.To find out it was their long lost grandpa that was supposedly dead. There is humor in this book, I just can't describe what kind it is.

the life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid.

Bill Brysons life in Iowa is very simple and boring, but in his stories he makes life sound interesting. My favorite part in the book is where he and his friend Willoughby are in Bishops diner, I'll show you the passage from the book and you'll see why. "Like me Willoughby was a devotee of Bishop's, but he was more daring and imaginative than I could ever be. He liked to turn on the table light and send the waitresses off on strange quest. "Could I have some Angostura biters, please?" He would say with a look of choirboy sweetness. Or. "Please could I have some fresh ice cubes; these are rather misshapen." Or. " Would you by any chance have a spare ladel and some tongs?" And the waitress would go clumping off to see what they could find for him. there was something about his cheery face that inspired an eagerness to please." This was just an intro so you know wWlloughby's character, he's a charmer. The following Saturday, Willoughby led me into bishops again. this time he drank half his water, then pulled from his jacket a jar filled with pond water; which he used to top his glass. When he held the glass up to the light there were about sixteen tadpoles swimming in it." For me this is my favorite passage because it actually made me laugh out loud! Who would even think about putting pond water in your glass just to get two free sundaes? Not many kids i know and it makes it even better because their so young when willoughby comes up with this plan. In his book Bryson makes you think about what he is saying, sure its funny but at the same time it makes you think it has a deeper meaning he gets his point across by being funny, like in one of his chapters where he breaks his leg on the playground no one really noticed for hours! Yeah it's funny how he says it but it makes you realize it's true when he says you cant trust adults, because come on who in their right mind wouldn't notice a kids leg turned half way around? And don't even get me started on that doctor his cheap dad took him too! The doctor didn't even know the stuff he was telling Bill and his family. After reading this I think the pot was to point out how childhood in the 1950's was much simpler then, than it is now and after reading this it kind of makes me wish I were a kid back then, but i think hes also saying in general life was simple and cheerful back then, now we have to worry about so many things, life just isn't simple anymore and it's a shame. But in my opinion i think we now have greater knowlege and common since then they did.

Kendra Johnson- 24 girls in 7 days

Now that Jack Grammar is the talk of the school, girls are coming onto all different ways. Jessica Woo, a girl that goes to his school, writes a whole newspaper article explaining Jack's situation. "How did Jack go from being the slightly geeky kid who could name all thirty-some Shakespeare plays to suddenly being the flavor of the moment?" She talks about how over 200 girls responded to the ad, and how all these rumors are going around about him. In the ad she even asks Jack to call her. Jack was sitting outside his house that night and a girl drives by and yells out the window "Jack, give me babies!". Girls are going crazy over this newly popular Jack Grammar. Some girls get creepy and contact Jack's family, and Jacks sister decides to set up a speed dating date with 5 girls. She holds this speed dating in her kids play room, so Jack is sitting at this little plastic toddler table, with his date. There is a big pole in the room that is surrounded with at least eight inches of foam padding, and while hes on one date his niece runs straight into the extra-foam padded pole. Jack couldn't stop laughing and that girl got mad that he wasn't paying enough attention to her, so she got up and left. Too bad for him huh, cause he only has about 199 other girls that want him. One of the speed date girls wants to play one-on-one basketball with him. They went out and she beat him by a long shot so hes pretty much in love with her. There's one part that's kinda funny because Jack says why his favorite day is Thursday, because he was born on a Thursday and conceived on a Thursday. At school that day a hippie girl, Mary, with huge out-of-date glasses according to Jack came up to him and played a song she wrote for him on her guitar. That night, star football player, Scott comes a knocking on Jack's door in his wheelchair because he broke his leg. Scott begged Jack to go to prom with his girlfriend because she thought it would look dumb if she went with a guy in a wheel chair to prom, but Jack talks Scott's girlfriend into taking Scott. Every year at prom, Percys' grandpa, who is also the janitor at the school, start off prom by dancing to the first dance. Everyone watches in an awe because there two people that you can tell that are in love and always have been. This year, Percy's grandpa is really sick, and is still in the hospital. At the end of the book, Jack doesn't find one girl he actually wants to go to prom with. (which was a big waste of the whole 24/7 thing) So he asks Percys' grandma to go with him. She said yes, so Jack and Percy's grandma started off prom this year.

