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We’re All A Mess, It’s OK by Amy Lyle

We’re All A Mess, It’s OK by Amy Lyle

This best-selling book is also a Goodreads Top Humor Pick!

Life is full of pain, disappointments, and failures—but given enough time, they often become our funniest stories. We’re All A Mess. It’s OK is a refreshingly honest and unfiltered look at life’s most absurd moments. Packed with hilarious essays and razor-sharp one-liners, this book embraces the messy, imperfect, and utterly relatable sides of being human.

From disastrous internet dating adventures and bizarre co-workers to vacations gone hilariously wrong and the worst holiday gifts ever, this anthology of real-life disasters will leave you laughing, cringing, and nodding in agreement. It’s a celebration of life’s chaos, reminding us all that even our biggest blunders are worth sharing—and laughing about.

If you’re a fan of Jenn Mann, Samantha Irby, and/or Jenny Lawson, you’ll love We’re All A Mess. It’s OK. This laugh-out-loud book makes the perfect gift for your funniest friends—or anyone who could use a good dose of humor and hope. Packed with witty anecdotes and a heartfelt message, it’s an easy read that reminds us all that we can survive even our worst failures. In the end, being a mess isn’t just OK—it’s what makes us human.

One reviewer shared, with a touch of humor, that it made her feel 32% better about her own life!

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So What! Stories – The Trilogy by G.J. Griffiths

So What! Stories – The Trilogy by G.J. Griffiths

This Great Blockbuster Trilogy of the So What! Stories has it all – Nature, humour, heartache and criminal thrills and spills!
In Book One follow the career of teacher Robert Jeffrey through the antics of his pupils – both in and out of the classroom. Giggle and gasp at the hilarious and sad tales of pupils. Romance, bullying and struggling teachers give you a full range of daily life in Birch Green High School!
In Book Two student teacher Molly Pearson is rewilding the school’s wildlife and nature garden with the help of her Year 7 kids. Self-harming, arson, gang violence and teenage angst all seem to be teaming up as obstacles to block success from Molly and her class of 11 year-olds!
In Book Three try to keep up with ex-pupil detective Nigel Shantra as he pursues the desperate criminals who caused trauma and tragedy to the school community. A criminal fireworks stunt that goes disastrously wrong leads to death and mayhem. Conspiring fraudsters look like they might get away with things when a black spider monkey in a zoo unwittingly assists detective Shantra in his chase!

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Turkish Delight by Anjelica Søndergaard

Turkish Delight by Anjelica Søndergaard

Join in on a week filled with laughter, romance, colourful cocktails and language, and honest conversations between good friends + just a little bit of craziness!
Maya, Charlotte, June and Cecilia have been friends for more than 20 years and have shared each other’s ups and downs throughout life.

Now that they’re in their 40s, they have decided to go on a holiday to Turkey together. A country none of them have travelled in before.

We cross paths with the girls while they’re getting ready for their holiday and they invite us to tag along for a week of sun and fun in the beautiful coastal town of Cennet.

Together, they have to find their way in a country and a culture that’s like nothing they’ve ever experienced. Throughout their week together, they create lasting memories and uncover surprising, unexpected, and shocking aspects of each other.

Because why is the shy Cecilia so much more tense and uptight than usual?
What does the perfect Charlotte hide from her husband – and from her friends?
Will the fun-loving Maya overcome her insecurities, what is the confident June’s big secret, and is something going to happen with Haci, the cute waiter from the restaurant?

And last but not least: What the heck is Turkish Delight?!

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THE WORLD’S DUMBEST QUESTIONS by SIDNEY S. PRASAD

THE WORLD’S DUMBEST QUESTIONS by SIDNEY S. PRASAD

Society has been raised to believe that there are no dumb questions and the only dumb question is the one not asked. However, just when you thought you heard the dumbest, ludicrous question, someone takes it down to the next level with their sheer stupidity. Get ready to get entertained with The World’s Dumbest Questions!

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Tales of American Idiocy by P.R. Infidel

Tales of American Idiocy by P.R. Infidel

“Soon the humans will all wear muzzles and be chained to their homes by their great glowing boxes!”

This announcement by Chester stopped the meeting of the pets of Sunnyside Street cold. Not that they were surprised by the neighborhood conspiracy cat. Chester was full of odd ideas, most of which he announced at inopportune moments.

Chester would turn out to be right about COVID, but he is just one of many Orwellian critters and supernatural shorts populating these Tales of American Idiocy, a darkly humorous collection of short stories commemorating the early 2020’s. Here you’ll find President Brandon’s sketch election. Dwight the alligator will fight forced COVID injections. Delilah the deer’s own “Dr. Foxi,” gets his just deserts, and Black Lizards definitely Matter.

Will Chester and friends’ warnings make repeating the early 2020s unthinkable?

If you like clever allegories, not-so-crazy conspiracies’, and darkly humorous satire, you’ll love Tales of American idiocy, a work Bookviral calls: “A cuttingly Allegorical Read!”

