5 book titles to make you laugh (and then request them)

I'm pretty sure I'm a nice person. What's more, I think I'm a nice person who is capable of great philosophical thought. You just have to dig down deep. Like WAY down deep. When you hit the cold lump of coal that should be my heart, keep going. In fact, bring a shovel and a miner's hat. (Leave the canary at home, that's just cruel). I am all about the laughs because, as most people who know me know, I not-so-secretly possess a juvenile sense of humour. I forever watch terrible movies that are overladen with toilet humour and the worst puns ever. What's worse is I then con other people into watching them with me. And I'm that way about books, too. I'm forever making lists when I come across book titles that amuse me. What is the point of such titles if you cannot hold them up to people and say "THIS! THIS!" And so, here's my list of "THIS! THIS!" for today: 5 book titles to make you laugh (and then request them).

Drunk, Divorced, and Covered in Cat Hair: The True-Life Misadventures of a 30-Something Who Learned to Knit After He Split / Laurie Perry
The side-splittingly funny and profoundly moving, Drunk, Divorced and Covered in Cat Hair book is the true-life misadventures of Laurie Perry, aka Crazy Aunt Purl. This slightly off-beat, displaced Southerner is trying to create a new life after her husband leaves her to get his creativity back. Surprisingly, it's knitting that saves her and emboldens her to become fully engaged in life again - to discover new friends; to take risks, and to navigate the ins and outs of the modern dating scene.

I don't have an Aunt Purl, crazy or otherwise, but I know I WANT ONE after seeing this title! Also, I'd like to meet your crazy Aunt Purl if you have one, please.

Rock your ugly Christmas sweater / Anne Marie Blackman & Brian Clark Howard
This fun and portable gift book includes 200+ full-color photos of people in hilariously awful Christmas sweaters accompanied by funny captions. Some of the amazing categories include festive fun, vintage ugly, homemade hits and misses, pets rocking ugly Christmas sweaters, and much more.

Ugly Christmas sweaters are a beautiful, beautiful thing. And no, I'm not being sarcastic or mean. (For once). I've always wanted to have - or be a part of - an Ugly Christmas Sweater Party. It was pointed out to me, though, that this would be kinda awful to have Down Under because, hello, filthy hot summer days. I was devastated. BUT THEN someone pointed out that we could have an Ugly Christmas Sweater T-Shirt Party, instead! So...someone make it happen. And while I'm waiting for you to organise it, I'll read this, thanks.

The cookie sutra / translated by Edward Jaye
Birds do it, bees do it. And guess what-cookies do it, too. In fact, never have a pair of gingerbread cookies looked so pleased. Yes, the Kama Sutra meets the Joy of Cooking. Featuring an unabashed gingerbread couple, who are photographed in unflinching full color, the Cookie Sutra is a recipe for pleasure. There is The First Posture, where two are yoked as one (yet the calorie count remains unchanged). The Pair of Tongs, allowing the woman to be open, free, sweet and crunchy. Pounding the Spot, requiring the suppleness of freshly rolled dough. There is Scissors, Autumn Dog, Tripod, The Wheelbarrow, The Snake Trap. And, for the advanced and adventurous, The Suspended Congress-great care must be taken lest the cookies crumble.

Cookie. Sutra. Again, in case you missed it, this time in caps: COOKIE SUTRA. Who would do this to cookies?! I'm equal parts horrified and fascinated. Mr2 - my nephew (whom I fondly call Satan because he is truly, truly evil) - adores making cookies more than he enjoys eating them. He has a nice collection of cookie cutters already that nobody else is allowed to touch because SELFISH. His homemade cookies, however, don't look anything like these. Also: I wonder how easy they are to make? And will I feel terrible if I try to force them into dirtybadwrong and unnatural cookie ways? So conflicted. SO CONFLICTED. I then stumbled onto x-rated cookie cutters online - I had to see for myself! Don't judge me! - and wow, Interwebs, you are bizarre. Truly bizarre.

When parents text : so much said--so little understood / Lauren Kaelin, Sophia Fraioli
When Lauren Kaelin and Sophia Fraioli, best friends since sixth grade, decided to ride out the worst job market in decades by moving back in with their parents post-college, little did they know they'd soon receive a life-changing gift: a hilariously garbled text from Mom about coming home for tacos. Kids wrote the rule book on texting. Now parents are trying to learn the rules. And the results are priceless. Hilariously hapless messages. Bad jokes. Crazy emoticons. Autofill disasters. And what's up with the ALL CAPS and forty exclamation points? But underneath the humour is a surprisingly sweet and affecting glimpse of that time when parents aren't ready to let go. When Parents Text will make you LOL with LOL (lots of love).

I make the most appalling typos. Some of them due to autocorrect, most of them because I just merrily and fangirlishly bang away at letters. So the opportunity to laugh at someone else's texts/messages? Hullo!

Crap graffiti / edited by Adam Elliott, Richard Frazer
A riotously funny look at some of the most comical graffiti from around the country. Graffiti. It can be a diverse form of expression and thoughtprovoking art; whether painted on the side of a train or on a canvas hanging in a gallery. Or, as you will see immortalised in the glorious pages of Crap Graffiti , it can be crude drunken daubing, nonsensical statements or hilarious outpourings of uncontained rage. Crap Graffiti documents these bizarre and puerile creations, celebrates the inept and enthusiastically applauds creative dyslexia. This is definitely not art, but really awful, lame graffiti: the incompetent attempts of beginners or the 'profound' musings of lunatics scrawled on the back of toilet cubicle doors.

We've all read bad graffiti. Don't even TRY to deny it. I find most of them make me cringe, and the rest are quite funny. And then I discover that there's a whole book full. Gah. I win, World, I win!