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Summary: But funny to read
Review: This book is just what it sounds like - brief stories of travel disasters. The authors range from the usual suspects (travel writers like Bill Bryson) to humorists (Dave Barry) to other well-known authors (Anne Lamott) to a few I'd never heard of but will look into now (Nigel Barlow and Luis Alberto Urrea). The stories were mostly credible and all pretty funny when you got past cringing. I also really like the interpositioning of comics and short shorts. If there's another installment, I'll definitely read it. My only negative comment is that it seemed the funniest pieces were at the front, or maybe one should just read it in small doses.
Rating:
Summary: But funny to read
Review: This book is just what it sounds like - brief stories of travel disasters. The authors range from the usual suspects (travel writers like Bill Bryson) to humorists (Dave Barry) to other well-known authors (Anne Lamott) to a few I'd never heard of but will look into now (Nigel Barlow and Luis Alberto Urrea). The stories were mostly credible and all pretty funny when you got past cringing. I also really like the interpositioning of comics and short shorts. If there's another installment, I'll definitely read it. My only negative comment is that it seemed the funniest pieces were at the front, or maybe one should just read it in small doses.
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Summary: It's Always Funny When It Happens to Another
Review: This books is tons of fun. It is a quick read and filled with solid writing by a wide assortment of authors. Be careful in the library though, you will actually catch yourself laughing out loud! Not So Funny When It Happened talks about more than just travel, it gives some good life insights as well.
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Summary: It's Always Funny When It Happens to Another
Review: This books is tons of fun. It is a quick read and filled with solid writing by a wide assortment of authors. Be careful in the library though, you will actually catch yourself laughing out loud! Not So Funny When It Happened talks about more than just travel, it gives some good life insights as well.
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Summary: funny travel writing
Review: This wasn't quite as funny as it sounded, but it was still worth reading.
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Summary: Not So Funny When You Read It
Review: Unfortunately, _Not So Funny_ is really not that humorous. Given the contributing authors (including Dave Barry, Douglas Adams, Anne Lamott, and, of course, Tim Cahill) one would expect this collection to have you rolling in the aisles. But it simply doesn't work. The snippets may have fit very well in their original publications, but the misadventures in _Not So Funny_ are just not surprising or amusing enough as stand-alones.I read this book while on an extremely long flight to South Africa. As such, it was bearable, but the stories shared by my co-passengers were considerably more appealing. Stick to Cahill's earlier works and avoid this haphazard assortment.
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Summary: Glad I Wasn't There
Review: What a wonderful collection of truly amusing stories!! After reading " The Dentist in Cameroon" I wanted to cancel my own dentist appointment!! "What I Did in the Dollhouse" was over the top and so colorfully written that I almost wet myself!! Travelers' Tales has done it again by providing a rich assortment of humor and misadventures from around the globe.
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