Guys Read: Funny Business audiobook

OK, we were stuck in the car for quite a while so when we started listening to these short stories, something happened. The kids stopped bickering. They stopped asking "are we there yet?" Peaceful driving through some scary mountain roads.Guys Read: Funny Business is a collection of short stories read by different narrators. All the stories have their merits, but a few stories stood out for us. I need to apologize for not taking notes on the titles of the stories (it was dark in the car) so here are our top picks:1. I think our favorite had to be the one about Papa Red - the really mean grandfather who enjoyed playing nasty tricks on his family. There's some pretty gross hot dog humor there and we were laughing our heads off.2. The Travis the Turkey story - Told from the point of view of a boy who felt like Travis was taking his place in the family. Quite funny, especially when the boy thought that the turkey was out to get him. 3. Will - This story kind of reminded me of The Incredibles. A special school for kids with "talent" and a bit of crazy superheroes. Lots of fun and special costumes and of course, really smart kids. 4. Remember those reading assignments you got as a kid? Or if you ever had one of those creative teachers that made you actually write an author and ask questions? This story had a really lazy kid ask an author to answer the standard boring questions. The back and forth letter writing was quite entertaining. This series is great for the reluctant reader. The stories are interesting and have just the right amount of gross out factor combined with humor. Well done. This audio book was downloaded free of charge as part of http://audiobooksync.com Summer 2012 promotion. See what other audio books made our Road Trip playlist and what we thought of them on Badass Book Reviews.

I got this book for the story by Daniel Pinkwater but the story by Kate DiCamillo was the best. It was about a yount student reluctantly writing to an author for a class assignment and their back-and-forth letters. Each got a lot from the experience though it started out roughly for them both.

I really enjoyed the humor that this book displayed. We read 2 of these stories in class, but I wanted to read more so I decided to buy it and see if the other short stories were just as funny. I was blown away, the irony and humor displayed would cause anyone to fall over laughing. I really enjoyed the wide variety of authors and the stories they wrote for this book, it was such a good mixture of the authors and stories that I think anyone would be able to read this book. I think this story is a master piece, and it was really well done. I recommend this book to all and anyone who wants a good book. Trust me, you will be laughing so hard you will almost be crying, I guarentee it.

#6 The book Funny Business by various authors is a very silly and yes, funny book. The man who made these series possible who put all these stories together is Jon Scieszka. It is a collection of many stories from famous authors, to some I have never heard of. Some have good endings some do not. I feel like this book was overall pretty good. I will tell you, it wasn’t the most interesting book in the library. It would have been better if the stories had been longer than a few pages. I also think that they had some good and famous author choices. A few authors they had are, Christopher Paul Curtis, James Dashner, Rick Riordan, and Stephen King. It would have been better also if the books were longer. So in my opinion basically what Jon here needs to do is to is make everything longer and bigger. That’s pretty much all. A good life lesson from this book is that life is too short not to laugh. You need to make the best of life even in the worst possible situation, which happens often in this book. It is just so terrible that it is almost gut wrenching shout out hilarious. The theme for this book is live life to the fullest. And I fully support that saying, to the fullest I can.

** spoiler alert ** I really enjoyed guys read: funny business by Jon Scieszka is very good book i loooovvvee how this book has multiple stories wrapped up into one book it is defenitly a five star for me. this book is perfect for me and i am 100% sure other guys would love this too. With short stories that dont take that long to get to the point, I absolutely recommend this to all guys trying to find a good book!

