Book Reviews
Humor
Things Go Wrong For Me (When life hands you lemons, add vodka)
Book Reviews, eBooks, Humor, IR Approved, Memoir, Nonfiction •
IR Staff •
Jan 21, 2013
Author Rodney Lacroix tells (and shows) all in this collection of offbeat, outrageous and entertaining random thoughts and life experiences that take the form of short stories, cartoons, electronic drawings and photographs – original and digitally manipulated. Read On
Spending the Holidays With People I Want To Punch In The Throat
Book Reviews, eBooks, Humor, IR Approved, Nonfiction, Parenting •
IR Staff •
Nov 19, 2012
“Spending the Holidays With People I Want To Punch In The Throat” is a collection of essays by Jen Mann-Li, who runs the blog, People I Want to Punch In The Throat.com. Read On
They Cooked the Books: A Humorous Look at the World of White-Collar Crime
Book Reviews, Business, eBooks, Humor, IRDA Winners, Nonfiction •
IR Staff •
Jul 30, 2012
They Cooked the Books is written in fifteen parts, with each section casting a metaphorical and honest light on the origins, original meanings and present day usage of sayings related to financial doings (legal and otherwise). Read On
Am I There Yet?
Book Reviews, Humor, Memoir, Nonfiction •
IR Staff •
Goldstein Lebovitz writes about her childhood, her adulthood, her family, and the bizarre situations that she finds herself in (like Saran Wrapping her boys in their bedrooms until she finds out how to delouse them after they are sent home from school infested), all of it peppered with light humor. Read On
How To Raise A Good Kid
Book Reviews, Humor, IR Approved, Memoir, Nonfiction, Parenting •
IR Staff •
Jun 20, 2012
In this entertaining series of essays, O’Dwyer mines his comfortable middle-class American childhood for life lessons. Read On
They Cooked the Books by Patrick M. Edwards
Book Reviews, Business, eBooks, Humor, Kirkus Reviewed, Nonfiction, Politics & Current Events •
Kirkus Reviews •
Oct 24, 2011
Edwards presents a novel approach to the financial debacle by analyzing the expressions we’ve come to associate with fraud and dishonesty. Read On
Television Can Blow Me: Reviews That Give TV a Lump in its Throat
Book Reviews, eBooks, Homepage Sub, Humor, Nonfiction •
IR Staff •
Oct 17, 2011
Irreverent, witty, at times downright shocking, writer James Donaghy presents his “best” (which does not necessarily mean glowing) reviews in this entertaining and outrageous compendium. Read On
Poor Widow Me by Carol Scibelli
Book Reviews, Books, Humor, Inspirational, Kirkus Reviewed, Memoir, Nonfiction •
Kirkus Reviews •
Oct 04, 2011
After the death of her husband, a woman finds humor in everyday situations. Read On
All Men Are Cremated Equal: My 77 Blind Dates
Humor, Memoir, Nonfiction •
IR Staff •
Feb 10, 2011
Referring to herself as “Bridget Jones’ American cousin,” Elizabeth chronicles her true-life dating spree as a marriage-minded mortician in her mid-30′s.
Xanta Claus
Book Reviews, Fantasy, Fiction, Humor •
IR Staff •
Feb 04, 2011
Santa Claus’s job is not just to bring presents; it’s to bring hope to children, up to the age of ten. But why stop there? Even adults could use a little hope sometimes.