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Lawyer Humor Handbook: The Complete Tome of Lawyer Jokes, Stories, Amusing Transcripts, Puns, and Witticisms by Ronald H. Clark

Lawyer Humor Handbook: The Complete Tome of Lawyer Jokes, Stories, Amusing Transcripts, Puns, and Witticisms by Ronald H. Clark

Cheer yourself and others up with the Lawyer Humor Handbook. Excellent resource for ice breaking when you are giving a speech, need a fun gift—especially for a lawyer, or want to lighten up any gathering or celebration. This Handbook compiles the whole gamut of lawyer jokes, stories, puns, court transcripts with lawyer faux pas, and other lawyer witticisms.

In this Handbook you’ll find:

• 210 Humorous lawyer stories
• 62 Courtroom transcripts with lawyer gaffes
• 83 Question and answer lawyer jokes
• 19 Law school amusements
• 38 Punchy puns and word-play bits
• 2 Legal writing funny pieces
• 26 Hilarious one-liners
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Lawyer Humor Handbook: The Complete Tome of Lawyer Jokes, Stories, Amusing Transcripts, Puns, and Witticisms by Ronald H. Clark

Lawyer Humor Handbook: The Complete Tome of Lawyer Jokes, Stories, Amusing Transcripts, Puns, and Witticisms by Ronald H. Clark

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Our Cats Are Plotting To Kill Us by Jim Tilberry

Our Cats Are Plotting To Kill Us by Jim Tilberry

Julie and Darryl are a married couple who discover a way to read the minds of their cats, Oliver and Wendell. By doing so, they find out some amazing stuff about their feline companions. Oliver and Wendell are exceptionally smart. They philosophize about life, understand Spanish, and know history and pop culture. The cats also have hilarious “conversations” about every cat behavior from chasing mice to grooming to using the litter box. However, Julie and Darryl also discover a sinister side to their cats. It appears Oliver and Wendell are secretly scheming to murder their owners. Now the couple faces a crisis. Are the cats really going to murder them, and if so, how do they stop them? This fictional book includes many funny twists and surprises. It also includes many humorous illustrations. If you’re a cat owner and familiar with the unique and interesting ways cats behave, you’ll love this wacky new book. The ebook is free to download on Monday, February 19th.

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Our Cats Are Plotting To Kill Us by Jim Tilberry

Our Cats Are Plotting To Kill Us by Jim Tilberry

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Speaking in Tungs by Karla M. Jay

Speaking in Tungs by Karla M. Jay

A new job in rural Pennsylvania. How hard can five patients be?

In this entertaining novel set in rural Pennsylvania, a young woman from San Francisco searches for her birth parents while beginning her first job as a home-health speech pathologist. She soon learns how hard one job can be as she navigates the backwoods of Tungston, (“Tungs”) trying to comply with the needs of her quirky patients, all the while being stalked by a violent fugitive, and finding herself unexpectedly falling for the charms of a small-town, including one hot fireman. Through no fault of her own, she exposes a criminal who has been safely hidden in the thick forest, and now as he tries to stop her from exposing him, her patients’ lives, as well as her own are in jeopardy.

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Pianist in a Bordello by Mike C. Erickson

Pianist in a Bordello by Mike C. Erickson

Pianist in a BordelloWhat would happen if a politician decided to tell the truth—the whole truth? Richard Youngblood, aspiring Congressman, is about to find out. He’s running on a platform of honesty and transparency—and against the advice of his friends and advisers he’s decided to start with himself. His autobiography will lay his entire life bare before voters just days before the election.And what a life he’s had. Born in a commune and named Richard Milhous Nixon Youngblood as an angry shot at his absent father, Richard grows up in the spotlight, the son of an enigmatic fugitive and the grandson of a Republican senator. He’s kidnapped and rescued, kicked out of college for a prank involving turkeys, arrested in Hawaii while trying to deliver secrets to the CIA…Dick Nixon Youngblood’s ready to tell all. He’ll even tell his readers about the Amandas—three women who share a name but not much else, and who each have helped shape and define the man he’s become. Are voters really ready for the whole truth?Are you?Pianist in a Bordello is a hilarious political romp through the last four decades of American history, from a narrator who is full of surprises.

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Pianist in a Bordello by Mike C. Erickson

Pianist in a Bordello by Mike C. Erickson

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Reality Barks: A Rescue Dog’s Funny Story by Kit James

Reality Barks: A Rescue Dog’s Funny Story by Kit James

A rescue dog faces the reality of his unusual new life. Rescued before he was due to be euthanized and now a celebrity animal star, Elliott gives you a dog’s version of life, death and stardom. When two glossy Sydney metro couples rescue an ordinary Aussie mutt from the Dog Pound, he wonders why… especially when they change his name to Elliott! But he soon realizes that Jamie, the alpha-male of one of the couples, has plans for him… big plans! It’s a humorous Australian rescue dog’s tell-all tale about how he becomes a celebrity and wins their love.