Guys Read: Funny Business by Jon Scieszka is a short story book. It includes 10 stories with some of my favorite authors like, Jeff Kinney and Jack Gantos. My favorite story out of the ten is "Best of Friends" by Mac Barnett. The story is about Dean and his "friend" Ernest. Ernest tells Dean that he has won two tickets to the Nesquick factory and that only his best friend will get the second ticket. Dean wants to go to the factory because in the commercial they show kids jumping into a chocolate pool and he wants to be one of those kids! Dean tries everything. Until one night he sleeps over at Ernest's house thinking that the next day when Ernest chooses who he's taking to the factory it will be him but it all goes wrong. In the morning when they get to school Ernest confesses that there was never tickets to the factory! Dean realizes that how would a company let a bunch of kids into a chocolate pool and into there company? My least favorite story was "A Fist Full of Feathers by David Yoo. The story talks about a boy and how his dad thinks he's too girly. He liked playing with dolls and had to name one of his dolls Mr.Elizabeth because he somehow thought that would make his dad less angry. However, it was getting near Thanksgiving and so his dad thought it would be a good Idea to get his son a turkey to get him into the holiday. They bought the turkey and it seemed that the turkey was better at playing sports and watching sports then the dads only son. His son would sometimes try to get near the turkey but he thought the turkey kept telling him to DIE. One day when his parents went out he went into there room and ripped up his mom's dresses,his dad's shoes,and even peed on there bed. Lastly he lift feathers around the bed. The day of Thanksgiving the turkey was nowhere to be seen until they ate dinner. There he was sitting on table already cooked. Only the dad's son was eating everyone was watching. I didn't think the story belonged inside a funny book because I didn t find anthing funny. But overall I did like the story!

NOTE: I won this book on a GoodReads First Reads giveaway. This volume of ten short stories is a fun mix of silly and humorous writing from some of today's most popular children's and young adult authors and illustrators. As with any eclectic short story collection, I liked some pieces more than others. Several of the stories are obviously geared more toward preteen boys (but, hey I can't really fault the authors or editor for this...the book is called "Guys Read" after all!), and are therefore full of what my mother calls 'bathroom humor' and jokes about bodily functions. But then there were two stand-out stories in this collection that basically forced me to add another star to my rating of the book overall. Kate DiCamillo and Jon Scieszka teamed up and wrote "Your Question for the Author Here," which is an epistolary story that centers on a back-and-forth exchange between a preteen boy and a female author, when the boy is assigned an author study project for his English class. I loved this story...it is funny and sweet and just about perfectly written. The second story I liked was David Yoo's "Fistful of Feathers," about a father's quest to make his son more manly by bringing home a pet turkey...that turns out to have a very sinister side! This one made me laugh aloud several times because it was just so comically absurd! I would recommend this collection of short stories to boys 10 and up...and girls might even like a few of the stories too!

The book "Guys Read Funny Business" edited by Jon Scieszka is a book for people who like to laugh and to be a bit weird out. This book is has multiple funny short stories written by different authors. One story is called "The Bloody Souvenir" written by Jack Gantos, this story is an example that I would be able to say is a short story that would weird you out. Another short story "Artemis Begins" is written by Eoin Colfer. This short story is also a very funny and the characters are foolish/creative. I hope that after reading my book review you will look into reading it.

"Guys Read:Funny Business" by Jon Scieszka is a hilarious book containing multiple different stories from authors such as Jeff Kinney, David Lubar, Kate DiCamillo, and more. Contrary to the title, this book can be read by anyone (boys, girls, ect.) who loves to have a great laugh. One of my favorite short stories in this book is called,"Unaccompinied Minors," this short story is by Jeff Kinney is about Jeff and his brother Patrick and how close these two become through the years. I recommend this book to anyone nine and older.

I am enjoying the stories but I didn't think the first two were funny. So far my favorite is the mummy story by John Lubar, "Kid Appeal". I enjoyed many of these stories but my original thought of them continued; many of the stories weren't funny. My least favorite story was "My Parents Give My Bedroom to a Biker" by Paul Feig. The story is about the kids parents and others get possessed by an alien and the day is saved with broccoli. It was really weird.

Some of the chapters (short stories) were hits, other misses for me. I really liked:Will by Adam Rex--- What does it take to be a Hero?Artemis Begins by Eoin Colfer--- AutoBio- tells where he got his inspiration for the character.Your Question Here: Kate DiCamillor and Jon Scieszka: Letter writing to author assignment.

I like to recommend this collection to older boys looking for a new favorite author.

