"Life Laughs" By Jenny McCarthy

Title: Life Laughs
Author: Jenny McCarthy
Published Year: 2006
Pages: 215

Jenny McCarthy is awesome! And not just in her books, in life she seems like such an awesome person too. I spent my early teen years watching her on Singled Out and loved her quirky personality on that show. If you've never heard of it or never watched it it's a show about getting a date and she was one of the hosts on the actual show.

Previously I have read her other books about her pregnancy and the first year of her son's life. This book continues on from the previous one and just tells funny stories from her actual life in addition to some not so funny ones but stories that do have their place between these pages. Everything from finding a job, to boyfriends to realising the man you are married to really isn't the guy you should be married to is all within these pages. Each chapter is short and to the point, just like Jenny is in real life.

Her books help remind me that everyone has the same issues and problems throughout life, it doesn't matter who you are or even how much money you have. I love reading her books because its like sharing my own life in comparison with a close friend. The book is witty and quirky and almost anyone can relate to it. I say almost because there is always that one person out there that believes they have nothing in common with any of these stories in this book. Either that person is lying or they live in a cave.

If you are a woman, pick up this book and relate to Jenny.

"50 Boyfriends Worse Than Yours" By Justin Racz

Title: 50 Boyfriends Worse Than Yours
Author: Justin Racz
Published Year: 2006
Pages: 108
Genre: Humor

No, I do not think that I have a bad boyfriend. He is actually quite the opposite: absolutely awesome! But of course there are those times when you are wandering around Half Price Books looking for something fun to read and you end up in the humor section, you'd be surprised at what jumps out and grabs your attention just like this book. I was specifically looking for a Chelsea Handler book that I didn't already have (which by the way for inquiring minds, I did find and I did buy, it will hopefully be read in the next couple weeks) and the humor section I have found is a fun place to be! There are tons of funny titles and I am glad that I have stumbled upon this genre. Also a huge thank you to goodreads.com for providing me with suggestions of books based on others that I have already read. The site is pretty good at those suggestions.

So on to this book in particular! Just like the title suggests, this book is about 50 types of guys that the author believes have got to be worse than your boyfriend (if you have one) that you currently have. They are not true stories, but rather general types of guys like the sensitive tattoo guy and the Jewish mommy's boy just to share a couple of the types. Each type has a picture to show kind of what the guy that is being described may look like along with a page of attributes that they possess. The attributes describe the guy, quotes he may say, type of car to drive, what the first date may be like, benefits and dislikes just to name a few.

It is a quick read and fun at the same time. I breezed right through it in under half an hour and laughed during it too. I swear the author was describing some of my ex-boyfriends.

"Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea" By Chelsea Handler

Title: Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
Author: Chelsea Handler
Published Year: 2008
Pages: 264
Genre: Memoir/Humor

Handler is absolutely hilarious in my opinion. And to make it even better, she uses her own life stories to showcase this vastness of humor. I have read another book of hers about her one-night stands and laughed my way through it. In this one I did the same. Luckily she starts out in chronological order with her stories, so the reader gets a feeling for the things she encountered during her life and how it brought her to where she is today. I love author's that use their own personal experiences as a way of humoring the reader and this book is full of her hysterical events that have happened during her life.

A quick warning, if you are not into reading about compulsive liars, promiscuity, or profanity do not pick this book up! It is full of all of these things and many more. Handler is not ashamed of her past or where she is going and has not problem sharing her stories with the world. From trying to pass herself off as Goldie Hawn's co-star while she is a child to why she felt com pulsed to date a red-head it is all in her and worth the laughter.

The book for me just sucked me in. I could not get enough of it and just flew right through the book. I can handle the type of raunchy humor that is portrayed in the book and I am looking forward to more stories from Handler in the future.

"Timeline" By Michael Crichton

Title: Timeline
Author: Michael Crichton
Published Year: 1999
Pages: 496


What happens when people go into the past using time travel? Knowing Crichton's works, you may have some idea. Like his other works that I have read, this one is full of technical knowledge that brings even more credibility into the actual story. Without the background technical information this could have ended up as just another time travel novel without the needed information to make it plausible.

For this installment of Crichton, he takes us on an adventure that does not really start out in an adventurous mode. There are bits and pieces spanning from a desert area in the southwest United States all the way to an archaeological site in France. By connecting these two with a big technical company, the real adventure begins. Members of the archaeological dig are sent back into the past to rescue one of their own. Throw in the normal twists and turns that Crichton thrives on and you got an awesome book that takes you all the way down to the wire.

Since Crichton has passed away a few years back, I am quickly going through many of his novels and I am going to feel a bit empty handed when I eventually finish all of them. If there is anyone out there that can refer me to an author that is similar in style and thoroughness I would greatly appreciate it.