I raise my glass to all the authors who have a great sense of humour, and who can convey it on paper with skill. I thought I would share the books that have been a source of a few (okay, more than a few) good laughs for me these past few years.
Laugh (Burnside # 2) by Mary Ann Rivers
Sam Burnside and Nina Paz go out on their very first date and things just go WRONG. I was rolling on the floor and laughing with tears streaming from my eyes by the time I finished reading about their nightmare date. It was pure Murphy’s Law in action. Mary Ann Rivers has a talent for making her readers feel what her characters are feeling be it loneliness, love, anger, lust, sadness, and – well – mortification.
Here’s an excerpt from Chapter 12 just to give you a feel of where their date is going (think the road to hell is truly paved with good intentions):
“What does your shirt say?”
Goddammit, PJ. “I don’t think it says anything. I think it’s just a design.”
She stopped and walked behind him. “No, I think it says something, it’s just very stylized. See, here.” She traced over his shoulders and he closed his eyes. “Huh.”
“What?”
“It says deeper. Deeper than what? Does that mean you’re really deep? Or that you go—”
“I think it’s just the brand, or the company or whatever.”
“Huh. I hadn’t pegged you for a logo hound.”
“I’m not.”
“It’s really shiny, too. Sparkles in the sunlight. I like these small blue rhinestones on the swirls.”
“There’re rhinestones?”
“You’re a rhinestone cowboy, baby. Who goes deeper, or so your shirt claims.”
“It’s swank.”
“What is?”
“The shirt. That’s what PJ said, that it was swank.”
“What does that mean again?”
Sam closed his eyes and yanked Nina in close. “I have no fucking idea.”
They started to walk again. “I actually do like the rhinestones, but you know what I like more?”
“Normal shirts?”
“I like that you wanted to look swank for me and let PJ dress you.”
Sam grinned. He couldn’t help it. He’d done something right without even trying or understanding exactly what the right thing was. Who’da thought?
You’ll have to keep reading because the date doesn’t end with just a swank shirt as collateral damage.
Komorebi Days 
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