***Spoiler Alert*** Have you ever wanted something, so bad that you would do anything to get it? The genre of this book is comedic and childish, but also fiction. Since there were ten stories in the book I decided to pick my favorite one, which is called,"Best of Friends." I feel that this book was amazing because it had twists and turns, but also because it made me laugh. For example, Ernest lies that he has tickets to the nesquik factory, which stunned the whole school. During school, Dean struggles to convince Ernest to take him to the nesquick factory because he's not the only person that wants to go. He tried many times, but he couldn't succeed. One day, he noticed that Ernest was getting bullied in the hallway, so he decided to protect Ernest, but at that point Ernest told Dean the truth. The conflict of this story is person versus person because Dean and the whole school compete for the ticket to the nesquick factory. For example, during recess everyone wanted to play with Ernest, but Ernest chose to play with dean. Also, a kid from school invited Ernest to eat, but not dean, which gave the a chance to get the ticket. The theme of this story is,"Watch what you say," because Ernest caused everyone to go crazy for a ticket that he said he had, but realistically he didn't. The first person point of view affects the story by showing the main characters feelings and experiences. For example, when Ernest decides to tell dean that he made it the tickets up, dean becomes very sad and stunned. According to the story,"Ernest whispered in my ear,'There is no sweepstakes. I made that up.' The locker room was quiet, like an empty church. My hands, which had been balled up in fists in front of me, relaxed and dropped to my sides. Oh no. No. My brain pivoted hard. Of course." I was surprised when Ernest made the tickets up just to be popular because Ernest seemed like an innocent child. For example, Ernest did not dress like a liar. According to the story,"Ernest looked more ninety than nine. He had thick lensed glasses that were attached snugly to his face by a cloth band that wrapped around his head. Our school had uniforms, and he was the only kid to opt for the cardigan instead of the sweater. Twin deposits of dried spit lined either side of his mouth; he always looked like he had just eaten lots of vanilla frosting." I would rate this book five stars because it gives real advice to people, such as,"Watch what you say." This advice would allow people to become a better person for themselves for the the people. I would recommend this book for people who enjoy comedy and fiction because there are many jokes and unreliable information. "What you say can impact someones life"

This book is based on multiple stories, the first start's off with a kid name Ernest, Ernest is different than others. He is transgender but a very kind kid, this doesn't stop him from trying to new things out such as sports preferably hockey. He makes friends throughout his Hockey practice and continues to be the nice kid he is. His family has always loved him and he him being transgender hasn't changed their outlook on him. Ernest started to make jokes as a way to make more friends and forget he had bipolar. The rest of the story is Ernest's journey and how he does in school, at home, his socializing and most importantly hockey. When Ernest was little he was bullied until he met a particular person in School his name was Will. Will helped Ernest and became his best friend, he stopped most of the bullies and then helped him out and talked to him. "Ernest was a nerd, but it was fourth grade: we were all nerds. Even the best of us were shackled to some fatal finding out he was transgender." I like this part of the story because it shows that Ernest is not afraid to show his own sexuality or gender. He made friends who all knew he was transgender, and they all stuck by him and loved him/she. This book is great showing that even if a person gender is different than others and their sexuality is differen't they can all become friends and stick by each other. This is a great book

Funny Business by Jon Scieszka is a book with a collection of funny and smart stories. My favorite story was "Kid Appeal" by David Lubar. It is about two best friends Dwight(someone who is described to pretty dumb) and Charlie who is not as dumb. Their friendship relied on loyalty and kindness, until they heard about a contest. The task was to make a presentation about the New Cairo. Charlie and Dwight want to participate in the contest so that they could win tickets to the Slpashtastic Park. They start to brainstorm many ideas and finally come up with something that will please the judges. On the other hand Zeke, a smart kid and a show off keeps encouraging them to give up and not participate in the contest because he's confident that he will win. Zeke makes a bet with Dwight and Charlie on 40 dollars. Who will win the contest?I really like this book because it's very amusing. I give this book four stars because it was very funny and the stories never confused me(I could always understand what was going on). I recommend this book to anyone who likes humor, adventures and realistic fiction books.