Jeff Frahm

The second half of breakfast of champions, in my opinion, is not as humorous as the first half. I find it to be sort of dry. It does have it's moments but after reading the rest of this book I figure out that the novel was written for the sole purpose to mocking. The narrator, who we find out at the end of the novel to be Kurt Vonnegut himself, makes fun of everything. He mocks the characters, the situations they are in, politics, and so on. So in a way this novel is just one giant satire created to mock everything.

For example, he mocks that ideas or the lack of ideas can cause diseases. This develops further as the story goes on. I find this to be ridiculous which is pretty much the point of the novel, to be ridiculous. Also, Kilgore Trout throughout the story spreads the fact that he calls mirrors "leaks" and they are used to see into another universe. Well in chapter 20 he walks into the Holiday Inn hotel and finds himself surrounded by all these "leaks" and describes what he saw. He saw a bum looking old man with red eyes and his pant legs pulled up to the knees. This I find to be funny because of the ridiculous thoughts he has about this image being from another universe. This is the type of humor that I received throughout the novel. It is at some points hard to understand the humor but there are definite forms of it throughout the novel.

Holes post 2

At this point in my book Stanley and Zero have become very good friends. Stanley has agreed to help Zero read if he helps dig his holes. Mean while every one else is digging their own hills. There is a new kid that comes in. They call him twitch, and him and Stanley decided to steal the sunflower seeds from Mr. Sir. When they got caught Stanley took the blame. Kate was really upset cause they were burning down her school because she kissed Sam so she ran off but she got caught. When Stanley and Zero got caught helping each other, Zero got mad and took the shovel and smashed Mr. Pendanski in the face and ran away. Later on a few days later Stanley stole the water truck to try to get away but crashed it into a hole. He then ran looking for Zero. When he found zero they decided they were going to go up to the "thumb." Zero got got really sick and Stanley carried him up the mountain. When they got to the top they found water and food, which was onions still in the ground. Zero told Stanley that they should go back to the camp to get a shovel to dig one more hole. They ended up going to the camp and got a shovel. They dug a hole and found a treasure chest with Stanley Yelnats written on it. In the morning they found both Zero and Stanley. In the end they got to go home with all the treasure and the family was no longer "cursed." Zero met his mom and was reunited with her.
There was not very many funny parts in the book but it was all based on a comedy that everyone can relate to in life, from failure, to getting into some type of trouble. Also the bondingship two stangers can have with eachother and unite together to help one another.I believe that everyone can relate to this book in some way.

Anthony Simenson

The Family goes to Disneyland and they dont know how but some how they get split up and they cant find each other. So the kid just walks around and doesnt know any english so he cant communicate with anyone because nobody will understand him. He finds Mickey Mouse and just stands by him untell they get someone to help communicate with them, they eventually find each other and on there way back home they were making jokes about how they cant communicate with anyone and how they got lost. once they got home they always watch a tv show that is a game show. on the game show they get 3 turns to bowl a strike and they win money for every pin they knock down. Farsi father thinks that it looks easy so he goes to where the tryouts are at which is like an hour away from there home, first time he doesnt make it, so he goes again and advances to the next day. He wins on the second day to go on the show and while on the show he does something that they never have seen before, he only knocks down 3 pins.

Franzis Rios

The narrator in Angus, thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging is a teenager who is trying to get through life which at times comes very difficult to her. Her parents aren't much of a help and expect her to be the one who has to step up and take care of her little sister Libby. Libby is a toddler in which is a handful and often has embarrassing moments in front of her friends in public places. The narrator still is so concern that boys will never be interested in her and that she will never receive her first kiss. School is a adventure doing yoga every day after lunch is her daily routine. Which she calls it "The Sun Salute" she has may funny moves that involve her yoga moves. Raising your hands up is considered "welcoming the sun" and bending down is there for acting like you are not worthy to anyone. Some interruptions happen while she is enjoying her Sun Salute sections. Her teachers walk in on her while she is doing other poses which are very embarrassing to the her. Also at school that i found humorous is the way that her friends and her make up lists during class to see what they want in a boyfriend and the qualities that they need to have. The title of this book fits it very well Angus the cat that is very different than other cats and the thongs that the narrator and her friends think are the most uncomfortable thing that any one could wear and full-frontal snogging witch means kissing with all the trimmings, lip to lip, open mouth, tongues....everything(page 239. Angus, thong Full-Frontal snogging is a book that is humorous in many levels and the way that a teenagers mind things from having random things pop up in her head what she calls the "sex god" to her understanding of relationships that she thinks she may never have. Untill the sex god has landed.

