Love to laugh in February

[Merilyn]

 

There’s nothing like a good laugh to make you forget your troubles. Whilst jokes may be fleeting (and often in bad taste) a humorous book can keep you laughing for days. The National Year of Reading’s love2read theme for February is laugh so why not get hold of something that will bring tears to the eyes (from laughing that is!). It may be a comedian’s biography, a book of witty poetry or a classic ‘funny’ novel. Here are a few recommendations guaranteed to get a laugh out of the most solemn of readers. Don’t forget you can tweet about your favourite funny reads using #NYR12 and join in the live discussion on February 28 at 8pm.

 

• The hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy by Douglas Adams  
• Bridget Jones’s diary by Helen Fielding 
• About a boy by Nick Hornby 
• Naked by David Sedaris 
• Three men and a boat by Jerome K Jerome 
• A walk in the woods by Bill Bryson  
• There’s a bear in there (and he wants Swedish) by Merridy Eastman 
• Mum had a Kingswood : tales from the life and times of Rosso by Tim Ross  
• A confederacy of dunces by John Kennedy Toole