Fiction

yellowdogintexas

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17. a few of my favorites:

Sun Mar 13, 2022, 05:07 PM

Mar 2022

Life Among The Savages & Raising Demons by Shirley Jackson (yes THAT Shirley Jackson) I first read these when I was about eleven; they are among the few books I have read more than once. They are about her life in a drafty old farmhouse in Vermont with her husband and their five children.

Auntie Mame, Around the World With Auntie Mame and The Joyous Season all by Patrick Dennis. My favorite is The Joyous Season which chronicles a year in the lives of a brother and sister after all hell breaks loose on Christmas morning. It is a hoot, and I wish someone would make a movie from it.

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9 OF THE FUNNIEST FICTION BOOKS YOU'LL EVER READ [View all] SheltieLover Feb 2022 OP

I will add PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2022 #1

Thx! SheltieLover Feb 2022 #2

I LOVED that book and the sequel. CurtEastPoint Feb 2022 #3

The third book was much better than the second, PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2022 #6

Thanks for posting. I've read a couple of those books, but this list Arkansas Granny Feb 2022 #4

Yw SheltieLover Feb 2022 #5

I tried to read hippywife Feb 2022 #7

I just could not read Discworld books SheltieLover Feb 2022 #9

I love Discworld!!! yellowdogintexas Mar 2022 #18

Baja Oklahoma, by Dan Jenkins. nocoincidences Feb 2022 #8

Thx! SheltieLover Feb 2022 #10

Fup, by Jim Dodge AnotherDreamWeaver Feb 2022 #11

"Surrender the Pink" by Carrie Fisher bif Feb 2022 #12

Truly hermetic Feb 2022 #14

Humor's a funny thing, as the saying goes. bif Feb 2022 #13

I agree hermetic Feb 2022 #15

Have you seen the tv version? bif Feb 2022 #16

a few of my favorites: yellowdogintexas Mar 2022 #17