Zombie Butts From Uranus

Part II

At this point in the story our hero Zach travels back to his home town to find it destroyed. In a panic Zach heads over to his beloved Grandma's house, to his surprise the house is untouched. After a while he learns that his gran is The Pincher a butt fighting warrior. The attack on the city isn't over and the duo is doomed. Luckily Zach's friend from the academy arrives to their rescue.

The group decides to go to the safest place they can think of, the academy. Sadly the academy is flattened. Next they head over to the Bumt Fighters Rest Home and find some old bum fighters from grans old crew. They decide to be proactive and form a new kick ass group of butt kickers called Mabel's Angles.

The team devises a plan to lure the zombie butts into a maggot lair. They strike a deal with the Mutant Maggot Lord and the plan works because Zach uses his previous knowledge from the fortune teller and does the Hokey-Pokey. The Maggot Lord betrays the team and tries to have them killed. But the maggots were zombified from the inside out because of the zombie butts and turns on their leader and the group escapes.

The Great White Bum lands on Earth and takes gran from the group and heads for the brown hole the group chases after and gets sucked into the hole. The hole shoots them out on Uranus right next to Zach's parents. They all fly home to and find a funeral being held for them. Zach receives and award and after excepting in he lets out a big ol fart.

My thoughts.

This book has many qualities that kids would love in a book. But for me the book is too childish. I can only take so much toilet humor. I know the book is fiction but there are so many situations that are so far fetched it's hard to read. My last point of criticism is that I feel that the book is rushed. It has so much build up and it ends so fast.

Any 10 year old boy would love this book, but when your a senior in high school the very thing that makes this book sell sends you overboard.

He's just not that into you- Sandra Salazar

Many books are intersting just through the end or the beginning, but i must say this book has actually gotten better and better. I could not put this book down, it made me laugh at the many things this girls were willing to go through for a guy that did not even appreciate them. The sarcasm in this book made this book so much better, it gave me a good laugh and it helped me see the advices Greg gave to the girls better and bright, than for them to sound like your getting lecture or like their making you feel stupid.

Greg is a really good man at advicing girls with relationships. Throughout this book girls went through hard situations, such as their special some one dissapearing on them out of the no where, or their speial someone cheated on them and later blamed them for their action. Greg gave many ladies advice on how to not settle for a loser boyfriend and to keep going with dignity and not let the guys see your falls. Greg said many guys try to handle you however they like, and do with you as they please, but that it's up to us girls if we allow them to treat us worthless. Will be treated the way we allow people to treat us, so Gregs advice is to grow some dignity and get out of a relationship when you dont feel like your not receiving the same amount as what you put into that relationship. This book was a good book that i would recommend to other girls and even guys, because its a funny book. But i think this is enough information about this book, now its up to you to read to find out what happens and how good it is.

Al Capone Does My Shirts (Hannah Snyder)

Moose's journey continues on as he helps Piper with her task. Successfully collecting and returning the laundered clothes, Piper splits the money between them. Since Moose wasn't fully committed, he receives nothing. Unfortunately, the Warden finds out, resulting in their scheme to be foiled. Strangely, the Warden places all the blame on Moose, when he accepted no payment. To escape Moose's 'bad influcence' Piper is sent to live with her grandmother, making Moose very jealous since he does not want to live on Alcatraz. Naturally, the two months that Piper is away, no one gets in trouble, not a single incident occurs.

Upon Piper's return, trouble brews again. One of their school mates become close to Piper in an attempt to receive a convict baseball. Despite the fact that Moose absolutely despises Piper, he becomes jealous from all the attention his classmate is receiving. In determination to end the relationship, Moose proceeds to look for a baseball. Unhappily, he drags Natalie around with him in his searches. A few days into their search, Moose leaves Natalie alone outside near the prison grounds. Here, she meets a convict, number 105. He gives her a convict baseball. Frightened by what just occurred, Moose hurriedly drags her away, and runs into, Piper. Knowing he's in deep trouble, he hands over the baseball to avoid interrogation from her. Moose's plan, 'break up his friends' mission was a success, Piper eventually gave him the baseball and they ceased to talk.

