made me cackle as I read (non fiction)
- Descrizione
- obviously this is the most subjective list in the world, but these are the nonfic and reference things that I thought funny
1
1,084 utenti
17 recensioni
½ 4.3
Punteggio 10.68
Aggiunto 2014-08-27, 01:18 PM
- 3 Members
- aulsmith, nessreader, Diane-bpcb
2
1 utente
4
Punteggio 4
Aggiunto 2014-08-27, 01:16 PM
- Member
- nessreader
- Spiegazioni
- nessreader: theatre disasters told by a mordant journalist lots of Shakespeare anecdata
3
di Will Cuppy
1,047 utenti
16 recensioni
3.8
Punteggio 3.36
Aggiunto 2014-08-28, 07:47 AM
- Member
- aulsmith
4
di David Rose
132 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 3.4
Punteggio 3.36
Aggiunto 2014-08-27, 01:17 PM
- Member
- nessreader
- Spiegazioni
- nessreader: they're like ultra short short stories
6
di Lucy Mangan
34 utenti
2 recensioni
3.8
Punteggio 3.04
Aggiunto 2014-08-27, 01:17 PM
- Member
- nessreader
- Spiegazioni
- nessreader: biography in essays - originally comedy newspaper columns. she makes her family grotesques + lovable.
8
di Mrs. Mills
18 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.3
Punteggio 2.83
Aggiunto 2014-08-27, 01:18 PM
- Member
- nessreader
- Spiegazioni
- nessreader: crisp and bossy and utterly terrifying
9
114 utenti
5 recensioni
3.8
Punteggio 2.56
Aggiunto 2014-08-27, 01:18 PM
- Member
- nessreader
- Spiegazioni
- nessreader: he's a snob and he has no idea of it. Long book, takes a while to accumulate its effect
10
- Member
- nessreader
- Spiegazioni
- nessreader: biography 70s England, lots of food nostalgia for people who also ate Bird's Angel Delight as a special treat
11
- Member
- nessreader
- Spiegazioni
- nessreader: intended as a practical guide for the am dram director; she is very black and white about how things should be, v vivid on body language etc
12
2,126 utenti
37 recensioni
4
Punteggio 2.31
Aggiunto 2014-08-27, 01:21 PM
- Member
- nessreader
- Spiegazioni
- nessreader: no cliché escapes her - spot the authors she is pot-shotting (eddings, feist, lackey)
13
di Colin Watson
111 utenti
2 recensioni
4
Punteggio 2.25
Aggiunto 2014-08-27, 01:23 PM
- Member
- nessreader
- Spiegazioni
- nessreader: mostly about early to mid 20th century crime genre (England) v witty phrasing
14
- Member
- nessreader
- Spiegazioni
- nessreader: extracts from hatchet reviews of books, plays, etc.