Bookish Medicine...

Having a bad day? Need a laugh? Here are 10 reads that always cheer me up and make me smile....so give one a try. After all, laughter is the best medicine!

1. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (It'll give you a whole new appreciation of Jane Eyre!)
2. A Room With A View by E. M. Forster (This is Forster's BEST novel; I love it more each time I read it.)
3. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (Just the parts about the bears can make me laugh, not to mention his out-of-shape hiking buddy on Day 1 on the Appalachian Trail.)
4. The Paperbag Princess by Robert Munsch (The one picture book EVERY girl should own!)
5. Can You Keep A Secret? by Sophie Kinsella (This tops her Shopaholic books for funny.)
6. The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips (Such an odd, quirky book...just thinking about it makes me smile.)
7. The Sleeping Tiger by Rosamunde Pilcher (I love all her books, but this one is a favorite...plus, it takes place on the lovely island of Mallorca.)
8. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn (An epistolary gem!)
9. The Secret Shortcut by Mark Teague (Although any Mark Teague picture book will lift your spirits.)
10. Soulless by Gail Carriger (This supernatural adventure of practical Alexia and her parasol makes me chuckle; plus her werewolf suitor is hunky.)

What books make you laugh?