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ChazInAz

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27. She was!

Reply to Staph (Reply #25)

Fri May 14, 2021, 10:10 AM

May 2021

She was one of the guides on a very expensive Nile cruise I took. Her erudition and sly humor made her the highlight of the tour. Got her to sign my treasured old copy of "Red Land, Black Land" for me!

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I'm looking for something funny to read. Any recs? [View all] bif May 2021 OP

"Lamb" by Christopher Moore dameatball May 2021 #1

That was good! bif May 2021 #16

"Good Omens" by Terry Pratchett. Arkansas Granny May 2021 #2

For just plain fun anything by Terry. Twoflower May 2021 #5

For a fact. I've been "lost" in Discworld many times. Arkansas Granny May 2021 #7

Me too just look at my name. Twoflower May 2021 #9

I noticed that when I posted my reply. Do you have luggage? Arkansas Granny May 2021 #10

Yep a big steamer trunk and way more flip flops than I could ever count. Twoflower May 2021 #11

I'll look into him/her bif May 2021 #17

Anything by David Sedaris jmbar2 May 2021 #3

Huge fan! bif May 2021 #18

"My Family and Other Animals" by Gerald Durrell StClone May 2021 #4

Anything by Carl Hiaason. ChazInAz May 2021 #6

LOL, I posted the same thing below. Laffy Kat May 2021 #13

Trumps impeachment defense briefs. n/t DEbluedude May 2021 #8

Any novel by Carl Hiaasen. nt Laffy Kat May 2021 #12

He's pretty amusing bif May 2021 #19

"Squeeze Me"? Laffy Kat May 2021 #21

That's the one. bif May 2021 #23

The Sweet Potato Queens! Phoenix61 May 2021 #14

Redshirts by John Scalzi. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #15

I'll look into these. bif May 2021 #20

Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody series Staph May 2021 #22

Oh, yes! ChazInAz May 2021 #24

I met her at a book signing fifteen or twenty years ago. Staph May 2021 #25

She was! ChazInAz May 2021 #27

Give "The Big Over Easy" by Jasper Fforde a try krispos42 May 2021 #26

Confederacy of Dunces A-Schwarzenegger May 2021 #28

Read it when it first came out bif May 2021 #29

Auntie Mame, Around the World With AUntie Mame and The Joyous Season yellowdogintexas Jun 2021 #30

The Stephanie Plum books are very funny. nt yellowdogintexas Jun 2021 #31

If you like light sci-fi LearnedHand Jul 2021 #32