Moose continues to babysit his sister, while his Mother continues to try to get her into a special school that will help her. Their Mother becomes estranged as Moose and his Father repeatedly tell their Mother that Natalie is not ten, and far too old to attend the school. Eventually, it is revealed that Natalie is truly 16, not 10.

In a desperate attempt to help his sister and mother, Moose writes to Al Capone. One of the most famous criminal of all times. A week later, Natalie is accepted, and Moose finds, in his shirt, a crumpled note that says Done.

Emily Jensen-- Post 2

So, my last post ended with Emma just getting ready for her date with Jack. the second hal of the book was all about how Jack and Emma started a relationship and all the ups and downs of it. Their first date was a complete disaster, so Emma wanted to plan the second one.. which started out really bad to but then they ended up having pizza on a park bench, just spending time together. When Jack has to go because of some emrgency they have their first kiss goodbye. That Saturday was the corporate family day, which all the employees bring thier family to this big occasion. The employees were all supposed to wear comstumes but with Emma trying to impress Jack by looking nice she didnt wear a costume, however when she shows up she if forced to change and put on a snow white costume. She had also 'forgotten' to tell her parents about the event so they werent coming she told Cyril. But to her unknowing they soon show up because Artemis had told them all about one day when her parents had tried to reach Emma by phone. So, Jack ended up meeting all her family and ended exposing Kerry for how she really treated Emma. and then Emma ended up telling her off infront of her parents and Nev, and for the first time her parents realize how she really felt. After that Jack and Emma end up going into one of Jack's rooms at the place and they had sex....numerous times.... She has fallen for him. she feels so happy for days, but then... one day Jack has an interview on tv about stuff and he ends up talking about a new idea the company has and some how he starts naming off all these secrets and habits that Emma has (not using her name though) but everyone at the company was watching it and realizes its Emma tht he's talking about so now everyone that she knows knows all her secrets that Jack wss supposed to keep secret, this made Emma veryyy mad and Jack tries talking to her about it later saying he didnt mean to but she won't listen and she is upset that he knows everyhting about her yet she knows nothing about him. so she doesnt talk to him for a long time but then Emma tells her two roommates about it and the one, Jemina, wants to help her get revenge, and this girl is crazy! she was coming up with all sorts of ways to get him back, but what she ended up doing was getting a tabloid journalist to figure out what secret Jack was hiding. by this time Jack had finally told Emma the secret and they had made up and were getting along but then Jack saw Emma sitting in a room with her roommates and the journalist and he thought she was telling his secret so her got mad. But then later that night he comes back to her and starts telling her all his little secrets like that he's scared of the dark and keeps a baseball bat under his bed just in case, and that he doesn't actually like Panther Cola , that he prefers Pepsi, which is ironic since he is co-ineventor of the Panther comapny. and then the books ends with them walking off together with Jack telling Emma all his secrets.

This book is actually really good. it goes inside a girl's mind and shows what oridnary people can go through alot and end up getting things they could have never imagined. This book is pretty funny with all the drama there is between the roomates, and between Emma and Jack and then also Emma and her coworkers. Emma seemed to sometimes overreact with sometimes with the whole jack keeping secrets and stuff, and her roommate espically did, because she goes from guy to guy and she wouldnt believe that jack actually liked emma and then when her hurt her she wanted to go to extreme to get him back to show woman are powerful. But of course in the end Emma came out on top with her man Jack!

"point of impactpr

i know my post is late i had to find a book thati both liked and thought was funny. i decided on point of impact which is about a ex marine sniper who is forced in a race to clear his name and take out the ppl who are trying to kill him. im about half way through the book and bob lee has lost his parnter and has been shot. he successfully disarmed a profesionally trained fbi agent in less than three seconds. haha that shows the greatness on marine training. alothugh this isnt meant to be a humor book there are some pretty funny parts. like when he runs into a woman who turned out to be the widowed wife of his old partner that he lost in cobat. they end up getting together. ha partners for life huh? bob lee single handedly took out a rebel force who kidnapped the guy trying to help bob. why dont ppl give up they cant kill a marine. hope ppl have broad sense of humor and dont just expect like jokes haha humor. this book has real life humor.