The Book Doctors join us to share the latest in literary news and to share what's new on their reading lists. During the second half of the show, we talk about books that caused us to laugh out loud.By The Walt Bodine Show, Feb 27, 2009
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The Book Doctor's Reading Lists:
Mark Luce?Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons; Ruins by Achy Obejas
Jeffrey Ann Goudie?Little Bee by Chris Cleave; Dear Darkness: Poems by Kevin Young
Kaite?Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do by Tom Vanderbilt; Foolscap by Michael Malone
Listener's Choices for "Laught Out Loud" Books
Doug in Shawnee? Soccerhead: An Accidental Journey into the Heart of the American Game by Jim Haner
Carolyn in Overland Park?T he Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
Tory on the Plaza? Duffy Dombrowski series by Tom Schrek
David in Downtown? Lamb by Christopher Moore
Carla in Lawrence? Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss
Jeff in Overland Park? Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Mark Luce? Lysistrata by Aristophanes
Jeffrey Ann Goudie? Deciding the Next Decider by Calvin Trillin
Kaite Mediatore Stover? The Last Cattle Drive by Robert Day
Walter in Overland Park? Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Christine? Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks
Steven in Liberty? Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Rich in Brookside? All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriott
Liz in Prairie Village? Carl Hiaasen
Tom in Olathe? America, the Book: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by John Stewart
Tom in South Kansas City? Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House by Eric Hodgins
Whitney? Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker
Rita in Liberty? Stella in Heaven by Art Buchwald
Craig in Kearney?"The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved" by Hunter S. Thompson