Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness - Paperback

from JSBancroft

I have long been a fan of Paula Poundstone's standup comedy, and her often hilarious, but sometimes truly bizarre insights on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. I was wary of this book, as I find that what I love most about standup comedians is completely lost when reading their words off the sterile pag...

from figre

There may be no quirkier comic out there than Paula Poundstone. She has a delivery and an act that is more dependent on the audience than it is the planned content. Not that her planned act is not good (mayhaps great). But she is at her best when reacting. That may be why translation of her style...

from lisalangford

I love Paula Poundstone. I have seen her in person (at the Aladding theater in Portland, Oregon), I love listening to her on NPR's Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me show, and I really enjoyed reading this book! In it, she describes various things she does to try to find happiness. She tries to get fit. Sh...

from Alliebadger

I love hearing Paula Poundstone on Wait Wait, so I was really excited to get this book through Early Reviewers. And I think that hearing her voice and attitude reading the story in my head was what made me really enjoy it. So to be honest, if you don't know her style, it might be more difficult t...

from bookczuk

I love it when Paula Poundstone is on National Public Radio's weekly news quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me." Her stories about her life as a foster mother and mother of several adopted children, many cats, and a few other assorted critters are almost always amusing. I also admire the respons...