Super Six! {Take Two}

Bewitched Bookworms is back with a new Super Six Sunday linky:

Six books that make you laugh!

Jennifer Cruisie is about the funniest author out there.  And her funniest, by far, was Wild Ride.  Written with her sometimes co-author Bob Mayer, Wild Ride is totally different than her other books.  Maybe that's why I find it the most memorable.  Definitely anything by Jennifer Cruisie is worth the time - I know I'll be laughing out loud.

Speaking of laughing out loud, Meg Cabot's books are also guaranteed to get me going!  The Boy Next Door, the first book I ever read by Ms. Cabot, remains my favorite!  Written entirely in emails between the characters, I read it in one night and have re-read it twice since then.  (Which is a huge thing; I almost never re-read books!)

 Another favorite author is Sophie Kinsella.  Wedding Night almost caused me to get into an accident - I was laughing so hard as I listened to it in my car. 




As for kids' book that make me giggle, it's hard to narrow the choices down to just three!

My favorite read alouds that keep the kids in stitches are Lois Lowry's All About Sam and Roald Dahl's The Witches.  I defy you to read either of these books aloud and not have to stop to wipe a tear!  The best part is listening to the kids laugh - every class loves both of these books!

Finally my suggestion to nearly every student who asks for a funny book is most often Mudshark by Gary Paulsen.  So cleverly written, especially the subplot narrated by the principal at the beginning of each chapter.





I can't wait to add to my TBR pile for the summer when I check out everyone else's books over at bewitched bookworms!  Check it out!

The Best Day!

I had the best day today and couldn't wait to get it down for my blog.  This way, when I'm having a bad day, I can refer back to today.

First, my sister and I drove to Independence High School for a book signing by one of my absolute FAVorITe authors - Meg Cabot!  Have you read her books?  I discovered her books through Kelly Ripa's reading list of all things.  So we went; I showed some restraint and only took three and bought one book for Meg (cause we're on a first name basis now) to sign.

Her talk before signing was hysterical!  She is just as witty and cleverly funny as I would expect and sounds exactly like many of her characters (naturally!).  She was so sweet to answer questions from young girls about her craft and her characters.

I know it's hard to tell, but this was a slide in Meg's presentation.  It shows her book covers from other countries.

Then she graciously stayed and signed books until every person there got her books signed.  My sister and I waited in the line for more than an hour, and we weren't at the end of the line!  I know it's dorky, but I felt bad that she was sitting there for so long so we didn't take pictures with her and slow her down more.  But we did take pictures of her signing our books.  BTW, she's left handed - just like me!

My books she signed.  When I told her I reviewed the last two, she added hearts to the signatures!

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When we finally got through the line, we raced off to a graduation party for one of my friend's daughters.  My brother-in-law brought my nieces, and we had a blast!  Taco Bar, Chocolate Fountain, Homemade Cookies - de-li-cious!  (Yes, it's all about the food...)

All in all a great vacation from school planning, tutoring, laundry and all those other mundane things!  Happy Saturday, everyone!