Funny Books

We just finished finals last week and are starting new classes this week, so things are pretty quiet in the library. We did have some researchers in this morning looking for information on Rock and Roll stars from the past. It was fun to search through the books to find facts about The Jackson Five and Ritchie Valens and others…I’m not sure what the teacher is going to have them do with their information, but musical topics sound like fun to read about and research.

I think research is always fun—guess that makes me a real nerd. Reading should also be fun. And there are a string of books that are funny and really fun to read. Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar is one of these funny books. In this book, Scott is trying to navigate his first year in high school by avoiding being hit in the back of the head on the bus, being relieved of spare change by upper classmen and falling into the category of the lowest of the low. While trying to survive at school, Scott’s home life is also changing when he discovers that his mother is having a baby! Throughout the book, Scott writes advice for his new sibling who he affectionately refers to as “Smelly” and “Fluid-dwelling piece of protoplasm.” Scott’s adventures and his views of the world are sometimes laugh out loud funny!

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green is another funny book. Colin has always dated girls named Katherine and he has always gotten dumped by them—19 times to be exact. So after high school graduation, he and his friend Hassan leave Chicago on a Road Trip where he tries to get over the latest Katherine and prove that he can mathematically prove the success of relationships with future Katherines. Hassan is the hilarious sidekick and Colin is the ultimate nerd and together they are hilarious!