We are keeping it light this week, with a list of tried and true, funny books for adults, all available as either eBooks or eAudiobooks. Access these books for free with your BWG Library card through the Overdrive app, available as a free download for your device. Larissa at the Library is always eager to hear your recommendations, especially now that so many people are physically distancing and spending more time at home! Reach out via email at [email protected] or through Facebook or Instagram @bwglibrary with suggested books, activities…or just to say hi!
Funny, you don’t look autistic: a comedian’s guide to life on the spectrum (Available immediately, no waitlists, no holds, from March 23 to April 13)
By Michael McCreary
Canadian stand-up comic and activist Michael McCreary describes how he was diagnosed with ASD in early childhood and found healing and empowerment through journaling, as a comedian and in dispelling misconceptions about autism.
This book is the current Big Library Read on Overdrive, available to borrow without waitlists or holds from March 23 to April 13. Join thousands of readers around the world in reading and discussing this book! Email Larissa at the Library at [email protected] if you would be interested in participating in an online book discussion in April.
BossyPants
By Tina Fey
From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon, comedian Tina Fey reveals all, and proves that you're no one until someone calls you bossy.
We recommend the eAudiobook version, read by Fey herself.
Is Everyone hanging out without me? and Why Not Me?
By Mindy Kaling
The writer and actress best known as Kelly Kapoor on "The Office" shares observations on topics ranging from favorite male archetypes and her hatred of dieting to her relationship with her mother and the haphazard creative process in the "Office" writers' room. Kaling reads her own audiobooks.
So, Anyway…
By John Cleese
A rollicking memoir by the legendary Monty Python comic traces his ascent in the entertainment world, from his humble origins and early collaborations with Graham Chapman through his uproarious achievements in tv and motion pictures.
Lady Parts
By Andrea Martin
The actress and comedian describes her childhood and relationship with her parents, marriage, divorce, and struggles as a young mother, creation of her comedic characters in the Canadian series, SCTV, and her work as a television and stage actress.
Wildflower
By Drew Barrymore
The award-winning actress shares funny and heartfelt memories from her life and career, from her emancipation in her mid-teens, to the unique farewell she shared with her father, to her experiences as a mother.
