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Mar 2023
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82: Books That Make Us Laugh

SARAH HARTLEY
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Reading is Funny Day is coming up on April 1st, so we wanted to talk about funny books in this episode. Plus, we just really love to giggle and laugh. We’re 12-year-old boys at heart and love jokes about butts and other body parts, so these books are right up our alley. Happy laughing!

 

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Support indie bookstores by shopping our picks on Bookshop.org!

 

Something Bookish:

[3:32] S: Wandered Barnes & Noble alone on her birthday and it was heaven.

[4:47] M: Walking Practice by Dolki Min

 

[6:32] Projects We’re Working on Behind the Scenes:

 

Books That Make Us Laugh:

[11:46] S: In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune

[12:20] S: People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

S: Book Lovers by Emily Henry

[13:04] M: Runaway Groomsman by Meghan Quinn

[14:57] Mia’s Funny Books

M: A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

M: We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby

M: The Highland Fling by Meghan Quinn

M: See Jane Snap by Bethany Crandell

M: A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond

M: The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish

M: Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh

M: Lost on Planet China by J. Maarten Troost

[18:10] Sarah’s Funny Books

S: Just By Looking at Him by Ryan O’Connell

S: Faking Christmas by Cindy Steel

S: You’re a Mean One, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky

S: The Guncle by Steve Rowley

S: The Reunion by Kayla Olson

S: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

S: A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost

S: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

S: I’ll Show Myself Out by Jessi Klein

S: Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson

 

[21:13] Funny Books We’re Excited to Read:

S: Less by Andrew Sean Greer

S: Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey

S: You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by Amber Ruffin + Lacey Lamar

M: Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby

M: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling

M: The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler

 

Also Mentioned:

Hot Ones interview with Pedro Pascal

 

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Follow Sarah on Instagram: @thekindredvoice 

Follow Mia on Instagram: @miasutton5

 

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