Book #61: "Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far)'

In this entry, I mentioned that I originally planned to read my library the way it was shelved. I also gave some thought to reading alphabetically by title, but discarded that as untenable because of what it would do to any series I own. (Within any given author, the books are shelved alphabetically by title unless they are part of a series, in which case they are of course in series order.)

There are instances, however, where reading alphabetically by title would be useful, and this is one of them, because this book's title means I end up reading Dave Barry's version of history in reverse chronological order (for the rest of it, see "Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort-Of History of the United States", coming soon to a blog near you!)

Clearly it doesn't bother me enough to do anything about it-or, more accurately, to do more than spend about thirty seconds complaining about it. I've only read this once before, and the first time I remember thinking I didn't like it as much as "Dave Barry Slept Here". Perhaps I find it more amusing now because we are now about eight years away from its publication, and the perspective that time affords me allows me to find more humor in it. Perhaps I just wasn't paying attention the first time around. Either way, it's still not my favorite, but well worth a read.

Author: Dave Barry

Potentially objectionable content: A lot of political satire, and occasional language