Reading for Humor
Do you think of reading for humor? Let’s identify our emotions. (haha – Too much Al-anon in my veins.) Like when you go to the library, what is the need you are looking to fulfill?
I’m usually looking for enlightenment, education or entertainment. But not entertainment for my funny bone. Something more along the lines of an escape ladder appeals to me. Humor never before even crossed my mind as an option.
But this summer, our public library has a reading program on for adults where the goal is to read three humorous books, fiction or non-fiction. After reading them, you can submit reviews and someone will get a prize, but I’m so fascinated by the novelty of reading for giggles that I don’t really care about any of that. Nor finishing on time.
Scouring the recommended list of books, I was happily surprised to find a lot of Canadian submissions that interested me. Things like…
Rick Mercer Report: the Book by Rick Mercer
Secrets from the Vinyl Cafe by Stuart MacLean
I was only able to bring home the How to be a Canadian, subtitled Even if you are already one, as the others were all out of the library. Clear evidence that the program is fairly popular. Thankfully, we have an ability to reserve books that happen to be out, and I asked for them all. Until then, I’ll be reconnecting with my inner hoser and hopefully laughing out loud. Which so far I am, especially at quotes likes this:
“… Canada has no fewer that six distinct seasons:
Tax; Hockey; More Hockey; Still More Hockey; Summer (also known as the July Long Weekend, also known as “Was that it?”); and finally…
Isn’t the Hockey Season Over by Now?!”
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While not usually billed as humour, I find Mordecai Richler’s books quite funny.
I’m new to Richler, which would you suggest as a good place to start?
Incidentally, I have seen his work but in the cartoon of Jacob Two-Two which the kids and I always enjoyed, especially because it was so distinctly Canadian.