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Dead Funny: Four Women, Four Dead Bodies…Well Ok, Five by Jinx James

Dead Funny: Four Women, Four Dead Bodies…Well Ok, Five by Jinx James

A fast-fading celebrity is prepared to do anything, yes anything, to capture the headlines again. Unfortunately, Annabel had picked a very bad day to kill her husband. Four equally ballsy women cross a moral line to get what they want, with unexpected consequences. Throbbing with dark humor, Dead Funny confirms that the world is as crazy and off-kilter as you always suspected.

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SCAM A-LAMA HARDBALL by Jinx James

SCAM A-LAMA HARDBALL by Jinx James

A wickedly dark comedy of trickery, dodgy contracts, celebrity, lies and love – and a twisted plot to con the rock star.
Lured by an irresistible offer of a new album, rock star Marc Charles can’t believe his luck … until the deal turns sour. There’s something underhand going on with the mysterious overseas organization behind the album offer. But contracts are meant to be trashed, aren’t they? Except this offer will get Marc out of his finanial troubles. Torn by the dilemma of recording the shitty song that’s part of the deal and his desperate need to reboot his career, Marc signs the contract. He senses he’s the target of a stand-over tactic, but what can he do? Hell! – rewite the song and make it awesome. Trouble is he hasn’t written a hit for over a decade. Now there is so much to play for and too much to lose.

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Mindfulness for Everyone : How to Stop Being F^cking Rude to People! by Pieter Wesley Whittington

Mindfulness for Everyone : How to Stop Being F^cking Rude to People! by Pieter Wesley Whittington

Are you rude to others? Did someone ever tell you they didn’t like the way you spoke to them? Do you know someone who is rude?

If so, this book is for you or them.

This book is for the boss, the co-workers, and the parents. The book Mindfulness for Everyone shows you how to act in public and conduct yourself in a restaurant. All of course, without the cursing.

Also included in Mindfulness for Everyone is how to properly send an effective email to a co-worker without sounding insincere, rude, or terse. Sometimes parents have to be reminded of mindfulness when dealing with their children.

Mindfulness reduces stress and promotes well-being. By reading Mindfulness for Everyone for just 5 minutes a day, the reader will have a sense of purpose in life and will better understand how to treat others. With continued use of these mindfulness techniques, the reader will soon develop a sense of positive energy radiating outward. Spreading kindness and gratitude creates positive energy.

Take a journey toward peace and kindness and a shared life that is more balanced.

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Pianist in a Bordello by Mike C. Erickson

Pianist in a Bordello by Mike C. Erickson

Pianist in a Bordello What would happen if a politician decided to tell the truth—the whole truth? Richard Youngblood, aspiring Congressman, is about to find out. He’s running on a platform of honesty and transparency—and against the advice of his friends and advisers he’s decided to start with himself. His autobiography will lay his entire life bare before voters just days before the election. And what a life he’s had. Born in a commune and named Richard Milhous Nixon Youngblood as an angry shot at his absent father, Richard grows up in the spotlight, the son of an enigmatic fugitive and the grandson of a Republican senator. He’s kidnapped and rescued, kicked out of college for a prank involving turkeys, arrested in Hawaii while trying to deliver secrets to the CIA…Dick Nixon Youngblood’s ready to tell all. He’ll even tell his readers about the Amandas—three women who share a name but not much else, and who each have helped shape and define the man he’s become. Are voters really ready for the whole truth? Are you? Pianist in a Bordello is a hilarious political romp through the last four decades of American history, from a narrator who is full of surprises.

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The Book Of Failures by Amy Lyle

The Book Of Failures by Amy Lyle

You will feel 20-32% better about your own life after reading The Book of Failures.

The book has been featured in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Northside Women magazine, Points North magazine, My Forsyth magazine, Alpharetta Life, 400 Life, Forsyth County News, and on morning shows Atlanta and Company and The Kelly Show and Focus Atlanta.

Reviews:
“THE FUNNIEST, WITTIEST, AND MOST RELATABLE BOOK A GIRL COULD READ.” -A. Evers of Blueline Scripture- “Don’t Read While Drinking (Your coffee, wine, etc. will shoot through your nose from laughing.)” – R. Johnson of Ivy Owl Reviews- “You will definitely appreciate your own family dysfunction as you read through Amy’s ‘Book of Failures.’ Can’t wait to see more.” -S. Pacey Northside Woman Magazine- “Delight in Amy Lyle’s 45 years of missteps, inadequacies and faux pas. You may appreciate your own dysfunction a little more as you take a journey through Amy’s debacles including: “I Was Not Talking to You,” where Amy mistakes a handsome man waving at her as a potential suitor but in reality, he was only trying to inform her that her belt was dragging on the freeway and “In the Neighborhood,” where members of a cult moving in concurred with a suspicious decline in the cat population. You will relish the chapters entitled “Calls from Sharon,” where Amy’s best friend rants about her kids not getting a fair shot because public schools are ‘so political,’ as her OB/GYN reported her vagina was ‘too clean’ and how the most eligible bachelor from 1982 married a whore. Enjoy “I’m Going to Kill You,” where Amy compares her lack of sleep from her husband’s snoring to CIA agents extracting secrets from a POW.”

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